Fords#1Fan Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) Wow Movie looks epic :D Clint Eastwood is so BADASS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9teLeXZ3XMU Edited October 24, 2008 by Fords#1Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildosvt Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 BA!!!!!!!! Im a certified sucker for a 72 Gran Torino Sport! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 SHWWIIIINGGGGG!!!!! It's is my all time favorite color too..... Ivy Glow metallic!!!! I love this movie aready.....great Ford car...Clint as a reluctant hero.....two thumbs WAAAAAAY up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Selby Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 BA!!!!!!!! Im a certified sucker for a 72 Gran Torino Sport! No, you're just a certified sucker! :shades: I like the Montego better myself, possibly because my first car was a '73 Montego. Very hard to find a nice Montego GT anymore. Looking forward to seeing this movie. A few weeks ago I heard this movie's title and wondered what it was going to be about. Man, Clint is looking old (being 78 will do that to you) but I have to say I hope to be in half as good of shape as he's in when I'm his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford-150 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) im totally seeing this movie! there are asain gangs in this movie! finally....lol and they drive supped up civics they better have a badass chase seen where the Torino just demolishes those Civics Edited October 24, 2008 by Ford-150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I'm in too. '72 Gran Torino Sport has always been one of my favorites. Too bad they had to ruin the '73 with the ugly front bumper. I also love a good Clint Eastwood movie with some ass kicking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildosvt Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 No, you're just a certified sucker! :shades: I like the Montego better myself, possibly because my first car was a '73 Montego. Very hard to find a nice Montego GT anymore. Looking forward to seeing this movie. A few weeks ago I heard this movie's title and wondered what it was going to be about. Man, Clint is looking old (being 78 will do that to you) but I have to say I hope to be in half as good of shape as he's in when I'm his age. LOL!!! Hey, I love 73 Montego's too. And GTS's. Nice to hear from ya Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 SHWWIIIINGGGGG!!!!! It's is my all time favorite color too..... Ivy Glow metallic!!!! I love this movie aready.....great Ford car...Clint as a reluctant hero.....two thumbs WAAAAAAY up! I had a '73 Gran Torino Sport in that color. Loved it! I don't have any pics but this one looks just like it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixt9coug Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 i saw a couple cute asian chicks. Saw a cool Torino. Sounds like a winner. Whats with the gravely Cristian-Bale-The-Dark-Knight-Batman-ripoff-voice though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford-150 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Whats with the gravely Cristian-Bale-The-Dark-Knight-Batman-ripoff-voice though? dust build up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Nice car but the movie looks like Dirty Harry meets Grumpy Old Men. Meh, I like Clint so I'll probably go watch it. Edited October 25, 2008 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Clint had that voice well before The Dark Knight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I was a bit too young to take much interest in cars at the time but my mother actually had a Gran Torino until I was about 5, - it's the first vehicle I have clear memories of riding in. No idea what model it was or what engine was in it, but it was two-tone with brown on the bottom and a lighter tan faux-vynil top. It was designed so that it wouldn't start if there was a front seat passenger without a seatbelt, but we were pretty naive about saftey features at the time so we used to pull the belts out, start the car, then release them & ride without . Despite this, and frequent hundred-mile highway drives on an old van seat sitting totally unsecured in the bed of an F-150, my sister and I somehow managed to survive our childhoods... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefstang Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I don't have any audio on my work computer, so I could only watch it Charlie Chaplain style. Without sound, I can't really see this movie having anything to do with a Gran Torino other than it's parked in the driveway. Of course, maybe there's a soundbite that I'm missing that ties it in. That being said, we have a local Torino that comes to our dealership all the time. Car is amazing! It's all blacked out with some real subtle ghost flames. Top notch paint, perfect fitment and lines, and a big block you could eat off of. One of the nicest cars I've seen around.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe771476 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 It seems Clint always drove Fords in his movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) Nice car but the movie looks like Dirty Harry meets Grumpy Old Men. You mean you wouldn't have wanted to see Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in "The Dead Pool"? Might have been kind of entertaining. Edited October 27, 2008 by NickF1011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project-Fairmont Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Wow - this it too cool! While the '72 and later Torino's where heavy cars, IMO they were better made than most GM and way better built than Chryco cars of the seventies. Those big frame less doors closed with a nice "click" rather than the slam-crash of a GM door of that era. Of course they also suffered from overly boosted power steeting and soft springs. Nice to see Clint recognize an under appreciated car that was Ford's last generation of Muscles cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored of Pisteon Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 It seems Clint always drove Fords in his movies. Not always... On occasion he'd drive the usual Plymouth, Chevy, or Oldsmobile and I'm talking about the old school RWD ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bored of Pisteon Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Wow - this it too cool! While the '72 and later Torino's where heavy cars, IMO they were better made than most GM and way better built than Chryco cars of the seventies. Those big frame less doors closed with a nice "click" rather than the slam-crash of a GM door of that era. Of course they also suffered from overly boosted power steeting and soft springs. Nice to see Clint recognize an under appreciated car that was Ford's last generation of Muscles cars. I'm surpised he didn't use a 1972 Ford LTD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordowner Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_spaniard Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) Looks pretty good. Covers some interesting issues. I'm not a fan of boats like the GT, Clint could still whip some asses, so it may be entertaining. Seems to be a strong theme on the surrendering of freedoms later in life. Honestly, when Clint passes on, an era of Hollywood will be over. Leading men today seem like such wusses and pretty-boys compared to Clint, with some rare exceptions (Ford, Crowe, Willis, Jackson, Chiklis, Gandolfini). I guess I am getting older. If I see one more movie where the tough leading guy is some skinny slacker with a hood-shirt and a bob haircut, I'm gonna puke. Edited October 29, 2008 by the_spaniard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351cid Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 This is a link to my 72 Gran Torino Sport http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepjcaa/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAC_Sparky Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 (edited) This is a link to my 72 Gran Torino Sport http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepjcaa/ That's not a '72, it's a '73. The grille on a '72 is oval, the front bumper wraps up at the corners. The grille on the '73 is square, the bumper sticks out like the one pictured in your link. I had 2 72's, a coupe with the vinyl top (my first car) and a '72 Sport with the fastback sport roof that I hand rebuilt from the frame up. This is what a '72 looks like (this is not mine though) Edit: I had a look through your site, you have the pic as a '73 but you imply that you're turning it into a '72 (replica, I suppose you could say). But you don't have any pics of the finished project. Looks pretty good so far though. Edited October 31, 2008 by OAC_Sparky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351cid Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Yes; it will have a 72 front clip on it and I just call it a 72 because I get tired of explaing it :D This is my 3rd 72-73 Torino that has been built from the ground up. When I get done with the car I will post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Yes; it will have a 72 front clip on it and I just call it a 72 because I get tired of explaing it :D This is my 3rd 72-73 Torino that has been built from the ground up. When I get done with the car I will post pics. I looked at your site...pretty damn impressive....do you have any pics of the car completed?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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