Hey! Welcome to the channel. My grandparents gave me this original 1968 Ford Torino Gt Fastback Grand touring edition... Yes, I know that's a long name.
I wanna share the entire process on this channel. It's gonna be so much fun!
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you should put led in the dash i did that win my old car, i had some colored leds and white leds in the dash help up date the look of the ac and the gauges
@@Everydaygarageman Word of advice when putting LED's in old cars: do not replace any sort of "battery charge" indicator light with an LED. Without going in depth, the resistance of the incandescent bulb is critical to charge circuits. The alternator will never start charging, and the indicator light will stay on perpetually. I'm not sure what sort of bulbs 924's use in their cluster, but if there is a discrete bulb for that warning, leave it alone. the rest of the dash cluster lights should be fine to swap with LED's.
Did you replace the brake hoses? One on each front wheel and one at the rear axle? When you first said it was locked up that's the first thing I thought it was. I just replaced them on my 69 fastback.
Kudos for having the patience and courage to go ahead with such a labor-intensive job. I gotta wonder though - is there some sort of shop secret hack method to move the bell housing without disconnecting the whole gearbox?
Oh man, I really wish there was, I honestly just think it's impossible to get it out without doing so, because I tried to avoid it at all costs but I eventually just caved and removed it.
I resurfaced mine, just because I was being cheap it's like $30 vs like $350 for basically the same thing, but if I could do it again. I would definitely get new ones just for aesthetic reasons.
Thanks for the reminder. You are right. I think it’s neat that your son is interested with cars and working and learning about those things. Sounds like you and him have a good relationship. I’m retired, my wife and I have raised 11 children, all ours, 5 are boys. As they were growing up, only one really got into doing his own work. Oh well that’s fine. Hope you’re project continues to go well. 👍🏻
@@JosephStalin1941 You too. Good luck with the Catalina. That’s going to be sweet. Most of the mechanical work is done on mine. Next is the electrical - whoever worked on it before probably knows what’s going on but every time I try to work on it, I just see a mess. Got a new wiring harness waiting on Dakota Digital to send the gauges before I get going on it.
@lancegoulet8100 yeah, electric work is like trying to decipher 60 years of scrambled repairs and problems. It's also so tedious, I have to fix my headlight switch and rewire one my headlights.
Your grandparents were smart to keep it. I sold my '68 390 GT Torino fastback red with white C stripe white interior many years ago. I miss that car and I proposed to grandma (my wife) in it. Wish I still had it. Glad to see a survivor still being loved by a family member. Nice restore and I think keeping the patina on the paint is the right move. Good Job!
I used rust removal to eat away all the surface rust then, I sprayed it off which left it bare metal, so I polished it with a heavy polish, and ceramic coated to keep it from rusting again. And it turned out beautiful
Outstanding job young man. Its awesome to see the younger generation. Fixing up these lost classics. To pass on to your sons or daughters when they are old enough to drive. But beware of the Superbees,and Roadrunners,And Dart GTS's those Hemis will eat the Fords for lunch. David Pearson would have a big smile on his face
@@Everydaygarageman you're very welcome. I hope you take a trip down to Australia. And find Mad Max's Car. Which is a falcon xB 1973 to 74 which the 1974 Mustang before they downsized her.
I have a '69 GT. My OLDER brother was telling me that it was a waste and that no one under 50 cares about those cars. I said, "So what, I'm over 50." One of my coworkers has a new Audi something. He brags that its the fastest production car Audi makes. My 17 year old son was impressed that someone I worked with had an R8. I told him it wasn;t an R8, it was some "electric" car. His response was "Electric car? That doesn't count. Electric cars aren't cool." 17 years old. BTW: My daily driver is a Nissan Leaf. My work has charging stations we use for free. I don't even have to pay for the electricity. The money I save on gas goes into restoring my 10 mpg '69 Torino GT.
Yeah, looking back on it, it definitely wasn't a full one, but it sure was a lot of work. Before I started this project I didn't even know how to change a spark plug, it was a fantastic experience.
Dad also a impala I think a 66 with a 396 in it. That car would rip it down but it couldn't handle that torino. Good memories thanks for sparking my brain bud.
Hello, beautiful car, I am from Argentina and here Ford only introduced the four-door version called Fairlane. I send you a big hug and blessings for you and your family.
Great restoration My younger brother had the same car and he repainted it and I ordered the stripe set for it as I worked at a Ford dealer it looked better than new with Amarion paint But he parked it on the street in front of our house Late at night a drunk driver hit an totaled it out just a week after it was finished this was back in the 1970s Good to see one being rebuilt
First I 100% agree it's great to see younger kids appreciating classic muscle. But I completely understand why it's different for the newer generation. From the mid 70's to the late 90's those late 60's early 70's muscle cars were the fastest cars you could buy. They ruled the roads for 30 years. But for younger kids, cars just kept getting better and better every year. To each their own. I'm rebuilding a '69 Torino right now. My son is 17 and his dream car is a Volkswagen Bus. If some kid is into tuning a Honda Civic or a Subaru WRX, I say power to them. That's the beautiful thing about this. Find what YOU like, build it the way YOU want, and make it your own. Just because it might not be what I am into or the way I would do it, doesn't mean it isn't cool to somebody else. There are times when I see something and think, "Whoa, that's terrible. I can't believe somebody would do that to that poor car." But I would never say it out loud because it might be the car that somebody has dreamed about for years and who am I to $#!t on somebody else's dream. anthonycassata5152, I'm not saying that is what you are doing. This is just my public service announcement to the car world.
