Sure, the Gran Torino was still plenty powerful in 1972 thanks to a 351-cubic-inch (5.8-liter) V8 good for 248 net horsepower, but the 429-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) had lost the appeal of its glory ...

That’s the second rarity of a 1972 Gran Torino Sport – after a short production run, the rev-meter was replaced with a much more modest 6,000-RPM dial. The manual transmission could only be ...