Price comparisons to the Toyota and Datsun 4 passenger cars.
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@TVHouseHistorian6 ай бұрын
Our parents had a 1974 Torino 4-door in Forest Green. They bought it from a company who had a fleet of them for their traveling execs. It was only a year or two old when mom and dad bought it. I remember it being an exceptional family hauler with tons of space, and no real luxury options to speak of except automatic transmission and A/C. It had an AM/FM stereo, no 8-track or cassette. Total beast of a car, excellent reliability, but had an anemic V-8 that dieseled loudly as it climbed hills. Mom being only 5 foot tall, hated driving it because of its mammoth size. She could barely see over the dashboard. The thing was bulletproof. Dad was a smoker, so of course it smelled horribly of cigarettes.
@Lucille69caddy6 ай бұрын
It had that wonderful 302 2V, didn’t it? Try having this engine in a 12 seat Club Wagon. Our family had a ‘74. While it ran like a top, it just didn’t have enough power to get outta its own way. It still got us to our various vacation destinations over the years.😊
@TVHouseHistorian6 ай бұрын
@@Lucille69caddy Those were the days 😂
@Lucille69caddy6 ай бұрын
@@TVHouseHistorian Indeed. In 1980 our family took a trip to Yellowstone. On the way there thru N Dakota, we encountered a steady 30 mph headwind. My dad said he had it pegged and wouldn’t do over 50 mph! That little 302 was stressing, so we found the nearest available motel and waited out that wind. Those cab-over vans were like driving a billboard sign😆
@Freedomquest086 ай бұрын
I know it was the malaise era and all, but I would never have thought to compare a 2 door Gran Torino to a 4 door Toyota or a Datsun 610.
@TheSpritz06 ай бұрын
They had a 4 door same price so I don’t know what they were doing!
@alfderbabybenz70926 ай бұрын
those cars were works of art
@vinniemorciglio46326 ай бұрын
Clint loved it....
@1983jblack6 ай бұрын
Doubt he loved anything past his '72, partially because he may have been biased but also because of what happened to them until their demise
@jeffrobodine85796 ай бұрын
Starsky and Hutch loved their Tomato.
@JohnShinn19606 ай бұрын
Proven to be a great deal! 👍🤠
@scooterp70096 ай бұрын
Remember the good old days for a minute. Then be jarred back into reality, face forward into the diabolical future.
@m-71tx266 ай бұрын
Room for six people. That’s one of many features in cars that because of government regulations we’ll never get to see again.
@scooterp70096 ай бұрын
@@m-71tx26 I liked growing up in the 60s and 70s with full-size station wagons that had room for half of the kids in the neighborhood.
@joserafaelgrangefuenmayor77446 ай бұрын
Me gusta el carro un Ford Gran Torino Brougham (Fairlane 500) 1975; está muy bonito el carro; le hizo competencia al Chevrolet Caprice Classic; por su confort y elegancia; ése carro fué ensamblado en la planta Ford Motor Company de Venezuela; en Valencia Estado Carabobo; ése carro es conocido en Venezuela mi país cómo Fairlane 500; la única serie televisiva hizo famoso ése carro; es la serie televisiva Starsky & Hutch; los dos detectives de policía a bordo de un Ford Gran Torino de dos puertas color rojo con una franja blanca; mis padres tuvieron uno así; en Venezuela mi país; Raúl Amundaray Q.E.P.D; lo promocionó saludos.
@nlpnt4 ай бұрын
Bait and switch, they showed the price for a base Torino and the actual car's a fully loaded Gran Torino Brougham. Probably about one-third again the price of the base model.
@markbehr886 ай бұрын
There is no way I would take a Datsun or Corona over that Torino. No comparison. Give me the V8 Ford!