My 73 GTS aka GoldFinger!!
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Topic: My 73 GTS aka GoldFinger!!
Posted By: GoldFinger
Subject: My 73 GTS aka GoldFinger!!
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 8:09AM
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Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 8:12AM
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It took me FOREVER to post this pic...PhotoBucket, SnapChat..didn't matter!..I have no idea what I finally did to get the image uploaded!..Ha! I read the post on 'how to upload a picture' number of times but I still didn't get it right! I had done it years ago on other boards I belonged to, but I guess I lost my touch!
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Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 8:32AM
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ANYWHO!...My car is factory Glow Gold with the Ginger bucket interior! It came with the A/C and also the full instrumentation group with the 6 grand tach. It also came with the Brown reflective laser stripe as well. I am building as a 70's -80's street machine!. It has air shocks on the back, I have recently put on a set of NOS Gold Cragar S/S wheels that I have had for years! They only have a few hundred miles on them and just saw the light of day a few weeks ago! 15x10's on the back and 15x6's on the front! We just put a restored 60 Torino/Mustang ram air scoop on it with functional turn-signal indicators in the back. We got it centered right over the air cleaner if I decide to cut a hole in the hood and add the flapper to keep the garbage out! Just put a rechromed bumper on the front( No bumper guards!)and I will be repainting,replacing the grille surround and center GTS piece with some NOS stuff I got! I got a rechromed rear bumper as wheel that should be on in a few weeks. I am repairing the studs in one of the taillight housings. I also will be putting on some NOS rear lenses I have when I put the rear bumper back on. I will start a thread with how GoldFinger is coming along! I am going all out!!.. Ford traction bars /shackles, painted rear drums, and even though I have a nearly new 2.5 exhaust on it with 40 Flowmasters, I am thinking about side pipes! This is what I grew up seeing. I wont go too over the top (velvet interior,etc) But I am building as a representation of times that have past! So far, so good! I get thumbs ups and looks fairly often! Thanks to those on these board who have answered my questions and inspired me to keep my Torino!
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Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 9:22AM
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'Pipes would be SO cool! 80's forever!!!!  (So says the guy with the jacked-up T-bird with aluminum slots and huge tires!)
------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: benzesrule
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 9:24AM
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Love the look!! Those gold cragars just pop!!!! ------------- Phil |
Posted By: aquartlow
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 10:09AM
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Lookin' good! X2 on the side-pipes. I can still remember my father's '67 Riviera that had side-pipes, I was 5 or 6 at the time he sold it, but never will forget burnin' my chubby little legs on that M- mailto:M-F@#&ing" rel="nofollow - F@#&ing DS pipe. I do remember they were made by Thrush. Keep the pics coming. ------------- www.supermotors.net/22468 Yeah, It's a Hybrid...It burns gas and tires. No matter how good she looks, somebody, somewhere, is tired of her sh*t. Beauty is skin deep, ugliness goes clear to the bone. |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 12:38PM
nice! i thought it was gold, but i like the black and the gold wheels look great! 40's would be fine but side pipes would be cool too! 
