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Rockatansky
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Topic: Roadkill Torino WagonPosted: 20-October-2025 at 3:51PM |
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they've outdone themselves (not a compliment) and i'm speechless |
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72FordGTS
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Posted: 21-October-2025 at 1:04AM |
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Nice to see a '72 Torino wagon get some screen time. They were great looking station wagons. That said, I'd prefer a Big Block to a diesel....
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72 RS 351
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Posted: 21-October-2025 at 2:43AM |
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That was a disappointing episode. They made it all about the diesel engine which became the entire project(failure and smoke, more etc). The trans was used and clearly not good to begin with, so the whole episode was sad. That's the kind of project or owner which destroys old cars, they get tossed in the end.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Booyah45828
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Posted: 21-October-2025 at 3:54AM |
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Yeah I was also disappointed by that episode. So much in that episode was a cobbled mess and calling that place a "diesel" shop is being generous. I've seen better stuff fab'd at scrapyards. That wagon and 6bt combo was like a drunk marriage in vegas, yeah it was fun for a few days but they're better off separate.
I liked roadkill when they were pulling cars out of the junkyard, fix them up in a few days, and then road tripping some foolishly long distance and breaking down on the side of the road. When they started doing this stuff, I got turned off. That wagon sold by the way, a few years before the shows were all canceled and cars were liquidated. I have no idea where it went or if it's still together.
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Posted: 21-October-2025 at 4:18AM |
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That's good to hear, that they sold it. There are a lot of precious parts on that car for any owner of a 72-76 wagon, and plenty that fit on all of the 72-79's. I have a wagon tailgate spring that I thought might come in handy if the Ranchero spring got weak. Keep-em going.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Posted: 21-October-2025 at 9:38AM |
I haven't watched it yet, but from the sounds of it, I might pass. I too like the original format like you mentioned, when it was just Freiberger and Finnegan. I still watch some of Frieberger's stuff on YT and it's not bad.
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Vince
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CobraJoe
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Posted: 23-October-2025 at 5:13AM |
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X2 Vince, sad that they cancelled all the shows
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'96 Bronco, '39 Ford Coupe, '57 Fairlane, SOLD 2025 F150 SuperCrew, 2025 Edge Platinum |
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