To be honest the only sheetmetal forward of the doors that will interchange between 72-73 is the hood. And even then the latch is different. The grille and headlight doors are different too. The 73 frt end was much flatter to match the huge frt bumper.
Another Torino checked off my list.
Paul Jett Handy Andy Torino
Johan body on stretched AMT TBird chassis with a resin hood from GKS 1964
Body detrimmed and modified for racing. Custom decals. Ford Wimbledon white.
I really enjoyed this build. Box stock which I hardly ever do. Only mod I did was to adjust the frt wheels back in the wells slightly. They sat too far forward. I wish the rims sat deeper in the tires but oh well.
The Thunderbird on eBay is not nearly as nice as Paul’s. The windshield shape is completely and utterly wrong. The Johan Torino is the only kit that ever got the shape of the 72-79 Ford midsize windshield correct. This windshield is waaay too flat.
Thanks Steve,that taillight panel was a fight for sure. There is no separation line between the taillights and the black trim part. So it all wants to run together.