1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport in Blue Glow Metallic & 351 Engine Sound My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Very nice restoration of this Torino, my older brother bought a 73 ranchero in dark green with the lime stripe and I remember loving that as a kid. Ford Torino's are so underrated.

It’s great when the rest of the family appreciates a Dad’s obsession for old cars. Great restoration, thorough documentation. Thanks for another great video !

Beautiful family! Awesome car! These are the kind of people that make America Great!

That was my first car in high-school. It was in perfect condition back in the day. Man you brought back incredible memories.

I had one in high school 40 years ago. 73 Q code car. Sold after high school. Just bought 2 of them today. Both H code 351C both project cars.

I bought a 73 a few months ago as my first car with help from my father. It is VERY rough and needs help in every department. It has a 351 cobra jet, c6 automatic trans, black interior bench seat, rally gauges, power steering and brakes, ac, fastback, and more things I'm still learning about it. Mine is a factory sunset gold but it is currently painted black from a previous owner

Awesome! The color & the exhaust note are definitely hard to miss. A great car & a very happy family, too! Thanks for sharing, Lou!

I had a 73 gran Torino Sport same car I bought in 75. Same color, no stripe, but mine was an automatic. 351 cleveland. Loved that car. So glad to see this one saved.

I took my driver's test in a very plain jane 73 torino. I passed despite losing points for speeding. If I had been driving that premium model I'd probably have failed. Nice car.

In addition to a nice family, he has a nice car. How lucky can he be?

THANK FOR FILMING THE PAPERS IN THE TRUNK(AS YOU ALWAYS DO) SO I COULD SEE THE OPTIONS IT CAME WITH! thanks Lou there is really no one like you on the whole internet

WOW Lou I love how you presented the Grand Torino with the Family those kind of Stories are so needed Today Thanks C&O Guy

Bought this car new in 73. Light green almost white looking color fastback, radio,bench seat,automatic,351,power steering and brakes.

I had one of these cars but it was a lighter blue with no stripe but a trim package that went down the side. One of the best handling cars I ever owned.

Love it...I had one just like it, even the same color... '73 GTS, 351 4V cj also with a 4 speed, no air, no power brakes...I never missed the air conditioning....many many smiles per gallon!

Clara was beautiful! And so is Clara his daughter! His whole family is beautiful! Love the color and it sounded healthy too. I had a couple Torino's myself a 1976 Torino wagon in the blue like this and a 1974 Torino Elite. I just loved them both! I am a Torino fan! Thanks for sharing Lou!

My all time favorite car !!! I had a 73 Torino as my first car and guess its like a first love,,,something you will never forget. This car is awesome, thank you for sharing !

The Torino line introduced in 1968 is one of my favorite Ford Model lines. Every generation of the car was a hit as it came out. This one was the second year of the third generation. My first impression when I saw the 72 was how much that body design was reminiscent of the late 68 to 70 Oldsmobile Cutlass and 442. My dad worked as a salesman for a Ford dealership in Maumee, Ohio for a few years. He drove a 73 and a 74 as demos. He took the 74 down to New Orleans for my nephews christening. I flew down for it and drove back with my parents in that 74 Gran Torino, I loved driving that car. If I was financially in the position to buy a new car back then, that 74 would have been my car. Clara is one very lucky girl to get this car. I hope he has a cool car he can give to his other daughter.

I had a black 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport Fastback. I loved that car. It is a beautiful classic. Ha ha...mine had Air Conditioning and a Radio.

73 Grand Torino alot of respect sweet as Hell

Nice car! Had a silver fastback Gran Torino with the 351. Comfortable car, lousey glass mileage.

Luv that blue. Daughter is lucky to get such a car.

Had a 73 Gran Torino Sport in 93. It was an automatic, 351 Cleveland bored .060 over, solid metallic blue. I sure do miss that car.

Wow... Beautiful Grant Torino and pretty nice family.!!! 👍🍒😇🍒💖👍

Another informative and heartwarming video! I have very fond memories of my parent's 1976 Grand Torino Brougham coupe, triple black with all the bells and whistles, and Magnum 500 wheels with white wall tires from the factory! Swift and sassy, always classy!

Lou thanks for making these videos. And thanks the universe for people like you 🤗🤗🤗😜😜😜😄😆😀😁😀😁😀✌🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽👨🏻‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲

When I was 19 I had one. Same color mine had a landau top, A/T, 351. Loved it. Always loved the reflected tape on the side.

