Chaps and maybe the 3 chapettes who might watch this video, hello - it's been a while. Enjoy my first attempt at baling hay (old-school style naturally) at the end - city kids doing their best to be farm people 🙂
No one is born knowing anything .You learn from everyone. Our sixth grade math teacher said " God gave you two ears and only one mouth" R.I.P. Mr. Tockhorn.
Perhaps my favorite body style of the Torino…as far as fixing the fubar’d stuff, at least the guy had enough sense to recognize that he was in over his head and got it to you to sort out.
Thank God for guys like Luke and Alex at ALF's Mustang garage. They have bailed me out when I got in over my head. So thankful for their input and Non-Tomfoolery ways of properly addressing issues. Cheers from Motown/Dearborn.
while i was changing plugs on my prius one of them had shattered ceramics, but i didnt know till i pulled it from the well. My first thought was ohhh ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu but then I thought "If i just get the bits out of the cylinder it'll be fine." So i rigged a piece of water hose with some duct tape and a shop vac and cleaned out the cylinder. I've had 0 issues.
Great find on those old tractors. The guys who designed and built those tractors built them with longevity and simplicity in mind. It was a from a time where people cared about their brand name and stuff breaking in the field could ruin your business once word got around to other farmers what was junk and what was good. Those dudes are long gone and here we are still using their equipment today. Testament to their philosophy of just building good equipment. Great video. Thanks Luke!
1) Your gal's wisecracking hand puppet cracked me up. 2) My brother has been struggling to get his '46 CJ2A running tip top (carb/timing/etc issues). I sent him your way now he's a huge Thunderhead289 Luke fan, saying that you have a knack for explaining arcane automobile concepts. I agree.
If it has an f head engine it probably dont luke newer gas they are low compression low rpm engines that will practically run on a alcoholics morning piss modern 87 with no lead is like rocket fuel to them old F heads
It is so nice to see and watch someone set up ignition and fuel correctly. I used to get into arguments with meatheads on muscle car forums that swore by taking a welder to their distributor mechanical advance, locking it out at 34 to 38 degrees, tossing the vacuum advance and power valve, believing they were some greenie weenie devices to choke a motor and telling folks, younger guys, with mostly stock motors to do the same. Meanwhile, they have an ungodly winded cam, 12:1 compression, 4000 rpm converter, and 4.11 gears. Their combos idle at 3000 rpm. There was no convincing these idiots an efficient motor is also a more powerful motor.
@RattleTrapGarage One of the biggest loud mouths hyping these fallacies came back several months later wondering why he had developed holes in his pistons. He was sure there was no detonation. 😅
@garysurovec It's those kinds of people that pass off their fallacy ways to their offspring and the next generation, then you get people that hate on classic cars, that "carburetors and distributors are the devil" and go off to vote for puppets that sign into law bs legislation stranggling car and truck communities. I see it as a chain reaction and my own theory of how Cali became what they are now.
'64 Galaxy - I remember the ride home from the dealer in a brand spanking new '64 Galaxy. My Dad had to explain what air conditioning was to me. Fun fact - the next day the dealership burned to the ground so we always said we saved the car from the inferno. Great video, awesome work.
Beautiful car! I know it is a phrase that is overused, but "they don't build them like they use to". I really appreciate the fact that you respect the originality of this old girl and let her live her life as she was manufactured to live. Yes, it would be cool to put a larger cam in the engine, work the heads, and put a four-barrel carb on it, but the car would lose its charm as a survivor. Hats off to you 289!
@@ThunderHead289 The 302 in the Fox body Mustangs is also a Cleveland design, and being a Cleveland is what gives them their iconic sound. Well, that and a juicy set of Flowmasters. But yeah, no other block sounds quite like it.
For my money probably one of the best engines Ford ever designed. Put one in a 69 Mustang coupe. 11 to 1 forged pistons, RV cam, 735 cfm Holley, Cyclone headers, and 9" locker w/ 3:70 gears. Ran consistent 12s until I put a 125 shot of nitrous on it and then it was in the mid 11s. Low budget sleeper.
Any mechanic looking to really comprehend true accurate tuning of this level performance car should see your videos. 52 years as a mechanic and I must admit I picked up a few pointers you've provided. Also your Carb Cheater Kits are brilliant. Many years of struggling with the situation you solved is next level satisfaction.
Living the dream out in Iowa. What a great accident at the end on the equipment. Brings me back to my childhood, I miss farm life. Hard work on the land brings us closer together every night. Awesome buy Luke, what a great deal!!
