Great memories!! As dumb 15 year-olds, my buddy and I would sneak into the back lot of a large Ford dealership. There were 100's of new cars back there - with keys in the ignition. We would go to the farthest corner of the back lot where nobody could see us. We'd get in a Torino very similar to the one in this video. We would try to do a burnout but the engine would just bog down (damn carburetor). Then we realized that the engine was cold and needed to warm up a little. So we would let it idle for maybe 5 to 10 minutes (while nervously watching if anybody is coming). Then, with the engine warmed up, we could do some huge burnouts just like in this video. Eventually we got caught. They didn't catch us doing the actual burnout, but they did see all the rubber we left on the ground. We weren't arrested, just told to leave and never come back.
Me and a pal were checking out this Iroc-Z in a dealer lot one night, around 1994, and the damn thing was unlocked and started with just turning the ignition! We took it down old Gun Club road for some burnouts and donuts before returning it where we found it, no one ever knew!
Greg Sullivan - What a great story, and a time to really live free. Yes things were different back then. They didn't call the cops probably because they remember doing similar things when they were young. Thanks for the memories...
Hey Greg, THANKS for sharing! That's a great old story you've got there, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Not only because it's a great story in itself, but additionally because it sparked my own memories of numerous events I took part in during that same period of time! Equally shocking as any of those stories however, is that I'm sitting here now some 52 YEARS later remembering those events!!! And that in itself is very hard to comprehend, even though its obviously a fact! Relatively speaking, we now live in an entirely different world than we lived in back then. I was also in my early teens in 1971, so am within that same age-group as yourself. I see some comments expressing shock that you weren't arrested for what you did with the new cars. Young people today can't even fathom that. And for good reason when you think about it. If it happened today, the police would be called, and you'd be arrested no question. First, for "theft" of each vehicle you moved, along with endless other vehicle related charges. On top of that, child protective services might even get involved. Your ability to get your drivers would be likely postponed, and lastly, you'd of course be heavily sued for "damages" to all the vehicles you had touched at all! So, these few things I just listed previously, that would all be expected as punishment today, (and my little list is just the tip of the iceberg to all that you'd be charged with today), as compared to 1971, for the same situation and circumstances, we were simply sent home, after a stern talking to, by a policeman or MAYBE two that would have come. Today? You'd have probably 5 or 6 or police officers arrive, in probably 4 or 5 police cars, just to handle this same scene, with a couple of young teenagers. ALL OF THIS just goes to show us how incredibly out of hand, and how top heavy in government control we've become in this country. What many in my age group have thought and fought for decades, has been this constant push by government in becoming a "police state" country. And sadly, we're basically there, nearly that destination but they used a different route than we all thought would be used. In 1971, we would have had probably just 1 policeman come, dressed in his issued blue shirt, issued pants, blue tie, and his hat, pull up to speak to us. Today by contrast, the mass of cops that would show up, would all be dressed in their standard military gear as they do now. Like a police state. Having full body armor on. Helmets on. Armored vehicles etc.. All with an attitude. Lol Sad, but true. Our once great country has flipped upside down, and citizens have become oppressed, and restrictions get tighter and tighter all the time. I apologize for turning this rebuttal comment on your great story, into becoming towards a statement of political meaning. It's just terrible how so many of "The people" have sit back and let this happen, to where now the grip is so tight, its hard to believe it can ever be broken. But ALL of that put aside for the moment, THANKS AGAIN for your great little story!!! It's not only is a pleasure to read, it really brings back MANY fond memories of my own as well. For example: The day I bought my own Torino fast back, with 429 CJ, except that mine had the 3:91 rear end ratio, unlike this one shown in video which has higher ration rear end, so it's a little sluggish off the line relatively speaking... A great old car. And had I known how collectible and valuable they were to become, I surely would have help onto to mine and treated it accordingly. I drove it for about 2 years before selling it an moving on. 🙂 👍👍👍
This engine was quite a bit underrated at 375 hp like always with Ford. More like 390s to low 400s hp. This car was just fun to drive regardless of the times.
@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee Wrong. I got over 250,000 reliable miles out of EVERY Ford or Mercury I ever owned from that time period. It would be better for you to comment on subjects you actually know something about, because you obviously know nothing about cars.
Back at that time a LOT more people could actually drive well, the average driver then was 10 times the average driver is now. As technology moves forward, people's skills move backwards. What a shame too, imagine "yesterday's" really talented driver in today's way more advanced cars!
