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I got myself a Christmas present today.

The 72 Torino had a better front bumper. My wife had a 75 Camaro when I met her. That had a big crash bumper on it too!
 
RR Fan Dan said:
I have been looking for a 2 door Newport or Cordoba
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Well crap. I have a 69 Newport I am looking to sell. She needs work though. Oh well.

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RR Fan Dan said:
I know they would, so would Torque Thrusts, but i want to keep it 100% bone stock for car shows and conversations.
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I like it! My opinion: If you're after the stock look, replace the antique plate with the buggy, or whatever that is with a period correct plate if that's an option in your state. Excellent Green Torino. Maybe it'll be in a movie someday.
 
SlingLow said:
replace the antique plate with the buggy, or whatever that is with a period correct plate
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It is an option in my state. Good idea. I was going to do that with my 74 Road Runner, but I couldn’t find any decent looking period correct plates for 1974. I ended up with black and white antique plates. I’ll look for 73 plates for this Torino.
 
Whitewalls and matching Caps make the Ford. I like it.
 
I really like the car, congratulations @RR Fan Dan! I’m not biased, I love anything. The wheelcovers give the car a “sleeper” look too.
 
66ChargerHI-PO said:
The wheelcovers give the car a “sleeper” look too.
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Well sad thing is with the 351C 2V its really restricted on HP. Probably 160 max. With a simple intake, 4bbl, cam, and headers it could be pushing 350HP. But Im not touching it. The 351 Clevland was really a phenomenal motor. The heads had a lot in common with the heads introduced on the 429 in 1968. Initially, two different castings were used: 351Cs with two-barrel carbs had big ports and valves, while 351Cs with four-barrel carbs had huge ports and valves. Two-barrel engines got 2.04/1.65-inch valves, intake/exhaust, and four-barrel engines got 2.19/1.71-inch valves. For perspective, 2.19 is also the size of intake valves on Chevrolet's revered 427 L88. Intake and exhaust ports were also substantially larger in the four-barrel engine.
 
RR Fan Dan said:
For all you Ford haters move on and don’t hate on me. I like all muscle cars, but Mopars are definitely the best. I have been looking for a 2 door Newport or Cordoba with not much luck when I came across this unmolested 73 Gran Torino all original.

As Ford had done in the past, it was decided to introduce a spring-time special model as its new low-priced 2-door luxury coupe. In March of 1973 Ford introduced the Luxury Décor package for the Torino line. This package was limited to 2-door Gran Torino models and was trimmed quite a bit differently from other cars in the Torino line-up. While the Gran Torino Brougham used older style cloth/vinyl interior, the luxury decor package Torinos used a more modern upholstery design trimmed in ultra-soft vinyl. Even though it was a bench seat, the seating almost had a bit of a sporty flare, at least compared to the other seating options. While not exactly a European interior, I’d argue that the interior was probably one of Ford’s more tasteful luxury interiors of the era.

The option package had an MSRP of $395 ($2238 adjusted) and was only available with specific exterior colours: saddle bronze, medium copper metallic or metallic ivy glow paint. The option package included a white, brown, or green halo vinyl roof with colour-keyed body-side molding. A halo vinyl top did not cover the a-pillars in vinyl, making the vinyl top appear as if it was floating like a halo over the roof.

Also included was a pinstripe package, colour keyed rear bumper pad and wheel covers, black sidewall radial tires, flight bench seat in tan super soft vinyl with matching door panels, deluxe 2-spoke steering wheel, wood tone instrument panel applique, dual note horn, 25-oz cut-pile carpet, and upgraded insulation.

The Luxury Décor option package was discontinued after the 1973 model year,

I’m thinking that this may be a fairly rare car. Im buying it from the original owner/family. Owner purchased the car new. It only has 60k miles. Has The 351 2V Cleveland, FMX 3 speed auto. At first I thought the data tag was fake because I couldn’t find the “PU” trim code anywhere, and the production number on the VIN was too high to register on any VIN decoder sites. Mine is in the 200k range. Turns out they made over 400k different model Torinos in 1973. From station wagons to 4 door sedans.

I officially retired today and when I saw this car pop up I thought “Hey zipperheads, Get off my lawn.”. Thats my future.

Sincerely,
Walt Kowalski

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Looks to be pretty dang solid car, survivor (?)

not my cup of tea but I don't judge, I too like other brands
just not at the moment don't own any other,
had many Ford PUs good work trucks, from F100s to F450s 2wd & 4x4 & a few cars,
65 Galaxie XL500, 53 F100 428, 69 Boss 302, 66-67 Fairlane GTs,
most recent a 02 F350 7.3 PS Diesel Dually, tow rig
49 Ford Tudor Buss. Coupe 8.50 P/G car Inj. Methanol BBC & Blown Milodon Hemi Powered,
23T & 27T Altereds S/E 7.90 & Comp/Elim. 6.90 cars (Ford style fiberglass bodies)
some select GM stuff too, lots of gen 1, 2 & 3 Camaros, cheap light
& 68 Firebird 400, 65 GTO 9dad was a Pontiac guy),
several gen 2, 3, 4, 70-01 Trans Ams/Firehawks or Formulas,
26 Racecars over the years, many no mater the body, had Hemi, SBC or BBC
or the corporate DREC Olds & Big Chief power
various Olds, Pontiac, Chevy, Buick, muscle cars
but mostly went for MoPars, like many street/strip cars
12) 68-70 Charger R/Ts, 13) 68-70 RRs, like 15) Power Wagons from 66-98
a few 70-71 Dusters & Demons, 2 Dakota R/Ts 98 & 99, a few Jeeps
Right Now,
13th) 68 RR 68k miles/not stock, 99 Dakota SLT 4x4 62k miles/not stock,
2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon Launch Edition Limited 15k miles/all stock loaded

Equal opportunity gearhead
 
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