The Ford Gran Torino received its last facelift for 1974, and would remain virtually unchanged through its final year of 1976. Externally the three model years are virtually indistinguishable. Engine options for the final two years included 351, 400, and 460 cubic inch V8s, all with a three-speed automatic transmission. The 1975 Ford Gran Torino was chosen for the then-new television series Starsky & Hutch to be the car belonging to Detective David Starsky, played by Paul Michael Glaser. Multiple Gran Torinos were used for the series, painted bright red with a distinctive white vector stripe. The new show’s popularity led Ford to offer factory replicas of the TV car for 1976. Approximately 1,300 of the factory replicas were built, though many regular Gran Torino owners had their cars painted to create their own replicas of the car from the TV show, which aired new episodes through May 1979. I am assuming this car at the 2004 Clatskanie Heritage Days Car Show is one of the factory replicas from 1976; if not it could be from any of the three model years.
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