1968 Torino GT

[Terryd]

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.

[pro66tour]

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

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by WSSix

So pretty! Will you be painting it Ford blue, Joe?

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

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by Terryd

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.

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by pro66tour

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

[Panteracer]

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

[jarhead]

Thanks Bob, I am excited

[jarhead]

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

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



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



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 .



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.

[jarhead]

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



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



Back to cutting



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.



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



A trunk shot...



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.





The inner fender piece will be a real pleasure to make



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



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



Joe

[waynieZ]

Nice job Joe, keep picking away at it!