1970 1/2 Falcon 4 Door Sedan
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Forum Name: 1970-1971 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: 1970 1/2 Falcon 4 Door Sedan
Posted By: dan ellis
Subject: 1970 1/2 Falcon 4 Door Sedan
Date Posted: 13-March-2019 at 2:41AM
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Hello all. Recently made a trade with a guy and ended up with this, to my understanding is a 1970 1/2 Falcon. I can't find too much info on it and not many pictures. This car is in exceptional condition. Came from a one owner lady with 80XXX original miles. Put some new wheels on her and already looking a whole lot better. Does anyone have any info on this?   |
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 13-March-2019 at 2:14PM
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Nice find! It looks great. What kind of information are you looking for? Off the top of my head I can tell you that it was a mid-year introduction after the old style Falcon was dropped. The 1970 1/2 Falcon was basically a super stripper Torino. It was priced even lower than a base Fairlane 500. It was available as a 2-door and 4-door sedan, and a station wagon. They also came with rubber floors as standard equipment, the only Ford Fairlane/Torino to do so. The 2-door versions were also the only pillared 2-door Ford (midsized) offered that year.Basically, most of what applies to a 1970 Torino, also applies to your car. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: dan ellis
Date Posted: 14-March-2019 at 12:55AM
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Thanks for the input! That's pretty much what I've read on them as well. I know it's an "oddity", but not sure how collectible it would be. I was planning on going "unoriginal" with the car being a 4 sedan and all. Was gonna go satin black, bucket seats, maybe even a rear spoiler and hood scoop. Was going to try and make the sedan look a little meaner/mad maxier. But with the rarity of the car and in very good original condition, would I be a fool to go the custom route?
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Posted By: FORDMUSCLE
Date Posted: 14-March-2019 at 4:18AM
| Wish u were closer to Michigan...I'd be interested....love 4-doors...I have a 1978 Cougar 4-door with 25,000 miles.... |
Posted By: FORDMUSCLE
Date Posted: 14-March-2019 at 7:24AM
| Is it a V8 car? If so..I have a 1977 T-bird I'd trade for it..... |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 14-March-2019 at 10:35AM
While no doubt your Falcon is a rare car, that doesn't automatically make it collectible or valuable. Keeping it original has it's advantages. An original car is often easier to sell and once you modify it, it will never be original again. With fewer and fewer original cars out there, it is nice to have someone preserve one. Original cars sometimes get more money than modified cars, however, really well modified cars can get more than original cars. There are a lot of variables at play. That said, if you are keeping this car solely original as an "investment," I'd say this car likely will never be truly valuable. Unless you found someone who specifically wants a 70 1/2 4-door Falcon, I doubt most people would pay much more for it than a comparable Torino. At the end of the day, it's your car and do with it as you please. If you want to modify it to make it yours, go ahead. Or if you want to keep it original, than do that instead. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
dan ellis wrote:Posted By: madmaxtorino
Date Posted: 14-March-2019 at 10:40AM
love it. wish i had one. I would mad max it!------------- Allan Revelation 6:8 When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth. |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 15-March-2019 at 11:50AM
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Way cool. looks to be in better shape than the fastback. ------------- "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? |
Posted By: MrSmog
Date Posted: 15-March-2019 at 3:27PM
Not correct, my 73 base Torinos have rubber floors as well
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Posted By: dan ellis
Date Posted: 16-March-2019 at 1:44AM
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I agree. I imagined it wasn't really a valuable car. I buy and trade a lot, one project to another. I'm going to make a daily driver out of it, and mad max it (to a small degree). If the time comes to trade or sell it, it'll be what it will be. I'll keep anything I change on it of course, seats/hood,etc. Thanks for the input everyone. It does have a 302 engine. I'll be creating a WIP on it soon.
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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 16-March-2019 at 2:57AM
Smog I was taking about 1970 models. Obviously basemodels previously and past 1970 also had rubber floors. Off the top of my head, I believe 1974 was the first year all Torinos had carpet as standard.
Sounds like a plan. I will look forward to following the project. My only suggestion would be to keep the original parts. You may change your mind and want to go back, or qhe. you sell it you can include them. ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 16-March-2019 at 4:15AM
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http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/spoilers_-_horn_cars.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/spoilers_-_horn_cars.html Check thru here for some inspiration. Lots of fun stuff. ------------- "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? |
Posted By: 7T9_Tbird
Date Posted: 16-March-2019 at 9:10AM
I'm seeing it in yellow...with taxi stripes... Lord, I need help...  ------------- John 79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
Posted By: chuxster
Date Posted: 16-March-2019 at 9:25AM
| Really enjoyed the link to the 1974 Aussie Horn Ford cars. Starting about 25 photos down, does any else wonder if this was the inspiration for the Starsky & Hutch stripe way back when? |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 1:47PM
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if you go to the bottom of that page, there are links to a couple dozen more pages ------------- "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? |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 1:52PM
MORE COWBELLS! Yellow with Taxi stripes! ------------- "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? |
Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 1:52PM
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Aus Falcon SuperBird http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/superbird.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/superbird.html ------------- 72 GT Ute |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 2:20PM
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wow that front looks like a first gen torino hood with a dodge dart grill...
------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Skinnys Garage
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 4:16PM
------------- Scott -'73 Gran Torino Brougham Past Torino's -'73 Q-code GTS, '76 Original PS-122 S&H, '73 H-code GTS, '73 Ranchero '71 Cobra 351 Auto, '70 351C Brougham 2dr HT, '71 351C Ranchero |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 17-March-2019 at 6:25PM
no i meant this one... http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/superbird.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.aus-ford-uk.co.uk/html/superbird.html ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: Skinnys Garage
Date Posted: 18-March-2019 at 2:37AM
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Posted By: 7T9_Tbird
Date Posted: 18-March-2019 at 3:46AM
Still looking for a Bassoonist for "Benign Drivel"... ------------- John 79 Thunderbird Heritage 79 Thunderbird Town Landau 02 Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 18-March-2019 at 11:07AM
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If you get to the bottom of the page I posted/linked, look at the link to the Grand sport page. Aussie 4-door falcons in performance trim! ------------- "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? |
Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 18-March-2019 at 1:01PM
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I love the Australian 4 door performance cars. A certain buddy of mine has a 4 door '67 Galaxie 500 I'm thinking about... ------------- Joe 1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
Posted By: scott from Texas
Date Posted: 05-September-2019 at 7:21AM
| Any interest in selling this car? First car was a 70 1/2 ford falcon/torino. |
Posted By: whmitchell
Date Posted: 05-September-2019 at 12:10PM
Its posted for sale here: http://forum.grantorinosport.org/1970-1-2-ford-falcon-torino_topic18180.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.grantorinosport.org/1970-1-2-ford-falcon-torino_topic18180.html |