Mustangs seem to get most of the love from Ford fans, but I think variations of the company’s family cars are much more interesting overall. I like Mustangs, but I love cars like this 1969 Ford Torino GT. This survivor project car is listed here on eBay in Lehi, Utah, and the seller is asking $12,500, or you can make an offer. Thanks to Curvette for the tip!
Just because I like this Torino or cars like this doesn’t mean that I’m not a wicked huge Mustang fan, because I am. But there’s something inherently cool about a big, or bigger, car meant to haul families decked out in muscle car trim for me. When it’s in a classic 1970s color, that’s even better.
Page 4 of this 1969 Ford Torino/Fairlane brochure says, “1969 Ford Torino GT. Born to move, wheel, swing, streak, impress, dazzle, whirl, soar, and ride, ride, ride.” The SportsRoof (fastback) seen here was one of three models of the Torino GT in ’69. A two-door hardtop and a convertible were also options for buyers. I miss the days where car companies made a ton of varieties, different models with different body styles. Now you get a black, white, or silver SUV and you’d better like it. Or a four-door pickup, of course.
Speaking of Mustangs, that’s all Ford makes now here for actual cars, which is pretty wild if you think about it. They really kicked SUVs in high gear with the Explorer, and now SUVs are almost all Ford buyers can get, unless they want a pickup or a Mustang. The seller didn’t include a driver’s side interior photo, and they also included a few verticals, so I put a couple of them together to come up with the partial driver’s side view seen above. The seller is including a few new patch panels so the next owner can restore this car back to how it was, or could be.
Here’s another view from the passenger side. Check out that woodgrain strip integrated into the bottom of the dash where the AC controls are- nice. The first-generation Torino was made for model years 1968 and 1969, and was a subset of its Fairlane line. The GT was new for 1968, and they all had a V8 under the hood. This one has a 390 V8, which you know by now.
Here’s the 390-cu.in. OHV V8, which was rated at 320 gross horsepower and 427 lb-ft of torque when new. This one has a three-speed automatic sending power to the rear wheels, and the seller says it’s a project, but is complete and it runs and drives, has newer tires, new sheet metal, a new carb, and it sounds mean. What’s your offer on this Torino GT?
There’s a trailer park( proposed to be razed for condos) across the street from my stalag,,,oops, I mean apt. complex, and I know, sounds like “across the tracks”, it’s really not, but one of the trailers has a car exactly like this. In the 8.5 years I’ve been here, it never moved. That’s not unusual, as there are many vehicles that are like that. Now, my question is, if this, example, is worth a hopeful 5 figures, I should offer that guy $5grand. He’d be so dazzled, turn around, ka-ching,,,,doesn’t work that way, unfortunately. It’s just so unusual, a car years ago( not that many) nobody wanted, and most likely why that one across the street hasn’t moved, for what I’d consider a lot of money, doesn’t add up. Now, if this had the plastic on the seats, the sky would be the limit, but like this, well, I don’t see a sale for half what they want, but who knows? It sure is a cool find.