@@Motor-City-Mike so true, ppl these days rely too much on technology to do everything. Im glad i still have my old (Aussie) 1983 Ford LTD. No technology needed & i love driving it👍
@@chrisF351 Thanks. Amen! I'm not a professional driver, but I have to say that with what cars have now in the way of tech - ABS, Stability Control, Anti - Sway and Traction Control - I find I'm being limited many ways in car control, by the car. I won't speak in terms of high speed driving, but so many times I was able to avoid an accident by slipping the car sideways, power sliding (you know - the kids think they invented drifting), or intentionally spinning a car. All the above is now twice as difficult with having to outsmart the "driving aids" programmed into the chassis control modules - quite often damned near impossible. Let ME drive the car, I still do just fine!
The other sleeper stuff on this car is cool too. The bench seat. The column shifter, etc. Real understated muscle except for the shaker hood scoop. These cars were just fun to drive regardless of their performance times. Gobs of torque.
Me too. I'm not into loud colors, stripes/graphics, spoilers, and fancy wheels and trim. And I only like hood scoops that are functional. Only what actually makes the car faster...not a bunch of extra useless shit just to draw the cops attention to it. The only thing this beauty is missing is the 4 speed. And if I was buying any 429 CJ equipped Ford in 71 I definitely wouldve spent the extra $200 and change for the Drag Pack option. You got so much extra shit for that $200 it was WELL worth it...3.91 or 4.30 rear axle ratio, 11.3:1 compression ratio(I think), 4 bolt mains, solid lifter cam, external engine oil cooler and more. Too good of a deal not to check that box. I wouldve ordered the Drag Pack just to get the beefed up engine internals but I would've probably bought a set of 3.50 gears to swap in so the car is more highway friendly but kept the 4.30's to swap back in just in case I wanted to take her to the drag strip
Guy in my Unit had a 70' model Cobra Jet Torino, 429, 4 SPD, disc brakes, slats, Shaker, Wing bright yellow with flat black hood..ONLY Torino I would ever consider owning.
Actually this car had every option that DID add weight. Power steering, A/C, automatic transmission..... Sometimes Bud just spouted random nonsense on this show. He was a funny host, but he acted as if he knew absolutely nothing about cars.
Yes, I will take 2 of them please, one 4 speed and one with C 6 auto, bucket seats, hideaway lights and a roll of toilet paper so the passenger can clean themselves up after the ride. LMAO. I have owned about 7-8 of these cars in various forms, they are fun to drive can haul the freaking mail and considering the " mid size " tag handled quite decent. I would reluctantly trade my 1983 Mustang GT with factory a/c and 5 speed with factory ram air 4bbl sold new in Texas zero body rot machine for a decent one of these cars. I was 6 years old when this body style came out and have had a lust affair with these and the Mercury Cyclone my whole life. Gearhead lifer. Whooo Hoooo
@@conradkenneth5216 oh, well in that case sorry. I don't know what to think about some of the comments people make anymore. I gotta tell ya some folks will flat out RIP ya if what you say doesn't fit their narrative. I have always been a Mercury guy and I really do miss those old hide away headlights cars. I don't really see them anymore.
@Squirmin Herman the one eyed German Wrong. All the major magazines rated it's handling better than the competition. You obviously don't know anything about Fords.
I had a '70 Torino Cobra and it had the 4.30 gears and 'N' (nodular iron) rear end. Needless to say it performed considerably better than this one, but it ate starters and motor mounts like it was its job.
I owned a 70 GT green with the reflective stripe 302 two barrel that would burn the tires as good as the vehicle in the video. The 302 was stock and it great power for what it was.
@@633rex100 1971 was still an excellent year for muscle. There's almost no difference between 1970 and 1971 stock Ford V8s and most other stock American V8s. Ford had the Boss 351 in '71 only and it was one of the best Muscle Car V8s inch for inch. In '72 it was game over.
Man, those 14” bias ply tires got PUNISHED!! 🤘🤘 They really beat these cars to hell when they were new. No collector today would dare drive their cars like this! 😂😂😂
You'd think... check out Goodwood Road & Racing they thrash cars worth ten times what this car is... drive classics around a race course like theres no tomorrow. the hillclimbs are ok but the track stuff is what you want to see... i nearly cried a few times seeing some amazing classics crash
@Terry Clark I just took my low mile all original survivor on a 4000 mile road trip. At first I felt a little bad about putting that many miles on it, but at the end of the day its just a car. Im glad I did it.
That’s a heavy car with a/c the Torino was usually heavier than all the muscle cars but I would love to go back to 69 and have one out of the showroom.
My buddy's dad has a 71 Torino GT 429CJ 4spd bench seat. Black/black int. He use to drag race it back in the 70s and 80s and with open headers, slicks, and traction bars it ran in the mid 12s
Many of the roads back then were sketchy at best. So not many people really going all out on the open roads... You'd be surprised back in 1971 at the number of 1 way bridges in America at that time...
