Ford Torino 1968 to 1976: The History, All the Models, & Features
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- The Ford Torino was the best selling intermediate car in America multiple times. We cover the GT’s, Cobras, Grand Sports, Broughams, and even the Squire Wagons in this video. For the full history of the car, check out this video. All the drivelines, special editions, and options are covered.
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When I was younger,I owed a 76 Torino with a 460 c6 auto transmission,after that I had a 75 Torino with a 351w now I'm rebuilding a 73 Mach 1.
My first car was a 75 elite model 351 Windsor my Dad gave it to me i wish ife never have let that car go
Sorry buddy love you for being a Ford man but unless you did something to that 460 you didn't have shit 202 hp in a 4300 lbs car best time with a 429 was 17.47 stock
My first car was a solid 75 Gran Torino back in 1995. I managed to hold onto it until about 5 years ago when I sold it to a kid who’s put so much work into it and given it the love I didn’t have time for.
Growing up, a neighbor had a beautiful ‘68 GT428 CJ, black with gold C stripes. As a kid it always got my attention as it rumbled past our house. I always listened as Bob turned onto another street and chirped the tires as it shifted from 1st to 2nd. His kids loved it and they had plenty of stories about dad squealing the tires. It influenced me enough that a couple of years later I bought a used ‘69 Acapulco Blue Mach 1 428 CJ 4 speed and made my marks on the streets!
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I'm sorry to say this but you left out the Ranchero just had to say but overall great RUclips video
@@Michael-ri2eh That's a another video in and of itself that will get done this year.
I've owned a 1970, 1973, 2 74's and 2 76's. I love this car!
Thanks for watching!
I am currently restoring my Dad's 1972 Gran Torino Sport...it was the first new car he ever bought. It is a twin to the Eastwood car...I started the restoration in January and have a two year window for completion.
That's a very awesome car. Best of luck and thanks for watching!
I've owned several 70's Fords and they were all great cars, I had a 70 and 71 Maverick, a 70 GT Ranchero and still have a 70 Mach I with a 351C4V, 4 speed, shaker hood, louvers, A/C, and the original yellow and black paint in excellent condition, you just don't see many Torino's around anymore.
My college room mate ordered a S&H Torino with the 460 engine and bench seat. I remember the day he took delivery, and it most certainly came with aluminum slot mags. The car was a real dog when it was stock, but we swapped in lower gears, opened up the exhaust and installed an aluminum intake with a Holley carb. It ran much, much better. He still has the car but it had not been run in some time when I last saw him.
Those cars are popular and the value has gone up especially for Factory cars. Thanks for watching!
I came close to buying a 76 Torino that came off TV show back when I was 17 but I couldn't get dealer to come down any more I was short around $600 bucks it had a 400 four barrel
@@larrybettie7153 An actual show car would be worth a ton right now.
Yea dude it would bring good penny and they ordered 1,000 76 Gran Torino after the second season I think they used few 75 Gran Torino mainly two the one Starsky drove and one that ran beside them with cameras the 75 had flat chrome mirrors and 76 had red racing mirrors
Yeah a guy we ran with had the 460 SH. There was a basic one in town-351 I guess. The 460 seemed to have something special in its stance, or whatever that it really stood out from the plain Jane SH.
Man, the reaction of people when we cruised, was incredible
My favorite (and my fathers favorite Ford). Dad had 1970 Torino GT. I learned to drive in that car and the 429 SCJ was a real tire shredder. I will alway remember looking over the hood at that breather. It was a thing of beauty.
I had a 69 Cobra Torino. 428 SCJ. It was awesome. Lots of differences between the 428 CJ and SCJ. Possibly a topic for a future show!
Thanks for watching!
