White Lightning
Dave Hartman loves white 1971 Ford Torinos so much, he’s bought identical cars three times. Well, identical on the outside, anyway.
The Plover, Wis., resident is pretty sure three times is a charm. It took him three cracks to get exactly the one he wanted: a gorgeous — and somewhat rowdy — muscle machine that probably put an end to his Torino GT shopping. He knows it’s going to be very difficult to top the one he now owns.
“Yeah, this is my third 1971 Torino GT in Wimbledon White with laser stripes,” he chuckles. “My first one I bought when I was 15 years old in high school in 1980, and that one had a ginger interior, which is a light brown interior, with a laser stripe, but it was white. Then, in ’90, I bought [another] ’71, also with a red interior and laser stripes like my current one, and it had a 351 four-barrel. My first one had a
