Ford rolled back the clock with the release of the 1972 Ford Gran Torino by making a major change in construction. The new Torino reverted back to body-on-frame construction – a change that adds considerable mass to the heavyweight Torino; needless to say, performance would suffer. It also doesn’t help that smog restrictions in the […]
The Ford Gran Torino was disassociated from the Fairlane line in 1972 and became its own monstrous body-on-frame cruiser outfitted with a lineup of tremendous big-block V8s. Someone is about to get a steal on this 1973 Ford Torino Sport with 429 currently bidding on ebay for $12,200 with 1 hour to go (located in […]
Gerald Ford was the 38th president and is best known for pardoning recently impeached resigned president Nixon, presiding over a horrible economy and the malaise era: a period of time when the worst cars ever were built. The cars built from 1974-1977 during Mr Ford’s reign were heavy, ugly, slow and unreliable – assaulted from […]