No performance difference just mechanical upgrades look it up and we dynoed those 2 specifically 14 hp difference
Well that was pretty wild, the first side shot of the red Torino SCJ was my car back when I owned it back from 2008 till 2015. It was an all original 429 SCJ 4-speed with only 24,600 miles on it when I sold it. I was the 6th owner, the 5th owner did a DMV search of all previous owners, so car had all documents showing all previous owners, years of ownership, mileage, and price of sale. Car also had original build sheet and paper work from original dealership that sold it. I've been lucky enough to have been able to keep tabs on it as it as gone through 3 more owners. It now is on it's 9th owner, whom I became friends with on F/B after he posted " look what I just added to my collection " I commented back, that used to be my car ! He told me the mileage hasn't changed much...only has 24,700.
Joe, You are very lucky to know where your car is currently. I have no idea where any of my past cars are and it's not for a lack of looking. I stupidly did not retain any of the serial numbers. I did track down the car i owned when I 19 in the mid 2000's however it was a complete basket case and would have been a major restoration. Thanks for sharing!
I own a '76 Torino STW. She always puts a smile on everyone's faces 😊
Good stuff. I hope the video gets the views it deserves.
You and me both! Thank you and thanks for watching!
I had a 74 2 door 351 Windsor. It was my first car, used paid for by my dad. It was a great year for me and my friends!
I owned a 1972 Gran Torino Sport with the shaker hood and a black top (the sporty coupe one). I truly enjoyed driving that car. I had to sell it in 2001 and it was in impeccable shape and low miles. Sudden changes and I had to sell it for $3500. Lucky father and son drove from Detroit to Charleston, SC to buy it. Wishing they are still driving it 🏆
Great guide and story! Which man that is massive and seems to me as big as any muscle car on sale today! Which being born in 1995 I only knew of these as old cars never knew their name so thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
My first car in 1994 was 71 GT with the 2 bbl 351 C. Had her until we bought the house twelve years ago even though she was in a shed at my dad’s shop. I’ll never forget her
That's pretty awesome 1st car.
Loved this - had its twin a '69 Mercury Cyclone in high school.
Thanks for watching! Cyclones are very cool cars.
I own the 1971 Grabber green Cobra pictured at the 15:11 mark.. little surprised to see it show up in this video❤😂
It was on an Auction site and it looks really sharp. Congrats on the car.
This is a great, comprehensive review of the Torino. I always loved the Gran Torino, especially the 72. Closest I ever came to owning one was taking a clapped out 72 Sport (Sports Roof) on a test drive from the used car section of a Ford dealer. It was dark green and had been someone else’s project. Had a 351C 2V that had long tube headers, glass packs, and an open element air cleaner. The hood scoop had been unblocked. Open rear end (as determined from the rubber I laid after getting far enough from the lot). Air shocks mags rounded it out. I don’t know if the motor was the original. It was a hoot to drive. Needed work. Some rust. AC long gone. Over priced for the mid 80s. I was I college and couldn’t afford and didn’t need a project car so due to the price, I passed it over. It popped up a few months later at a greatly reduced price but I was preoccupied.
Glad you enjoyed the video! The 72's haven't gone up in price near as much as the 68-71's have. It's neat body style. Thanks for watching and sharing!
I currently have the 68 fairlane base model my Mom bought new on 5-4-68. Lime gold met, parchment interior, vinyl top, 289, c4, 2 door hardtop. Love that car!!!!
That's awesome thanks for sharing!
My Dad bought new for 1969 Torino Talladega maroon with the blacked out hood . he was a big NASCAR spectator back in the day. We were always watching those races on TV. Mom was not too happy when he pulled up with the Talladega but I sure remember that it was such an awesome car.
The Talladega was a rare and awesome car!
Definitely the 70 and 71 with Hideaway headlights were the best- looking Torino made made
My first car - 1969 Torino GT with the 302. Drove it for 212,000 miles
The base engine for the GT was the 302 2V. In 1968.
Early 1968 GT came standard with bucket seats with the bucket seats becoming a mid-year option.
I has 1968 GT Fastback. It was my first car. I did a lot of research on these cars a long time. I actually still have the 1968 ad shown here briefly with the picture of the black fastback with gold c-stripe.
My car was Lime Gold with reflective black c-stripe and two tone ivy gold metallic bucket seat interior with center console. 302-2V with automatic transmission and an 8" rear with 2.79:1 gears.
