by - I also love that 1972 #15 Bobby Isaac Torino. Ken from Proxie Models who made the '70 Mercury Cyclone kits I've been building this summer has this Torino on his to-do list.
You're right about all the full size American cars in the mid-70's being boats. The '72 Torino has a much more aggressive front end and a more aerodynamic rear end. The Scalextric Truxmore Torino is a nicely done car, it just doesn't look like a race car to me. The path from the '68 Torino raced by many teams, including Petty, to the racy '72, then becoming a brick on wheels for '76 doesn't make sense to me. I grew up loving American iron, especially Fords and Mercurys from the mid 50's thru early 70's, and then Detroit didn't make a single thing that appealed to me till the retro Mustang came out in 2005. For 30+ years every car I bought was an import.
I'm sure you'll do a great job with the '76 Torino you got. Now if you could only find a '76 Monte Carlo in 1/32 scale to race against.