Cool ride Joe! Nice to be different. When I was a kid back in the seventies my aunt had a red '68 FB with a white interior. She was a hotshoe in her day. Killed my uncle since he was a die hard Mopar guy. LOL ! That Torino left quite an impression on me.

Progress is awesome Joe! I have a soft spot for Torinos and Galaxies.
Loving this build...

Trey
It's already gunmetal grey, going with a theme
Joe

:thankyou:

:thankyou:

Torino
 

Joe,
I bet you get a lot more the 500hp out of that
engine mostly due to the compression... should be fun
Nice build

Bob

Thanks Bob, I am excited :D

It has been a while since I updated this...

I had 9 days straight to work on the sheetmetal and had to go back to work Tuesday.

I don't have allot to show as I had not expected how long it would take to cut 1 million spot welds :bang:

I started by cutting out the driver side floor pan, and toe kick.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psagx5lstm.jpg

I did some rust prevention using POR15 on the "so called" frame rail.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...pshoga7xrx.jpg

My transmission mounts were only spot welded on, I guess that how they did it in 1968. I ran some beads in several places so I didn't have to worry about ripping them off when I dump the clutch :lol: .

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszc5ev73s.jpg

I set the floor pan and toe kick in place and did some more marking. I have not tacked them in yet because I need to make a pattern to use for tunnel replacement.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps9rrgw2mj.jpg

I was tired of messing with the floor so I moved on to removing the inner fender well to tub it.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps8z7ymtl8.jpg

I had to drill out all the spot welds on the inner support and remove it for later modification.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psmo8zsh55.jpg

Back to cutting

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psqrmtbeax.jpg

I was a happy old Jarhead when this came out in one piece as I am trying to modify it. They don't make tubs for Torino's, just Stangs,and Camaro's lol.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...pslutxuvhi.jpg

On to clean up the so called frame rail, and check for rust.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psovred1ek.jpg

A trunk shot...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psxgayiuet.jpg

While I was inside the fender well, I removed metal that covered the rocker, and a piece of the inner fender that was toast. I found allot of dirt and junk in the rocker.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps14fzjfv6.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psqycz3ntl.jpg

The inner fender piece will be a real pleasure to make:bang:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...pstub3te8c.jpg

I purchased 69 Torino fender extensions (on the left). i didn't care for the 68's (on the right).

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...pspjcmq6mn.jpg

I now have to spin the dainty barge 180 in my small shop so I can get to my welder. Hopefully some more progress will happen soon

:animated_bye_bye_em

Joe

Nice job Joe, keep picking away at it!