Taillight difference on 70 torino's
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Topic: Taillight difference on 70 torino's
Posted By: NYjohn
Subject: Taillight difference on 70 torino's
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 2:45AM
| Can anyone explain why there are 2 different taillight types on 1970 torinos or am i wrong about that? |
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Posted By: pete rad
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 2:55AM
The regular torino models and the torino cobra have the two tail lights like the picture below.  |
Posted By: pete rad
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 2:56AM
The GT models have the one tail light across the whole rear or the car, above the rear bumper, like the picture below. |
Posted By: NYjohn
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:05AM
| great explanation. thanks pete. So were some cobra jets GTs and some not ? |
Posted By: n2fordwagons
Date 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. ------------- Jeff 72 base Torino (modified) 72 Gran Torino Squire |
Posted By: pete rad
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:09AM
| 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. |
Posted By: n2fordwagons
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:11AM
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Yes, you could order the CJ engine in the GT. ------------- Jeff 72 base Torino (modified) 72 Gran Torino Squire |
Posted By: pete rad
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:19AM
| Yes, I agree with n2fordwagons above. ^^^ |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date 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. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: n2fordwagons
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 3:50AM
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:  ------------- Jeff 72 base Torino (modified) 72 Gran Torino Squire |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date 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. ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: jversch
Date Posted: 10-December-2014 at 5:37AM
CAR LOOKS GREAT AS A CONVERTIBLE ------------- Jerry VerSchneider 1972 Gran torino formal roof H Code 1973 Gran torino fast back H code. |