Not a fast car but it was faster than a friend's 1970 Monte Carlo with 350 2 barrel carb and automatic and routinely beat local 1987-88 Monte Carlo SS and 5.0 TBI L F-bodies on the street and highway back in 1988-90.
I only messed with the timing and had headers and dual exhaustcand a 2500 stall Fairbanks converter installed by previous owner at that time. Later a mild 351W was installed and I could keep up with the LT1 F-bodies on the highway during the early 1990s.
Of course it was my favorite car. It was my first car.
My little brother wrecked and I could never find another I could afford.
The 289 was used in early 68's because of the UAW strike. The 302 mid year addition. Thanks for watching and sharing!
@@TonysFordsandMustangsMy '68 Mustang Fastback was built in Nov '67 and came with a 2V 289. Do you know in which month the 302 was introduced?
@@stephenholland5930 I do not and from what I understand it wasn't an exact date. The 302 was rolled out as they became available. There was a a UAW strike in 67 that delayed things as well.
I love the 69' Cobra with Formal Roofline, vinyl top, bucket seats with Torino GT interior upgrades the best of all of them.
So much great info on a car that should be talked about, thanks loved it
Thank you for watching Tim!
Older guy down the road from me has that king cobra snake!!! Badass car!!!!
Excellent production
Thank you!
I had a 73 grand Torino sport with sports roof 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet 4bbl, I had it bored it .030 over hooker big tube headers and a posi rear end put 355 gears in it . This was one bad ass street rod it pulled 455 horses. Had a great time on the streets with it.
Lot's of great info although I was hoping to see something on the rare models such as the Torino Cobra Twister Special and the Torino N/W editions. You are obviously very knowledgeable on Torinos and hope you can do a follow-up. Thanks for all your time and effort.
Thank you for the kind words and for watching. I considered adding the specials editions but really those cars are Sales District specials that are regional. Plus I had 40 hours into that video as it was. I will circle back around at some point in the future with a video that covers special editions. A lot of those marketing programs also cover Mustangs as well such as the Twister.
I took my families 1971 Grabber blue Torino with the 4v Cleveland to my senior prom, didn't have the same success as you did though. My Dad bought and restored it for my Mom to drive when my sister and I were little kids and when we got older she "downsized" to a 67 mustang for herself to drive around in. My dad and I rebuilt the driveline to be a bit spicier for the drags and he's been racing it for the last 20+ years. She's getting to be in need of a another restoration, and I hope that it will be passed to me to keep it going in the future so I can make some of the same summer memories with my family as I had a kid....but with a 5 speed instead of the C6. My Dad also has a 68 390 4 speed Fairlane that he's done up like Pearson's car that he drives around to shows during the summer as well.
Thank you sharing your story! You have a lot of history there with Fords and it sounds like almost all of it is positive. Prom was always a dice roll. ;)
One of my aunts used to have a 1973 Gran Torino. It was yellow and drove very well. She still remembers that car and wished that she still had it.
My first car was a 72 Gran Torino. Contrary to what was said, it was a 4 door hardtop. A nice car, especially for a first car. I bought it used in 1979 and paid $400.
Then it was a 1971, no 4 door hardtops after then. The 1972-76 doors have frameless glass, and there is a B pillar in this generation Ford mid-size cars,
@@tomcat630 The 72 to 76 models were called 4 door pillared hardtop. Framless doors with a slim b post. I have a 1972 Gran Torino 2 door hardtop and had a 72 Mercury Montego MX 2 door hardtop as my first car. I wish I still had the Montego. My parents bought that car new on May 22, 1972.
your channel is such a gem, I remember how a few years ago I was reading articles about Turin on Wikipedia, and now a person is telling me about them
Thank you very much and thanks for watching!
I've had 6 Torinos, starting from my '68 convertible, going to my '74 station wagon. Never had a '68 - '69 Cobra or fastback, but I liked them.
Thanks for watching!
Tony is your channel a good one, did you pick the name from the old MM&FF days. It reminded me of the magazine that I always enjoyed. Thank you for bringing good content to the table.
