Torino

The Ford Torino has been in the news a lot lately. I took a picture of this particular car when I was driving down the highway in Florida last fall. It's painted in the colors of the 70s television hit called Starsky and Hutch - starring David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser. Another "Torino" that's been in the news is the GT owned by Walt Kowalsky in the movie Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood. If you haven't seen Gran Torino - go see it. It's a very good movie. It will do a lot of things for you, and probably make you a better person. I won't tell you anything about the movie - but, you go see it and then leave me comments what you think. Torinos in high school weren't all that cool. Most would rather have a Mustang, Camaro, Firebird, GTO, Charger, Road Runner . . . you know what I mean. Now all the 60s and 70s cars are hot stuff - no matter what they are. The Gran Torino just got a whole lot more popular thanks to some Hmongs. Thank you to Bee Vang and all the actors who did a great job, considering they didn't have a lot of experience . . . and thanks to Ford for the Gran Torino.