------------- 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 |
Posted By: aquartlow
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 12:59PM
These> ![[IMG]](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/aceuh/ads/017-5.jpg "[IMG]") ------------- www.supermotors.net/22468 Yeah, It's a Hybrid...It burns gas and tires. No matter how good she looks, somebody, somewhere, is tired of her sh*t. Beauty is skin deep, ugliness goes clear to the bone. |
aquartlow wrote:Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 1:45PM
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Yep..Those are probably the way im gonna go! I have come across NOS one a few occasions but I didn't bite because either I wasn't ready or they weren't long enough... Short pipes on a longer car look stupid! Ha I had some NOS purple Thrush with the Woodpecker on them still in the box,but I sold them in part because I want sidpipes! ------------- DARE to be DIFFERENT!! 73 GTS |
Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 1:50PM
It was Johnny! The previous owner who was a board member didn't like the Gold or the stripe so he stripped the stripe off and sprayed Black over the factory Gold!SMH!!  You can still see the Gold In the doorjambs,Trunk,etc..And now the black is slowly fading off revealing some of the Gold (and surface rust) in spots! You can still see the laser stripe inside the doors. ------------- DARE to be DIFFERENT!! 73 GTS |
Posted By: aquartlow
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 2:16PM
Here's a nice but pricey set, I have never seen a better used set than these. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Early-Thrush-Outside-Side-Pipe-exhaust-system-/201455095215?hash=item2ee7a8cdaf:g:zl4AAOSwhcJWItJA&vxp=mtr" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Early-Thrush-Outside-Side-Pipe-exhaust-system-/201455095215?hash=item2ee7a8cdaf:g:zl4AAOSwhcJWItJA&vxp=mtr  Or these for a better deal but need a bit of elbow grease. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrush-Side-Pipes-/231734501609?hash=item35f473e0e9:g:I3EAAOSw9mFWHrma&vxp=mtr" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrush-Side-Pipes-/231734501609?hash=item35f473e0e9:g:I3EAAOSw9mFWHrma&vxp=mtr  Good luck. ------------- www.supermotors.net/22468 Yeah, It's a Hybrid...It burns gas and tires. No matter how good she looks, somebody, somewhere, is tired of her sh*t. Beauty is skin deep, ugliness goes clear to the bone. |
Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 28-October-2015 at 2:48PM
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Yea I saw those Aqua', thanks! The first set is not complete. There have actually been a few NOS on there as of late, I just didn't bite...I am probably going the NOS route, unless I find some with absolutely no damage at all.
------------- DARE to be DIFFERENT!! 73 GTS |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 29-October-2015 at 8:17AM
------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 29-October-2015 at 8:49AM
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^^ Yeah, I almost shorted out my keyboard with drool looking at those!! Your GTS would really pop with '70's vibe with a set of side pipes. Nice. C's Dad has a set of Hooker pipes on his Vette that perform and look incredible. Not aluminum, but his car looks better in the black finish and the header tubes actually wind out to the side pipes in view. Cool, mean touch.  ------------- 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: kychevyguy
Date Posted: 29-October-2015 at 1:08PM
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I would also vote for the sidepipes. My first torino was a 69 GT sportsroof and it had airshocks and pipes. Looked hot! ------------- JT, USAF Ret./Architect 1971 Ford F100 "Lizzy" 1971 Cougar XR7 "Kitty" 1984 Chevy Silverado "Sylvia" 2009 Smart Fortwo Cabrio "Lil Dude" 2015 Volvo XC60 R-Design "Sven" |
Posted By: antlerfiend
Date Posted: 29-October-2015 at 1:42PM
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You should bring that to Louisville next year. We need some 73's to represent. ------------- Alex 72 GTS (Morgan's Baby) 68 CJ Drag Car Clone 65 Mustang (first car) 77 LTD II (Drag Car) 78 Mustang II V6 4 speed |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 29-October-2015 at 2:47PM
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yeah, it took me a while to find those pipes in that pic!!! i was also going to mention about the hooker header side pipes, i believe they are still available, last i knew! ------------- 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 |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 12:49AM
 A little better picture of the pipes. ------------- 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: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 2:15AM
nice! joe, you should trade him a bunch of your cars you are trying to sell for that vette! it looks like a nice car, but then i'm a little partial to C3 vettes too 
------------- 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 |
Posted By: mcford
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 4:32AM
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love the all chrome hooker side pipes. wicked cool ------------- Mike |
Posted By: antlerfiend
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 7:55AM
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Catherine is getting the Vette for free! ------------- Alex 72 GTS (Morgan's Baby) 68 CJ Drag Car Clone 65 Mustang (first car) 77 LTD II (Drag Car) 78 Mustang II V6 4 speed |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 8:10AM
 ------------- 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 |
Posted By: GoldFinger
Date Posted: 30-October-2015 at 12:28PM
I'm actually leaning towards the Thrush Sidekicks because they are all chrome!..OH YEAH!!  ------------- DARE to be DIFFERENT!! 73 GTS |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 02-November-2015 at 4:07AM
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Some of the Thrush were polished aluminum with a steel internal muffler and pipe. I think the chrome or polished aluminum would be a great choice for your car. ------------- 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: Eliteman76
Date Posted: 02-November-2015 at 3:04PM
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I love the look. The black and gold works. -------------  Andrew:GTS.ORG admin, '72 Q code 5 speed RestomodPondering: #99Problems |