Lou what a gorgeous piece of history! Love the color that engine sound and the detailed aspects of this fine Cobra Jet powered Torino! What a awesome car that is! Thanks for sharing this with us Lou!
When I was 10 back in 70, a guy down the street had one. His was a real deep Hunter Green. Awesome car you can just have one of those for a forever muscle car. Would definitely drive it and not over restore it. Thank You Lou!! Merry Christmas 🎁!!!
A friend that I went to high school with took me to lunch on our last day of school as seniors, in his dad's 1970 429 Ford Torino, similar to this. His was navy blue with white racing stripes up the middle. It had a Hurst 4 speed shifter in it. This one has Mercury center caps on the wheels.
Hi Daniel, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Friend in High Schools Dads car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this RU-vid Channel, Lou
Very nice fierce Ford!! Looks better than new. This guy details cars better than any of the detailers I know. My cars get done in my one car garage. Thanks Lou, for bringing us the best videos on the planet.
Hi Fred and Debra MacDonald, Glad you enjoy this "fierce Ford". I like that :-) "best videos on the planet" WOW, humbling and thank you. It's my pleasure to share the cars with you, Lou
Gorgeous Cobra! Love the yellow paint, bright n sunshiney... Great style, n awesome hoodage! An all around strikin snakey... gets two fangs up from me!! Awesome vid, thanks
in all the times 'ol lou has been out there doing his videoing on cool awesome rides of all sort's I REALLY WONDER WHAT ALL HE HAS IN HIS PERSONAL STASH OF RIDES...... WHERE EVER THAT IS....... & EVEN SOME LIL BACK STORY OF EACH OF HIS COOL 'OL RIDES ON HERE.............. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO WE CAN SEE & ENJOY THE VIDEO AS WELL HERE !!!!!!!! .... WHAT ABOUT IT LOU.......?????????????????
Hi Jaime, Here you go. Enjoy! # 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kVxNd7ppQ2g.html & # 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RuJN0W2ygf4.html So what are you driving? Lou
There's nothing like the sound of a floored quadra-jet. It's exhilarating. Unusual that Ford used it on the 428 but if the had to then they made the right choice. Thanks Lou.
Great car Lou thanks for featuring it. The gentleman does impeccable detailing/resto- really nice. Must say, Ford had REALLY cheesy interiors in the day. My dad had multiple late 60's/early 70's Ford wagons, the interiors were sooo mundane. However, body styling and what's under the hood is what counts here...real beauty.
Hi Audie Conrad, Glad you enjoy this "great car". Thank you for sharing your Dad drove Fords too. Regarding featuring this car, it's my pleasure and you're welcome, Lou
Hi lou. Love the car. The 71s are my fav with the cobra emblems in the center of the grille , ect. I was wondering ifbu ever get a chance to feature another 1970 -71 torino with the ribbon tach if u could get a shot of the tach reving . that would be so awesome nevet seen that before. Thank you keep the awesome fomoco products comeing !
From the front view at the start - I could almost hear this beasty roar! She looks lean, she looks mean - and she rocks! I've probably seen this car - but I really can't recall it if I did. It would not of hurt my feelings to own one. I'm only sad about., no 8-track.., but I'll get over it in a few minutes. :-)
Thanks Lou! Great video as always. But, please, do something with video interlacing. Right now I watch your videos via VLC media player: copy video link -> open VLC -> Ctrl N -> Ctrl V -> press Enter to play -> press D for deinterlacing mode
My brother has. 1969 Cobra and the title has it that way as well as the badges. It is the Torino body style, fast back with a 428 CJ. 735 dual line Holley. 3.50 rear end and C-6 automatic. The paint is original on the car. 53,000 miles. All that has been replaced is the camshaft. Not a bigger cam but another Ford original part. It had broke in half.
A favorite model of mine. Had one with a 351 in orange with hideaway headlights. As much as I liked the 429, gotta say... the wife's 2011 V6 Sienna is just about as fast 0-60 (maybe faster). Very nice car.
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The Aussie 72/73/74/75/75/77/78 coupes were built around this car, evidence is found around the wheel arches, same gutter around the wheel arches and bottom sill. Not many cars had this design. Aussie gutter was even deeper!
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No real shock at a Ford with GM parts. The BOSS 429 Air-pump system had a GM Canister unit on it while the 1966-67 Lincoln with the Tilt Steering option was a unit bought from GM .
This is not a "J" code. The "J" code was the 429 Super Cobra Jet. 4 bolt main block, 780 Holley, 3:91 or 4:30 rear, and a engine oil cooler which is missing here. False advertising. Buyers beware.
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Your info is incorrect. All Torino Cobras w shaker and 429 Cobra Jets are J codes including SCJ's. This car has been to MCACN, trophy winner at Ford/Shelby Nationals and first class winner at San Marino Concourse in California. Very well documented with original window sticker, original sales contract, and Marti Report as J code . I am also the owner.
Lou:Great car and owner. A real beauty when Ford was Ford. A comment about the GM quadrajet carb used on this engine. It's the Rochester Quadrajet 4MV dual stage unit. I'm very familiar with these carburetters. Notice the British spelling as I've always been accustomed due to the fact my automotive repair training started in Great Britain. The reason Ford used this carb is because there was a strike a the Motorcraft carburetter division. So Ford did a deal with GM to supply the carbs needed especially since this was a high performance engine. I've modified quite a few Ford and Chrysler V8 engines using this same carb in the past with impressive results. So much so that guys begged me to do the conversion to their cars and pick up trucks for better performance. Those 429 Cobra jets could literally fly in their day. Ford had a "force to be reckoned with" when it came to absolute raw performance especially on the race track which explains why these are so legendary. Have a great day and happy holidays.
Paul Kirkland ; The "J" code 429 was the Super Cobra Jet. "J" code used a 780 Holley, 4 bolt mains, 3:91 or 4:30 rear and a engine oil cooler which is supposed to be mounted on the left side of the radiator core support behind the grill. So this "beauty"is pretty much a fake.
if build with the same thecnology as they had in 1970 this car would sell in 2019 for 24 000$ if you add modern mining, foundry and manufacturing progress the car would be sold for 4900$ ...that tell you how much we get screwed over these days! sad for car lovers and for the health of our society as a whole
@ 3 50 the car only sold for roughly $ 4 , 300 buck's in 1970.............. yee haaa..... in 2018 almost 2019 now & this car is easyly going for what $ 75 , 000 bucks or more depending on all sort's of things.........lol