S & H Morals

Lets put it to vote would this car look better as is or as a S&H clone. My 74torino 460pi looked like this and rusted as it was it still got alot of looks. My vote as is with 15 inch sloted mags and 60 series rubber.

should be a fire chiefs car.     

Here is a shot from the side!!!  This guy should definately make one!!

interceptor460 wrote: My 74torino 460pi looked like this and rusted as it was it still got alot of looks.

Edited by Classicfitness - 22-January-2010 at 2:26PM

It should remain stock. If it doesn't have the code, it shouldn't be a replica/clone/S&H anything.

picon3 wrote: I'd leave it stock as well.  Just super clean the way it is.  I like the dog dish hubcaps.  Paul~

Edited by Classicfitness - 23-January-2010 at 12:08AM

Psquare75 wrote: Bah. Wheels are EASILY changeable guys. Put the old pieces in a shed. I'd get a vinyl starsky stripe made up, that can always be removed

Psquare75 wrote: Bah. Wheels are EASILY changeable guys. Put the old pieces in a shed. I'd get a vinyl starsky stripe made up, that can always be removed

My thoughts exactly!

    My 74 torino with 460 pi engine was the same colour .For 74 the torino not gran models had a different grill and bumper. The car had 460 pi engine for that year it was rated at 268 hp. It had all the HD equipment. The differential had a nodular carrier (N case). It had electric windows, seat ,A/C, a stereo and the rare factory anti theft sysem. What I found odd if it might be a dealer option was the cragar Mach 8 wheels with poilce radials and ford marked balancing weights. It ran stock 15.1 to 15.7 sec in the 1/4 mile depending on engine tempture and how it lauched from start .Paid $ 400 for it. To bad it was a rust bucket. I scraped it 5 years later and kept all the good parts and it's waiting for a donor car . If the price is right this car could have been it . Right now I think 6 grand is the maximun that car is valued at.

Only about 2k original miles!? Holy Cow! It'd be a shame to do anything but leave it as it is...especially making it a S & H car. Not to say there's anything wrong with S & H cars, but there are certainly a lot of them already and aren't that unique.

Added:
I looked at the auction on ebay and there are a lot more pictures on there. I was surprised about how many little "door dings" there are on the car. I guess even in storage or at a museum your car will get scuffed up! 


Edited by Uante - 24-January-2010 at 12:35PM

Vinyl wrap seems like a good idea. 

I say leave it alone.

I looked at that car for a friend when it was in OH, took 50+ hi-res photos..  It did see some weather in the rear, and had very very thick undercoating on the underneath..  The very nice folks who owned it then (along with about 30 Cadillacs including a couple with single and double digit mileages) let me even pull the rear seat (still had vinyl trimmings and a couple stripped screws from when they assembled it).  Even took a rear wheel off to see the original rear brake hardware in perfect condition..  As much as I love the S&H cars, this one should remain for others to see how they were put together..  I can't imagine putting miles on a car like this..  (has about 70 more miles than when I saw it). 

OK , what ever the owner wants.  I did e-mail the guy about the color  code as he says its burgandy ,  His reply is  that it is  2M ?  so it should be 2B right?  I did add slots to my low mile 74  ,  but it aint red .and they should look like this underneath.

Edited by albo74 - 25-January-2010 at 6:33AM

I remember this thread! Beautiful car by the way. I guess we lost the "vote" huh? You did a great job on her and I'm sure you get thumbs up every where you go!