To Paint?

I say keep the vinyl roof but lose the big brougham emblem, lose the wide mouldin and add a laser stripe in the yeller to brown fade.

I'll look in my stash of trim parts from my parts car.

Did anyone else spot the Torino coupe on top of the rust pile in the background by the word "both"?

Uante....

Looks like we should talk...send me a private message, and I'll give you my cell #. I put one set aside.

Dave F


Edited by hogfiddles - 02-January-2019 at 2:19PM

With the bumper tuck underway I came across a vehicle with a worse bumper than the 5 mph bumper! And I thought the Torino bumper was bad! 

But just think a second..... you could add a big bell, a winch, a siren, and a water pump!!!

Rock it on out!

Oh yeah... paint it red with a white stripe, too!! FIRE That sucker right up!

Edited by hogfiddles - 20-January-2019 at 2:12AM

73torino gt wrote: I like the vinyl top but not all the trim.

73torino gt wrote: My interior was originally ginger but I painted it and put new carpet in.

I just sold them about a month ago.

Being in the frame of mind to remove ornamental badging, I took off my front grille emblem with the leaf/branch sides. After it was off it looked like it needed something, so I guess it will go back on. While it was off I decided to look and see if there are any alternatives. There's the Sport emblem that looks like a gear, and a plain round one from the Plain Jane Torino. I really like the Round One! Too bad it won't work on a Gran Torino Grille! 

Edited by Uante - 21-January-2019 at 3:23PM

no, i have a nice 73 emblem but it has the leaves around it for a gran torino....

72FordGTS wrote: It should look good!  Keep us post on the mods required to make it work.

Thanks for the advice, but the holes are already filled and the attach bolts welded and ground. Just some small filler welds left and final blending.  

Update on the Paint Project... 

 Brent ,    I was trying to keep a stock look and be able to reinstall the original bumpers . So with another  I  had all the holes and slots filled and the brackets welded to the bumper So as to eliminate the chrome bumper bolts ,smooth them up . I didn't realize at the time using 72 brackets would have tucked it in . So if you are still going to use chrome bolts . get a set of 72 rear bumper brackets and you  can delete that rubber filler strip . Looks like a nice rust free car .   with the chevy I had the whole car painted  keeping  the top but when it came home it just didn't look as good , new paint , 47 year old top ,  I did  had some issues with rust and poor body work under it too  , so it had to go .  Alan

Edited by albo74 - 14-March-2019 at 1:34AM