My uncle had a 73 two tone green with a white vinyl top it was so beautiful

Clara is one very fortunate young lady! I can tell how hard it is to see out that low-angle rear window, but this car definitely gets attention. Who cares what the insurance companies think?! What a nice friendly family! Would love to meet them. Lou, this is one of your best episodes yet! Hope you can find more car aficionado families like this!

absolutely beautiful car.best year,torino model,too.rare body style.

I had a 1971 Ford Torino GT with a 351 Cleveland. Rust free sold it for $1400 in 2000. It needed a lot of work. I love the full gauge package right in front of the drivers eyes

Terrific Torino.... thanks so much Lou, ALWAYS enjoy your videos & YES , I’m subscribed to your channel...... stay safe!!!!

Outstanding car rare and beautiful and an even nicer family. I have had the pleasure to get to know and hang out with these guys for the past 4 or 5 years at Carlisle, couldn't meet a nicer group of people. Also great video, maybe next year you can venture up to cardiac hill to check out my Capri.

What a great presentation, Lou! We have few 1973 performance vehicles to choose from due to the "de-tuning" and polution controls, but this Ford Gran Torino Sport with the equipment on this car, would have to be one of those high on the list of desirable performance vehicles from 1973. The body lines, the color, and the Hurst manual 4 speed along with the great sounding dual exhaust and dressed up 351 is fantastic. Thanks to the family for showing the car, and as always, thanks to you for another great presentation!

Great car glad this one was saved and is being enjoyed

I had the same color car in '73 with a 351 CJ...I did have a 351 HO which had solid lifters but I preferred the cam in the hydralic. This car was a Beast! My best friend bought the 429 CJ and there was very little difference in the 1/4 mile. I wish I had kept it. Fantastic video!

A really nice Torino. I love the fastback and the paint color. Thanks, Lou!

We had our baby out today. It's also a 4 speed 73 Gran Torino Sport. Same color too.

Hi Lou! Wow! This car is cool! I like! Its color is beautiful! Thanks for this video and for your channel "My Car Story"!

1973 Torino Hello LOU How are you doing Wish you all the best success in Your business. Awesome classic and extremely powerful . That is all that I can say. Very beautiful classic. Thanks LOU for sharing a wonderful classic. Please have a great day. Enjoy your weekend. Kind regards HISHAM ELFIKI

That Torino is unbelievable

very nice, and has an aerodynamic look

Sweet ride. That beauty is a lot of nights up late working shows. Drive it carefully...

Nice car. Sounds great. Thanks Lou!

That is one very lucky young lady. Clara to all wanna be passengers - "Yes, you can ride in my car AFTER you wipe your feet and lose the frappucino!!!".

Congrats on such a lovely car. I had a '73 Torino with a 351 Cleveland and it was a great car. Absolutely horrible in the snow, with all the weight up front. I am impressed with a youngster able to drive a manual trans. There is at least two generations that have never driven a stick shift.

Beautiful Car and more than that Tony has a beautiful family too!

Yeah you don't need a radio with a nice sounding engine like that! Very nice car and loving the channel, so will be viewing a lot of your videos, so keep up the great work.

Engine-wise, the 302 was standard on the Gran Torino Sport (GTS); optional engines were the 351 2-barrel (Windsor and Cleveland), 351 4-barrel (Q-code or Cobra Jet), 400 2-barrel, 429 4-barrel, and later in the model year, 460 4-barrel. The 302 and 2-barrel 351s had column-shifted 3-speed manuals standard; automatics were optional. 351 CJs were either 4-speed or automatic, and the 400, 429, and 460 were automatic only.

I had a white 73 Torino GT 351C 4V, C6 auto, with Air Conditioning in mid-90s. Paid $425 for it and she got maybe 9-10mpg, put an electronic ignition in it from a 400M after points ignition blew out one muffler. It had a cracked exhaust manifold when I bought her and had to look all over country for another one

WOW! Love this one!

A great looking car!

My dad bought a 73 Gran Torino wagon brand new . 4900.00!! 351 Cleveland - 6-7mpg on the highway!!!

Looks similar to the 1 I bought in 2003. I bought a 74 grand Torino Sport with 17,826 miles on it. I bought it from a farmer who bought it new. It sat from 1980 to 2003. Had it for 4 yrs and put 800 miles on it. It was a blue Metallic with a white landau top. Blue bucket seats with the Q code 351 cu. Sold it to buy my 1st house. Do miss the car though:)

Georgous car,Keep up the good work man.

GOD THAT CAR IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!

That's an awesome car, I have the striped tomato and I'm restoring it myself at the moment.

I envy this man, awesome for sure!!

Wish i could upload picture of the one i got out of garage today. Super cool cars.

Love the color!