I never thought I'd like it all being a city kid originally and not having any family background at all in ag, but there's something special about the feeling if those old tractors and struggling against the earth
@ThunderHead289 Was born and raised on a dairy farm 🚜. It now is a hay farm. The cattle were sold to farms in a 6 state area and one piece of equipment ended up in central Pennsylvania. Is a few things I miss about the farm. 😊
Use to get paid .15 a bale moved from the field to barn at the end of the day. And remember seeing a red 71Torino in the show room. Still playing with holleys and distributors. Really appreciate your show
Your intro on being a decent person shows how much of a decent person that you are, one of the many reasons why I am subscribed to your channel... Thanks..😊
I was made fun of and laughed at as a teenager for my 57 Chevy that had some interesting things done to it that I did. I vowed never to do that to anyone getting into the hobby. It's okay to joke, and healthy to laugh at your mistakes, but not cook to be an ass about it.
Great job Luke! You have forgotten more about tuning older cars with carburetors than about 95% of the people out there! The owner of that beautiful Torino sure took it to the right guy to have it sorted out. Well done Man. $600 for a tractor that works with a little bit of fixing is awesome! I hope you do a video on that!
Thats ridiculous! Screw the haters! The majority of your viewers want to see what you have to say! Please keep on posting! You are such a smart guy! We learn so much from you! Thanks for all you do!
Yep just keeping the old school muscle cars on the road is what's important doesn't matter how or who in my opinion glad to see it in your hands beautiful car!
My Dad had a car with that same engine. And with dual exhaust it sounded really good. And I had to Bush Hog so many times in my life at about 15 years old. My uncle would call me to go to his house, then tell me to do that. He knew I did not like to. So he lied sometimes to get me to his house. Too many of his neighbors were too old to do it them selves. And I usually was the one doing it for them. I really did not like to do that. I could not wait to finish to head home and get cleaned up a to go to town in my 1978 Camaro. My brother in law installed 3.08 gears. So I had a pretty good time cruising in town.
Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ Luke, you my man are the carburetor whisperer. You do a fine job of explaining exactly what you're up to and what steps to take. I'm 60 been working on cars all my life and I've picked up a couple of tricks from you dude 👍. I love the fact that you're out there on the farm showing farm things. It's good to see a young man with the knowledge and talent that you have 👍✌️🇺🇲
What a gem sir. That is a creampuff as far as I can see. These were very desirable cars in the day. They still are to the right enthusiast. I remember looking at those at the Ford dealer when I was a young man. I was a junior in HS when that car came out.
Uncle Luke, dude you are hilarious!! Shenanigans Ahahahahaha!! I see the other half is still rocking the independent woman tread on the Jeep. Great video, awesome car, hope you stay cool and enjoy your summer.
Excellent presentation. Thank you. Back in the day, I had a 1971 Ranchero with a 351C 4V, C6 and 9 inch - all from the factory. That grill with the center insert was a one-year only deal for 1971. The 1970 units had a solid grill across the front.
Dude! What an epic adventure. Once again I learned so much. Thank you for providing such great content. And as an International Scout owner, the tractor made my day! ❤🎉
We all have to learn at some point and if your not making mistakes your probably not learning much!! Great car and glad he came to you to help clean it up.
Really nice Torino. My late father had a 1970 Torino GT in midnight blue, years later I owned a 1970 Torino Cobra with a 429scj four speed track pack car. It was light brown with flat black hood, chin spoiler, window louvers. Bucket seat, full console interior with a factory AM 8 track player. I was only the second owner. The original owner was a doctor who put mostly highway miles on it, 93k in 1978. Great car. Ford guy obviously and even though I have owned six different mustangs I am a Fairlane, Torino and cyclone guy. All had big blocks except my "k" code 65 Fairlane 2 Dr hard top sports coupe.
I learned to drive in a hay field when I was around 7 years old. Round and round till we had a full load and grandpa would tell me to slide over and drive about 5 miles on the two lane clipped road to the barn.
@@Big88Country And there was always that old man you haled hay for to make fair money. Who didn't know how to set the bale size and always made 90 lb bales.
@@SIXPACFISH Yup, did that too in an old 53 Chevy truck. It had a granny gear and we just pointed the truck the way we wanted it to go, then run up and turn it again to go another way. The whole time we were throwing hay bales on the trailer.
