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Topic: 1970 Sportsroof Hello
Posted By: VNMIZED70
Subject: 1970 Sportsroof Hello
Date Posted: 13-June-2025 at 2:48AM


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Tom Stone Jr.



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Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 15-June-2025 at 2:04AM
Very nice!  Which wheels are you running, these or the slots in the other pic you posted?

What is under the hood? Any other details about the car?


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Vince

1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car

GTS.org Admin


Posted By: VNMIZED70
Date Posted: 17-June-2025 at 7:16AM
Hello Vince

I just recently put these 18" "Mustang Terminator" style wheels on because I got a killer deal and I knew that you could fit a lot of rubber under these cars stock. I had to put 1" spacers on front and 3/4" on rear to fit right but im still letting it grow on me a bit. There is 11" of rubber each side touching pavement in the rear with room to spare so it looks pretty cool in that aspect. It has a pretty nasty cammed and compression version of its stock 302 block with a Toploader. I have a 408 close to being done but now I know with all the rubber touching pavement that the 8" (or toploader) is sure to go once thats in. I consider myself blessed to own my dream car (even without the Cobra Vin.) and would have loved to put a Cleveland in it one day but the 408W from one of my other projects will make a good fit. Thank You for noticing and asking about my ride sir! Yours is beautiful


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Tom Stone Jr.


Posted By: 72 RS 351
Date Posted: 17-June-2025 at 10:23AM
Very nice Tom, a 408 will move it very well. What heads and intake does that 408 have, I hope they are big enough? I'd envision heads with 220cc ports or more, 300cfm if possible.

I'm not a manual guy so I would think of what trans to use for that. An automatic will be more driveable when the power and rpm gets wilder, I'd dream of a 4R70W, or a 6R80 if you really like lots of shifts.


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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000 rpm 351 stroker
73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later.
92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W


Posted By: VNMIZED70
Date Posted: 18-June-2025 at 6:12AM
Hi Vince,
The 408 has AFR 205's, and as of now I just have an old weiand stealth dual plane that I probably wont end up using. Funny story, I just put one of those cheapy ebay single plane jobbies on my 302 in the car now from having a stock cast 4bbl and it changed into beast mode. Ive got my heart set on a TKO trans someday when I get big.
Thanks


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Tom Stone Jr.



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