Outstanding in its field, literally, this 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible would be a nice project if it isn’t too far gone, rust-wise. With no underside photos, it’s impossible to tell, but clearly, it’s been sitting in that spot for years or decades and it’ll need a full restoration. The seller has it listed here on eBay in the capital of Florida: Tallahassee. They have a buy-it-now price of $7,500 listed or best offer.
Back when cars had fantastic and meaningful names, Ford offered the Fairlane with a top-trim level known as a Torino, relating to Italy’s “Detroit”, Turin, and about as exotic of a name as there was in that era. Starting for the 1968 model year, the Fairlane Torino evolved into a standalone model in 1970 as the Torino and also nabbed Motor Trend’s Car of the Year award. They were made until 1976 in almost every body style imaginable: two-doors, four-doors, station wagons, convertibles, and even a Ranchero was based on these cars.
This has to be the pinnacle for Ford Torino fans, doesn’t it? The 1970 and 1971 cars with hidden headlights, before they became somewhat cartoonish (in my opinion) and became known as the Starsky & Hutch cars. Make mine a second-generation Torino every single time. And, in GT form. And, a convertible. Just make mine not one that was left outside for years or decades in a humid climate like Florida. The details on this car are great, I hope this one can be saved.
Ouch. Double-ouch. The amount of rain and rodents that have landed and/or nested in this car makes me cringe, what an incredible waste. And maybe the seller or former owner – we don’t know much about its history from the listing – had it covered, we just don’t know anything about its history at all. But we can see the work that’ll be involved to get it restored. Seat covers are a non-issue, that’s only money, right? It’s the rust that may be lurking under that huge pile of wet leaves and down into the doors and every crack and crevice that scares me. The seller does say that it has rust.
Having the smallest V8 available at the time, a 302-cu.in. OHV model with 220 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque, this one isn’t running. But, it has factory AC and I hope it at least turns over. It would have sent power through a three-speed transmission to the rear wheels. If this car had a 429 V8 at this price it would already be sold, but Hagerty is still at $20,800 for a #3 good car with a 302 V8 and $31,300 for a #2 excellent car. It’ll take a lot of work to even make this one usable again, how much would you pay?
It’s going to cost more than the asking price just to clean it up to see what you bought. Too bad, in convertible form it’s a beautiful car.
More than $7500 to clean it up? Dang, give me a shout next fall, I’ll gladly rake your leaves and even clean your garage for $7500. I’ll even bring my own rake lol
I noticed the gap at the upper door and body near the door handle. Makes me think the frame is already compromised.
Throw in the rollback in the deal and I’ll be there in the morning.
$1500.00 top’s and that’s really pushing it to the limit not seeing the rest of it up close that’s just to have a starting point and IT May just be scrap at that point still
There was a 70 GT here just the other day, which was aside from being a hardtop, just as basic as this one. If this was covered up, what was it covered up with, chicken wire? I can’t believe how stupid some people can be, to let a car like this, get like this. But it may not be quite as bad as it looks, hard to say without cleaning it up.
Is that a bullet hole on the left side in the back below the nameplate? Yee Haw.
It is sad when your alcoholic grandpa parks the Torino ragtop out in the back yard, in 1985, and forgets to put the top up.
You know what they say: When the top goes down, the floor falls out. . .
That nasty carpet is the only thing holding the floor together, it may not even be a good parts car. I would take it away for $200.
What a shame, these are really beautiful cars when they are clean. As a die-hard Mopar-head I would buy one of these in a heartbeat.
And both are convertibles
I don’t think the AC works either. That’s a deal-breaker for me!
What a crying shame they let this car rot like this probably telling the family it will be worth $100,000 someday. Scrap it and put it out of its Misery
And then he woke up.
I can almost guarantee from these photos and the mess this car is that the frame and floors is gone, anything can be restored, but at what cost? Since it’s only a 302, it’s going to be an extensive job. It’s sad to see these once great cars so neglected out in the elements, clearly, it’s been decades since it ran!
Regarding the gap at the top of the door, unless the car is sitting on top of a large rock or a tree, if the frame is compromised then there will not be a gap. Gap is from something else, not from a compromised frame.
Try to open the door on a MGB with frame rot. You won’t be able to as the door will be butting up against rear quarter panel.
Having had a 70 GT hard top & a 71 GT drop top, those long heavy doors are hard on the door pin bushings. That would be one of the only easy fixes on this one. Doubt it is worth the asking price even IF all the moving convertible parts are there, undamaged, and could be put back into working order.
I’ve decided I’m gonna start buying POS rust buckets at the scrap yard for $500 and put them on eBay for $5000. I can’t lose.
W C Fields said it best there’s a sucker born every minute.
7500????? Roll another frame under it. Drop tops with just the back window missing rots them in this case the top hasbeen gone for looks like a long time .Yep roll another frame under it. And then a full floor and probably trunk pan . After that money drop then ah yes we can get to the rest of the mess. What a shame some let it go this far but years ago who new? Well some of us did .
No frame, it’s a unibody.
I bought one years ago with big plans. Let’s face it, these are one of the best looking cars of that year. The one I bought has a 460. The Vin says 351 so it received a transplant who knows when but whoever ever did it must have had others as the car had factory exhaust and so on. Mine had ac, ps, pd brakes, power windows, buckets and console along with a tilt column and that weird little tachometer in the dashLooking at this thing and knowing what mine is, forget it. Mine is a rust bucket underneath and up in the windshield area. I bought another convertible for parts but both are crap and still not nearly as rough as this. Cars like this are sadly junk. I just pulled one of mine out and it is a dumpster heading for the shred next week. My other one will follow soon after. Good luck selling this one. I wouldn’t waste my time in today’s world.