Mr. Can Am Garage Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 The Calypso Coral is from MCW and the Twister Special decals are from Keith Marks. I still need to black out the exhaust tips. The decals gave me a bit of a hard time. More my doing than Keith's. Bonus pics.! '70 Torino GT along side the Twister Special. Grabber Orange or Calypso Coral.
Sixties Sam Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Wow! That's a beauty! Color really stands out. Was the Twister a factory option package? I don't remember it. Looks great!
diymirage Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 never knew you could get a shaker hood on a ford nice
george 53 Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Sam The Twister option was available ONLY on the west side of the Rockie Mountains. I think it was a dealer from Colorado that made a contract with Ford to be an exclusive dealer for them. Those of us on the east coast COULDN'T order one, so they're VERY rare around our neck of the woods. That and the fact that there weren't that many built.
george 53 Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Eelco, 71 was the LAST year you could get a shaker hood on a Torino.
Railfreak78 Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Thats a nice lookin car and pair for that matter. That kit looks like fun but looks like it can bite too. I love the color and package. Happy Hobby'n!
James Flowers Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Nice looking Torino's you have there.
Guest Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Wish my stuff looked half as nice as yours John! Beautiful! Glad you posted em here!
Guest Gramps-xrds Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Nice job on both of them. The paint came out real nice. I've never seen one with gloss black on the hood though.
my name is nobody Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 Sam The Twister option was available ONLY on the west side of the Rockie Mountains. I think it was a dealer from Colorado that made a contract with Ford to be an exclusive dealer for them. Those of us on the east coast COULDN'T order one, so they're VERY rare around our neck of the woods. That and the fact that there weren't that many built. Um, close but no cigar. These cars were Sold EAST of the Rocky Mountains. The Kansas Ford dealers wanted something to draw in foot traffic, more specifically, The Kansas City Area Ford Dealers. and approached Ford with the idea of an option along the lines of the California Specials and the High Country Specials of the previous couple of years. Now, From records I have seen, 100 -Mach 1 1970 Mustangs, and 100- Ford Cobra Torinos were built. That being said, of the 100- Mach 1's, only about fifty were built with the 428 CJ motors, due to them being scarce, the rest had 351 Cleveland 4 barrel motors. ALL the Mach 1's were painted Grabber Orange. The Torino's were painted Vermillion, and were 429 Cars. The question's now arise on if these Torino's were cobra jet, or Super cobra jet 429's. I have seen only Super Cobra Jet Cars. We had a '70 Twister Mach 1 in my hometown in Colorado, but it was owned by a college kid who moved to town, and it was a 351C Mach 1. But all the graphics and stuff were intact, as this was the early seventies. not many people were cloning them at that time, if any. Beautiful Model by the way, I'm building one right now, with Fred Cady decals, to display next to my twister Mach 1 replica.
Mr. Can Am Garage Posted December 19, 2009 Author Posted December 19, 2009 Nice job on both of them. The paint came out real nice. I've never seen one with gloss black on the hood though. A bad choice of semi-gloss black on my account. From now on, it's only decanted Tamiya sprays semi-gloss black. Thanks!
oldscool Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 That is a great looking model! oldscool - nightstalker
Greg Cullinan Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) WOW!! Man I can't decide stock or custom.Clint should've had the Twister!! Thanks Edited December 21, 2009 by ponyxpress
george 53 Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 Thanks for the correction Chuck. They're Fords, so they don't really hold any interest for me. But I do know they were rare, caz I'VE never seen one except in a magazine! They ARE very nice lookin cars though(if you can call Fords after 70 nice looking! )
my name is nobody Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 looking at my post, I see it as a little heavy handed, and for that, I'm sorry. These cars are terrific! And 'Mr. Can Am Garage' did a nice job on both models. Anyway, to me, these were some of the least respected, best performance mid size Fords, ever. I guess having a cobra jet Torino in the garage makes me a little bit biased.
george 53 Posted December 21, 2009 Posted December 21, 2009 Actually, it was pretty informative,to be honest with you. I've only seen then in Hemmings Muscle Car Review. Personally, (and this IS just moo) 70 was the last year for pretty Fords. Maybe NOT fast ones, but to ME, attractive Fords. STILL like G.M's an Mopes better.
camaroman Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Nice job on both Torino's. Wished my Mom had kept the 69 GT she bought after she and my Dad divorced. Only problem with it was , if you EVER touched the gas pedal on restart after it was warmed up the darned thing would flood and you would have to wait 15 minutes to try again! glenn
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