Matt, Thank you and thanks for watching. If I did it wasn't a intentional. There are a lot of channels out there already when I started a year and half ago. I really miss magazine and held on to many car mags from back in the day. Muscle Car Review was one of my favorites.
luv Starsky and Hutch....great car. ..ICONIC ..
Best Ford Torino video in a while . Took my drivers test in a 1974 Gran Torino . And still have that car.
Thank you much and thanks for sharing!
I'd love to see that car, great memories for you
I had a “lime green” ‘73 as my first car. I loved that car!
Great vid, could listen to this history lesson all day
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
I HAD A 74 TORINO SQUIRE WAGON LOVED THAT CAR
Great job on the video 👍
Thank you! 👍 Victor!
Extra thumbs-up for the home movie at the end!! Congrats, she looks like a keeper!!!
Thank you sir!
Good video, my only complaint being it didn't cover Rancheros which were indeed in the Torino line. My 73 Ranchero came with a Torino owners manual.
I get it and I considered it but It was 40 hours making it as it was and I figure Rancheros deserve their own video.
As did my 69.
@@TonysFordsandMustangs I get that but not even a mention?
@@glnnchrstphr9717 I made stand alone Ranchero video with all things Ranchero. ruclips.net/video/Ekqkp6ik4YA/видео.html
Good video Tony! I rode in a 1970 GT 351C Torino , 1968 GT 428CJ and owned a 1973 Torino Sport with a 351w. it was the smoothes riding car I've driven.
I did watch the movie Grand Torino. 🎬 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks again and thank you for watching!
When j was younger, I owned a 72 1/2 Ford Sport Grand Tornio, fire engine red, with chrome with white hard top and the back windows were round. Had a 400 engine. It was very sweet.i have never seen one since
72 Grand Sports are a great looking car and very rare. Thanks for watching!
Amazingly beautifully done , I looooooove information especially on classic Fords so it was a delightful experience thank you so much for all the work put towards making this video .
South Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks you for watching and the kind words it is appreciated!
I had a 72 Grand Torino , a left over model in 73. What a car!
Found my Fairlane Cobra back in 76 after I got out if the service. Still have it, fun car, can shows and nice days I take it out.
That's quite awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Another great stroll down memory lane. I can’t believe how MANY Torinos There were 16 models ? BFFs dad traded 68 TBird for a 75 Gran Torino, but it seemed too small inside by comparison. I remember it as a very plush car. 1970s brown !!! Another great video. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you sir!
My uncle across the road had a blue 1974-76 Gran Torino 4 door sedan with a black hard top. When got a Tempo and we needed a second car in the early 90s we bought it off him.
I drove it my junior year of high 90-91.
We sold it for $500 after a jeep rear ended me and pushed the steel bumper up into the taillight and corner body
My first car was a 1973 Gran Torino, white with a brown vinyl roof & brown bench seat interior. I believe it had the 400 m blk. It was ordered in Alaska & had a blk heater, rear window defroster, F150 drive line (had to change the u-joints & that’s what fit) & a home made tow package that could handle anything.
@@bradbarbee3836 awesome thank you for sharing your experience!
One of my favorite cars I never owned. I believe it was a 1971 GT Type NW available only in the Pacific NW. At the time these were available for peanuts in the mid 70's. What might have been! Great video on the Torino history. My preferred ride was the Mustang from when I turned 16 till my last 1992 Fox body convertible in 2010. Wish I had held onto a few of them.
Thank you for the kind words and for sharing
EXELENT VIDEO!
Thank you very much!
I had a 74 grand Torino elite. It was a good highway car. I made it from Toronto to Montreal in less than 3 hours.
That's impressive!
@@TonysFordsandMustangs I was driving over 130 miles/hour all the way. I just stopped once for gas.
@@rottenanimal619 Those cars were not know for getting great gas mileage. Of course pushing that hard didn't help the cause.
