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Topic: Would you buy this car?
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BryanM
Journeyman Posts: 78
From: Friendswood, TX
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 05-15-2006 10:51 AM
 
1970 Ford : TorinoIf you could get it for $12,000? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4636194442&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Thanks, friend at work is looking at it. ------------------
Bryan - 1965 coupe / front bench seat / 289 / T5.
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roger
Gearhead Posts: 533
From: ontario, canada
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-15-2006 11:53 AM
Certainly looks like he;s got the bucks spent on it, you couldn;t build this car to this level for 12K.
i;m no Torino expert, but, its not a rare model,(to bad its not a big block,eh) but a nice looking car.
if its the kind of Ford you really want i;d think its a good buy.
Still, i wouldn;t buy any car unless i could touch, drive it or have someone in the area look it over for me.
i;ve seen some pics of a couple of falcons that looked really solid, until i got to see em in person
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 3237
From: Stanton, Michigan, zip 48888
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-15-2006 12:26 PM
Shouldn't the headlights be hidden on a '70 GT Tornino?...or are they simply not working and open/exposed in the EBay pictures? Ryan 
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-15-2006 07:12 PM
I would want to look at it up close, but if it were as nice as it seems in these photos I'd pay $12k for it. Like Roger said, you couldn't build it for that.Ryan, the hideaway lights were an option. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 3237
From: Stanton, Michigan, zip 48888
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-17-2006 11:17 AM
Thanks for the clarification, Steve! 
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4235
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-17-2006 09:54 PM
The hidden headlights came standard on the Brougham option optional on GT, NA on Cobra. Get one with the hidden lights and everyone will call your car a Charger. [This message has been edited by MLariviere (edited 05-17-2006).]
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 05-23-2006 10:09 PM
It certainly isn't a GT, the price seems above average for such a car. A set of repro stripes does not a GT make.
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 3237
From: Stanton, Michigan, zip 48888
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-24-2006 08:42 AM
Good point, TomP. I was only ASSUMING that the seller had it posted correctly: Description
Item Specifics - Passenger Vehicles
Ford : Torino 1970 Torino GT Convertible!! Air! 73K Original Miles!!
If anyone was to seriously consider this car, I'd suggest they should confirm the GT status....couldn't that be done via the VIN#? The seller did post the VIN#.... Which one shouldn't ASSUME the VIN# to be correct -- it should be double-checked against what is actually on the car. Ryan
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RonnieT
Gearhead Posts: 912
From: Port Allen, La. 70767
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-26-2006 01:58 PM
TomP, Why do you say "It certainly isn't a GT"? The VIN decodes correctly for this car except for the carb.
0 = 1970
h = Lorain Assembly Plant
37 = Torino GT Convertible
F = 302-2v
I would question the engine being original since it has a 302-4V sticker on the air cleaner which was not available in 70. ------------------
Ronnie
69 mach1 351W-4V engineless at the time!
70 Torino GT 351C-4v with a "shaker"
Mustangs and More Member #23
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6376
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 06-02-2006 12:43 AM
Is there such a thing as a bench seat 2V 302 GT? I dunno, i know it wouldn't be a desirable combo.
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RonnieT
Gearhead Posts: 912
From: Port Allen, La. 70767
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-03-2006 11:28 PM
I would think that combo would have been available since the bench seat was stand equipment in the GT, buckets were an option. My 70 GT has a bench seat with the optional 351-4V engine.------------------
Ronnie
69 mach1 351W-4V engineless at the time!
70 Torino GT 351C-4v with a "shaker"
Mustangs and More Member #23
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4235
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-11-2006 09:20 PM
The 302 2v was the base engine on the 70 GT. I had one,with buckets and a console.
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