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These came from my friend
Richard Allen in Australia. "Hi Mike. read your email,
thanks. Thought you might like to take a look at 2 models from the OZ
scene. I think these are available in the States. The yellow ochre 4
door sedan is a 1/8th scale model of the Falcon GTHO and the coupe is
the same scale of the Ford Cobra from 1977. Hope you enjoy. see ya ,
Rich" |
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These models came from my friend Mike
McPhillips (McFord) of Portland Michigan. "Hey Mike, Figured I
would get into the act and send you these pics of my dusty but trusty
1972 Gran Torino Sport promo. I picked this up almost 20 years ago at
the spring swap meet at Jerome-Duncan Ford! Mike"
| The '70 I finished last
year, and the 72 was an old Johan kit that I have had for some
time and needed to be restored, I came across your site and
AWESOME work!!!
Mj Hundahl>Modeladdict |
Picture
of 1:64 Johnny Lightning Cyclones from Robert Day of the Cyclone / Torino
Registry fame.
These came from Ron Maskiw.
"My name is Rod Maskiw and I have been admiring your wonderful web
site. I'm from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada and love all vintage Ford /
Mercury cars and trucks. My summer car is a '64 Mercury Meteor
convertible. I also drive a T-Bird SC and an old F150 for the winter.I
noticed you have a model Torino section and I was wondering if you would
be interested in adding pictures of mine to your collection of
photos."
| The following models come
from Michael Curry (IrishNYC of the Yahoo Torino Club).
"Heard the Ertl 1/18th die cast Cobra's coming out real
soon yellow & white in 2 months red in august :) now if they
would just make a 72. Here are some pics of a cool
dealer model I have of my 72 GTS hope you like with some of the
1/43 70 Cobra. One cool pic is my done Johan kit looking
just like my real 72 and the plain dealer model as a contrast
also its is amazing how identical this model is to my exact
car.... |
| The following come from Dan
Griffin of Anaheim California. "These are some pics
of a 72 model I built . It's a Jo-Han kit thats been pro -
streeted , and sports a twin blower setup on a 427 SOHC motor
".
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| More from my Australia
buddy Richard Allen. "Michael, Robert, Contact Tom Nuss in
Pennsylvania. He's getting the Falcs from somewhere there. Not
sure where but when we have talked in the past about the 1/18th
scale stuff, he's always been getting them a few days later.
Yeah, they are die-cast and the detail is fabulous!!!.I've
attached a few pics of mine for you both.. Tom is at :
tenjln1346@webtv.net . He'll be able to set you straight.
Meanwhile enjoy the pics and thanks for the Easter wishes. It
was great." |
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"Hope you don't mind me sending
some pics I have. My name is Paul Grala and although I don't
own a Torino I am an big fan. Also of the Falcons from down
under. I live in Atlanta and have three Mustangs, 87 GT , 78
Cobra and a 69 Mach1 . all are under construction the 78
is my daily driver and is powered by an 85 302 5spd. any way I
am in the ACME model car club and have recently completed the
mini exotics King Cobra kit using the recent Torino GT kit. It
is highly detailed and was built as a street version would
have been . It won a
trophy for best Ford at a recent Nashville show. Also I am
sending you a pic of a Twister Torino that my brother took
down in Florida . And will send you some others when I get
them scanned in. Including a model of a 72 nascar I built and
a pic of a 76 starsky and hutch car at a Florida show. Hope
you can use them and if you can let me know when you post them
I'd appreciate it. I will be passing your site to some
of my friends. Your friend in Georgia, Paul."
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| 1-8-2003 - More from Paul
Grala... "Hey Mike, Here are the pics of my Starsky &
Hutch Torino model. It is finished except for the photo etched
emblems and grill, which are still in the production process.
Later, Paul" |
| 7-25-2003 -
"Hey Mike, I finally finished the Falcon Cobra. Here are
the pics for your sight. Hope everything is going well for you
and your family. Paul Grala,
P.S. Did you see the Ranchero
on Monster Garage ?" |
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2-1-2004 - "I know its not a
Torino but I thought you would like to see it anyway. It got a lot
of attention at the IPMS show this weekend. All the Cobra R pieces
are scratch built. Paul." |
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| 2-21-2004 - "Here is a rear view pic
of the Cobra R. I'm happy to here your car will be getting
finished soon. Hopfully before the show season starts. I've got
to get my Cobra 11 done this summer before my wife has it hauled
off. Then I can get back to the race car. Then maybe I can start
on my 69 Mach 1. Be glad you only have one . PG" |
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| ....Of a 1970 Ford Torino
Cobra..........its a new release just out ( a couple weeks ago)
here's a few pics of it.
