77 LTD barn find |
Post Reply |
Author | |
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: 12-October-2017 at 1:55AM |
What to do with this???What to do...Hmmmmm
|
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Looks like you guys are as enthused as me LOL I can't seem to get a vibe on it either. Probably see if I can get it going down the road as cheep as possible and pass it on to the next guy.
|
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
Rockatansky
Senior Member Joined: 30-July-2010 Location: On The Road Status: Offline Points: 6072 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
i see a stylin cruiser, they ain't makin those no mo
|
|
72 GT Ute
|
|
72FordGTS
Admin Group GTS.org Admin Joined: 06-September-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5854 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
My first thought was Uncle Buck, but I guess that was a Merc. There was a guy on the Ford truck forums that build a LTD like this with a high horsepower 400 engine. It looks like a cruiser but moves out pretty well. If you keep it, a low buck "rat rod" might be kind of cool. Keep the patina, lower it, add some big wheels, and put a decent engine under the hood.
I have a question though for you. How close is this car under the hood to a Torino fro clearances? The reason I ask is there was a guy that had a fullsize Ford like this with a 351M engine. He installed Sanderson FC4 shorter headers and he said they fit fine. I'd like to run those headers on my car, but not sure if they'd work on the Torino. I always seem to recall these cars were pretty similar in the front frame, firewall, steering box area.
|
|
Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
|
Big Bird
Senior Member Joined: 25-August-2013 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 4194 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
DEATHMOBILE!!!! Neat old car! Clean it up and cruise it! Side pipes!Vince,
Issue is the Torino has the engine significantly lower in the chassis, and the side rails are closer. Fullsize and Torino use the same suspension, everything swaps back and forth. Because of the shallower/narrower frame, the engine is right on top of the steering box and the headers have no clearance.
|
|
"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
|
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
It's even complete under the hood.
Edited by M Casey Stock - 16-October-2017 at 3:57AM |
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Looks pretty good with some proper wheels doesn't it...Hmmmmm |
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
changinlatitudes
Senior Member Joined: 14-April-2013 Location: Union, MO Status: Offline Points: 554 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Nice find. Love these old beasts.
|
|
Matt
1969 Mercury Marauder 390 1972 Montego MX 2003 Mercury Marauder 300A 1994 F-150 5.8 2016 Ford Fusion Titanium |
|
Big Bird
Senior Member Joined: 25-August-2013 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 4194 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Not actually the same frame.
Front Knee assemblies are interchangeable. (UCA, LCA, Spindle and brakes) Torino engine mounts lower in the frame, rails are closer in front so engine is almost on top of steering box(That's why headers are an issue for Torino) Rear suspension entirely different. Torino chassis (and 72-76 T-bird/Mark IV Chassis)was derived from the 67-71 Thunderbird chassis, which is a derivative of the 65-68 Galaxie chassis. Ford wanted to be able to use all the "Big Car" front parts in Nascar, and wanted the car as low as possible, with the engines as low as possible in the chassis.
|
|
"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
|
72FordGTS
Admin Group GTS.org Admin Joined: 06-September-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5854 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
These are the headers I want to install in my car. They are actually for a a 351C Mustang, but like I said, I know they will fit a full-size 70's Ford on a 351M with "lots of clearance." They don't look much different than stock manifolds for clearance.
|
|
Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
|
twintornados
Senior Member Joined: 23-April-2009 Location: Central NY Status: Offline Points: 269 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Those big ole full size boats were a blast. My dad had a '74 version of that. Brougham trim, 460 / C6 combo that would pass everything on the road except a gas station..when dad finally scrapped it, I took the motor/trans out of it and dropped it into my 1976 Torino....this was back in the early 80's and I regrettably sold the car because it wasn't what I had hoped ( of course, I had champagne tastes on a 'just graduated from high school' budget) and the person I sold it to wrecked it. Ahhh, youth...
|
|
Sold the Elite so now the hunt is on for my next "toy"...
|
|
Rockatansky
Senior Member Joined: 30-July-2010 Location: On The Road Status: Offline Points: 6072 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
sleeper muscle sedan, do a junkyard rear mount twin turbo system
perfect for the low compression smog beast |
|
72 GT Ute
|
|
Big Bird
Senior Member Joined: 25-August-2013 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 4194 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
My older brother had one of those in the 80s, paint was similar. Silver peeling off red oxide primer.
My mom called it the Maserati. For such a big car, it wasn't very roomy inside. He, me, and my younger brother drove down to New Jersey in it for my grandmother's funeral. 8 hours of listening to a 400 running duals and glasspacks... And then down to Philly afterward on the way home. Cured my love of noisy mufflers. Eventually, it did what all 351m and 400 engines do. It spun a bearing and threw a rod.
|
|
"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
|
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
This is a 302 with the c4 trans and 2:75 rear ratio...Not going to win many races, but it should cruise nice and get good gas mileage, as long as you keep it below 60, LOL.
|
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
72FordGTS
Admin Group GTS.org Admin Joined: 06-September-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5854 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Darn, I was hoping it was a 351M or 400. I guess you won't able to check the clearances for me anyway. My vote is still to keep and drive. You don't see too many of these cars around anymore.
|
|
Vince
1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
|
M Casey Stock
Senior Member Joined: 02-September-2015 Location: Meridian MS Status: Offline Points: 233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Well...looks like we are going to part ways, I just wasn't feeling it, and a guy came by wanting to buy it...Money talks...He loves it, said he always has loved LTDs, that's good because I know this way it will get the attention the Ol' Gal deserves.
|
|
1975 Gran Torino, Copperhead
http://forum.grantorinosport.org/75-gran-torino-soft-restoration-copper-head_topic15137_post169060.html?KW=#169060 |
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |