Skinny's '73

Looks great!
Welcome to the site.

Hey that does look a lot like my first '73, except for the black top and on the bottom. Sure wish I had mine still...nice job keeping your cars!

I tried to find my original, but no luck. I gave up and got the Gold GTB...at first it just wasn't the same, but it's grown on me now and I'm liking it just the way it is.

Welcome to the forum "Brougham Brother"!

haha we need those two photos side by side.I never got any photos of me with my first Torino cause any pics I have of it,I was taking them.I do have a photo of the husky/shepard puppy on the hood of it though.Didn't have a girlfriend to pose for me back then,LOL. When I finish building my 73 GTS i'm goona get some photos with me & the car plus take some with a hot babe in a bikini near the water.That would make a great calendar photo and I would want it the month of June for summer & my birthday.I did get a magazine article & centerfold of a car I did the body & paint on in June 05 Mopar Muscle which was a kewl B-day present & later the owner gave me laminated placque of the article.They even used a photo of me working on the car when I was building it in the article. If you search my threads you'll find photos of my first Torino.

Thanks for the welcome everyone. It's not too often that I find people to talk Torino's with. It's a pretty rare sight around here to find a Torino at a show or catch one cruising the streets. To be honest, I don't get mine out that often anymore either. I've always concentrated on building up the drive train and ignoring the body and interior, so I usually just sneak out after dark and stay moving. Well, it's not that bad, but does have original paint and interior, so it's showing it's age a bit (kinda like me).
I just couldn't get over how similar Uante's first car looked to mine in the old pics. It looks like a black roof on my screen, but must be dark brown to go with the interior color. I painted the bottom of mine black right after I got it to take care of all the chips (and hide a little rust). I installed a '69 Cobra Jet scoop within about the first year and later switched it to a larger Comet GT scoop that fits the lines of the hood very well.  I've got a '72 Sport hood that's rusty in all the right places, so I won't feel a bit bad about cutting it up to fit my '73 someday. I've been collecting Sport parts for a possible conversion, but I just can't bring myself to change anything.
It was completely stock when I got it nearly 30 years ago, right down to the hubcaps. I've done all the work to it over the years, so hopefully I can help out with questions from time to time about these cars. Thanks again

 

I've been going back and reading a lot of older posts and the subject of hood scoops comes up quite a bit. I had a '69-'70 Mustang ('68-'69 Torino) scoop on for quite a few years, but switched to a Comet GT scoop (also used on '69-'70 Cougar Eliminators) and like the fit much better. The Stang scoop was pretty small on the big Torino hood. I think the GT scoop fits the body lines of a '73-up hood really well and is big enough to fill the center better. I've got a rusty '72 sport hood and plan on grafting the scoop on a '73 hood someday, but I believe I'll leave this hood as is for a spare. My car is in the back garage for winter, but I found these pics for now. The first is where it rests in the Summer months. The second is of a pretty cool trophy I won and the hood shows pretty good in the background.