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Up for auction is my 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible.

This documented 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible is 1 of 3939 built! 1 of 119 made in this colour combo. Medium Gold Metallic with a ginger interior. Number matching 351C-2V with FMX Cruise-o-matic auto trans. 105,000 original miles. Power disc brakes, power steering, new carpet, re-covered rare power bench seats, power top in great condition with zip-out glass back window, working lighter, original boot and a new ginger one as well, rare remote sport mirrors. Torque-thrust wheels with new gt radials, new Ford am/fm stereo, recent front-end rebuild. chrome is nice and paint in driver condition. I have some new parts not installed yet. New front spoiler, front GT emblem, weather stripping, chrome exhaust tips, trunk mat and others! One family owned car since new. Have full Marti report, brochure, wiring booklet and original owners manual. This car drives and runs very nice, and turns head everywhere it's goes!

WINNING BIDDER PAYS $500.00 non-refundable deposit is due immediately upon auction close (Paypal).

UNLESS A PRIOR AGREEMENT IS MADE WITH THE SELLER.

BALANCE TO BE PAID WITHIN (5 DAYS) AFTER AUCTIONS END.

Note: Car is for sale locally. Seller has the right to end the auction early.

SOLD "AS IS" WITH NO IMPLIED WARRANTY.

VEHICLE AND/OR TITLE WILL BE RELEASED OR SHIPPED ONLY AFTER ALL PAYMENTS HAVE CLEARED ALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

Will ship worldwide!!

BUYER RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL SHIPPING CHARGES.

VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

WE WELCOME AN INSPECTION BY YOU OR YOUR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE. COST OF THE INSPECTION IS

THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER.

Thank you and good luck!

Seller's payment instructions

Payment Details: A $500.00 non-refundable deposit is due immediately upon auction close (Paypal). Balance payment due within 5 days of auction close. Have your finances in order. Seller welcomes serious interest and qualified, bonafied bids,. No games, no excuses, no problems. Car is sold as-is, where-is with no warranty expressed or implied. All sales final. Transportation/shipping is the responsibility of buyer. Seller reserves the right to end the auction at any time for any reason. Thanks

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Ford taken to task by gov't for Chicken Tax end-around

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Ford is in a bit of a pickle for importing and selling Turkey-built Transit Connect cargo vans as passenger vehicles in the US, then converting them to commercial-vehicle specification stateside in an effort to bypass a 25-percent tax imposed on vehicles imported for commercial use. Automakers are required to pay a 2.5-percent tax on imported passenger vehicles.
The Blue Oval got into trouble for this in a January ruling in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials asked Ford to stop the practice of importing the Transit Connect vehicles with passenger seats, then removing and shredding them. Now Automotive News reports that Ford is appealing the ruling. The 25-percent "Chicken Tax," as the tariff is often called, is 50 years old and was enacted as a response to a German tariff on chickens. Like Ford, Chrysler bypasses the higher tariff, but it does so in a different manner. It partially disassembles Sprinter cargo vans before shipping them to the US, then rebuilds them at a plant in South Carolina.
But the ruling against Ford's strategy states that it "serves no manufacturing or commercial purpose" and is there to "manipulate the tariff schedule," Automotive News reports. As Ford's appeal goes through, it is importing the Transit Connect and paying the higher tax, hoping for a favorable outcome and planning to build the next-generation Transit Connect, which it plans to launch before the end of the year, in Spain.

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2014 Ford Fiesta ST

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I'm not overly inclined to professional jealousy, as a rule. Sure, I go a bit green around the eyes when Ramsey draws the 911 GT3 trip to Weissach, Harley is tapped-in to drive a completely stunning Porsche 911 by Singer, or, you know, Drew Phillips gets to shoot a Lamborghini Veneno in the middle of a desert like some sort of sheik. I hate you guys...
Honestly though, one of the new car events that dug me the most, was when our Steven J. Ewing got to fling the Ford Fiesta ST around some hot corner of Europe. What goes around comes around, I suppose, as Mr. Ewing himself espoused an envious nature of the Focus ST trip that came before.
The good news in all this covetous intra-office behavior? All the cars mentioned, and specifically the Fiesta ST, are just wonderful to drive. I can say that with more confidence than ever now, having joined Ford for a good bit of Fiesta-flinging myself. In my case, the locale was slightly more pedestrian (Michigan not Portugal), and the car in question was the five-door version of the Fiesta ST that we get here in The States, as opposed to the three-door number they get across the pond.

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