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Project Car Hell, Graverobber Edition: 1970 Cougar or 1972 Torino?

Yesterday, we saw the Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail '72 Hell Project competition go to the '72 Volvo 1800ES by a Nixon-over-McGovern-style landslide, with 73% of the vote favoring the Volvo over the '72 Cougar. Today we're going to punish reward Graverobber for his run of incredible PCH tirades (such as this one, this one, or- my personal favorite- this one) by making him work harder for a PCH Tipster T-shirt than anyone else ever has. The deal I made with him: he chooses the cars, he writes the tirade for the cars, I include the tirade in the post... and everyone wins! Well, except for those who grumble about seeing Mercury Cougars in two consecutive Choose Your Eternity challenges, that is, but we'll pay that price.
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5:20 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,815 views, 69 comments

Latest by n/a: I had to go with the Torino, but not because of the Awzimatics. The 429 under the hood PLUS a 351 Cleveland sideays in the trunk, the whole thing mounted atop a 1972 F350 chassis with 42" duelies and more »

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Shopping For An Argentine Rambler? Renault Torino Available In California!

We love weird South American versions of North American cars, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a car with a more complicated family tree than the Renault Torino. Conceived as the result of AMC-Renault cooperation, based on the '65 Rambler American Rogue, with body redesign by Pininfarina and power by Kaiser, the Torino was built in Argentina until 1982. We really, really want one to use for Official Jalopnik Business... and now there's this '72 for sale on eBay! Make the jump for a vastly expanded gallery. [eBay Motors]

8:00 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
881 views, 20 comments

Latest by MadHungarian: PINNNNGGGGG!!! (that was the sound of my Lust-O-Meter going off the scale) The only thing better than a Torino would be a Torino PLUS a fleet of the other South American "cars out of time" and "never made it here's." Like the more »

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Spada TS Codatronca Production Announced, Tie Fighters No Longer Cool

Mr. Vader, the latest in your ever expanding fleet has arrived. We thought the Spadaconcept Codatronica was but a glimmer in the eye of some crazy Italians. After months of development work and the creation of a production company, Spadavetturesport has announced production readiness for the Spada TS Codatronca. The car is a masterwork of stealth combined with aerodynamics, menace with purpose. Clad in black with an aluminum V8 sporting 630 HP and 492 lb.ft. of torque, the terror from Torino can top out at 211 MPH.

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6:20 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,203 views, 74 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm not digging the headlights, but damn... more cars need exhausts like the Spada. Its gonna be a bitch to keep that area clean though... more »

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Definitely Not Jeffrey Lebowski's Torino: Welcome To Chile!

This DOTS Bonus Edition thing has really taken off, with photos coming in faster than I can post them (be patient- my jumble of files rigorously organized system will result in everyone's shots appearing sooner or later). We've seen North American cars and a few in Europe, and now it's South America's turn. Chilean reader Felipe sees this '74 Torino parked in his neighborhood (I forgot to ask which city), and he's gone out and interviewed the owner for us. ¡Gracias, Felipe! Make the jump for the car's story... but before that, let's look at a Malaise Torino that's not quite as nice as this one!

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2:00 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,272 views, 27 comments

Latest by CptSevere: @Novaload: I'm ten years or so behind you. This is weak compared to the sixties boats that were being made in your day. When I was a kid this is what we were riding in with Mom driving, at least more »

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Car Paintings By Robert Bechtle


When you're talking about painters who get the Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™, the Two Roberts come to mind immediately. You got your Robert Williams, of course, and then you got your Robert Bechtle... and what more could you need? I've got a print of Alameda Gran Torino hanging on my living-room wall, and it serves as inspiration every time I head out the door on a DOTS photo expedition (especially when I see a car like today's '65 Comet). I've gathered up a few of Bechtle's many car-themed paintings for our enjoyment on this fine Tuesday. [The New Yorker, SFMOMA]

1:30 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,347 views, 45 comments

Latest by n/a: I am amazed that only one previous comment even knew that the car in the pic was a Rambler and then wasn't sure of the year. It is a 1958 Rambler. The difference between the 58 & 59 was in more »

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It Can Roar As Well As Whisper: 1969 Ford Torino!

