Starsky and Hutch! I had to get it out there before someone else mentioned it – even though the cars used on that show were 1974 to 1976 models, not a 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport Q-Code 4-speed model like this one found on eBay is. This project car is located in Paxinos, Pennsylvania with a $4,500 buy it now price or you can make an offer.
The Torino was redesigned for the 1972 model year with a one-year-only, small oval grille, then in 1973 Ford went with a longer grille. You can tell that it’ll need a replacement grille along with quite a bit of other bodywork that will need to be done on this car. The first photo shows a home rust repair over the rear wheel and here is what the passenger side looks like. Ouch.
The photos are details and snippets which seems to be all the rage these days for some unknown reason. But, this photo shows that this is a 4-speed car. The photos in the listing show what looks like a decent interior and seeing a factory 4-speed makes it look even better to me. The seller says that this “car has been setting, was last inspected 1992 was parked in barn 20 years and out side for 5 so its been off the road for a while”.
Here is the Q-Code 351 Cleveland V8 with a 4-barrel carburetor which would have had 246 hp, making it the highest-horsepower engine for this model in 1973. The 429 had just 201 hp and the 460 wasn’t available other than in police cars. The seller says that this one “is missing original carb and air cleaner.” They must mean the original carb and air cleaner as there is clearly one on the engine in the photo. Are any of you fans of this era Gran Torino? The Q-Code engine and 4-speed makes this one desirable, in my opinion, even with the rust issues.
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