My brother has 3-1972 Ford Torinos he would like to sell, possibly for
parts. He lives in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Any interest?

Loretta

"Loretta" <bubblegummom (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

theres probly so much rust even the junkyard magnet wouldnt pick em up

What make you believe that, did you think a Torino is a Japanese car? There
are lots of early seventies Torinos at old car shows. 1970/71 Torino 500s
are common at those shows


mike


"Bob H" <dontspam (AT) nospam (DOT) org> wrote

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com> wrote

And when was the last time you saw one on the street?

Ford produced millions of those. Aside from a few preserved for auto shows,
where are they now?

One of my great aunts had a 1970-ish Gran Torino. By 1976, the vinyl roof
was flapping loose and the bottoms of the fenders and rocker panels had
rusted away. Its favorite pastime was stalling as you pulled into traffic.



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"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com> wrote


they're all POS

One must realize that not all owners properly maintain their vehicles and
they may stall out on occasion.

Since I do not have access to every part of the country there is no way I
can know how many are still daily runners, but I'm willing to bet there are
many more Torinos still running around than there are Japanese cars from the
same area. LOL


mike


"DH" <dh (AT) stargate (DOT) com> wrote

That's for sure, but the Japanese have improved their cars a great deal from
what they sold in the seventies.


mike


"Bob H" <dontspam (AT) nospam (DOT) org> wrote

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com> wrote

Well, gee, there were more Torinos than Japanese cars sold, during the
period.

Jeff

Well they certainly are far more Torinos at old car shows. One rarely see an
old Japanese sedan at one LOL

mike

"Jeff" <news (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com> wrote

That should be the case, whether or not the Torino was superior (it wasn't,
it was a total POS, as was our Ford Country Squire of the same vintage, our
Custom 500, our neighbor's LTD and my f-i-l's '78 big-ass Ford, all
self-destructed early).

Ford built 2.6 million Torinos (a complete waste of time and money) between
68 and 76. Toyota sold a negligible amount of cars here in that period.
Even if the Toyota was several times better and more durable than the Ford
(and that is probably the case), there would still be far fewer Toyotas
surviving.

And, since Toyotas were relatively unkown and more people were driving
Torinos back then (the poor fools), the old-car market, the nostalgia-driven
end of the auto market, would also tend to favor putting resources into
preserving and restoring Torinos over Toyotas.



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