New Member Tennessee
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Forum Name: The Welcome Mat
Forum Description: New members, please post here and introduce yourselves
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Topic: New Member Tennessee
Posted By: chuxster
Subject: New Member Tennessee
Date Posted: 12-December-2017 at 9:20AM
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 12-December-2017 at 1:57PM
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welcome! ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 13-December-2017 at 1:40AM
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welcome |
Posted By: jversch
Date Posted: 13-December-2017 at 2:15AM
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welcome ------------- Jerry VerSchneider 1972 Gran torino formal roof H Code 1973 Gran torino fast back H code. |
Posted By: 72GTS351CJ
Date Posted: 13-December-2017 at 3:38AM
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Welcome Chuck. So what's your story? ------------- 72GTS Clint Eastwood Special |
Posted By: legend onirot
Date Posted: 13-December-2017 at 6:10AM
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welcome aboard. what you got? ------------- --------------------- malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 14-December-2017 at 1:34PM
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Welcome, tell us a bit about yourself. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 2:35AM
| Hello and thanks for all the welcome comments. I drove a 1974 Gran Torino in high school, it was Saddle Bronze with a dark brown vinyl top & opera windows. Now 30 years later, I purchased a 1973 Gran Torino Sport. I cant believe how positive the response has been to this car. Nearly every time I drive it, I get a thumbs up or people stop and want to share their Torino stories with me. Its a formal roof with a medium blue metallic paint job {originally dark blue}. 351 Cleveland 2v auto, bench seat blue interior. I have added Centerline Autodrag wheels, 15x7 front, 15x8 with 275/60 15s on the rear. I added 1.5 Aluminum coil spring spacers to keep the rear end off the tires. The tire fitment guide in this forum was a big help in picking out the wheels/tires, thanks for that. Ive tried several times to upload a photo, still working on that. I am a Ford Senior Master Tech, and have worked at a Lincoln dealership as a technician since 1989. I drive my 73 whenever the weather is decent, and in the year since i bought it, I have only seen one other Torino on the road |
Posted By: jversch
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 5:17AM
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Unlovedford ( Joe ) is from Chattanooga Tennessee. Maybe he is close to you . ------------- Jerry VerSchneider 1972 Gran torino formal roof H Code 1973 Gran torino fast back H code. |
Posted By: MrSmog
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 6:46AM
| welcome |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 6:47AM
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Hi Chuck, I see you have been having trouble uploading photos. That's is because you were a brand new member which means you have limited privileges. Now that you've posted your story and I know your a real person, you've been upgraded to a New Member, which has full privileges including posting photos. Here is a thread on how to post photos. http://forum.grantorinosport.org/how-to-post-a-picture-updated_topic16433&FID=12&PR=3.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.grantorinosport.org/how-to-post-a-picture-updated_topic16433&FID=12&PR=3.html ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: 7T9_Tbird
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 8:00AM
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Welcome! ------------- John 79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 11:27AM
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 1:06PM
sweet! that looks great  ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 2:34PM
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Thanks for the compliment. Also, thank you for the Youtube video with the photo posting help
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 22-December-2017 at 4:18PM
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: fordismyboss
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 6:22AM
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Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 1:16PM
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Nice! Where in Tennessee are you? ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: 72GTS351CJ
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 1:18PM
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Love that look...Timeless ------------- 72GTS Clint Eastwood Special |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 1:28PM
| I live in Etowah, TN, & work at Mullinax Lincoln in Cleveland |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 3:09PM
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Very nice car! Love the wheels and stance, looks like it's ready for a street brawl. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 23-December-2017 at 4:52PM
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72FordGTS- Thank you, this car is what I envisioned my high school ride should look like, it just took til I was 50 to come true. Definitely worth the wait
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Posted By: twintornados
Date Posted: 24-December-2017 at 1:42AM
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Sweet looking Torino....enjoy!! ------------- Sold the Elite so now the hunt is on for my next "toy"... |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 24-December-2017 at 2:29AM
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Very cool. I'm in Chattanooga. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: twintornados
Date Posted: 24-December-2017 at 2:33AM
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My daughter and Son in Law are stationed in Tennessee and live in Clarksville... ------------- Sold the Elite so now the hunt is on for my next "toy"... |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 26-December-2017 at 8:14AM
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 26-December-2017 at 9:48AM
and an old school steering wheel too  ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 27-December-2017 at 6:53AM
The retro steering wheel was already installed when I bought the car, its got a comfortable grip to it. But on some sunny days the glare off the chrome spokes is a little blinding 
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Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 1:39AM
