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$ Gran Torino $

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demorier

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I wonder how much these cars are worth to a collector now after the release of the Clint Eastwood movie. ?
 
I love how collector's items are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them with the advent of internet auctions and such. Many awesome cars have tripled in value just because everyone kept asking a little bit more than everyone else. (sounds like MSFS addons)

They can demand whatever they want just because a movie came out, but the one problem is: They're still friggin' Gran Torinos.:gossip:
 
Personally, I'd have liked to see Clint driving a 68-69 Fastback or a 70-71 instead, but that 72 is one clean machine.
Just glad to see it survived the 70's without getting an S&H paint job and a set of Keystone Klassics!
The 72 is a one-year nose styling job and in my opinion the best looking of the "fat" mid-70s Torinos. The Starsky & Hutch Torino was a 73 or 74...pretty close, but the noses just kept getting uglier.
Sure I'd have rather seen Clint in a vintage MoPar, but "Satellite Sebring" just doesn't have a good movie title ring. :d

Probably just as interesting to me...how much will the movie boost sales of M1 Garand rifles?
 
I used to own a 1972 Gran Torino Sport, with the hood scoop, fastback, and vinyl top. Mine was metallic dark green with the laser stripe, just like the one in the movie. The previous owner of my Torino had it repainted without the stripe and instead put black out trim on the hood and trunk. I wish I still owned that car.

The Starsky & Hutch Gran Torinos were model year 1975 and 1976, although the 1974 looks the same except for the outside mirrors. The factory Starsky & Hutch Gran Torinos were 1976 model year and Ford made 1000 of them for the U.S. market. Some dealers took regular Torino's off their lot and repainted them to look like the S&H cars.
 
Torino's have been going up in value the last few years. Especially the Cobra Jet ones. I'de love to have a 68/69 Torino Talladega myself. Or the same year Mercury Cyclone.
 
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