what can you tell me about my old Torino by a pic?

[old5.0]

Hey Diego, any data on medium blue metallic? How about Comp orange?

[marxjunk]

i akways keep an eye out..always and just cant come up with one...i travel a lot..but still no luck...i did find a torino in arkansas that was yellow and had slats...i came close to buying it..but it just wasnt a cobra..

i drove across the country to look at an orange 429 SCJ with a shaker and slats...looking back..i should have bought it..but it wasnt yellow...they just look right in yellow to me

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: marxjunk</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i akways keep an eye out..always and just cant come up with one...i travel a lot..but still no luck...i did find a torino in arkansas that was yellow and had slats...i came close to buying it..but it just wasnt a cobra..

i drove across the country to look at an orange 429 SCJ with a shaker and slats...looking back..i should have bought it..but it wasnt yellow...they just look right in yellow to me </div></div>

One of my &quot;one that got away stories&quot; is a Competition Orange 4-speed shaker car. Very nice driver in Beatrice NE. and I passed on it for five grand. This was in '97 and I'd just bought a new Mustang GT and was dumping all my money into trying to get that pig 4.6 2 valve engine to run half as good as my old 5.0 stuff.

Of course, a year later we'd all learned the hard way that early two valves were never going to run as good as a 5.0 no matter how much time and effort you put in it, which made passing on the Cobra even more irritating, and my shiny new Mustang was parked outside on the far side of the garage so I wouldn't have to look at it. I picked up a Grabber Blue 429 Torino GT and then about a year later a medium blue 4-speed non-shaker Cobra. Both great cars but I could never get that Orange snake out of my head.

I know where there's a blue 71 Cobra that could be bought, but it's &quot;just&quot; a 351 4V car... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[marxjunk]

i am at the point it doesnt matter if its just a 351...i just want a cobra...i have to say blue is my least favorite..


just like Big Bad Blue on AMXs..i had one for about 3 days...couldnt wait to sell it...sold it and drove to Indy and bought a Big Bad Green Javelin..i disliked the blue so much...

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Diego, any data on medium blue metallic? How about Comp orange? </div></div>

In 1965, the orange was called Poppy Red. For the 1968 Montego and 1969 Boss 302, it was Calypso Coral. Mercury called it Competition Orange in 1969-71. The 1970 mid-size Fords and Mustangs were Vermilion.

I think the Maverick Grabber had a neat name for it too.

Anyway, here's what you're looking for.

[old5.0]

Wasn't the Maverick color Home on the Orange or something like that?

Thanks for the production info. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[442w30]

You're correct on the Maverick, I think.

Notice Marti got the orange wrong for the Torino. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: marxjunk</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i akways keep an eye out..always and just cant come up with one...i travel a lot..but still no luck...i did find a torino in arkansas that was yellow and had slats...i came close to buying it..but it just wasnt a cobra..

i drove across the country to look at an orange 429 SCJ with a shaker and slats...looking back..i should have bought it..but it wasnt yellow...they just look right in yellow to me </div></div>

What about a factory black SCJ car?

[Stefano]

Kool Torino,

All CJ are Kool, but the SCJ transformed the cars into serious 1/4 milers.

My first experience with an SCJ came many years ago, when I purchased a '65 Ford Pick-up, short bed, step-side that a guy had installed the drive-train out of his wrecked SCJ Torino, 4 speed. The truck was amazing quick. Never ran it at the track, and on street tires the faster the rolling start the better. The light weight truck and the 429 SCJ were a wicked combination.

The solid lifter cam on an SCJ has that Old Skool Muscle car sound in spades.

[Zman1969]

That car was a blast! at the time my Z had an oval port 427 in it and the Z was few hundred pounds lighter and Torino still had the edge. couse it was a 466 then with ported &quot;sewer pipe&quot; SCJ heads
The custom plate I always wanted for it: 2 TNS FN