Man, that Torino brought back memories. I bought a used 1970 Torino w/ a 351 Cleveland, 4bbl, duals and automatic. It would really ape it down the road. First owner used to drag race at a local track. I had to put tranny in it right after buying it. Still regret trading it in a few years later. One other item, or should say three, in the auction segment. Saw 3 Allis-Chalmers tractors, my dad and I restored a 1954 Allis Chalmers 2 row tractor. We rode all over eastern NC and upper SC to locate parts. Really nice looking when we finished, he even bought correct decals and labeling for the tractor. He drove most everyday working his garden. Thanks for the memories, great vid.
"OOOOOOH CANDY!!" ROFLMFAO!!! always good to see your videos, it is a learning experience each and every time. that is one sexy a$$ car, and i'm a truck guy. Like the tractors as well, can't wait to see more tractor videos from you too.
Clean! Torinos never really got the love they deserved, they never did lose their "meema's really fast car!" reputation. That was the #1 source of genuine Clevo blocks in the junkyard for many, many years! And say what you want about Chrysler starter sounds, you just dont hear anything like original Ford "Japanese 4 banger starter noises" anymore!
Your videos are gold. My buddy from high school bet me my 79 F-100 wouldn't start easily on a cold start. I tuned it a while ago after watching your videos. He said he never heard an engine start that quickly. Barely turned over twice. This video taught me to use the vacuum gauge on the ported vacuum. Can't wait to adjust it all again!
Awesome content as always, the farming bit at the end....just epic 👌🏻 certainly is strange how things can work out. I honestly wish you/your family all the best in life, you guys deffo deserve it, Keep up the good work and much love from the uk ✌🏻
@@mikerhodeback9636 those weren’t required until 1973, which speaking of Torino’s is one reason for the extreme body change design between 72/73/74. I’ve had two 71’s and neither had the optional deluxe bumper guards.
My good friend is from Des Moines, we took road trip beginning of summer to take his two boys to see his grandparents. Drop point was Iowa 80 truck stop. What a crazy place.
18:55 Thanks for the ride in the '64 Galaxie 500. Just that pan across the instrument panel makes me sad for the arcade game displays that are in most new cars. The Galaxie has all of the information you need, clearly indicated and in an understated, classy style. 53:16 In my part of the world (Alberta, Canada) you can always tell a farmer's pickup around harvest time. It's the one with only one functioning light because everything else has been McGyvered onto the combine in order to see after sunset! That damn key buzzer! The only thing worse is the 1980s voice annunciator that continuously says "DING! Key is in the ignition! DING! Key is in the ignition!" whenever you have the door open to do some work. "Nothing so much a car improves As when you start it up, it moves!" -Ogden Nash
I used to own a 1986 Chevy k20 custom deluxe long bed well used 4x4 farm truck and i built a mild sbc motor for it and it was a portable sprayer tank fertilizer truck and it was half powered by two switches on the dash brake lights running lights, power to the ignition control module, wipers didn't work,fasten belts buzzer worked every time, blower motor was on the switch, electrical choke, the radio power was on the 2nd switch, the results were the electrical choke plug was zip tied to the passenger side fender, windshield wiper fuse was missing, headlight switch was going out and the brake light switch was bad, blower motor and radio fuse was missing,ignition terminal in the fuse block the pinkish red thick spade was unhooked, ironically i fixed most of them and added the missing fuses and the 196k miles truck only had two indicator lights that didn't work and the ac was taken apart so it didn't either, the transfer case lever gear indicator light didn't work and the high beam indicator light was blown out so it didn't work,i was having issues with getting the front parking lights or either of the reverse lights to work and found out they were missing as well, after that i put new park, running, turn signal and brake lights and reverse light bulbs in the truck and a junkyard headlight switch i had that truck for 12 and 1/2 years and almost everything worked including both of factory gear lever selector indicators, the horn, and the 4way flashers it was actually one of the most reliable and dependable vehicles I've owned, and when i got it from a farmer it definitely had issues, and I'm a farm kid but that's just ridiculous to me and i have no idea how that truck didn't catch on fire no circuit breakers or relays for either of those two switches, and they were just the plastic cheap illuminated fog lights switches i took them out
Thanks for taking the time to show us how to bring one of these old beauties back to life. You've got to love the sound the Cleveland motor makes. I had the same problem with the air cleaner box not clearing the Petronix Billet distributor in my 73 Mach 1. A carb spacer picked it up enough to clear, but then the ram air hood wouldn't close. I had to back up, and go with a cast distributor with a Pertronix 1 (or 2, I don't remember now). That allowed the air box to sit down, without a carb spacer, and the hood to close. Anyway, I really appreciate all you do explaining how to troubleshoot these old cars.
