71 Torino project

[Benoit23]

Man, the more I see these Torino's fixed up the more I like them!!!

Keep the progress pics coming.

[Yelcamino]

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

That's a cool idea. I'm going with a black hood on my Chevelle. Maybe I'll have 468 C.I. painted on.

[MZ 500]

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

Thanks lots of good ideas there and the Cyclone is sweet as well.

[MZ 500]

I thought I should post some updates since it has been a wile. I don't get much done in the winter time here in MI I don't have heat in my barn yet.


I try to work on things I can do inside like my gage cluster that I am just about done with I got one that was in sad shape off e-bay I needed it to switch mine over to non-AC the only difference is the face trim and the selector switch the donor cluster had. Here are some pics I also found an original clock.





I also got the non-AC under dash heater box and such.

[shortrack]

cool build.......the 15'' cup wheels and tires would be great.....cheap too.......then me and you will have a Ford vs Chevy showdown......Darlington.....midnight......!!LOL!!

[Motown 454]

Nice Now if it ever warms up your all set!
Wayne

[badbu68]

A friend of mine had a 71 torino like that, it was pale yellow with a flat black hood, 351 and some 14" 500s. It had a nice original black bench seat interior. I liked it alot, too bad somebody etched the rear window with a lion head.

[MZ 500]

I got a little done bumper brackets and some other parts blasted and coated. I know it does't seem like much but I didn't get much done all winter.

[bnickel]

sweet buildup and i think you have some killer modeling skills. i did one of my 69 mustang coupe but it's not near as cool as yours. i had kind of a suggestion on the wheels though, i like your black steelie with dog dish idea on the model but and it would look sweet on the real car, only i'd use dodge cop car wheels and ford caps to give it more a slightly newer nascar look. the cop wheels are 15x7 with 6 oval shaped holes and are one of the coolest "rally type" wheels ever made that will a ford IMO.

i've got a set that i want to eventually put on a 69 ranchero that i plan to hopefully build someday, if i can find one cheap enough in decent shape. i'll probably swap the 5.0/aod out of my 86 town car daily driver into it and convert the non-HO 5.0 to HO specs but otherwise i'd pull it out of the linc and put it straight into the 'chero and it would be my new daily driver. of course before i do that i first have sell my 69 mustang and get started building my 69 cougar.

[MZ 500]

Hey that is a good idea with the wheels right now I have stock
14" x 7" wheels and a nice set of caps it would be ez-er to find tires for 15".

Here are a few up dates I got a little done on the rear trunk lip that needed repair it still needs work but its looking better.

[Motown 454]

looks good progress is progress!
Wayne

[Bad Bird]

I'm in love! Torinos are some of my favourite cars ever. That's why I'm doing an XB Falcon, because it looks a bit like a Torino.

[MZ 500]

I'm in love! Torinos are some of my favourite cars ever. That's why I'm doing an XB Falcon, because it looks a bit like a Torino.

Bad bird, I was looking back at your first post about your car souds like a sweet project I am interested in seeing how your frontend mods turn out I am planing a Sheby drop my self and I would like to switch over to a steering rack.

Have you checked out http://www.torinocobra.com/forum/ there is a lot of good people and info there my user name is the same as what I use here. There are a few with XB's

[MZ 500]

I got the other side fixed up






Pic of me and my little girl

[Code Red]

wow man good luck with it

[Motown 454]

Nice fab work on that corner .
Wayne

[MZ 500]

Thanks it was a PITA but the only other way to fix it is to get a cut patch from a doner but all the ones I have seen around me are just as bad. I have found this with most things on this car there is not much for aftermarket panels out there but thats ok I am learning how to fab things better all the time.

[linkstar69]

Thanks it was a PITA but the only other way to fix it is to get a cut patch from a doner but all the ones I have seen around me are just as bad. I have found this with most things on this car there is not much for aftermarket panels out there but thats ok I am learning how to fab things better all the time.

Great work, I'm in danger of entering your world of no aftermarket support soon. My GF keeps pushing to buy a classic english car as our next project. Like your project it'll be fun but I know that just about anything that it needs will either have to be made or adapted from something else.

Great to see another Nascar inspired build, I think its a great way give a street car a tough race car look. As another option for wheels, what I did was got a set of 16inch steelies re-hooped so they are now 17x9 on the rear and 17x8 on the front.

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

This is a really cool project you have going on here. Great job on the models. The fab and body work is looking really good. Great job.

[MZ 500]

Made up some new seat brackets whats left of one of the old ones is above them. Also got A 9" center section parts on the cheap $30 for 355 gears 31 spline.