Here’s a serious project for serious people who love seriously cool cars. Or, cars that used to be seriously cool and could be again if enough $100 bills were thrown at it. Make that $1,000 bills. This 1971 Ford Torino GT Convertible is one serious and seriously-big project. It’s posted on Craigslist with a $2,500 asking price and it’s located in Sewell, New Jersey. Thanks to B. Walters for sending in this field find Ford!
Bickety-bam, this will be one huge undertaking for the next owner if they decide to restore it. I’m automatically assuming that there is also frame damage due to rust and that won’t be easy to repair. Not that the bodywork will be much easier. And then there’s the interior and the engine and.. I keep looking for the hood scoop but it doesn’t look like there’s even a hood anywhere and there are quite a few other parts and pieces missing.
Here is the seller’s entire description, “_________________________.” You’re correct, they didn’t type out one word in describing this car other than what is listed on the side – 1971 ford torino – condition: good, cylinders: 8 cylinders, drive: rwd, fuel: gas, odometer: 87000, paint color: green, size: full-size, title status: clean, transmission: automatic. I’m tellin’ ya, it’s like pulling teeth sometimes to get any information out of sellers, why is that? Why? Why, Barn Finds readers, why?
These were such good cars, too, it’s always a shame to see one sitting in a field like this, most likely never to be on the road again. There is simply too much restoration work to do on this car to even remotely make it financially viable. Like any restoration this one wouldn’t go too far on a $20,000 budget and I’m guessing that $30,000 or $40,000 isn’t even close to what it would take to restore this car. We don’t know what engine is in this car but I’m assuming either the 302 or 351 V8. What are your thoughts on this project? They sure are great looking cars when they’re in perfect condition!
Lol,condition;”good”?!, I’d hate to see what the seller considers “bad” condition.
Such a shame, once a beautiful car.
It’s obvious that the seller wasn’t wearing his glasses when writing the ad. What he meant was “1971 Ford Torino GT Convertible. $250.00”
Yeah. I’d have to get Hazardous Duty pay to work on this one. Was once great. But, now, yuchy!
I was going to comment, but Dovi65 said it perfectly.
Crusher bait.
And “frame damage”? There is no frame!
The seller’s right on that point. The frame can’t be damaged if it no longer exists.
On another note, he should have added .. “VIN tag is as new!”
toast!!!
The seller has nothing to say about it so I guess I don’t either.
The seller really only forgot two words in his ad, “parting out…”
Looks like it’s already been parted out
And the seller is trying to get something
For nothing!
Just needs a little body filler ! A marti report displayed by the seller may be a good start just to verify it’s history.
Great cars, very desirable if correct, even a roached out version like this will draw some fine cash.
Based on an improving economy, current prices at auctions, eba y, CL, any classified ads are going gangbusters. Not thrilled about it, but the market is based on what someone will pay, not opinions on what an observer thinks it’s worth.
Get ‘er running for a small town memorial day parade !
If the seller can’t even type up even the typical short and inaccurate description that most lazy sellers write, there’s no way he’s going to spend money or effort on the Marti Report. That would have to be someone trying to buy it that sees a way of actually salvaging this for parts or as a long/difficult project.
We don’t really know if there is an engine, no pics of it. He could simply be telling us what it originally had.
What a neat ride. In its time. Looks horrible now.It is still rare and fixable-to the right one.
I went to high school with a buddy in the late 70s that had a 70 gt with a cleve/’4spd fast wrecked it. always wanted to find a replacement. the vert was best for him. what he wanted. never got it. his gt was green like this one.
he would buy this if he could!!
Pointless to buy this GT wreck ’cause its ahead of his reckless driving. Wrecked already
I had one of these. It broke in half just like this one looks about to do.
On a quiet night you can hear a Ford rust
The childish comments are as good as the sellers add description.
I could be talked into a 70-71 Torino GT convertible
I could be talked into a project
I couldn’t be talked into this one.
Ever.
(F)ound (O)n (R)oad (D)ead. RIP little Torino.
(F)or (O)only (R)real (D)ummies
Same deal here, as the 427 Galaxie rag top. Pull the info tag, the running gear, and squash it
Owner would be the same type to call junk,” Junique” to make it sound more palletable…
Just thinking aloud.
I don’t think there are $2500 in usable parts here! I loved these cars, but this one’s beyond saving.
It’s my uneducated guess that Ford Torino’s and Fairlanes did not survive several gas crunches or just didn’t garner enough interest as well as their GM and Mopar equivalents. Back in the early eighties I hardly ever saw one, plenty of the other brands and loads of mustangs but mid sized Ford’s were a rare sight, of course I’m referring to the hot ones not the starsky and hutch whales. Maybe a lot of them wound up looking like this nice car here. Darn shame.
I owned one of these ,however mine was a hardtop and when I bought it,it was in much better shape then this and I had to do extensive frame repair on it. It almost brings tears to my eyes to see this car in such disrepair. This would cost a fortune to repair .