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Pat and Rose P.'s Limited Production
1976
"Starsky & Hutch"®Ford Gran Torino®
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| So, you're driving down a country road one day and
a flash or red among the weeds and junk catches your eye. You shrug it off and drive on but all night the image
keeps coming back in your head. So the next day you go back and take a closer look. Sure enough, you HAD seen a
Torino with a "Starsky" paint job. With the owner's permission, because you don't want to get bit by
a dog (or worse), you check the car's VIN and it starts with 6G30. You open the door and check the data tag inside
for a 2B paint code and a DSO number that ends with 0022. Under the hood, a metal tag on the firewall says "PS-122:
on it. You have just found one of only 1,000 "Starsky & Hutch" Ford Gran Torinos built in 1976. As
far as you know, there are only about 100 of these cars still on the road. |
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| A little wheeling and dealing with the current owner,
and the next thing you know you're pulling YOUR new Limited Production S&H Torino home behind your S&H Torino Replica! This is probably the happiest day of your LIFE! Well, except
your wedding day, of course. Oh, yeah, sure the day your first child was born was pretty nice, too, but - well,
you know what I mean! |
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| Pat and Rose plan to restore this collector's item,
some day, to its original condition. It does not appear to have ever been repainted, and even has its original
Magnum 500 wheels and white interior. As rough as it MIGHT look, it's actually in much better shape than a lot
of cars I've seen before they were VERY nicely restored. For example, it has all the trim pieces that are very
hard to find. |
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| We always look forward to seeing Pat and Rose at our
annual S&H Torino Owners reunions, but now we have even more to look forward to. Next time we see them, they'll
BOTH be driving S&H Torinos! Have fun with it, guys! |