1971 Ford Torino GT in Grabber Blue & Engine Sound on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Lou, what a car! Too bad they don't make cars like this any more. Thank You for your'e website. Keep those classic cars coming, you got a big fan here!!

Really pretty car! Brings back memories of yesteryear! Love the old Grabber Blue! He has a nice restored Torino! Sound good and healthy too! Thanks Lou!

1971 Torino Beautiful classic Sharp and clean looking Great engine Built with precision Thanks LOU for sharing a wonderful classic. Please have a great day and a successful business week Wish you all the best success in the the business. Kind regards HISHAM ELFIKI

My buddy had a 1970 same blue but a big block. This is so very nice and clean and can't remember ever seeing that stripe. I learned something to. Great job Lou. Thank you and to the owner great ride.

Had a friend down the street from me where I lived that had a 1970 429 Cobra drag pack, 411 gears in the rear with posi. Every now and then he would get in his Torino and torch those back tires while going down the street. As a 15 year old kid way back then I thought that was pretty cool, but the greatest thrill for us kids back then was actually when he gave us a ride in this beautiful car of his. It was an acrylic yellow, I don't think they called it Grabber yellow with black interior with the Cobra emblems on the fenders. Man I sure love that car and I love these Torinos even though it'd be years later when I finally bought a 1970 Mach I equipped with a 351 Cleveland 4V engine. I bought the car in 75 with 74k on it. I couldn't believe how powerful that 351 Cleveland was hooked up to an FMX automatic transmission. And I still have this car, some things you just don't part with.

As a Vette guy, I personally find this Torino as one of The best muscle cars!

OMG, Lou! The Torino GT will never be under appreciated ever again. Nice mods by the owner/restorer.

Oh wow that is one gorgeous Torino! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Great video! Thanks for sharing your Torino GT Chip!

Hope you have been noticing an uptick in subscribers lol. Alot of the guys i race with every weekend and their crews and mt employees at the garage and their buddies have been telling me how much thet enjoy your channel now after i let them KNOW. They dont miss an episode. Nice job as always Lou

I have a 71 Torino GT 351 Cleveland I sure wished I had it today them cars was the cars of the seventies

My father had the same car but in white. I wish I still had it after looking at this.

Yep. That's my dream car, right there, the peak of everything america.

I always loved those "lazer stripes" on those Torino GT's.

I never hardly hear of these anymore. Sweet car! My cousin had one around 1978. His was red with the louvered back window and was seriously fast! Silly thing to go on about but I love the tail lights on this one too. Looks so cool!

Great car super color and the stance is perfect.👍 Hi Lou

Just sweet!

This is a gem!

That one’s a beauty 👍

Beautiful car love it 😀

These cars were notorious for rusting out, so I'm always amazed to see one in this condition, great ride!

Cool car! I also love that color. Was it the lighting or did it appear to be a little darker toward the back and get lighter as you move toward the front? I also love the exhaust note. Love that growl when he gave it some gas. It's like music to my ears. Thanks, again, Lou. :)

Hi Lou,, Great vid,,big Thanx,,,,I'm just back from 2nd day at Kelmarsh Hall,,70th Morris Minor birthday,,,was awesome,,,friends 53 pickup ran sweet and a fly over of a British Lancaster and display from a Spitfire with that Merlin engine roar,,,,so now relaxing and watching your video for another great car fix,,,, have a great week,,

That's one gorgeous car love the color sharp clean nice job

Hi Lou another really nice car also in excellent condition the grabber blue color looks the same as the Australian Falcon GT's from the very early 70's it was called Tru Blue here keep finding them Fords.... cheers Mick

Very beatful carro, love the color and the V8 sound!!! Thank you for upload!!!

That cam is playing the William Tell Overture! 😊😊😊😊

I've had 7 of these the 71 is a little longer believe it or not I had two side by side could not believe it,, awesome cars love em!! 9 dislikes always a few in a crowd

my grandpa had one this color and everything, except his had the functional shelby intake, i want one so bad

My first car was a 1972 Gran Torino gt. Got it in 1986. I was 16 when I got it band I’m 50 now and that car was the only car I ever drove over 140mph. That was while racing a Chevy nova on I-75 in Michigan

Very sweet ride, I was lucky enough to find a 70 Torino GT Fastback with a 429 SCJ Top loader 4spd with the factory Hurst shifter and the hidaway headlights, factory in dash tach, also Grabber Blue, I wasn't a fan of the colour but it was much easier to repaint the Grabber Blue and people seemed to comment and love it so much it ended up growing on me, the car wasn't actually for sale at the time but I kept the ad from the classifieds and when I called them they still had the car, the price went from $ 1400 to 950, I got it for 800.

Chip vid came out great and the car looks very nice .Really nice.

Wow!!!❤❤❤

Another difference is the 70 has a cowl vent grille where as the 71 did not . I know because my mother had one , my brother had one , I had one , and now later in life , I have another one .

Hi Chip & Lou / Cool ride, cheers from Michigan 🚂

I miss my 70 Convt and 71 gt (3514v - 4speed car) paid 1200 for it in 1979 those were the days

Great looking CAR! Thanks Lou!

Wow! Drop dead gorgeous!

Had a blue 71 like this as a teenager. my paint was faded and the speedo didnt work. wish I still had it.