In September 1973, I traded my 1972 Vega GT Stationwagon in on a 1970 Torino GT, 351, auto, bucket seats and console! I met my wife 7 days later. I loved that car (and her), but got rid of the Torino two years later, because I was told it would be too big to take to Germany, where we would spend three years, while in the Air Force. After getting there, I was pissed at my brother for telling me it would be too big. Before we left, in 1978, I bought a full sized, 1973 Plymouth Satellite Stationwagon, and drove that all over Europe, including thru downtown Amsterdam. Torino was too big? LOL
Thank you from Belgium for these marvellous uploads! Much appreciated! It's almost impossible to get such riveting images of true muscle cars, with added witty commentary!
I can hear him now ... Bud: "When I first heard about the Prius I could not believe it. The fella's at Toyota must have hit the Sake pretty hard the day they designed this thing. I told our producers there is no way I'll do a bit on a electric rice cooker but they sweetened the deal and lined ol Buds pockets with extra cash." Then the next scene shows their usual test driver looking at the Prius and you can't hear what he is saying but you can clearly read his lips as he says 'What the fuck is this ? You want me to drive that ?' Then Bud hands him some cash and he throws his helmet away and gets in the Prius to do the test.
Great drive-in car. The big trunk allows everyone to go, some for free....By 1978 when I started driving these cars were everywhere on the used car lots. I drove a couple with the 429 and it is a great engine. personally I like the 351 Cleveland in these cars, as they are weighty enough with a 302. I had a 70 which is the same car except for minor trim diff's. I always liked the looks of these Torino's.
torino was one of the first cars to have a rear anti sway bar. i see them showcasing it with all of the drifting but i never heard anybody mention it as a selling point.
The good old days of muscle.. They cornered like yachts but had tons of torque and horsepower. My neighbor had a 70, 429, 4-speed. I was in my early teens. We lived in a court. He would occasionally come into the court sideways… Funny thing.. he was a local sheriff..
This was a good one, but my favorite 2 are the 69 Chevy Impala taking corners on the wheel covers, and the 74 Super Beetle. I had one and it only sounded like that when I put an Abarth exhaust. However, I never had to worry about damaging the wheel covers.
I've always wondered why the Torinos are so rare and chevelles are a dime a dozen. Either they didn't sell as well or didn't survive as well. Maybe it was the unibody? I'm a GM guy, but I really like these and the Mercury twin.
Nope back then you would see 1 Torino for every 10 or 15 Chevelles. I think Chevy ruled the streets back then, of course many will disagree with me here. ☝😝 And I was driving a 69 Plymouth RoadRunner for much of the 70s.
Drifting was a racing term to describe a driving technique first realized in Formula 1 cars. Power driving through tight corners where all four tyres were not staying in the apparent set path. An intentional 4 wheel slide primarily controlled with throttle. F1 cars were the first cars with enough power to push past traction limits in most corners. Drivers on the edge took advantage to find a faster line around race courses.
They never did. It was only famous and turned into a whole scene in Japan because racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya made it a thing to always do it when no one else would during races.
I had one in the late 70’s… wasn’t a Cobra Jet, just a regular 429 with a C-6, would chirp second every time even with 5 people in the car. Ate up rear tires like crazy ( I was a teen at the time) and would pass just about anything but a gas pump!! Really sucked in 79-80 when you had a gas crisis and could only get 5 gallons at a time… which means I could barely go 50 miles!!😆🤣
I got a 428 Cobra limited edition one with a 350 drag pack very fast will brighten the motor mounts and the U-boats on the rear end the fastest Cobra I ever seen the one I got now
Great looking cars. I had a 429 Torino back in the day and had a lot of fun with it. BUT, I would never trade it for my 2019 Mustang GT nor would I want to drive one again.
If anyone reads this, remember the "Big 3" knew the handwriting was on the wall by mid 60's about Fed regulations. The irony is, Ford engineers designed the 71 Mustang with shock towers designed to drop in the Boss 429. I know the 1971 Mach1 top of the engine choice was the 429scj. But next time you all have a chance to see a 71-73 Mustang at a car show, check out the shock towers. I believe Ford did this to save time and money from shipping the Mustang to Kar-Kraft. Just my thought.
My aunt had a brand new '72, with a 302-2v auto. What a PIG.Manual front disc brakes, every time you took your foot off the brake pedal you would hear the pedal slamming back. Ford did NOT HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON THIS 1. Also, it wasn't a GRAND TORINO, JUST TORINO.
