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Grand Torinos
Topic Started: Apr 18 2010, 07:50 AM (467 Views)
Stangfreak
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Here's a couple of cool JL castings... A 72 Grand Torino and a 74 Grand Torino...
Kinda cool to compare the changes !!!


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WoloMan
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Great topic, SF...right up my alley. ;) A small correction...it's Gran, not Grand--a common mistake.

Here are some emblems from my first car--a '76:
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A little-known fact about the brown '74 is that the name Gran Torino on the side is upside-down! :o I believe it was this way for the entire run as I've seen many of these and they were all the same.

I think TZ and company did a great job on the '72, which was new last year (although my TRU just got it a couple of weeks ago. :( ). When TZ first announced this casting, I asked him they were doing a promo with the Clint Eastwood movie, and he wasn't even aware the movie was coming out! Although, it is interesting the color combo used is very close to what was in the movie. B)

One interesting detail on the '72 is there are drip-rails around the driver and passenger windows! I think this is probably the first time I've ever seen this extreme detail in a 1:64. While it is nice and accurate to the 1:1, I feel it is a bit of overkill as from some angles, it looks like extra flashing that wasn't trimmed from the casting. Also note that the trim around the front windshield and rear windows in molded into the casting...another nice detail. :thumbup:

Here's another variation of the '74:
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Yes, it is a weird color combo...but I like it because it's my first car!
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By the way, here is a rear view of the casting. The silver blob in the center is actually the red Torino emblem/gas door pull from my above pic:
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Stangfreak, thanks for the great topic. :thumbup:
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
That time period reminds me of how cars like the Torino, Thunderbird, Continental, some Mercuries, all seemed to start morphing into one common shaped car and I couldn't remember them or tell them apart from the distance....
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Sak
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Man, did Fords of that era rust! Of course, with Lido A. Iacocca running the show, you got what really mattered- the most comfortable upholstery EVER. So, at least you managed to be laid back and restful, while you were able to watch the roadway pass below the perforating floor pan. Good deal!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I remember VW beetle floors doing that too. Friends would ditch their cig butts through the floor panels. :lol:
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WoloMan
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Apr 18 2010, 05:24 PM
Man, did Fords of that era rust!
Don't I know it...especially when living in the Northeast with the salted winter roads. It also didn't help that manufacturers in general used clips to keep the metal trim on, and the rust would just percolate under the trim as in my 1:1 pic above. :(
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

The '72 model would be better if it didn't have such monster sized A-Pillars. The '74 model is quite nice and I have several of those.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Love the '72 casting- and I wish they'd use it more!

The '74 casting needs to be retired and replaced. It's not very accurate and I know JL could do a better job now. Especially because we could get some neat variations (for example, how about some with cast in opera windows instead of them being tampos on a solid C-pillar? A few years back Tom Z. had posted a picture of a beautiful blue pre-pro of the '74 and asked if people wanted to see it made. I was heartbroken when it didn't get the nod. But I had to agree- the casting itself is horrible. I have the Dukes Of Hazzard version (Carnival of Thrills stunt show version) and the rear window opening isn't rectangular any more, it looks like the roof is caved in one one side. I thought I got a bad one so I bought another....only for that one to have an identical problem. Since I know they can make money off the tooling (thanks to Starsky & Hutch) this is one casting that needs to be upgraded. And then they need to do the blue one. :D
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