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Ford Torino on 2040-cars
US $10,000.00
Year:1968
Mileage:30300
Location:
Sulphur, Louisiana, United States
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This one is NOT for the purists! This is not a show car either. Sure it gets tons of attention and compliments, but it's still a work in progress. One you can easily drive and enjoy as is, or fix up the way you like. Originally, according to the VIN, it was an automatic column shift 289 car. Nowadays, it has the power-train out of a 1991 Lincoln Mark VII. This consists of a fuel injected 5.0 liter H.O. 302, an A.O.D transmission (4 speed Automatic with Over-drive), power disk brakes at all wheels, and a Ford 8.8". All of these came from the Mark VII. I did not do the conversion - I bought it this way. Car runs great. It is not a high horsepower monster by any means. It seems to be at it's stock 225 HP. The car is a bit loud because of this, but it sounds pretty good. Check the video links to get an idea. I have no idea the miles on the power-train, and no idea of the miles on the car itself. Pretty sure the odometer has rolled at least once. Car has aftermarket installed power door-locks, key-less entry and power windows. The power window motors work, but are missing the gears that attach them to the window housing. I have identified the part needed to make the windows work, but had no desire to buy and install them. Car has an after market A/C unit that works great. Only blows cold, no heat. Crappy satin black paint job, but it looks cool. Has a decent CD/stereo that works well. Dash is in pretty good shape, a little shrinkage at the base of the windshield. The gauges work. The fourth pod in the dash has an aftermarket tach installed. The hood has I little damage at the passenger side hood hing from someone trying to get the hood to lay flat. Car has side exit exhaust. The car is NOT a Cobra. A previous owner must have installed Cobra emblems all over the inside and outside of the car. I don't think the Cobras Torinos came out until 1969. The car runs and drives really good, both around town and on the highway at 75 MPH. The old school alignment is excellent, and the power-steering returns to center. The power brakes work well, too. With the aftermarket valve body, the transmission shifts very firm 1st to 2nd. It shifts well even manually doing the old 1-2 shuffle with the AOD. The front wheels are a little too wide and it rubs on the passenger front sometimes when making a tight right turn. The current wheels on the car were temporary, trying to find a setup that works well in a wheel I like. The flat black US Wheel wheels are 15x7 all the way around. The 14" Cragars in the pictures did not have any rubbing issues. The car does not come with the Cragar wheels. I sold those a year ago. I removed the door panels that were in the car when I bought it, as they were terrible homemade panels. I had planned on doing the whole interior (carpet, headliner, door panels) black. These parts can be found at Dearborn Classics website. I don't like the red interior at all, and the center console is a piece of homemade junk, too. The shifter works fine, but is goofy looking. Passenger side window falls out of the front bracket when you roll the window down. So until it is fixed it needs to stay up. This has been an ongoing issue. I have brought it to 2 different shops and the fix only lasts about 6 months. Even with the new power steering control valve, there is still a little leakage of PS fluid. There are some paint/rust bubble at the back of the windshield. The floor pans have no rust as you can see in the pics. Trunk section looks great too. If sold, the car will come with 2 sets of basically new front and rear tires. The set not on the car is wider front and back. The back were too wide when I lowered the car. I had ordered some new, less wide fronts, thinking this would keep the right front tire from rubbing, but it still rubs with the less wide tire. I had planned on installing shorter axles in the back so I could use the wider tires on a wider wheel with the proper backspacing, as there is a little over 2 inches of room from the leaf-springs. Here is a list of new items I have installed. I have most of the receipts for these items: -new disk brakes, rotors, and hubs all the way around. -new Firestone Fire hawk Indy 500 raised white letter tires all the way around. Maybe have 1000 miles on them. Less miles on the other set that comes with the car. -new window cranks front and back. -new satin finished driver and passenger side mirrors. -new front and rear anti-sway bars. Rear is from Addco (7/8"diameter), and front is from Mustangs Plus (1" diameter). -new composite/fiberglass leaf-springs custom made by Flex Form. -new shackles, bushings, u-bolts in the rear suspension from Eaton Detroit Springs. -new 2" lowering springs in the front from Eaton Detroit Springs (car sits 2" lower than stock. Had the composite leaf springs custom made to lower the back too). -new KYB shocks, front and back. -new front Procar Rally seats. They are awesome. -found an original Mach I hood scoop and had it refinished by a paint and body shop. Bought a new hood scoop blinker harness and blinker. Had it all installed and it is really cool. This was an option on the '69 Torino GT, but not the '68's. The hood scoop blinkers work great. -new tri-gauge pod installed. Water temp, oil temp, and volt meter. -new water pump -new spark plugs and wires -alignment done. -new aluminum radiator. -added a new transmission cooler. -Eaton Tru-Trac limited slip diff (originally had an open diff) -3.73 Yukon gears (had 3.08 prior) -really nice aftermarket valve body by SilverFox -re-manufactured power-steering control valve. Now with the correct fluid, the power steering works great, makes no annoying noises. Title is free and clear and I have it on hand. A couple vids of the car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9FbWDtC9U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRlvsLEAdQ Please let all the pics load up. There are about 50 of them. I include some pics with the chrome Cragar wheels so you could see how the car would look without black wheels. On Jan-22-14 at 20:14:59 PST, seller added the following information: Well I seem to have put the VIN and the pic of the wrong Torino! Thanks for pointing this out. That VIN and title was from a Torino I recently sold. The correct VIN for this car is 8K42C164393 Sorry for any confusion. Please disregard the VIN that is in the main heading as I can't change it while the auction is ongoing Here is the link to the correct title picture: |
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