TwinTorino

[John Wright]

I kind of like the look as well.....congrats, I'm sure it felt good to be able to put some miles on it.

[dusterbd13]

yup. i love patina. gives it a pro-beater /streetfighter look.
i also vote to leave it alone while you do a yea or so of shakedown. wich i had done that. most of the paint chips/scratches on my car came from repairs/breakdowns after "completion"

[zombiekiller]

love it! It is definitely inspiring!

Looks like a prime candidate for the old " tar diluted with gasoline" type paint job with a shot of semi-gloss clear over top.

finish the look with some brown distressed leather seats and off white/eggshell guages and it wouldn't get any cooler.

I'll absolutely be looking for you next year at the dream cruise. I plan on taking my Galaxie. If you're on the power tour next summer, hopefully I'll see you there as well.

again, congrats, it looks awesome.

[Ripped]

VERY NICE, and congratulations. The stance looks good. I know you have a lot of work to do, but it's a great feeling getting it on the ground and driving.

I drove mine in primer, for almost two years. It was a great way to get all the kinks out, before final paint.

Hope to see a lot more.

[damannhw]

Been watching this thread for awhile now. being the former owner of an '03 Cobra, and lover of the Torino's, just let me congratulate you on a job EXTREMELY well executed !! I am very envious of your car, and hopefully someday might get to see it in person.

So what's your 1st impression of ride and drive ?

[66rusty]

I love this build. You guys have some mad fab skills. I could only dream of doing something like this.

[sr73bu]

KILLER! Love the patina!... great contrast to the amazing fab work/craftsmanship! Great Job!!!

-Sean

[Bjkadron]

yup. i love patina. gives it a pro-beater /streetfighter look.
i also vote to leave it alone while you do a yea or so of shakedown. wich i had done that. most of the paint chips/scratches on my car came from repairs/breakdowns after "completion"

I second this... Nothing ever works out perfectly the first time so you will likely be changing things so it would make sense to give it some shakedown time.

Mine will be in the current finish (stock gold with white painted top where the vinyl top was, and black spraypaint where it has had rust repair on the body) for a good while after It Is *done* for just that reason.

[Bryce]

Congrats!

[Amatouring]

I like pretty paint jobs as much as anybody, but that thing has a great look right now.

[kmdracer]

Awesome! Great to see something a bit different.

[Rick K]

the work is even more impressive in person. The sound coming out of this car is really cool to. Looking forward to the ride Craig

Now that you have some free time,how about helping on a certain 67 mustang?

[jturkey69]

WOW!!!! AMAZING BUILD!!!!! Im loving the pro-beater look!!!

[linkstar69]

Great well thought out car, congrats on the maiden voyage.

[nyvp]

go out and beater up...well done

[SVTforme]

Been a while since I have updated things here. We took a break for a while on the cars after burning ourselves out in August.

Now started to move on to take cars of the smaller things like interior, wiring, cooling system etc. Got in intemittent wipers to work using the original Mustang multifunction switch on the column. It was unfortunately not as simple as just getting an 80's intermittent switch like some do because of the way the computer controls them.

Put the car on the scales now that it is basically complete. 3500lb and ~55%/45% weight distribution. Definitely not as heavy as most would have expected. This was the original goal, we were just not sure if we could get there when adding heavy thing like IRS etc. Still more parts to go on the car - so we approximated them with weight on the car. Once we get into things like carbon fiber bumpers etc, hopefully this will go down.

We have been running the past month or two without a low temp radiator loop on the intercooler circuit, so we have not really been pushing the car until we get this in place. We ended up using a 2007 Shelby intercooler pump bracket and sticking it in the sheetmatal brake to make it conform to the Torino frame. Then it was a matter of playing connect the dots with hoses. Still working on the radiator itself which will go behind the bumper. Also have the oil cooler going in.

Still need to get some videos up. I'll hopefully get those in the next day or so (low res ones at least.. 1080p ones are huge!).

[SVTforme]

Until I can get some good 1080p videos going, these will serve as a preview. These were taken on day 2 of having the car driveable (thanks to Luke for the footage).

It is not difficult to tell there is a supercharger under the hood. Should make some people scratch their heads .

[chunger]

Craig,

Nice update. I was at the local GoodGuys show this weekend and spoke with a fella who had grafted the front shock towers out of a '04 Mustang under the front of his '64 Falcon - left a TON of room on each side.

Anyway, made me think of your project - so nice timing on the update! It's looking and sounding killer!

[CruizinKev]

nice update!! can't wait to see some more videos! sounds great!

[85coupe50]

Great job... Awesome fab skills.