Love the looks of that year . The top Torino was the 69 SCJ nothing much took it stock. I had a 69.5 Mach 1 SCJ and I wouldn't even run it . The Charger RT 440 was close also . Both were the Kings in 69 and after.😎
A set of decent tires and some basic garage performance tuning, and this car would run a low 14 second quarter mile. Basic stuff, lot of HP on tap, just have to apply basic street setup.
It's hard to explain to younger people... These cars weren't necessarily built to slalom... But the 'could'. They weren't meant to be repeatedly panic-stopped... But they sorta could. I guess in today's world, you HAVE TO be able to do all of that stuff, because nobody is actually paying attention to DRIVING their cars these days. Remember- until the early 90's, we didn't all have cell phones glued to our hands!
You can get a 4 Cylinder today that can run circles around that Torino and other vintage V8 Muscle cars but they will never look or sound as mean and cool as these American Muscle cars.
john doe, this video really made my day. High school 1975, I bought a 1970 Torino Cobra with the 429scj "Drag Pack". for $800. Last I heard,it's in Oklahoma somewhere. How'd you come across these test films? I own a 69 Cobra now. Clicking to the 69 Cobra now.
Many more roadtest exist. These were from Car and Track. A weekly tv show hosted by Bud Lindemann in the early late 60s early 70s. They also covered many Nascar races of the day.
Thanks man. Keep em comin. Just viewed the 69Cobra. Nice but a little short. And the sound of the Cobra "screeching tires" cuts off even when it's still laying a pair of black racing stripes! lol!
Love the 69 Fairlane Cobra 428 CJ/SCJ. One of my favorite Ford's ever made along with the 66-67 Fairlane 427 and the 70-71 Torino Cobra 429 CJ/SCJ. I love the 427 Galaxie's too...especially the 63 1/2 and 65. Never was a big Mustang fan. At 6 foot 4 a Mustang is a little too cramped for me
I know. This guy just pegs the accelerator pedal off the line and that's it? WTF? That car was destroying both of those rear tires all the way through 1st gear.
All old car tests take 2-3 seconds off the 0-60 and 2 off the 1/4 mile Basically they ran high 3's low 4's on average and 12's in the 1/4 mile..GM/Ford/MOPAR Tracks had no prep then,tires less traction 205 / 75 /14's ..
Thats how all road tests were done then,and I hate when people puke out old recorded 0-60 and 1/4 mile times for old cars and think thats what they all did,as they think they had traction...All old tests are bogus !
bullshit. name one unmodified car that ran a 12 second 1/4 mile. your probably one of those "experts" who pronounces Edelbrock as Eldebrock and knows someone who has an L-88 in a nova!
JayLeno told a funny story about a Galaxy or Torino his dad let him order one all optioned out from the dealership. he said as soon as his dad cranked it up, he yelled...”what the hell is wrong with this thing”😂🏁🏁🏁 FoMoCo💙
It was a 66' Galaxy 500 where Jay checked all the boxes for his father which included the 427 eng. His father had no clue Jay checked those options. Jay was 15.
In 1986,. I found a 2 door Pea Green 1971 Torino 500 with a 351 Cleveland w/ only a 2 barrel Carb,.. and Factory installed 3:73 Posi rear, that would SMOKE a posi-patch for at LEAST 40-50 ft,.. before snapping You back and burying You in the seat once the tires warmed up. LOL Someone's Grandfather bought it new,. decided it was too light in the rear,. and had FORD install Posi gears in the rear. He drove it for 35k,. gave it to His wife,.. She drove it for 35k.... That's when I found it for sale,.. with 70k,. Zebarted,. Undercoated,.. GARAGE Kept,.. and in CHERRY Shape,. all but 1 quarter sized chip in dashboard.,.... and for ONLY $500 GTFO!!!!! NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD IT IN MY POSSESSION WITHIN THE HOUR!! lol LOVED that car. 351-C is a Self Adjusting canted valve WORK-HORSE of an Engine,.. and even a mere 2 barrel was quite capable of melting tires off the rims. AND IN PAIRS!!! LOL
48 years from now, when the children of Gen-Z are driving around in government mandated, solar/windmill powered golf carts... they’ll say “thank you Al Gore!”
Damn 0 to 60 and 7.0 seconds those are sled times car definitely needed 4.30 gears. I worked at a Ford dealer in 69 and 70 and in late 70 prepped few of these cars for customers.
Me too. I thought the GT was the luxury version of the Torino and the Cobra was the stripped down drag racing version with bench seats and rubber floors. The interior in this one is pretty sparse for a GT
These Bud Lindeman videos are great, but where in the world does all the dirt come from? The cars in these videos are all filthy, looking like 5 year old used cars. The track looks like 8000 Hoover vacuums had their bags emptied on the test track.