@@TonysFordsandMustangs Bank in the late 70's and 80's the police didn't bother much with speeders. Now they push tickets for revenue generation. The politicians need expense elaborate dinners and vacations.
Having had a 2021 Mach 1 and stupidly selling it and regretting every moment since 😞 … Today I found a brand new 2022 on the ground in Grabber Blue pretty well built and actually paid $3000 under MSRP 102 miles from my house. When there’s a new purple color 2023 30 miles from my house being sold at a scum dealer with NO HANDLING package for a whopping $5K market addendum some people just never learn …😊
The Market is adjusting. That dealer with the addendum might be living with that car quite a while. Thanks for watching!
Imagine having a 69 428 c.j. drag pack special. Yeah I feel real stupid.
Back in the day my mom had a 1976 Gran Torino and I always thought that car was so cool!
Your were correct! Your Mom's car was indeed cool.
What a great video
Thank you very much! It is appreciated!
I have the 1974 Gran Torino Elite love it
I had a 73 and drove it to Texas and back no problem. Bronze with a stripe
1968 Torino GT models came standard with a 302 cu in (4.9 L)-2V small block V8. About one month within the beginning of the 1968 model year production, a six-week UAW strike against Ford occurred. This resulted in a cost-cutting measure of making a 289 cu in (4.7 L)-2V small block V8 the base V8 engine and the standard engine on the Torino GT, but Ford never told customers. It went back to the 302 after the strike.
Why did Ford need either 289 or 302 DURING the strike(which was 61 days)? As of Jan 1 1968 the 289 became std in Torino GT, says exactly that in Ford's Dec '67 Armchair Estimator. The 302 became first engine option. Issue was 302 availability, with the '67 deletion of big block 352, a unusually large portion of full size were using 302. The Windsor plant was still building 289, it's speculated they would switch to (or at least add) 302 but it never happened. I have a 289 setting in garage from a March '68 built Cougar and owned a Feb built Torino GT that also had a 289.
Great video Tony, always loved those cars..
Thank you!
Very cool . I had a 74 Grand Torino Sport 351 Winser in high school. Good times
I had a Maverick in the 70's...loved that car.
The 1968 2 door hard top is my favorite car.
Owned a used 72 Gran torino 400 V8 and loved it was in great shape when i sold it for a new car lol ... Great video reall enjoyed..
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
I like everything about the 68 LTD beautiful car
🫡🙌🏽🙏🏽😊 awesome
Thank You!
I learned to drive in my dad's '69 Torino 428 CJ 4 speed. Wild looking back, it had a device in the trunk from the factory that replaced the air cleaner, it had a flap that would go up into the hood scoop on acceleration.
That's an awesome car to learn to drive on. Thanks for watching!
I drove my 74 dark blue, white vinyl roofed, 4 door Gran Torino through a corn field. Handled it like a champ.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
The 302 was initially the standard engine in 1968 GTs, and the first V8 option on others. At midyear, they reverted to the 289 as there was a shortage of 302s due to the big strike in the fall of 1968.
I think the 1972 Torino styling was the best. I liked your personal story at the end. Great informative video!
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
My grandmother was born in 1905 only had Studebakers until my grandfather passed away in 1965. Her next car was a 1968 Volvo, which she hated and it didn't have much power. In 1970 she went to a Ford dealer and told the salesman she wanted a car with some passing power. He sold her a 1970 Torino with a 429 Cobra Jet engine. She loved that car.
Your grandmother was very a very cool Lady! Thanks for sharing!
my first car was from my grandfather, 71 Torino in Ford green. He put air shocks on rear to lift it so he would weigh it down with luggage for when they were snowbirds and travelled from NY to FL. had a 351 Cleveland, if i remember correctly. Engine would get so hot while idling that rain would immediately steam and hood stayed dry until there was heavy rain. I-95 in Miami was not good as it overheated all the time.
I had my eyes on a 1970 Torino once upon a time...the regular hardtop model!
