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Shepard327
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 Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 3:30 pm Post subject: Petty 1970 Torino |
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| Does anybody know what happened to the 70 Torino Petty's were prepping before the return to Plymouth?????? |
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Tom M.
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Petty 1970 Torino |
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| Shepard327 wrote: | | Does anybody know what happened to the 70 Torino Petty's were prepping before the return to Plymouth?????? |
All the evidence points to it ending up getting scrapped. It was on the inventory as available to be claimed after Ford pulled out but the Pettys modified the chassis to accept Mopar springs, rear axle housings, and other stuff as well as changing the front suspension geometry around. The paperwork is incomplete but at least one of the two Petty cars was sent to Ford for crash testing and I wouldn't be shocked if that same fate befell both cars. |
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Shepard327
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thank You Tom.
I wondered if it was the light blue Torino Wendell drove. That would make a interesting STP phantom build.  |
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jh63fan
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I knew some of the guys that worked at P.E. back then and they said they didn't know what happened to the Torino, but Wendell or anyone else never used it in the Cup series. I suspect what Tom said is correct. Plymouth probably didn't want them helping a Ford driver that openly. |
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Tom M.
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Shepard327 wrote: | Thank You Tom.
I wondered if it was the light blue Torino Wendell drove. That would make a interesting STP phantom build. |
Wendell's light blue Torino was his ex-Benny Parsons Torino, reskinned after the Trenton crash. Started life as Parnelli's Riverside-winning Fairlane if I recall correctly. |
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Shepard327
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Tom M. wrote: | | Shepard327 wrote: | Thank You Tom.
I wondered if it was the light blue Torino Wendell drove. That would make a interesting STP phantom build. |
Wendell's light blue Torino was his ex-Benny Parsons Torino, reskinned after the Trenton crash. Started life as Parnelli's Riverside-winning Fairlane if I recall correctly. |
Is that the one that was bent all to heck? |
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