So Ford grabbed the same incredibly wholesome dancers they used to sell the '69 Mustangs when it came time to try to move some '69 Torinos off the showroom floors. Compare the nauseating perkiness of this ad to the worldly white-collar hoon in the '68 Torino ad. But look at all the engine choices you got! Make ours a 428 Cobra Jet fastback with 4-speed, please.

11:00 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,641 views, 11 comments

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SEMA 2007: Purevision Gran Torino

While we could not locate Steve Strope the man at the SEMA, we did find his 1972 Ford Gran Torino. The latest from Purevision packs a 514 cubic inch Ford crate engine and a 4-speed top loader backed by a Gear Vendors overdrive that translates four into eight speeds. The heavy rides on Bonspeed wheels sized at a mere 20X12 out back and 18X8 in front. The wheel size stagger accentuates the already pronounced space-age '70s Torino swagger. An Art Morrison four link holds everything together underneath the slope of the sportroof. Look closely and Strope himself can be seen in shorts. The Starsky and Hutch version of the Torino didn't roll here or in France until 1976. [Purevision Design]

2:30 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
1,527 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow! Just to think those things used to litter the road and nobody ever gave them a second thought and now it really looks awesome. I think that might be a reflection of how boring and uninspired new cars really more »

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Torino Of The Day: Dragonmobile!

What with all the talk about Starsky and Hutch Torinos, Personal Dilemma Torinos, and Celebrity DUI Torinos around these parts, we've been keeping our eyes open for good examples of the old classic Ford. Today, we've struck gold: Dragon Torino! This '74 blows away the Dragon Image Per Vehicle record with its airbrush work, it's got a heated-up Cleveland, and it could be yours for a starting bid of just $10,950! Is that a reasonable price? Take the poll after the jump and let us know! [eBay Motors] More »

2:45 PM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,375 views, 36 comments

Latest by pitchpitch Type-Я: This needs to be eaten by the DRAGON TRUCK: [jalopnik.com] more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Personal Dilemma Edition: 1968 Ford Torino GT

Since I decided against buying my friend's '65 Falcon Wagon in my first Personal Project Hell Dilemma, I've had to keep my eyes open for a project suitably cool/hellish enough. Fellow Jalop Ben Wojdyla went ahead and solved his personal dilemma- well, at least the initial part- by buying the '64 Continental of his dreams, Bumbeck has a project Starion and Starlet, and I'm still driving the ol' '97 Crown Vic and '92 Civic hatch. The peer pressure builds. Something must be done! But now my dilemma gets all the more tantalizing, because I have been offered a numbers-matching 428 Cobra Jet '68 Torino GT... for free! Thing is, it's a little far away, and it needs some work... More »

5:00 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,563 views, 75 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: @Murilee Martin: "C) [Torino + 5 Other Hell Projects + 3 Daily Drivers Using Up All Street Parking For Blocks + Lynch Mob of Angry Neighbors]." They don't call it Project Car Hell for nothing, do they? Just Do It! more »

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Fifth Gear Races General Lee Against Starsky & Hutch Grand Torino


This week's episode of Fifth Gear featured an epic battle of 'merican muscle. Specifically, we get to watch Vicki Butler-Henderson take a couple laps in two automotive icons of TV — the General Lee and the Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino. All we've got to say is watching that Charger chug down the straightaway, barely nicking 100 MPH makes us uber-glad for today's HEMI-fied SRT8. Be that as it may, we'd probably still trade our left arm for one.

3:15 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Ray Wert
7,266 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: Blah. I'm not even going to watch this. My opinion, for what it's worth, is that you should not be allowed anywhere near the General Lee unless you can pronounce the word "Duke." It doesn't start with a bloody 'J'! more »

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell, Hood Scoop Edition: Torino or Road Runner?

With the Mopar Minivan getting the win over the Blown Buick in Friday''s PCH Turbo Sleeper Edition poll, today seems like a good day to return to some good ol' no-replacement-for-displacement Dee-troit muscle. Sure, you could always whip out a fat roll of Benjamins and turn it into a cherry big-block machine that'll wow the car show judges... but this is Project Car Hell, where wallets are thin and Bondo is thick!
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5:00 PM on Mon Sep 17 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,336 views, 27 comments

life imitates art

You See Vat Happen, Larry?