Hi Lou. Lovely looking 1973 Torino. :)

I PURCHASED THE NEWLY STYLED 1972 GRAN TORINO SPORT..GOLD WITH BROWN VYNAL ROOF AND BROWN LEATHER INTERIOR, C4 AUTO, 351 CLEVELAND 4V. THE CAR'S HOOD HAD THE NON-FUNCTIONAL HOOD SCOOP AND GLOW SIDE STRIPES. IT WAS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR BUY UPON RETURN FROM VIETNAM TOUR. $5,000 WITH OPTIONS. I REBUILT IT IN 1978 AND INVESTED $3000 IN ENGINE ALONE. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE IT EVEN THOUGH I GAVE TO AN OLDER BROTHER. THE BODY STYLE TO ME IS MUCH MORE AGRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL THAN THE 1973 MODLE'S FRONT END. BUT I LOVE ALL PERFORMANCE FORDS. NICE CARE, THANKS!

I remember these. Dayam, I'm old...

Gorgeous automobile!!

Awesome...from Canada!

The blue ✨glow i recall was 3K. While restromodding my 73 Mustang convertible which was originally med blue 3D i switched it pewter metallic charcoal same as Eleanor

Beautiful

I love the 72-73,I've had about 5 in my lifetime, I currently own a 12/72 2B red black interior, that is a Q-code C6 auto. She's going through a semi restomod. Yes parts are harder to come by now and the resto-houses are still 30 years behind unfortunately.

you did a fine job Tony

Beautiful!

beautiful car

Sweet!

My Grandma had this car.

That is a BEAUTIFUL car. Much nicer than the next generation. Of course if you had one of the next generation you could build a Starsky and Hutch replica out of it, but the '73 has much nicer lines.

no radio.. no air conditioning.. but a whole lotta americana! nice.

Extremely cool car Lou

Awesome looking Gran Torino, almost looks worthy of a concourse car.

The car is absolutely awesome. I hated the changes the government imposed from 72 to 73 and even more so from 74 and above. The 72 is my all around favorite.

This 351 Cleveland sounds a far cry from my fathers Gran Torino wagon with a VERY enemic 351 2bl Winsor. God that thing moved like a dead horse. This is a rare ride. First year front end only mandated 5 mph bumper. The Torino by '73 (as the Mustang and T-Bird and EVERYTHING else Ford built) had got larded-out... man what were they thinking...bigger cars with less horsepower. Mid '70's - late 80's - ouch...

sharp,very nice

yes another of those!...i prefer the 72 but i wouldnt spit on a 73 even after they were forced to put those huge bumpers. those gran torino look so good (ive got a comet gt 73...so yeah i got huge bumpers lol)

Beautiful car and great color. The 73 5 mph bumper is unfortunate, but not a deal killer for me.

This was my first car. More or less.

Badass murican muscle

I love the 72-73 Gran Torino Sport fastbacks...especially when they've got the 351 Cobra Jet and the 4 speed manual trans. Not as fast as a 70-71 Torino Cobra but still a really sweet ride. Much better looking than a 73 Mustang Mach 1

Npw your talking 😎😎😎 i love the torinos

Now That's how a real Car should sound. The V8 Rumble Rules LOL YEP

Good looking car! Factory Radio Delete!

Very cool :)

You need to get Clint Eastwood to sign the underside of the trunk lid!

Me gusta el carro

I think there was a bit of misunderstanding when discussing the details of this one of one car. According to the window sticker this car must not have come standard with ANY radio and not ordered with one. But listening to the owner it was described as a radio delete car instead. When a car comes standard with an item from the factory, and you chose to remove that option and receive a monetary credit back on the price of your car, it will always show the deleted item and received credit on the window sticker. This car did not show that. The Marti report stated it was one of one since it was NOT manufactured with one at the factory. Nowhere does it show the item was deleted nor any credit back to the customer. My family always special ordered our cars through the 1960's, 70's, 80' and 90's. And my father sometimes ordered the car with some deletions so I'm very familiar with this procedure. Hope the clarification helps.

nice car how many people show up on thursday

I have a red 72 myself once had a guy come up to me at a gas station and say hey is that the general lee from dukes of hazard or I get is that the starsky and hutch car all I can do is sigh 😔

A very cool car, wonder why they chose to "delete the radio". I suppose they were gonna put their own pioneer unit in there instead.

By 1973, California had launched its attack on the auto industry with its smog regulations, so cars with manual transmissions were extremely rare.

Not very many 1973s came with manual shift which alone removes it from the mainstream!

If a mustang and a chevelle had a baby

F O R D

My mom had one.