71 Torino project

[MZ 500]

Well I thought it was about time I got my project posted on here.

This is my 71 Torino Formal Top I started with a quite rusty car but over the past summer I have got a lot of the major rust repair work done and added sub frame connectors.


plans for this car so far

1: Ford AOD tras (that I got free) I plan on driving it a lot so I wanted the OD.

2: global west coilovers and tubular control arms and anti roll kit in the rear or something like that, I may try fabing some things myself.

3: fuel cell

4: 6 point cage

5: may go EFI at some point but will be carbed to start.

This is my first full resto I have done and I take a lot of pride in the fact that I have done 99% of the work. I always try to trade or sell parts to get the parts I need and to keep the cost down. At this point I have less than 3,000 into the car including the purchase price.

A lot of my background is in short track racecars I have worked on my relatives cars a lot over the years and I have a general love for all types of auto racing. I like the street fighter look and the Nascar vibe idea. I am thinking aluminum rear spoiler and chin spoiler as well as rear window straps and front window tabs I may even put a Nascar style exhaust on it that exit in front of the rear wheels.

It has a 351w that seemed to run good when I got it going I am planning on going though the heads and give it A good cleaning and new gaskets before it goes back in but I am a long way from that.

Here are some pictures
When I got it home

[MZ 500]

More Pics

[69stang]

Nice project! My best friend in high school had a 71 Torino GT. His dad bought it new and gave it to him when he turned 16 back in 77. We had a blast in it. The nose got real light at 140+ mph. Last I knew his dad still had it. It was in need of another rebuild. My friend has been into mopars for the last decade or so. His dad has another 71 GT that he shows.

[vp23271]

Very nice work. Keep posting pic's, I would love to follow the progress!

[Young Gun]

awsome looking project....should be cool when its done!

[Yelcamino]

Looks like you're doing very nice work. Keep posting pics!

My very first car was a '70 GT. I bought it in '84 for $1000. The body was nearly perfect and it was dark metalic blue with white interior. There was no engine or trans and I ended up building a 429 (my first engine build) backed by a C6 and a 9" rear w/ 3.90 gears.

[MZ 500]

Thanks guys

Now that it is winter time here in MI I don't get out to the barn much since it doesn't have heat yet but I do work on some of the smaller things in the basement like parts of the grill that I restored last winter. This year I started working on the GT tail pannel I got a few months back I am planning to light the hole thing with LED's since the original lights are not that bright and the middle section was not lit originaly it is just a reflector.
















I am also working on a model of my car that shows how it may look here is a few pics of how it started out it is almost done but I won't show finished pics till it is. I have built models for a long time and thought why not do a model insted of a rendering. First off I had to change a fastback to a Formal top at the time there was no formal top body of corse now there is a resen body kit that just came out.

[fast Ed]

Wow, nice work. Those 70/71 Torinos are one of the worst for rust. I like your idea to go with a stock-car look. Good to see more Fords being saved!!


cheers
Ed N.

[LMDGUY]

coool. keep the pics coming!

[Motown 454]

Looks good the work is comming along nice real nice jobon the grill. Wayne

[MZ 500]

Well I got the model finished I am not to sure about the dog dish caps but I like them for the sleeper/Street Fighter look. I put the rear window straps on like Nascar racecars had in the day and the front and rear spoilers have the strut braces like current day Nascar.











These pics are where I got my ideas from.

[nekkidhillbilly]

badass

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

glad my rendering got you ampt.. i was hoping someone would build something like that..

[Steve1968LS2]

Given your choice of colors how can I not LOVE your project??

;)

Very cool, and big props for thinking outside the box. Should be a cool project!

My version of your car:

http://picsorban.com/upload/fair99.jpg

[MZ 500]

Thanks guys I just hope I can get the real thing to look as good as the model.

[Motown 454]

Very nice! It looks like your off to an excelent start on the real one already, Wayne

[DarkBuddha]

Damn... any chance of doing it all black? I'm still waiting for someone to pull this off for me:

[705.0Merc]

I really like the spoilers. Now you got me thinking about some for my car...
Unique buildup! Different is good!

[MZ 500]

Damn... any chance of doing it all black? I'm still waiting for someone to pull this off for me:

That is sweet just the kind of idea I was going for in fact I have been thinking about putting the C.I.D. on the hood in gloss black over the flat back so it would show up as a gost image. A lot of nascars of the time had it on the hood around this time.

something like this
http://www.torinocobra.com/racers_bu...mo_langley.jpg

[DarkBuddha]

That is sweet just the kind of idea I was going for in fact I have been thinking about putting the C.I.D. on the hood in gloss black over the flat back so it would show up as a gost image. A lot of nascars of the time had it on the hood around this time.

something like this
http://www.torinocobra.com/racers_bu...mo_langley.jpg

Yeah, the Torino Nascar bug has gotten into PT.com regularly, no one has seemed to really go full bore quite yet. It was nice when Steve at PHR started his Fairlane, but some us really hoped it would head the Nascar direction more.

BTW, here is the original thread where I did that photochop, from way back in August 2005: https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ghlight=torino