Torino 10
 

Hi , I have been reading these pages for quite some time, checking out all the awesome cars and builds. I am the R/D and fabrication manager at Speedtech Performance. I am finally getting close to starting on my 69 Torino GT which I have had waiting for 3.5 years. This is the first car I have built for myself in many years. My daily driver is a full custom 71 Bronco which gets abused often(rockcrawling and airtime).

The Torino is going to be a tight budget build. I found it on Ebay and got it $1325 , I didn't expect much of a car for that kind of money. A friend of mine stored the car in CA until I brought it home a year ago. It doesn't look like much, but it has little rust and what there is is on the sections I won't be using. Even my wife didn't think it looked to bad!

Its going to get a 6.8L V 10 ,possibly a supercharger, a manual trans probably a T56, and 325/30/19s on 11" wheels on all 4 corners. The front clip/front suspension and all the floorpan will be custom fabbed. The rear will get a modified Speedtech torque arm with a 9". It will have creature comforts, A/C, power windows etc. But, also pay attention to overall weight.
As with my Bronco, it has to be able to drive long trips without issues.

Now I just need to get my Bronco collection trimmed way down and out of my garage so I can get started.

Welcome.... but I just have to laugh at that first statement and then build plan. :lol:

X's 10..... a "tight budget build" and then you read the plans....


Welcome to the site buddy! Subscribed.


Now... get out there and get another full time day job and a part time night job... then hope a rich uncle leaves you some $$.... and your wife is willing to work 3 jobs too!
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Welcome, good to see another Torino on here. Sounds like a great project.

Post some pics when you get a chance.

Yeah, it is a bit of a contradiction..."tight budget".... but I picked up the motor from a wreck with 12000 miles for $400, computer and all. The T56 is from a Viper,$200, got it from a friend at Dodge dealer. Yes, it needs to be rebuilt. Already traded off the slug 390 engine that came out of the Torino for a 9" and a ton of other smaller parts.
There still is some big ticket items I have to get,clutch, brakes, coilovers, etc and aftermarket EFI if I go that route. All the work and fab will be done by me in my home garage, probably only send it out for paint.
The supercharger would be from Ebay, they can be had off a Gt500 quite cheap. I have to fab everything else for that engine anyway.
Back 11 years ago when I built my Bronco the Canadian dollar was only worth about 65 cents U.S. So buying a $100 part quickly became $200+ after exchange, shipping and duties. Thats why I fabbed most of it. Its the same plan for the Torino except my dollar is better, but now I want to fab all I can.
Once I get some decent photos I will post them.

Oh Gary.... it can be done! I wasn't making fun of your build by the way... just saying - it's so dang hard to keep a budget on these things... and they always tend to cost far more than most folks allow for. That and "project creep"... I know 'cause I'm a serious offender that way myself!

Keep posting! I for one would love to watch this all come together.

Oh I didn't take it that way....I just saying I AM GOING TO STAY ON BUDGET...more for my sake. I have built many vehicles for others and I am still astonished how fast it gets out of control.

Sounds like a cool project. Great to see another Canadian Torino on here.

I assume you are going to significanly modify the front of the car to fit 325's up there. From what I have found, the most you can possibly fit under there stock and still have full jounce clearance and be able to still turn lock to lock is around 275. This is with a heavily modified front suspension. 325's in the rear will be no prob if you add 1.5" to the rear wheel well.

I also went the fab everything myself route and build on a very tight budget but run all top notch parts.. 4 years later still going :). Managed to do everything very cheap considering.. just took forever to find deals on used parts.

I have been following your build on the twin torinos. Looks like a very cool build. The front suspension will be partly C4 vette and custom fab parts. I will be cutting off the whole front end getting rid of those spring towers. Can't wait to get my garage cleared out and on to the build rather than planning.

The first few pics of the project...