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That is a Torino. A Torino is a Ford. Ford is not Mopar.

Oh, Murilee, Murilee, Murilee. :( That's no Mopar. It's a Ford Torino.

That Torino is slower than the hamsters, to boot.

Too bad the one time you get to use its racing potential is the same time you have to put it up for sale.

I too will add voice to the diss... 74 Torino, no Mopars in sight!

If you're going to close your ad with the words, "From the land of British Racing Green," why have a red hero car?

By the way, how many other cars bypassed 5MPH bumper rules by using rubber Dagmars?

@PatFromGundo: You're both wrong!

"Ladies love a cat-sick-colored heap of British Leyland tat. FACT!"
- Richard Porter, SniffPetrol Issue 66

@SeanKHotay: Fuuuuuuuuuudge...

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@Triborough: @DannyBN: Hmmm... you're right. As the former owner of both an early 70s Fury and Torino, I should pay more attention.

So many fantasies:

A Spitfire that can make the trip without breaking down.

And a pregnant woman both willing and able to sit in one, let alone get out of it.

"from the land of british racing green"

that's all triumph had to say good eh?
Hey, we invented a color!

You should always pack a suitcase when travelling in a Triumph...and it won't fit in the truck.

Great hospital. Don't get the lady a chair, just six people to drag her across the lot by the arms.

Hospitals are kryptonite to the Fuzz.

@nsjames: More like, "Please remember that we previously built cars that were respectable enough to earn some notoriety. But those were green."

OK, here's my normal rant, starting now....while BL products certainly weren't the best screwed together cars of the Malaise era, were there any well built cars in the Malaise Era? I mnea it's really a misnomer.

My daily driver on nice days is a 74 MGB, the only time it failed to start I left the trunk open in the garage and killed the battery.

I guarantee the Torino was probably less reliable, makes me always think of my sweet grnamdother who took me to Jerry's every Sunday for hot fudge cake in just such a Gran Torino...but I digress

@nsjames: They also perfected Driveway Stain brown, but they don't like to brag about it.

@eastaboga: I used a '73 MGB as a daily driver (that is, my only car) for several years, so I've earned the right to say whatever I want about British Leyland cars.

Nice continutiy in the commercial there too. I like how he was able to turn the car around (As well as the cruiser) and cock the wheel ever so slightly to teh left before taking the preggo (Girlfriend, wife, babysitter?) into the hospital...

@Murilee Martin: Maybe it's guilt, for the poor abandoned one that belonged to your family up north that you contemplated getting but didn't. You just don't "see" Torinos anymore!

I had a '78 Spitfire in High School. It was 10 years old an It only had 60K on the clock. It was the biggest piece of crap! It would break down about once a month. Our family mechanic got rich working on that thing.

I got it because I refuse to drive my mom's blue 240 volvo wagon. I wish I had that volvo now, actually I kinda miss the spitfire too.

@CharlzR:

In Cuba, it was standard procedure to convert cars - especially small, light ones - to Lada power. Doubtless many Havana mothers were raced to the hospital in various 29 1/2 horsepower MGBs, Spitfires, and Stags.

You know you've botched it when a Communist Russian knock-off of a Fiat econobox engine is regarded as a marked improvement in reliability over stock.

@Spasticteapot:

"You know you've botched it when a Communist Russian knock-off of a Fiat econobox engine is regarded as a marked improvement in reliability over stock."

You win!

@deckard97: Which explains everything. Mid 70's Torinos were about the most malaise-tastic lumps of metal around. Cops in a 74 Torino would have a tough time catching up to a felon on a Schwinn.

Fact: The Spitfire has an unoriginal name.

@PatFromGundo: It was the 70's. There's no way this could last through an entire film shoot without rusting.

@Murilee Martin:
I've done the same with my spitfire. It never left me stranded. Scared ? Yes. Wet ? Obviously. Limping and making ominous noises ? Certainly.

"From the land of British Racing Green"

a Red 60 hp Spit

Two MG Midgets in the garage, neither runs, of course.
Thinking of transplanting my Toyota 22RE into it, a la that PCH a while back.