Plus Question you have any 70 Rancheros
on your site by chance? i am building one up and need a back
view of the tailgate so i can scratch build one?
Love the new site! its awesome!
Enjoy!
Mj
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| "Hi ! My name is Steve
Buckner and I'm a long time FoMoCo Fan. I have owned a great
number of lame and killer Lincs , Fords and Mercs. Here's a
quick list of the better ones, 68 Torino GT (FB) , 70 Torino GT,
74 Ranchero with a 351C HO motor, 79 Cartier Mark V, 68 Cougar,
72 Xr-7 351 CJ-R ( WOW Fast) and my latest project a 72 Galaxie
500 4dr with a 460 PI motor (look out GATOR !). I also build
models and several of my friend (MJ, ROD and PAUL) said to visit
your site. Awesome ! love your car. One of my top 5 dream cars
is a 70 Comet or Falcon , all black, sportin a 429 with the SCJ-R
goodies ! Maybe one day....... I built this Torino King Cobra
using the latest release of the Torino GT from Revell/Monogram,
a chassis from the latest Polar Lights 69 Torino Stocker Model
and the same resin kit that paul used for his
"production" King Cobra. I grafted the front fenders
from the resin kit onto the plastic Torino GT model (the resin
kit is so-so quality compared to the styrene plastic kit). The
rest of the stuff just came from various kits and aftermarket
suppliers and some scratch building with aluminum tubing and
such. I decided to build 4 aero cars from the 71 model year , as
if the aero cars had survived and evolved. The first completed
is the King Cobra from the Holman Moody shops driven by David
Pearson. I am currently modifying a resin Cyclone stock car kit
by grafting parts from a Datsun 240 ZX, 69 Stingray and other
cars onto the nose. It will be the #21 Wood Bros. Super Cyclone
driven by Cale Yarborough. I also have a 71 Charger R/T kit
modified with a nose and wing to replicate the Daytona II clay
mock ups, it will be the #22 Coke car driven by Bobby Allison.
The final car in the set is a 71 Plymouth Road runner also
sporting a nose and wing, to be built as the Superbird II of the
#43 Richard Petty team. Hope you like my little side step into
"what-if". I'm sending several pics. If you decide to
post them on your site , choose the ones you like the best. And
thank you for letting me be a part of you web site. Steve
Buckner" |
| "Hey mike, Thought
you might like these for the web sight. My friend Bob Downie took
these at The Birmingham classic model show last weekend. Catch you
later, Paul Grala" |
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"You can post these in the
"real car" section if you want to "mess with
guys" for a while but they're all model. I built
the cars and the backgrounds that aren't lifted from real pics.
Hope you enjoy them. Jerry Sims"
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"Here are
some model pics from Birmingham 2001 . Pictures taken by Bob
Downie. Believe it or not this Interceptor is made out of
Legos (the last photo)!
Paul
Grala" |
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Thomas Nuss -
Bathurst Slideshow |
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Hi my name is
Vanpyre I have a website dedicated to diecast even though it was
meant for all kinds of modelling I have attached a couple of
pics for your gallery that you might like
cheers IAN aka
VANPYRE
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| "Here
are the pics I wanted to send. hope you enjoy them. the blue one
has a 514 crate motor,the white one is a base torino with a scj.
the yellow is a stock GT and the orange is the twister special
thanks FRED
McKEE" |
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"Hi Mike,
tho i don't own a Torino i wish i did heres some pics of my Mad
Max model i made from a 70 Torino and a model i made of the 71
Galaxie 500 from "White Lightning"starring Burt
Reynolds from a 70 Galaxie 500 model i hope you like em oh and i
visit your site often and i gotta say its the most awesome site
about Torinos on the net!!! Bar NONE
regards,
Bart Mangrum Ft.Pierce Fl." |
"Just something I built thanks Ron
Pfantz"
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| I see a lot off pictures
from Cobra's. I have a picture off my scale model, Perhaps you
can place it between the real photos from owners which send a
photo of there real Cobra's. looks nice and would be the first.
you have a great side. greetings from Holland, Europe.
Tom Vlug |
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6 great torino model car
pics - sent in by Bernard Depaillat |
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