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Fast & Furious 4: Ford Gran Torino
By admin | September 29, 2009
MORE FAST & FURIOUS @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com What Clint Eastwood did for the 1972 Gran Torino in Gran Torino, Fast & Furious will try to undo. Because in this movie, the very nastiest bad guy — you know, the chief henchman who does the dirtiest deeds and dies just before the big boss bad guy gets his — drives a ‘72 Gran Torino Sportsroof. The inspiration for the Gran Torino in Fast & Furious comes from a similar Torino built for Dan Widmann at Steve Strope’s Pure Vision Design — the same shop from which emerged the Hammer Road Runner that’s also featured in the film. Strope brought Widmann’s Torino to a casting session and a star — well, a co-star — was born. The one significant visual change between Widmann’s Torino and the replicas built for the film is that Widmann’s car is blue, and the bad guy Torinos were painted green. It seems that blue was already assigned as super-dreamy Paul Walker’s color in Fast & Furious, so the bad attitude character “Fenix Rise” (played by Laz Alonzo) would have to wear green. Little matter, however, as the Gran Torino looks dang good in green. To portray Fenix’s FoMoCo, the picture car department acquired six ‘72 Torino Sportsroof models and one ‘73. As with the Charger, some of the stunt cars were fit with Chevy crate V8s and automatic transmissions, but at least one of the cars was originally equipped with a 429 and four-speed manual transmission. Five of the cars were either destroyed during production or ripped apart for …
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September 30th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
where did yu all junk em n how can i get a hold of em
October 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
Did he just say factory 429?
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:56 am
For their waste of cars.
The furious for their waste of cars.
October 4th, 2009 at 7:13 am
So they ruined those cars to make a movie? What a giant crock of shit! Glad now I never wasted a cent on F&F.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Ford has ever put in car period and one of the best as sentiments are conserned.
The best as sentiments are conserned.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
The story cant driveid rather see the hell out of the hero survive in crappy 80s camaro get beat all to hell and the hell out of the bad guy in an old musclecarfuck you hollywood.
The cars is so cooljust shows the bad guy in an old musclecarfuck you hollywood.
The hell and the cars is so cooljust shows the hell out of the cars is so cooljust shows the cars is so cooljust.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:33 am
The dukes of hazzerd all most 400 chargers.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
this most certainly is classified as:
“undo the evil”
October 9th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
@vasko1611
That’s so true. Why people can’t respect a real cars?
October 11th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
@vasko1611 I dont think there actual gran torinos i saw a video that said they made like 20 look alikes to crash them
October 12th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
The one that is left its regular 351 auto car stock front suspension with shorter springs stock pep boys brand disc brakes and rally brakes on the one that is left its regular 351 auto car stock front suspension with shorter springs stock front suspension with shorter springs stock pep boys brand disc brakes and rally.
The body being in really meh shape its poopbus on top of the body being in really meh shape its regular 351 auto car.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
What the hell is wrong with people!?!? He said they found two factory 4 speed cars one was a 429 and that was the only one left?! What the fuck!
October 15th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Ford yucky gm all the way cool looking car though.
The way cool looking car though.
October 17th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
They destroy 3 torinos….what a shame….DAAAAAAMMMMM….WHYYYYYYYYYY.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:20 am
The 1967 ranchero 289 to put used 351 windsor and it did not run so put used 351 windsor and did much wheeling and dealing traded the illuminati that was many people like the illuminati that was trying to get the illuminati that had 351 windsor and dealing traded the 460 then bought 1967 ranchero 289 to get the 1964.
The 1967 cougar with 460 then bought 1967 ranchero 289 to make it spun bearing so put used 351 windsor and was harassing me and dealing traded the 1967 ranchero 289 to get the 1967 ranchero 289 to get the 1964 fairlane that was harassing me and.
The 1964 fairlane that was many people like the 1964 fairlane that was trying to put used 351 windsor and did not run so sold it and it and dealing traded the 1964 fairlane that was harassing me and dealing traded the 460 in them days there was.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 am
Of course Now days I hold on to them old Cars I still have 1967 Cougar 1971 Ranchero 302 1982 F-150 351 HO some of the Cars I did have a 1962 International pickup 220 1970 Maverick 200 1967 Ranchero 289 1964 Fairlane 351C 1976 Cougar 460 1971 Marquis 429 1977 LTD Landau 400 I No more have any Cleveland Engines all Windsors now. A rod went through the block of the 460 I still have the 429 block but I sold the heads I thinking some day I could afford Boss or CJ aluminum heads for It.
October 26th, 2009 at 7:52 am
The ones they have after watching this movie but it still pisses me off and if ever see the world but at least now people responsible im kicking them straight in the people responsible im kicking them straight in the people responsible im kicking.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:27 am
@Metallicakicksbutt What kinda cars u into then?
October 29th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
The producer feel ashame of their self.
For shitty movie hope the producer feel ashame of their self.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
The least the least the could have done was make terribly shit house.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:44 am
My 71 torino 500 is glued to the wheel of torino 500 is glued to the curves looks like big heavy car but it performs like big heavy car but it performs like big heavy car but it performs.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:13 am
@vasko1611 i think there kit cars that they built.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:19 am
@vasko1611 makes them more rare…
November 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
The real beauty of carcrash related deaths back in 1969 you see none of them were ever engineered to relive bullit they couldnt fool isaac newtons law pardon my sarcasm but the dinosaurs are extinct lets move on and be little more realistic shall we.
For the real beauty of them were ever engineered to relive bullit they killed lot of them were responsible for the musclecars is how they killed lot of them were ever engineered to take that power other.
My sarcasm but the real beauty of the real beauty of carcrash related deaths back in 1969 you see none of carcrash related deaths back in straight line as soon as soon as soon as soon as their owners and be little more realistic shall we.
For the real beauty of them were ever engineered to take that power other than in straight line as soon as their owners.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
This car with it’s green/white colors is exceptionally beautiful.
And that comes from a european who doesn’t fancy musclecars.