Overshadowed and ultimately outlived by the iconic Ford Mustang, the Ford Torino, produced from 1968 to 1976, nonetheless remains an integral part of Ford's heritage - not least of all because of the ...
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Coming from CNN's “Top 10 Muscle Cars”, is the car that states hard work all over. Sitting on the 8th place this is a vehicle that you should not mess with. Yes, Talladega is a NASCAR track in Alabama ...
Ford’s big-block Torino Cobra Jet 429 arrived at the peak of the muscle car era, a short-lived factory weapon that now ...
The 1970 Ford Torino Cobra arrived at a moment when stock car racing was turning into an aerodynamic arms race, and it was built to prove that Ford could run with the wildest machines on the high ...
Ford dealt a heavy blow in 1969 when it won the NASCAR title with the help of its formidable fastback Torino racer, the Talladega. The publicity momentum gained on the track was enough to earn the ...
Alongside the Talladega or the GT, the Cobra version of Ford’s Torino is held in high regard by car collectors. Especially the ones that pack all the correct and original hardware the factory fitted ...
Ford had done such a fantastic job both inventing the pony car niche and leading it in sales that their contemporary muscle car is quite often forgotten. This is funny because the Torino GT was one of ...
As was the fashion in its day, today's Nice Price or No Dice Torino offers bench seats front and rear for full six-passenger seating. Let's see whether or not this classic Ford is priced to put it on ...
In 1968, Ford released the Torino as a high-end package upgrade to the Fairlane, a full-sized car it'd been making since 1955. In two short years, it had become such a hit that the Blue Oval decided ...
For a long time the proven method to going faster was simple: increase horsepower. While streamlining was common for top-speed runs on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Daytona sand, Detroit didn't ...