When I was a kid in the mid 70's, I made extra money cutting grass to support my comic addiction and one of my customers had a 1970 Torino GT, I loved that car, it to this day is my "Dream car" if I ever hit the lottery, that will be the car, I will buy, plus a couple of others. but that one for sure.
You can see my model, I have it in my "Bonus" room behind one of my CD's of one of my favorite movies. Well anyway I saw this "blurp" while surfing around and instead of posting a "rant", I decided to post a something about my "dream car. I'm sure others have their own "dream car" and mine if I got it would be the "Grabber" green or the blue with the "Dog Dish" rims and the "Laser treatment on the side :) yes I can dream ya know. And as a side point, "My Atlanta Assembly Plant" built the Torino's in the 1970's
The Torino series grew in size for 1970. Starting with the Fairlane 500, all closed two-door models were hardtops, including the Torino and Torino Brougham; the Torino Cobra and Torino GT were SportsRoof fastbacks. (There also was a mid-year Falcon, which was the only two-door post in the series.).
The 1970 Torino GT was only available as a SportsRoof and convertible, with the coupe being discontinued. The SportsRoof featured a rather severe roofline with a kamm tail complemented by a honeycomb inlay covering the full-width taillights, while the convertible shared the taillights but featured a more conventional rump. Up front, the GT featured the option of hidden headlights and a non-functional hood scoop. Along the sides, hash marks and a GT badge on the rear fender could be the launching point for the optional Laser stripes in contrasting colors.
Out of high school my buddy had a new 1970 Torino 429 super cobra jet, 4 speed, 391 locker. It was purple with the laser stripe. ( he called it the grape). It had the rear window louvers. We were supposed to go cut the grass at one of his moms rental house before we could go cruzing He had this little flatbed trailer that was about 4x4 foot. His plan was to load the lawnboy on it with me keeping it on the trailer. As it was just down the street I stupidly agreed. He pulls out the driveway and rips it through 3 gears.. I just about launched that mower along with my arms trying to hold on. Good times.
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