THIS EXTRAORDINARY RESTORATION OF A 29 YEAR OLD CAR GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THIS 1970 FORD TORINO GT LOOKED LIKE WHEN NEW. NOTICE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOW CLEAN AND UNUSED IT APPEARS AND THE DE...
THIS EXTRAORDINARY RESTORATION OF A 29 YEAR OLD CAR GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THIS 1970 FORD TORINO GT LOOKED LIKE WHEN NEW. NOTICE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HOW CLEAN AND UNUSED IT APPEARS AND THE DECALS AND FACTORY INSPECTION MARKINGS. THERE IS EVEN A FACTORY TYPE TAG ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS FRESH PAINT, INTERIOR, AND TRUNK AREA ARE LIKE BRAND NEW. NOTICE THE EQUIPMENT AND PRICE LISTING DISPLAYED IN THE TRUNK. A MIRROR POSITIONED BENEATH THE CAR SHOWS THE PRISTINE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE FORD TORINO WAS PRODUCED FROM '68 - 76 AND WERE MEANT TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE FORD FAIRLANE 500. THE 500 FOR A FEW YEARS ENDED UP BEING THE LOW END MODEL FOR THE TORINO. THERE WERE 13 MODELS ALTOGETHER BUT THE TORINO GT CAME ONLY IN THE SPORTS ROOF HARDTOP AND CONVERTIBLE. STANDARD FOR THE GT WERE HUBCAPS WITH WHEEL RINGS, GT EMBLEMS, DUAL COLOR KEYED SPORT MIRRORS, AND NON-FUNCTIONING HOOD SCOOP, AND BLACK DECKLID APPLIQUES. ALTHOUGH ENGINE OPTIONS RANGED FROM THE SMALL BLOCK 302, 390, OR FOR TORINO COBRAS, A 351 CLEVELAND ENGINE OR 428 COBRA JET/SUPER JET, THIS GT IS POWERED BY THE 429 CID, 7 LITRE ENGINE. THE SHOES ON THIS GT ARE F70-14 TIRES WITH RAISED WHITE LETTERS. THE CURB WEIGHT, DEPENDING ON ENGINE SIZE, RANGED FROM 3,116 - 3774 POUNDS. MOTOR TREND MAGAZINE VOTED THE '70 FORD TORINO AS CAR OF THE YEAR. ALTHOUGH THIS TORINO GT LACKS A FEW OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR 1970, THE RESTORATION OF THIS VEHICLE IS OUTSTANDING AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS RESTORED YOU WOULD BE CONVINCED THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL SURVIVOR. View my other videos on rare and hard to find cars.
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Great question! My research on your question shows that his car wears a Torino GT grille which was virtually unchanged from '70. However, the Torino Cobra had a different grille, as did the Torino 500. But get this - the Torino Squire station wagon wore the same grille as the GT. It looks like this car's restorer has the correct grille. Thanks for viewing and for your excellent question.
Hi, I'm the owner of a 70 Torino GT 429SCJ. I have been in the 70-71 Torinos for the past 20 years. That is for sure a 1971 grill. The 70 was a complete unit, not a split grill like this one. If your car was equipped with the hide-away set up, wich was an option for the GT model, the grills were the same, only the medallion in the the middle deferred. I guess the owner liked the 71 grill over the 70 unit. Never the less, a very impressive car...I wish I could have seen it in person!! 5 stars.
Okay, gtsuperjet, since you are an owner of a 70 GT, you should know. So apparently, it's the medallion that was also the cue. Thanks for your imput, it's appreciated. Perhaps the owner of this car doesn't realize it?? Thanks for your comment and for viewing this video.
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