Shades of 1983: My high school opera window beast  
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Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 2:42AM
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I had the tinted headlight covers on my '76 in the early days of ownership. The car still sits as it did in 1983 when I parked it. American Racing rear wing, "Party Wagon" stenciled on the taillights, hidden bar behind the rear seat, Trans Am splitter pipes, hand painted and stenciled undercarriage, tinted windows, crazy hidden pin stripes, black accented areas under the hood and trunk lid between the bracing, small chrome steering wheel, Sanyo Bi-Amp stereo with a Billy Squier cassette, a matching hand painted Hot Wheel in the area where the clock should be, Hawaiian lei around the mirror, CB radio with PA under the hood, air shocks, hand painted grill with T O R I N O in the spaces, numerous racing decals under the hood and under the bumper... No wonder I became embarrassed driving it and parked it back then. Several years ago, I was bored one day and decided to see how the years of storage had treated the old stereo. Put a battery in the Torino, turned the key and the stereo sprang to life! That is when I found the Billy Squier cassette in the slot. Cranked up "My Kind Of Lover" through the Audiovox front and Phase II rear speakers, kicked up both equalizers and basked in 1970-80's sound. Then "Stroke" started playing and when it hit the first bass note, the rear speakers shot out a bunch of debris and gave one glorious thump. I quietly turned the key off, patted the stereo and smiled. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 4:42AM
| Its great you still have your 76'. I sold my 74' to a friend and later saw it in a junkyard trashed out. I had this sense of panic like I wanted to rescue it, but at the time, funds and storage space didnt allow for that to happen. I had found a huge "TORINO" decal, it was like 8" tall & 2-1/2' foot wide, and put it on the left bottom corner of the trunk lid. Each rear quarter had a prism "Torino" decal on it. In the above photo, it had ET torque thrust rims on the back, later I went to a full set of Cragar S/S wheels with L60/14s on the back. Bet you enjoyed the Billy Squire blast one last time. Have you ever posted photos of your "decorated" 76'? |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 6:06AM
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It has been used as a shelf for many years. Don't have any pictures of it, but I can make some of the cool (back then) "accessories" if I can get a shot of them on it, lol. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 2:58PM
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1983 highschool ! those were the days i'd gladly give up my cell phone to return back to that era ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: lynchster
Date Posted: 29-December-2017 at 7:18PM
I like that color. ------------- Chuck 72 Gran Torino Sport 13 Taurus SHO "Mr Pig" |
chuxster wrote:Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 30-December-2017 at 1:44AM
Lynchster- Thanks! It was originally dark blue. I had the paint buffed out & waxed since the photos were taken, the paint isn't perfect, but it looks pretty good for a driver. I've gotten lazy in my later years, and washing & waxing a car isn't as much fun as it once was 
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Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 30-December-2017 at 3:12PM
Found these old photos from the 1984 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals in Detroit. Enjoy  
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Posted By: 7T9_Tbird
Date Posted: 31-December-2017 at 9:53AM
All my style(or lack there of)! ------------- John 79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 31-December-2017 at 11:32AM
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------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 01-January-2018 at 3:56AM
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7T9_Tbird- hard to go wrong with big Fords & Mercurys! Welcome to the forum
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Posted By: 7T9_Tbird
Date Posted: 02-January-2018 at 12:27AM
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And to You as well! ------------- John 79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 14-March-2018 at 2:03AM
Recently noticed the afternoon sun casts an almost perfect phantom laser stripe on the side of my solid blue Torino 
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Posted By: twintornados
Date Posted: 14-March-2018 at 2:19AM
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That looks awesome!! ------------- Sold the Elite so now the hunt is on for my next "toy"... |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 14-March-2018 at 2:26AM
 ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 14-March-2018 at 8:00AM
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Looks great! ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: mkshelton
Date Posted: 14-March-2018 at 10:15AM
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That is pretty cool! I wonder if that was how Ford came up with that stripe in the first place? ------------- "Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually UNinventing the wheel" |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 05-April-2018 at 12:59PM
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Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 05-April-2018 at 3:15PM
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So do you think it is a sign to put the laser stripes on? ------------- DARE to be DIFFERENT!! 73 GTS |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 06-April-2018 at 2:42AM
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Adding a laser stripe isn't out of the question in my mind, its on the ever - growing wish list with: bucket seats/console, new carpet, dash pad cover, floor shifter, functional A/C, CD player, tinted windows, engine detail, sport gauge cluster, trunk lock cover, rechrome rear bumper, hood scoop.......
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Posted By: changinlatitudes
Date Posted: 08-April-2018 at 2:43AM
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It never ends, does it! ------------- Matt 1969 Mercury Marauder 390 1972 Montego MX 2003 Mercury Marauder 300A 1994 F-150 5.8 2016 Ford Fusion Titanium |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 08-April-2018 at 1:20PM
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I'm hoping it never ends, because I'm enjoying the ride!
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