When we had Intergalactic Malaise Era Torino day earlier in the week, we showed the Torino-versus-dumpster crash scene from the Torino-riffic film The Big Lebowski. It turns out that the influence of the "You see what happens, Larry?" Corvette/Torino-beating scene from the movie is so pervasive that even Croatians feel compelled to recreate it on some sort of Iron Curtain Fiat clone. But wait, there's more! More »

5:15 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Murilee Martin
837 views, 7 comments

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Whiskey Bottle, Brand New Car: Gary Rossington's Torino

First of all, apologies for the crappy quality of the image above; we scoured the internet for literally dozens of minutes and this was the best we could do. Since we've decided to follow up International Corinthian Leather Day with Intergalactic Malaise Era Torino Day, it's only right that we mention one of the most famous Torinos of them all: the 1976 Torino (equipped with vinyl top, of course) that Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington rammed into a tree, a telephone pole, and a house after passing out drunk behind the wheel. This incident served as the inspiration for the 70s "do as I say, not as I do" anthem "That Smell." [Official Lynyrd Skynyrd History Site]

3:00 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,777 views, 15 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: A tree, a telephone pole and a house? That's some pretty mild damage, all things considered. more »

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The Dude's Torino In A World Of Pain

Since we're on the subject of Malaise Era Torinos today, we should probably watch the classic Torino-versus-dumpster scene from The Big Lebowski. The 70s Torino occupies a special place in our mythology, and the cool thing is that they're still quite affordable. Movie-car geeks might notice that the private dick tailing The Dude is driving a Beetle, just like the private dick in the Coen Brothers' first movie.

2:00 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Murilee Martin
880 views, 24 comments

down on the street

1974 Ford Torino

Today we're going to try a sort of gallery hybrid, with a few hi-res photos available below the "traditional" DOTS stuff. You'll definitely want to get a nice close look at this fine piece of Early Malaise Era hardware from the folks at Dearborn. I used to be indifferent to the '70-76 Torinos, but in recent years I've really come to appreciate these cars. I saw three of them at the Pick Your Part in Hayward recently, which was sad, but you still see them on the street as well. More »

9:30 AM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,528 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: My great uncle passed away last week, and one of my fondest memories of him involves a Grand Torino. It was in June of '84, and I was just a 14 year old with a brand new learning permit from driver's more »

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Bobby Unser's 1972 Torino

It was great seeing all the vintage race cars at Laguna Seca a couple weekends back, but what struck us about most of them was how small they really are in person. Then we saw this monster: it's the NASCAR '72 Torino driven by Bobby Unser to a fourth-place finish at Riverside in 1973, and it made the Lotus 11s parked nearby look like mechanic's creepers. Dig that 625-horsepower Boss 429! Now we can see why all 70s Torino owners need to go out this very minute and chop about 5" off their cars' ride height. We were very, very disappointed that this car wasn't let out onto the track with a bunch of high-strung Italian race cars. 3800 pounds of Detroit iron coming through!

11:30 AM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,491 views, 17 comments

Latest by IamZardoz: All that and it would still pull 200 mph + at Daytona. Imagine what it would do on new tech tires! more »

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Engine Pr0n From The Monterey Historics

While the other camera-burdened folks at the Monterey Historics were throwing elbows trying to get in position to shoot entire cars, we Jalopsters were leaning as far into engine compartments as we could manage without actually having wrenches in our hands. There were some painfully beautiful engines there, and we should be forgiven for saying things like "Hey, that thing looks like it would fit great in a Vista Cruiser!" Actually, with our brains completely befuzzed with Unobtainable Engine Overload, we were mostly just groaning out stuff like "Oooh. Engine pretty. Engine good." So here's the first installment of 2007 Monterey Historics Engine Porn for y'all. We got us some Italian, some American, and some British stuff here. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more.

1:45 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Murilee Martin
828 views, 9 comments

Latest by lusnia: The Ford 429 has just inspired me to crack open a few Old Milwaukees. Maybe after I pound this $3.19 six pack I'll go run over some vintage computer equipment. more »

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Make It Better, Price It Lower: Ford Torino For '71

The first thing that comes to mind when watching this ad should be: Why didn't all Torino buyers get the 4-speed with Hurst shifter? With epilepsy-triggering flashing lights and nerve-wracking soundtrack, Ford buyers knew that time was running out to get their new '71 Torinos. The wide-angle road shots make the car look great, though we tend to prefer the late-60s fastback Torinos.

4:30 PM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,300 views, 8 comments

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