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65GT350TRIBUTE
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Posted: 19-August-2020 at 12:24AM |
Good morning! My name is Matt and I am helping my father finish up his 72 Gran Torino Sport. It was originally restored by my Father and I 18 years ago as our first major automotive restoration project. Since then we've learned a significant amount more and have started to go back and upgrade/fix some areas.
Interesting back story, is this 72 Torino was my dad's first car and he's held on to it for all these years. A little about the Torino - Built 351W based block at 427 CID - Built C6 - Dark Green with gold fleck paint I will get some pictures and post them. Given this 1 year body style some of the parts have been hard to find. Hoping there are some good leads on this forum. Thanks!
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72FordGTS
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Welcome to the forum Matt. There are lots of 1972 owners on this forum, myself included. It's also a great place to buy parts or find leads on parts. Your Torino must move out nicely with that 427 stroker.
I have upgraded you to a full member so you can post photos and and full forum access.
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Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
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65GT350TRIBUTE
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Thank you Vince! It moves quite nicely!
Glad to see there are other 72s out there, its a rarity to see one.
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72 RS 351
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Welcome Matt, you will appreciate this forum I'm sure. My first car was a 72 Gran Torino, I loved it and moved to a Ranchero later on. The 72-79 years have lots of other models which have many parts you can use for the 72. The 72 had the unique front end, but the interior and suspension, brakes, and many feature items can come from other cars. I swapped the 72 interior from mine into my other 73 Ranchero, console, dash, seats, and door panels. Post up some pictures, and tell us what you want to do. I love the new stroker choices we have know. I've got a 347 going into a 92 Lincoln, and if I was younger a 427 with Cleveland heads would be on a project list.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000+ rpm 351-4V &4R70W 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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dan0R30
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Welcome Matt!
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Dan
1970 Ford Torino hardtop - 351C 4V - FMX - 9" 3.89 TrueTrac |
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Steve M.
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Welcome to the group
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Steve M.
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californiajohnny
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welcome! as others said many parts will interchange mostly the front is 72 only...
what parts do you need? several of us have parts |
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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 |
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legend onirot
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welcome matt. would love to see your car. post some pics when you can
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