Nice Torino! My dad was signing the papers on a red '72 Gran Torino Sport, when my mom used her veto powers and we drove home in an avocado green Torino wagon, with the venerable 250ci 6 cylinder... "It matches my refrigerator"... she said.

Love the car. Have the same one but green. I wonder what mufflers he’s running?

I love mine, it is my favorite thing I own

Easier then that, the grill on a 70 has a round emblem “O” the 71 has a Verticle emblem or a “I” in the center, I’ve had a few in the 80’s when I drag raced, my fav was the twin of this one, same Blue and stripe, mine was a 71, 351 4V 4 speed 4.10 trac loc posi, the other way to tell the difference was by the side, the 71 had different mounding down low on the body then the 70. Great cars, sure miss mine, just a blown up mustang, unibody. Nice car.

Love the cars ford

Nice Car 😃👍.

Very Beautiful

Love those Torino GT reflective laser stripes.

Ford always number one period.

First thing that strikes me is the gorgeous blue, kinda uncommon blue to see on a car. It's an eye catcher for sure! Smooth style, perfect. Love the reflective stripe, stripes always say speed to me... not sure why... curious. Sweet ride... vicious sound... I like! Enjoyed the vid n love the way hot ride in cool blue!! Thank you Oh, and the little monkey wants to play with the little car... 🐒🚗

Cool car really like it🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗😁😁😁

Mine was a 70 351c 4 speed same color as this one and the 70 had 5 chrome bars at the end of the laser stripes no split grill

Ooh, aah... Surely better than new.

Gorgeous torino 🔥

I miss my 71 gt,it was yellow with black vynal top 351 Cleveland

I know its a Ford😁😳 but.......... Its a nice car you found and showed it right! Thanks buddy.

That's a nice laser stripe.

Damn my dad has this same car ford Torino GT 1971 with a 460 big block all decked out big cam roll cage racing slicks blah blah. Such a beautiful car

I had the twin to this that I bought new, I was 21 and couldn't decide between Camaro and Torino, the decision was made when the Torino was $50 less -- Fred

I had one just like that and just as nice except it was a bench seat car,, came out of a barn in middle valley TN in 1991 perfect original Grabber blue paint with the same laser stripe ( It does look like a bright white neon light at night when headlights hit it ) with no dents scratches or door dings. Interior was also black & perfect.. It had 19,000 miles on it the polyglass spare on a Magnum 500 rim had never hit the ground. The man I purchased it from was the 2nd owner & he purchased it in 1972 from the dealer that sold it originally ( Forrest Cate Ford ) His name was George E Rogers.. I sold the car in 1993 & have regretted it ever since.. Hang on to it forever bud.. On a side note the man also had a 1979 F150 that had 700 miles on it but that was in 1991. His daily driver was a beat up 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 428. I guess that's why both Fords had low miles on them... Lol. Oh purchase price was $2500 for the Torino GT

this well be short,,im 70 setting here looking for a car on this video box,,then this 1971 torino pops up ,with no number to call this lou feller,, were ready to buy but you dont put a number to call you,,or what town your in,,,every body dont know lou,,,lets get this done ,,were ready ,,if we can find you,,,thanks dale from southport nc

That is a super nice looking clean Grabber Blue Torino. I like the deep dished Magnum 500 wheels on the back which it has a nice stance I don't like it when cars are jacked up so high in the back. I think the Lazer stripe also sets the car off.

You're gett'n fingerprints all over my rims MAN!!

torino!?! im here! me me me me!

The 70's had hide away head lights on the GT Brougham and wait for it Wagons.

Nice :)

How come nobody says anything about the rear side glass. The 71 has a pointed side glass. The 70 is squared off.

this thing would look good in PRO STREET TRIM!!

Should just set up cameras around the car instead of walking about shaking it so people can barely see anything.

I remember it being called a lazer strip

I very much like cars like these, the ones that are just a little bit out of the ordinary, enough so that you question what it is and not exclaim "WTF!" My uncle, Zolton Bulogh, became a senior engineer at FoMoCo after fleeing from Hungary with some family members after the 1956 Uprising. The cars he always drove were Mercurys, but he did have a soft spot for these high performance machines. Apparently, they reminded him of his purpose and meaning. What that is, I'm still not sure!

i know that louvers are useless and block your vision and all that...but they look so great on any ford fastback (by the way ford never used fastback they always officially used the term 'sportback' but even as a ford guy i never heard anyone saying that haha)

I had a 71 2rd HT Torino 500 351C 2v heads with a 4v converion intake manifold same hood as GT in video FMX tranny carb seconaries had a lockout cable as this was 1979-82 expensive gas era so i didnt want to burn extra petro when not showing off LOL

Actually thats a Ford i have always loved

No hate intended but I really think it cheapens a car when you bolt-on a bunch of guages, especially on an automatic car... I prefer a showroom condition car.

Try a bigger air filter

Had a 71 Torino GT in high school. Sadly the Ohio weather and salt turned it into a rust bucket!

I was 21.. I wanted an SS 396 El Camino. But I'd have to get a job.

Nice car...too bad it's not a 4 speed

Really nice car, that engine looks very powerful, so sad the air intake is not functional.

I would love it's this one beautifully Car FORD 71 TORINO GT COBRA 🐍 JET perfect car for just give to me My name Craig Lee penhall bring it up to me My house My dream ohhhh yeahhhh perfect Car

No factory tach...

Awesome car not a fan of the colour