1968 Torino GT

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by wanman

OH, and this is what I get to do sometimes when I am not working on my Torino... we live out in the sticks as they say...



And have critters... Ricky & Fred...

Cool critters.

Man you are in the sticks, a tractor without a cab and AC.

Originally Posted by wanman

And I have a question with this one ??? When I finally get my Global West uppers back from them being altered, my front end will drop. I know I can drop the rear.

My tire size is 235/60-16 ~ 27.1 inches tall. How does that compare to a Pro Tour tire? I know the sidewall isnt a 35.

My assumption is the car can sit lower around the wheel/tire combo. Is it going to look goofy lowered down around this wheel? Wish I could envision it.

It's going to look better low. In the rear your tire is the same height as my 345 30 19 so it will tuck in and fill your wheel well really nice. FYI without tubs and with about 5.75" to 6" of BS you can fit a 285 tire on the rear of your car with the leaf springs.

Up front the shape of the fender lip makes it difficult to slam the car and get a good turning radius with a wide tire. Typically most tires on the front of the cars you see on here are 25.5" to 26" tall.
With your GW stuff I bet you can drop the front about 2" and still get decent turn radius with a 27" tall tire at 235mm wide, if the BS on the wheels is right. The taller tire will actually tuck up farther in the fender and give a more lowered look.

What size are your wheels? 16x7 or 16x8? A 16x8 with 4.5" BS is a pretty good fit on a shock tower car.

Now get out there and slam that thing and let's see it. Once you get the front lowered you can dial in the rear height to give you some rake. Keep in mind if you do swap to a shorter tire up front then that will create some rake.

If you get your butt to CA I'll give you my rearced Dever leafs that will lower your rear 1.5"

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by FETorino

What size are your wheels? 16x7 or 16x8? A 16x8 with 4.5" BS is a pretty good fit on a shock tower car.


If you get your butt to CA I'll give you my rearced Dever leafs that will lower your rear 1.5"

16x7 with a 5" BS

Dang we were just out there in the Wife's F1~Odyssey, lol in July, I could have bought those Denver leafs from you then.

BUT every time I stare at Jason's 420 rear, ahem, let me rephrase, his formal's rear, I keep thinking qudralink

[torino420]

Originally Posted by wanman

16x7 with a 5" BS

Dang we were just out there in the Wife's F1~Odyssey, lol in July, I could have bought those Denver leafs from you then.

BUT every time I stare at Jason's 420 rear, ahem, let me rephrase, his formal's rear, I keep thinking qudralink

<--LIKE

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by wanman

16x7 with a 5" BS

Dang we were just out there in the Wife's F1~Odyssey, lol in July, I could have bought those Denver leafs from you then.

BUT every time I stare at Jason's 420 rear, ahem, let me rephrase, his formal's rear, I keep thinking qudralink

Careful

It is that type of thinking that led me to a full frame chassis and a 3 year project.

[FETorino]

Joe

Where's the progress pictures?

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Cool build! I'm really digging these formal roof Torinos.

Thanks, I went through your build thread today, lots of cool mods!

Originally Posted by FETorino

Joe

Where's the progress pictures?

I am off next week Rob, if my modified Global West upper arms arrive, I will finish that project.

Otherwise I will put the steering column back in, the hydraulic clutch, the man pedal, etc.

I also ordered trim for my pole barn, and I need to finish that up. I ordered a new patio door for my wife and that comes in three weeks from today. When that gets here my first floor remodel begins for her birthday. Then my progress will look like Torino 420's, lol...

Here is the man cave / critter corral...



this is my daughter Kasey's project, behind the door of the man cave



Not quite that far along yet, lol

[jarhead]

I got some tin on the barn before the weather dropped to 17*

Then I put in in the steering column. I wish I had taken pictures before, because I put it together, and took it apart three times before I remembered how it went together. It was an automatic column Kasey and I modified, and then painted.





Then I worked on the hydraulic clutch install, with the modified Torino420 system

That Rosehill Performance SS Hyd line is going to present a problem when I choose my master cylinder.



Got the Man Pedal installed



And I talked to Doug at Global West today, my modified goodies should ship next week. Maybe in a couple of weeks I can roll it around on the floor

Joe

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by wanman

And I talked to Doug at Global West today, my modified goodies should ship next week. Maybe in a couple of weeks I can roll it around on the floor

Joe

Getting it on the ground will be a great feeling.

Your steering column rebuild looks nice. I tore one of those apart before