Would that movie have been as good or better if Clint
Eastwood drove an El Camino?
Everything is better with an El Camino. Except, of course, your car. Car/truck hybrid...whatever. You get the point.
So today's Sametime Status deals with the 2008 film "Gran Torino" directed by, and starring, Clint Eastwood. In the film, Clint plays an old cranky guy (go figure) who seeks to reform a neighborhood punk who tries to steal his car, a 1972 Gran Torino. Plot complications soon follow, as you might expect.
The Ford Torino, made from 1968-1976 was basically a souped-up Ford Fairlane, and the Gran Torino was a variation made available in 1972. The car was available with a smog-inducing 7-liter V8 engine, which put out a respectable 375 horsepower.
It shares nothing with the ridiculous car/truck mutation, El Camino, manufactured by General Motors. Everyone knows what an El Camino looks like, thinks it's silly, and wonders why To This Day, GM talks about bringing it back. Sure, it has a cult following, but so does Tommy Wiseau's "The Room", but that doesn't make it a good thing.
About all the two cars have in common is the name...which isn't even that close. Gran Torino, El Camino...it's a tenuous connection at best, but one I'm willing to make. So, I wonder how well the movie would have done had Clint Eastwood's prize possession been the wackier of the two cars.
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