Nice real world testing, with believable figures.... but the fake sound effects are annoying. Was someone holding their finger in a fan for the engine noise? And the braking performance was sobering...96 feet at 50 MPH not bad, but 70 without ABS was scary. Thanks for posting this lindeman set
...I'm pretty sure there are no sound effects, this is a review not a chase scene. Also what did you expect with the brakes? It's a boat of a car from 1971.
Great video except for the fact that power rating were down from 1970 to 1971. You are really looking at the end of an era with this car, by 1972 the Torino was done.
JP Olsen. The GT in 70 and 71 was available with different engine options. The 71 Cobra received the small block 351 cleveland as a standard engine.1969 Cobra standard engine, 428cj, 335hp.1970 Cobra standard engine, 429 thunder jet, 360hp. Optional 429cj, 370hp and 429super cobra jet,375hp. The horse power remained the same for 1971. Dropped below 300hp in 72.
GreenMonsterMurmur. Sorry if I sound like a know it all and I'm not.1970-71, the Cleveland was very much alive with h.p. The 1970 Cougar Eliminator, Mach1,Torino GT had hi-po Clevelands just above 300hp.The 1971 Boss 351 Mustang put out 335hp.But I do believe Sept. of 71 when 72 models came out, there was a drastic cut in horsepower in all 72 models.GM, Ford,Chrysler, AMC. were not immune to the Fed Regulations. The "hi-po Big" block engines were pretty much non existent mid 70's. Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the 351 Cleveland become a 400 by the mid 70's? Either way, I don't think it put out more than 200hp. The 1974 Mustang didn't even come with a V-8. The good news is the Cleveland motor is alive and well in NASCAR putting out 800hp. Take it easy!
jw edgerly Never said they weren't alive. It is common knowledge that hp dropped from 70 to 71 for both the 351 2V and 351 4V. This was due to a reduction in compression.
370 hp? From that 429? Before big smog pump losses ? I think it’s a little low, don’t you?? More like 420-425, only underestimated for insurance problems.
Seeing cars nowadays's, it's comical seeing this yacht doing a cone test. And to think back then 0-60 in 7 seconds was impressive. Nowadays a compact car does it in under 6. We have came along way since then. And it's funny to think this car was 3,141-3,663 Lbs, that's 837-1359 Lbs. lighter than the Dodge Demon. Just think of if you put Ford's brand new 7.3L (445 ci.) V8 gas motor in it.
Timothy Isenhart Name one compact car that runs under 6 sec 0-60? Also, the driver on all these tests just floors it out of the hole roasting the tires halfway down the track. Not exactly good for ETs.
I didn't realize they called them "muscle cars" back then. I just figured it was a term from later years used to describe a previous generation of fast cars.
Muscle cars were mid-size cars like Torinos and Chevelles. Cars like Camaros, Mustangs and Firebirds were Pony Cars by definition and were never considered Muscle Cars.
@@raymiles691 Oh I think I got it... this is a stiffer block with less twist and good for up to 700hp... I have become enlightened and achieved Nirvana!
Great memories!! As dumb 15 year-olds, my buddy and I would sneak into the back lot of a large Ford dealership. There were 100's of new cars back there - with keys in the ignition. We would go to the farthest corner of the back lot where nobody could see us. We'd get in a Torino very similar to the one in this video. We would try to do a burnout but the engine would just bog down (damn carburetor). Then we realized that the engine was cold and needed to warm up a little. So we would let it idle for maybe 5 to 10 minutes (while nervously watching if anybody is coming). Then, with the engine warmed up, we could do some huge burnouts just like in this video. Eventually we got caught. They didn't catch us doing the actual burnout, but they did see all the rubber we left on the ground. We weren't arrested, just told to leave and never come back.
You can’t make that up! Great stuff!
Me and a pal were checking out this Iroc-Z in a dealer lot one night, around 1994, and the damn thing was unlocked and started with just turning the ignition! We took it down old Gun Club road for some burnouts and donuts before returning it where we found it, no one ever knew!
THRASH METAL & FUN RIFFS makes me want to steal a Ford and even this up 🤣
Greg Sullivan - What a great story, and a time to really live free. Yes things were different back then. They didn't call the cops probably because they remember doing similar things when they were young. Thanks for the memories...
Hey Greg, THANKS for sharing!
That's a great old story you've got there, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Not only because it's a great story in itself, but additionally because it sparked my own memories of numerous events I took part in during that same period of time! Equally shocking as any of those stories however, is that I'm sitting here now some 52 YEARS later remembering those events!!! And that in itself is very hard to comprehend, even though its obviously a fact!