I think this is a great car 🚨🚨 this young man is carrying on his friends legacy. I own a truck for my friend of mine when I bought it before his passing. I tip my hat to the young man. May this Torino beer special to him as an old truck is to me
Encouragement is so much better than discouragement. Take those moments as learning points. It your time to shine. No one wants to be in the company of a discouragor?
Excellent work! I owned a ‘70 Torino 351 Cleveland years ago. Was a fantastic machine and wonderful driving car. Was a mistake to let it go. I’ve never found another like it. Enjoyed this video very much.
You're a good man Luke, appreciate the intro, to the intro... Any time you post something, l will be watching. Properly setting up dist/ timing/ carb is everything... Thanx again for the videos. Nice ride...BTW..very very nice.. IMHO. 351C, and a C6, and AC, one of fords better ideas, for a nice daily driver. 4 barrel, and an intake, maybe some headers, would unleash the beast in her, as well. Clevelands do like to run. Lol. Thanx agin man..
I just did my first distributor everything went well to my surprise but no matter what I did I was one tooth off so had to advance it a bit. Watching all you guys on tube really help me out thanks for sharing all your know how.
I was super sad to give it back, really neat car - far nicer than anything I ever have. But it's been nice to see it get driven a ton since - I've seen Facebook posts of it being taken on some across state long trips this summer and that is good enough for me 🙂
I know a lot of people hate on them but the Chevy style HEI distributor is by far the best distributor I’ve had in my Fords. I’ve had points, platronics and now these. It satisfies me way more. I wouldn’t buy the cheap Chinese specials but a quality unit is great IMO.
@@ThunderHead289 yea I saw it. I’m a member of some Ford truck facebook groups. Some of those people are offended and fighting mad if you bring up HEI in a ford. 😆
The Distributor to Oil Pump you can also rotate the crank by hand to drop the Distributor gear/Pump into place. Love this channel ad i did old fords going back into the 80s. Guess that makes me an old guy😂😂. Had a 72 Torino Talladega 351 Cleveland was fun, hard acceleration would dump gas out the plate😂😂😂 no wonder i never got more than 12MPG 😂
@@ThunderHead289 You (not hooked up by you) Carb Cheater was using the Starter Motor as a ground on the down side of the starter solenoid. So while it will read as a near ground value any and all power was spread between the starter brushed motor and the Carb Cheater. When running under load it may have only had a 10v or 8 volt drop from + to that starter power point. The other voltage was dropped across the Starter Motor. 😊 Miss working on these old cars (right up to the point of opening the hood) 😂😂😂
I drove a 1970 Torino with a 302 engine for several years. When I got it it had about 40,000 miles on the odometer. These were very reliable cars. That is a beautiful example. There are not many of these around anymore -- at least you don't see them much.
Can't beat the mechanized carbureted era - if you can tune, you have a juggernaut at your disposal - impervious to the passage of time. I drive a carbureted car everyday to work and back 50 miles round trip 🙂
I have a 351c 2v in a 73’ gts. Factory corked at 164hp at the wheels, replaced the 2” single exhaust with 2.5” dual with delta series flow masters, a edelbrock rpm dual plane and a thunder series 650 cfm avs. Talk about a different engine now. Future plans are heads, cam, and rear gear change. Those Cleveland’s rock when a person uncorks them and make them breath.
@@DominatorGarage '71 H code is actually the same animal, maybe a half point of compression higher. M, R, and Q engines were on a whole different level though, absolutely.
My first car, a ‘63 Fairlane was the same color as the ‘64 Galaxie at the gas station. Here’s an awesome feature of your 64 Galaxie you might not have ever noticed before. Looking from the engine bay at the firewall, you notice that the Galaxie firewall has a Cross pressed into it. Be blessed!!
Great video Luke... I'm not a big Ford guy but this is a really sweet car. It reminds me so much of the car that my best friends dad had. It was a 1970 I think but it was an original Cobra Jet engine with a C-6. I don't know what gears it had, that was a long time ago. This was back in 1972.. He ordered the car brand new and never drove it. Unfortunately it was destroyed when their shop caught fire and burned it to the ground. It had the Magnum 500 wheels and the factory rear window louvers. It too was white with the same blue interior but it had bucket seats and a console.
That Torino is a beautiful car. Have you herd about Ford storing brand new Ford Mavericks underground in a storage facility because they would not sell