In my late teens I was fortunate enough to own a 1969 Torino GT with the 428 CJ engine, but no ram-air, although it did have the hood scoop. This particular car was pale yellow with gold stripe and a gold painted hood scoop. It looked very similar to the car shown here at 5.25. I stupidly sold it around 8 years later after getting married. It was actually a good handling car. I used to run it hard on some twisty roads in Virginia, including US 60 up the back of the Blue Ridge mountains and down that scary drop on the western side to Buena Vista. I'd do several runs and folks in the little shop/cafe at the top of the mountain would be waiting outside to get a look at the beast. Miss those days...
Thanks for sharing!
Great video. I owned a 68 Fairlane 500 sportsroof red/red interior with the 302 2 barrel. This was back in 84-85 and I loved racing the well off kid's in their new Mustang GT's and beating them easily with the first Ford that I had ever bought. (BTW I paid 125 bucks for it) one summer of total abuse and 28 thousand miles on top of the 165,000 she had when I got her I burnt up the rear end and cooked the c4. It's a car that'll hold a special place in my heart for one wicked cool summer
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I like the ‘70 and ‘71 429 SCJ with the hidden headlights and shaker hood scoop.
You included the 75 Elite but not my 76 Elite. It has the 351M destroked truck engine and the bucket and console option. Great info. Thanks
@@sporty9294 there is an Elite video on the channel. 😉
One of My favorite Ford's.
Dad had a 69GT 390 4v. When we traveled to Indiana I would sleep on the back dash. I was 8 or 10😊
Thanks for sorting out what can be a very confusing series. My parents bought a new Gran Torino Squire in 1973. It was traded for a new 1976 Gran Torino wagon. My Dad ran that until around 1987. I would love to find either one of these cars.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
When I was a teen, we had a 1970 Fairlane 2 door with the 302 2BBL. I didn't realize just what a nice looking car it was, and opted to drive our Pinto instead most of the time.
I'm sure the Pinto was easier to drive especially as a teen.
I think for me one of the best small blocks from the 260 302 351. my dad love ford's motors he even got my mother on Maverick grabber what a 250 6.put THE BOSS 302 ordered out with 331 worked the Boss from top to bottom. Even today that got you attention pulling the wheels 1st 2nd and that was 1979.
Thanks for all the memories I'll never forget them or you 🚦🏍️🏎️
Thank you for watching Joseph!
Plus, the Torino nameplate is one of my all time favorite cars from Ford, right up there with the Mustang ❤
I’ve owned 9 of them, my favorites were my 72 blue with white top and interior, and a orange 70 Ranchero GT, had a clean red 70 wagon which I wish I still had and a green 71 2 door coupe and a yellow 75 2 door a few parts clunkers too, it was my go to choice of car for years until they got hard to find and expensive which I followed up with the 83-97 T-Bird then of course there have been mustangs peppered all through out
Very nice! Thanks for watching! I have videos on the Ranchero and the 83 through 88 Thunderbirds.
In 1976 I bought a 71 Torino GT with a 351cleveland C4 automatic for $1,295. Had 60,000 miles on it. In 97 I bought a 76 Torino 4dr with a 351M with automatic with 60,000 miles for $1,400.
Had a 71 torino cobra ...it was scary fast
Great cars!
My first car was a 1974 Gran Torino 2 door. Dad bought the car new for mom when it came out. After many years of it being the family car, when I got my license, it became my car, (with the understanding that I was then responsible for driving my little brothers around).
While I hated it at the time, (the whole "hand me down from mom" thing) I came to love it, and it is my biggest regret that it got sold out of the family, when I joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1991.
Thanks for watching and sharing.
Love me some Torinos! The fastbacks are awesome looking, and they are roomy.
I am a Ford guy but the late 60s Torino line up was always confusing to me with body styles and options. Great summary
Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Back in the 70s I owned a 70 GT sports roof and my brother owned a 71 Torino cobra-jet 2 door sedan. Both cars had the 351 Cleveland but mine was a C6 and my brothers had the toploader 4 speed.