Relatively speaking, we now live
in an entirely different world than we lived in back then. I was also in my early teens in 1971, so am within that same age-group as yourself.
I see some comments expressing shock that you weren't arrested for what you did with the new cars. Young people today can't even fathom that. And for good reason when you think about it. If it happened today, the police would be called, and you'd be arrested no question. First, for "theft" of each vehicle you moved, along with endless other vehicle related charges. On top of that, child protective services might even get involved. Your ability to get your drivers would be likely postponed, and lastly, you'd of course be heavily sued for "damages" to all the vehicles you had touched at all!
So, these few things I just listed previously, that would all be expected as punishment today, (and my little list is just the tip of the iceberg to all that you'd be charged with today), as compared to 1971, for the same situation and circumstances, we were simply sent home, after a stern talking to, by a policeman or MAYBE two that would have come. Today? You'd have probably 5 or 6 or police officers arrive, in probably 4 or 5 police cars, just to handle this same scene, with a couple of young teenagers.
ALL OF THIS just goes to show us how incredibly out of hand, and how top heavy in government control we've become in this country. What many in my age group have thought and fought for decades, has been this constant push by government in becoming a "police state" country. And sadly, we're basically there, nearly that destination but they used a different route than we all thought would be used.
In 1971, we would have had probably just 1 policeman come, dressed in his issued blue shirt, issued pants, blue tie, and his hat, pull up to speak to us. Today by contrast, the mass of cops that would show up, would all be dressed in their standard military gear as they do now. Like a police state. Having full body armor on. Helmets on. Armored vehicles etc.. All with an attitude. Lol Sad, but true. Our once great country has flipped upside down, and citizens have become oppressed, and restrictions get tighter and tighter all the time.
I apologize for turning this rebuttal comment on your great story, into becoming towards a statement of political meaning. It's just terrible how so many of "The people" have sit back and let this happen, to where now the grip is so tight, its hard to believe it can ever be broken.
But ALL of that put aside for the moment, THANKS AGAIN for your great little story!!! It's not only is a pleasure to read, it really brings back MANY fond memories of my own as well.
For example: The day I bought my own Torino fast back, with 429 CJ, except that mine had the 3:91 rear end ratio, unlike this one shown in video which has higher ration rear end, so it's a little sluggish off the line relatively speaking... A great old car. And had I known how collectible and valuable they were to become, I surely would have help onto to mine and treated it accordingly.
I drove it for about 2 years before selling it an moving on.
🙂 👍👍👍
Bud Lindemann ... the man who was never able to borrow a car from a friend in his life
🤔 i wonder why?? 😂
Lmaooo!
He drove'em like he stole'em.
Zero to 60 in 7 seconds with bias ply tires......that is awesome!
This engine was quite a bit underrated at 375 hp like always with Ford. More like 390s to low 400s hp. This car was just fun to drive regardless of the times.
@@scdevon It was rated at 370 horsepower on paper.
Back when Ford almost cared about the junk they put out for sale . Not too bad , I would drive one , just not in that depressing color
Fuckin old rebuilt dodge
You heard it wrong 🤷🏻♂️
@@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee Wrong. I got over 250,000 reliable miles out of EVERY Ford or Mercury I ever owned from that time period.
It would be better for you to comment on subjects you actually know something about, because you obviously know nothing about cars.
The dude driving knows what he's doing, that's for sure.
Back at that time a LOT more people could actually drive well, the average driver then was 10 times the average driver is now.
As technology moves forward, people's skills move backwards.
What a shame too, imagine "yesterday's" really talented driver in today's way more advanced cars!
@@Motor-City-Mike so true, ppl these days rely too much on technology to do everything. Im glad i still have my old (Aussie) 1983 Ford LTD. No technology needed & i love driving it👍
@@chrisF351
Thanks.
Amen!
I'm not a professional driver, but I have to say that with what cars have now in the way of tech - ABS, Stability Control, Anti - Sway and Traction Control - I find I'm being limited many ways in car control, by the car.
I won't speak in terms of high speed driving, but so many times I was able to avoid an accident by slipping the car sideways, power sliding (you know - the kids think they invented drifting), or intentionally spinning a car.
All the above is now twice as difficult with having to outsmart the "driving aids"
programmed into the chassis control modules - quite often damned near impossible.
Let ME drive the car, I still do just fine!
Especially with those skinny bias-plys.
That drift @ 3:43 is hot. It's still roasting the tires @ 50+ miles per hour even after it straightens out from the drift. Bad ass.
I've always liked the Bad-Ass look of painted steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps on American muscle cars.
Great big block car !
scdevon
Poverty caps 😬
Clean and simple, no extra stuff.
