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NYjohn 
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 Topic: Taillight difference on 70 torino'sPosted: 10-December-2014 at 2:45AM |
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Can anyone explain why there are 2 different taillight types on 1970 torinos or am i wrong about that?
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pete rad
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 2:55AM |
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The regular torino models and the torino cobra have the two tail lights like the picture below.
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 2:56AM |
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The GT models have the one tail light across the whole rear or the car, above the rear bumper, like the picture below.
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NYjohn
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:05AM |
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great explanation. thanks pete. So were some cobra jets GTs and some not ?
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n2fordwagons
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:07AM |
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What Pete said. The GT's got the tail light panel that goes all the way across the back.
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Jeff
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pete rad
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:09AM |
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You're welcome, actually a cobra jet is a ford engine like the 351 and 429 cobra jets. The 1970 torino cobra is a torino model and the torino GT is another 1970 torino model.
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n2fordwagons
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:11AM |
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Yes, you could order the CJ engine in the GT.
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Jeff
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pete rad
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:19AM |
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Yes, I agree with n2fordwagons above. ^^^
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unlovedford
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:28AM |
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Oddly, I had a friend that owned a '70 or '71 Torino Brougham that had the lights all the way across. The car was original and this was back in the early '80's. Anyone else know of this? Am I thinking of a lit filler panel between them instead of all 1 piece?
It also had the hidden headlights. Edited by unlovedford - 10-December-2014 at 3:31AM |
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Joe
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n2fordwagons
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:50AM |
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Hidden headlights were definitely available on Broughams. Actually, a lot of them had hidden headlights. Here's how the rear panel of a Brougham should look. Is this what you remember?
  By the way, the convertible was custom made, the roof cut off. Here's another pic of it:  Edited by n2fordwagons - 10-December-2014 at 3:53AM |
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Jeff
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unlovedford
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 5:04AM |
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It could have been that, but I thought it was reflectorized. Lots of beer, women, and years since then could have made the old mind a bit fuzzy, LOL.
I would be afraid to lop the top off a vintage unibody car. Very little structure to hold it together. |
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Joe
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Posted: 10-December-2014 at 5:37AM |
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CAR LOOKS GREAT AS A CONVERTIBLE
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Jerry VerSchneider
1972 Gran torino formal roof H Code 1973 Gran torino fast back H code. |
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