1969 Torino

[Leroy Rochester]

I don't know Dave personally, just through a couple of PMs from yellowbullet, but I like his style...

I've figured out where my pictures are on my computer so I'll get the '68 thread going soon. Heck it's been nearly three years since I blew up the big block that was in it, a few weeks to get a thread going is nothing!

I miss racing my shifter way more than I miss racing the big car. The big car make all the right sounds and looked super, but noting normal people can afford does stuff right like a shifter kart does!

The combo of my size, my kids sports and Track Magic and SCK going out of business sort of put the kibosh of karting for me. I still have 3-4 chassis out in the garage, I sold all my ICC stuff, but still have a Rotax that hasn't been fired up in probably 2 years...

When I was a kid, my neighbor had a badass '69 Torino GT. I loved the car. Sounded right, looked right, everything a kid needed to love a car. When I was 21-22 I got talking to his cousin about the car and he said "you know he had a '68 before the '69" and I asked what happened to the '68... Turned out it was out behind his parents barn. I think I paid his dad soemthing like $500 bucks for it.

Both the cars were red, with a black interior. I swear it must have been the only color Dearborn painted those cars!

Oh shoot! The Cleveland that was in that car came out of Dom Farbo's 71(ish) Torino. He's the guy that just had Ring Brothers build that Blizzard Mustang! Wow... Completely forgot that! Small world I guess.

[Sieg]

[intocarss]

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by intocarss

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Stovebolter

Rob is a bad influence. I may soon be a Ford man X2.


David.

Glad I could help

Originally Posted by Stovebolter

It was raining. It actually is in really good shape. 69 Cobra. 1198 built. 1 of 2 console cars. And the only one with AM radio with previous mentioned console. 428 cobra jet with 4 speed. The guy has documentation with certificate signed by director of Ford in 2013. I'm still pessimistic. But it may be the real thing. I'd leave it alone if I bought it.

That is pretty much the holy grail of stock 69 fairlanes right there. It has all th right trim pieces and black is a great color. All it needs is some poverty caps.

Originally Posted by Sieg

Nice job Sieg

Originally Posted by intocarss

I'm unfriending you JerDog.

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by FETorino

I'm unfriending you JerDog.

NO YOU WON'T

[FETorino]

Payton

Remember when I picked this little gem up?

It's been a while but I finally got around to posting some pictures of it.



For those that weren't with us in the best place in the world to go shopping, Mooresville NC, it's a NASCAR spec locker with Gleason REM polished gears and a Tex racing internal pump driven off the pinion.

When I was there I couldn't resist purchasing a better air box than the one I had. I paid to much for it but it was new, natural carbon, light as hell and well a NASCAr part. I was like a moth flying into a light just couldn't stop myself.



This week another couple parts showed up. Nothing special just some brake ducts from LG. But they will be cool.



I've been down at the shop a couple days a week last month. I pulled the rear housing and suspension out and trimmed up the rear wheel lips. My inner wheelwell and my quarter, unlike a camaro, opens up and has more clearance above the wheelwell lip. So the lip is the closest point of contact.

I trimmed it back to .25" thick. Then it mates with the inner wheelhouse going vertical from the remaining lip. I'll get a couple of decent pictures of it next week. But the tire has nothing but a flat wall to rub against.

Today I put all the suspension and my wheels back in and cycled the suspension through full compression and full compression on one side with the other side at varying heights. Here is a picture of the closest the tire gets. This is about ride height on the drivers side with the passengers side fully compressed. At this point the top of the tire is tipped out and the widest part of the tire is right at the closest point of contact to the body.

Matt A likes to call this the Hell fit clearance.

[tom091074]

WOW! That tight. Nice!

[gerno]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Payton

Remember when I picked this little gem up?

It's been a while but I finally got around to posting some pictures of it.



For those that weren't with us in the best place in the world to go shopping, Mooresville NC, it's a NASCAR spec locker with Gleason REM polished gears and a Tex racing internal pump driven off the pinion.


I've been down at the shop a couple days a week last month. I pulled the rear housing and suspension out and trimmed up the rear wheel lips. My inner wheelwell and my quarter, unlike a camaro, opens up and has more clearance above the wheelwell lip. So the lip is the closest point of contact.

I trimmed it back to .25" thick. Then it mates with the inner wheelhouse going vertical from the remaining lip. I'll get a couple of decent pictures of it next week. But the tire has nothing but a flat wall to rub against.

Today I put all the suspension and my wheels back in and cycled the suspension through full compression and full compression on one side with the other side at varying heights. Here is a picture of the closest the tire gets. This is about ride height on the drivers side with the passengers side fully compressed. At this point the top of the tire is tipped out and the widest part of the tire is right at the closest point of contact to the body.

Matt A likes to call this the Hell fit clearance.

I have the same center section with pump. For now I'm leaving the pump off but I'll post up when I get running to see how violent mine is. I'm hoping I got lucky and have the softer springs but assume they will need to be changed


You're lucky you have straight panel on those qtr's and not a small flare to hang things up. What's going to be your next car...a Toyota, Nissan or Honda?????

[Stovebolter]

Rob is a bad influence. I may soon be a Ford man X2.

David.