Let the lines of the car speak for itself, not all the garnish trim.
The other sleeper stuff on this car is cool too. The bench seat. The column shifter, etc. Real understated muscle except for the shaker hood scoop.
These cars were just fun to drive regardless of their performance times. Gobs of torque.
I see that PFP...
Absolutely the right look. Center caps plus body-color stamped steel wheels.
Me too. I'm not into loud colors, stripes/graphics, spoilers, and fancy wheels and trim. And I only like hood scoops that are functional. Only what actually makes the car faster...not a bunch of extra useless shit just to draw the cops attention to it. The only thing this beauty is missing is the 4 speed. And if I was buying any 429 CJ equipped Ford in 71 I definitely wouldve spent the extra $200 and change for the Drag Pack option. You got so much extra shit for that $200 it was WELL worth it...3.91 or 4.30 rear axle ratio, 11.3:1 compression ratio(I think), 4 bolt mains, solid lifter cam, external engine oil cooler and more. Too good of a deal not to check that box. I wouldve ordered the Drag Pack just to get the beefed up engine internals but I would've probably bought a set of 3.50 gears to swap in so the car is more highway friendly but kept the 4.30's to swap back in just in case I wanted to take her to the drag strip
This was the end of the era when you could by an awesome car for an affordable price. The destination was not as important as the fun of driving.
I love that car, and all of Buds presentations. The grill and hideaway headlights are perfect
Guy in my Unit had a 70' model Cobra Jet Torino, 429, 4 SPD, disc brakes, slats, Shaker, Wing bright yellow with flat black hood..ONLY Torino I would ever consider owning.
Bud said, "And without all the accessories that add all the pounds".
Except A/C, the heaviest accessory of them all back then. Very cool car, though.
Actually this car had every option that DID add weight. Power steering, A/C, automatic transmission.....
Sometimes Bud just spouted random nonsense on this show. He was a funny host, but he acted as if he knew absolutely nothing about cars.
I saw a few of them while working for a Lincoln Mercury dealer in 1971-1972
Still better than a new Ferrari......
Yes, I will take 2 of them please, one 4 speed and one with C 6 auto, bucket seats, hideaway lights and a roll of toilet paper so the passenger can clean themselves up after the ride. LMAO. I have owned about 7-8 of these cars in various forms, they are fun to drive can haul the freaking mail and considering the " mid size " tag handled quite decent. I would reluctantly trade my 1983 Mustang GT with factory a/c and 5 speed with factory ram air 4bbl sold new in Texas zero body rot machine for a decent one of these cars. I was 6 years old when this body style came out and have had a lust affair with these and the Mercury Cyclone my whole life. Gearhead lifer. Whooo Hoooo
Factory ram air ???
Are you talking about the ducts in the fenders going to the dual snorkel air cleaner ?
Settle down Randall
Why? Can't I be passionate about something other than politics these days........
@@randallbates9020 haha, I was just joking
@@conradkenneth5216 oh, well in that case sorry. I don't know what to think about some of the comments people make anymore. I gotta tell ya some folks will flat out RIP ya if what you say doesn't fit their narrative. I have always been a Mercury guy and I really do miss those old hide away headlights cars. I don't really see them anymore.
That handling was actually pretty damn good for 1971!
@Squirmin Herman the one eyed German Wrong. All the major magazines rated it's handling better than the competition. You obviously don't know anything about Fords.
@@67marlins81 Ok goof. Read comments much?
I had a '70 Torino Cobra and it had the 4.30 gears and 'N' (nodular iron) rear end. Needless to say it performed considerably better than this one, but it ate starters and motor mounts like it was its job.
Dave Howard
Probably dropped over a second off the 1/4 time over the vid car if not more.
deep gears are fun.
I owned a 70 GT green with the reflective stripe 302 two barrel that would burn the tires as good as the vehicle in the video.
The 302 was stock and it great power for what it was.
Bias ply tires, 3.50 gears in the rear ended, 88oct regular fuel, stock suspension, and still this car was a beast...
'71 still had hi-compression necessitating premium fuel!
@@633rex100 1971 was still an excellent year for muscle. There's almost no difference between 1970 and 1971 stock Ford V8s and most other stock American V8s. Ford had the Boss 351 in '71 only and it was one of the best Muscle Car V8s inch for inch. In '72 it was game over.
silverbird58 I had a 1970 with the 429cj 4spd and the owner’s manual called for a minimum 100 octane leaded. 11.3-1
Man, those 14” bias ply tires got PUNISHED!! 🤘🤘 They really beat these cars to hell when they were new. No collector today would dare drive their cars like this! 😂😂😂
Its a car, its meant to be driven
You'd think... check out
Goodwood Road & Racing they thrash cars worth ten times what this car is... drive classics around a race course like theres no tomorrow. the hillclimbs are ok but the track stuff is what you want to see... i nearly cried a few times seeing some amazing classics crash
hell yes I would!
