Daryl Romain Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) One of my holy grail kits was a gift from model buddy L Leslie Curtis. JoHan nascar body and he was nice enough to provide a fresh 69 Torino donor kit. Neither one of us realized the original builder had done a fastback to notchback conversion, which I had to redo. The rear window opening wasn't vertical enough. Made a hood and scoop, replaced an A pillar, grafted in a 79 El Camino rear bumper and made a rear lower valance from a 1/24th scale Iroc bumper. I think the El Camino bumper is upside down, on purpose, can't remember. Amt 69 Torino windshield, interior, motor and chassis, with a few tweaks. The blue wire sticking up became the fuel line. Edited July 4, 2023 by Daryl Romain Typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 This had to be a difficult body conversion. Paint looks great and the hood looks like Fords hood as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) It wasn't hard. It had already been converted although incorrectly. The roof was already cut. When the paint was stripped, I recut along the now visible cut lines, put stuff back where I thought it should go. Exaggerated the height on the scoop just a tad, just because, lol. It represents a mildly customized, not dead stock body, car. Didn't have the parts to build it 100% stock. Edited July 2, 2023 by Daryl Romain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Sure has a Racy-Look to it. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Good save! Looks like a street custom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) ... Edited July 2, 2023 by Daryl Romain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said: Sure has a Racy-Look to it. Nice job. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Street Rod said: Good save! Looks like a street custom. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Looks awesome very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 1972 always was my favourite year for Torinos. Great conversion, very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 1:41 PM, Rattlecan Dan said: Sure has a Racy-Look to it. Nice job. Thank you. You have a cool name! Motor is a 460 Ford with a Shelby type 2-4 intake, carbs and air filter. On 7/2/2023 at 1:41 PM, Rattlecan Dan said: Sure has a Racy-Look to it. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 7:23 PM, michelle said: Looks awesome very nice work Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Romain Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said: 1972 always was my favourite year for Torinos. Great conversion, very nice work! Me too! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Great looking Torino! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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