I owned a 1971 Torino Brogham coupe with the hidden headlight option and a 351-4v M Code. I wish I had never sold that car
I think the gran torino is a cool car best looking car out there with others an now im starting to work on a 73 gran torino which is my grandmothers that has sat for 24 years now she had to put it into hiding cus of bank rupt because she didn't want to lose it cus she loved that car and now im taking it into my own hands to save it from going into anymore damage where its to late an im only 16 an its my first car i get to work on an i enjoy every bit cus its a family car that has some crazy history behind it and i still remember the stories she tells me and she still around till this day and is happy to see her car being saved by her own grandson who has the only interest in the car an i love the car it has a badass 351w that sound's amazing after sitting for so long and ive had amazing luck with it for the past 3 month's and cant wait to have it so i can take care of it an keep it alive in its original looks an keep it in good condition.
Welcome to the hobby! It great to hear from someone your age that is willing to take a project like this one. Take your time and enjoy the process. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Brilliant video! And of course the '72 Gran Torino was also featured in the epic Barry Newman movie, "Fear is the Key" where his "stolen" GT was all but fit for the scrap yard at the end of the chase!!
Thank you so much and I have never seen that movie. It has been added to my search list!
I built the AMT 69 Torino Cobra 1/25 scale model kit a year and a half back... Hoping to locate more Torino kits to build and add to my collection someday...
Owned a '72 Gran Torino with a 400ci. V-8 as a hand-me-down from a sibling who owned since new for three years.
Not really my style (preferred smaller sportier cars), but it had a comfortable interior, slightly firm ride, good brakes, and the big-block was a torque monster----responsive and made power right off idle--so really nice in around-town driving.
The car also had good sound-deadening material in it, which translated into a quiet ride, Stuck an aftermarket sound system in it, and it sounded great. About all it needed was a moon roof, and would have been in Nirvana.
About the only downside was fuel economy coming in at 8-10mpg, laughable by today's standards (well, almost). Decent car, served me well for four years.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
So I guess the "Malaise Era" really started in 71', not 72' as I previously thought.
Once 74' came around at least the 460 was still pretty peppy even though choked out like a chicken.
It started but just a baby step. 72 was a big drop off.
73 was. Rates diff jus a bit off15hp
There was no 429 Super Cobra Jet available in 1971 models, only 1970. In order to get the SCJ, the Drag Pack had to be ordered. In 1971, the Drag Pack was not offered in a Torino, and was offered in Mustangs instead. Also, although the literature all shows the 351 Windsor 2V and 351 Cleveland 2V, you will never see a factory installed 351 Windsor in a Torino.
Thank you for watching and sharing your info. I do the best I can when compiling information for a video. I have the better part of 40 hours into this one and I'm sure there are a few other mistakes. When there are anywhere from 9 to 19 models in a single year and conflicting information from different sources you need to pick one. I have never seen a Windsor in a 70 or 71 only 351C's with 2 or 4 barrel heads but I have seen Windsor's in 69's. There are multiple articles that state there are 71's with the SCJ's but again I have never seen one in person and I agree with you about the drag pack option being discontinued for the Torino. Originally it was stated the 427 was an option in 68. I know that never happened so I didn't include it.
@@TonysFordsandMustangs Beginning '70 only Cleveland 351 were used in Torino while in 2bbl flavor, Mustangs used both Windsor & Cleveland.The 427 was used in GTE optioned '68 Cougars, otherwise a stillbirth. Replaced in April with 428CJ. Yeah I owned one with 427, still get mad at myself for selling it.
@@tombryant1104 Selling a 427 car would tend to piss you off. 😆
Beg to differ. Growing up a friends father had one. Blue/green color. 351W/c-4 auto. Son got it. Built engine & changed over to a 4 speed toploader. Car cam factory with 351-W. Little scoop on hood. Turn signal in the rear of it
351 emblems on side of scoop. Missed a chance to buy it years later. Some idiot got it & it got totaled. But it was a 351-w car.
@@lonniemonroe2714 Small scoop with signals used on '69 Torino, yes those were Windsor. Beginning, '70 Windsors were history in Torino.
Owned a '68 and a '72 with the '68 being my favorite.