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#1
11-26-2008, 06:41 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
To clarify:
429 CJ + Drag Pack = SCJ Despite what some sources may suggest, a J-code doesn't make a SCJ, and the Drag Pack was available on non-ram air CJs (The C-code). Ram air was available from the 351-2 on up, and they all were Shakers. No ram air without a Shaker. The slope nose car is the stillborn King Cobra, which was built to beat the Daytona and Superbird. It never made production. I also don't know what's between the fenderwells, but it could be a "plain" CJ for all I know. The Drag Pack added some reinforced/heavy duty parts to the CJ, plus 3.91 or 4.30 gears. You can't tell a SCJ from the VIN, but you can use deductive reasoning and figure it out from the axle code on the data plate. However, some 4.30 cars have been found on lesser engines, but those were anomalies and it's still good to use it as a rule of thumb. 
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#2
11-26-2008, 07:11 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
Cooler yet would be a 701/2 Falcon with a 429 SCJ !!!
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11-26-2008, 08:45 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
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Cooler yet would be a 701/2 Falcon with a 429 SCJ !!! [/ QUOTE ] Concur - very bad boy. Plain jane post car with rubber floor mat and a big stout engine. I was tracking a white one of these for awhile. Talk about sleeper!!! 
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11-26-2008, 09:42 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
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Cooler yet would be a 701/2 Falcon with a 429 SCJ !!! [/ QUOTE ] Now you're talkin!!!  I'm not much of a Ford fan nor did I ever have any love for the 70/71 Torinos...but I always liked the Falcon Post cars and foolishly let one slip through my hands about 1981..  ~ Pete
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#5
11-26-2008, 11:50 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
It's ( falcon )a very Rare Bird. I wonder how many were made? There is a guy in Florida with a nice one. It's a 351 car however. I think the lines of the 70/71 torinos are spot on. They flow nicely
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#6
11-27-2008, 02:40 AM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
Falcons are not rare. Hi-po Falcons are. In fact, I believe 351-4 Falcons may be rarer than CJ Falcons.
But I'd rather have a Fairlane 500 with a CJ over a Falcon any day!
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#7
11-27-2008, 06:14 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
442, I was referring to Hi Po falcons. That said I cannot remember when I saw ANY 701/2 Falcon recently
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11-27-2008, 06:17 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
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11-27-2008, 09:04 PM
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Re: what year is this Torino?
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442, I was referring to Hi Po falcons. That said I cannot remember when I saw ANY 701/2 Falcon recently [/ QUOTE ] And I don't know how my response was not in the same context? There were two 429 Falcons in magazines this summer. They made just over 200 of them, I believe, but they are familiar to the magazines. How many CJ Fairlanes have you seen in magazines? The editors will skip these for the Falcons when it's the Fairlanes that are much rarer . . . and more interesting to me!
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