1968 Ford Torino

5.0

Automatic

8K42C164393

Clear

Up for sale is my 1968 Torino GT Sportsroof (fastback). The car is not a Cobra. A previous owner must have installed Cobra emblems all over the inside and outside of the car. I don't think the Cobras came out until 1969. The powertrain is out of a 1991 Lincoln Mark VII. This consists of a fuel injected 5.0 liter H.O. 302, an A.O.D transmission (4 speed Automatic with OverDrive), power disk brakes at all wheels, and a Ford 8.8". All of these came from the Mark VII. I bought the car like this and have no info on the swap. Car runs good. It is not a high horsepower monster by any means, as it seems to be at its stock 225HP. The car has straight pipes with side exit exhaust. Sounds pretty good, meaner that it really is. I have a video on youtube of the sound and the engine running. Search username rommsccv. I have no idea the miles on the powertrain, and no idea of the miles on the caritself. Car has an after market A/C unit that worked great, but seems to have recent run low of freon. Crappy satin black paint job, but it looks kind of cool. Front passenger fender has a bunch of small scratches where our Min Pin had been trying to get to something that was on the hood of the car. I took some good pics of this in the bright sun. There is some rusting at the back lower windshield. I took some pics of this. Also the hood has a spot where a mechanic pressed too hard and it cracked the paint on the hood. I took a pic of this as well. Has a decent CD/stereo that works well. The gauges work. The fourth pod in the dash has an aftermarket tach installed. The car runs, drives, and brakes good, both around town and on the highway at 75MPH. With the aftermarket valve body, the tranmission shifts very firm 1st to 2nd. It shifts well even manually doing the old 1-2 shuffle with the AOD. The front wheels are a little too wide and it rubs on the passenger front sometimes when turning up an incline. I removed the door panels that were in the car when I bought it, as they were terrible homemade panels. The center console is a piece of homemade junk, too. The shifter works fine, but is goofy looking. I did install some really nice black ProCar bucket seats. Here is a list of new items I have installed in the last several years. I have all reciepts for these items:-new Centerline wheels-new disk brakes, rotors, and hubs all the way around.-new Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 raised white letter tires all the way around. Fronts are 235/60 and rears are 275/60. Wheels and tires only have 200 miles on them.-new window cranks front and back.-new satin finished driver and passenger side mirrors.-new front and rear anti-sway bars. Rear is from Addco (7/8"diameter), and front is from Mustangs Plus (1" diameter).-new composite/fiberglass leafsprings custom made by Flex Form.-new shackles, bushings, u-bolts in the rear suspension from Eaton Detroit Springs.-new 2" lowering springs in the front from Eaton Detroit Springs (car sits 2" lower than stock. Had the composite leaf springs custom made to lower the back too).-new KYB shocks, front and back.-new front Procar Rally seats. They are awesome.-found an original Mach I hood scoop and had it refinished by a paint and body shop. Bought a new hood scoop blinker harness and blinker. Had it all installed and it is really cool. This was an option on the '69 Torino GT, but not the '68's. The hood scoop blinker work great.-new tri gauge pod installed. Water temp, oil temp, and volt meter.-new water pump-new steering gearbox.-new spark plugs and wires-alignment done.-new aluminum radiator.-added a new transmission cooler.-Eaton Tru-Trac limited slip diff (originally had an open diff)-3.73 Ukon gears-really nice aftermarket valve body by SilverFox-remanufactured powersteering control valve.