@Terry Clark I just took my low mile all original survivor on a 4000 mile road trip. At first I felt a little bad about putting that many miles on it, but at the end of the day its just a car. Im glad I did it.
My brother bought one of these when he got out of the service back in '71/72. It was a two tone blue.. nice car.
That’s a heavy car with a/c the Torino was usually heavier than all the muscle cars but I would love to go back to 69 and have one out of the showroom.
Very heavy, but Ford built a solid car back then. This car would pull like crazy in 1st and 2nd gear with a 3;91 or a 4;30 rear and decent rubber.
My buddy's dad has a 71 Torino GT 429CJ 4spd bench seat. Black/black int. He use to drag race it back in the 70s and 80s and with open headers, slicks, and traction bars it ran in the mid 12s
Ford should remake this awesome machine too!
Yes the 70-71 was a good looking vehicle.
1971 was the last good year for a really long time for American V8s. Like until 1990. The dark ages began in 1972.
I don't think the buyer of these cared about cornering or stopping on a dime !!
Many of the roads back then were sketchy at best. So not many people really going all out on the open roads... You'd be surprised back in 1971 at the number of 1 way bridges in America at that time...
In September 1973, I traded my 1972 Vega GT Stationwagon in on a 1970 Torino GT, 351, auto, bucket seats and console! I met my wife 7 days later. I loved that car (and her), but got rid of the Torino two years later, because I was told it would be too big to take to Germany, where we would spend three years, while in the Air Force. After getting there, I was pissed at my brother for telling me it would be too big. Before we left, in 1978, I bought a full sized, 1973 Plymouth Satellite Stationwagon, and drove that all over Europe, including thru downtown Amsterdam. Torino was too big? LOL
I used to watch these with my dad when I was a kid! It was our dad son time! I now restore cars.
Thank you from Belgium for these marvellous uploads! Much appreciated! It's almost impossible to get such riveting images of true muscle cars, with added witty commentary!
Man, watching these old muscle cars go around those slalom cones is downright painful...
poor tires.... so thin and pulling around two tons lmao with so much torque
Would love to see Bud do a road test with today's Prius after getting out of that Torino.
I can hear him now ...
Bud: "When I first heard about the Prius I could not believe it. The fella's at Toyota must have hit the Sake pretty hard the day they designed this thing. I told our producers there is no way I'll do a bit on a electric rice cooker but they sweetened the deal and lined ol Buds pockets with extra cash."
Then the next scene shows their usual test driver looking at the Prius and you can't hear what he is saying but you can clearly read his lips as he says 'What the fuck is this ? You want me to drive that ?' Then Bud hands him some cash and he throws his helmet away and gets in the Prius to do the test.
No contest. The Torino can't stack up to a Prius.
Great drive-in car. The big trunk allows everyone to go, some for free....By 1978 when I started driving these cars were everywhere on the used car lots. I drove a couple with the 429 and it is a great engine. personally I like the 351 Cleveland in these cars, as they are weighty enough with a 302. I had a 70 which is the same car except for minor trim diff's. I always liked the looks of these Torino's.
torino was one of the first cars to have a rear anti sway bar. i see them showcasing it with all of the drifting but i never heard anybody mention it as a selling point.
SRSLY?
The Olds 4-4-2 had it in 1964. By 1970, most performance cars had one.
I got a 4 door 70 sedan with all those goodies! 429 cj with heavy duty sway bar! Nagular rear end and 3 speed trans. Less than 60,000 original miles!
It's an original 429 CJ car??? If so you've got a really cool sleeper there and an extremely rare car
The good old days of muscle.. They cornered like yachts but had tons of torque and horsepower. My neighbor had a 70, 429, 4-speed. I was in my early teens. We lived in a court. He would occasionally come into the court sideways… Funny thing.. he was a local sheriff..
Love to be able to go back in time.
This video is a great example that shows you what you get when you strap a big block to a boat anchor.
All these years, how could I have never seen this guy before?!? These are great to watch, as the old Fordman that I am.
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Would have loved to be the test driver. What a job especially in this time period.
Cat-like handling, in a light-weight package.
Just awesome ! Love the torino
This was a good one, but my favorite 2 are the 69 Chevy Impala taking corners on the wheel covers, and the 74 Super Beetle. I had one and it only sounded like that when I put an Abarth exhaust. However, I never had to worry about damaging the wheel covers.
Always one of my dream cars...
I don't know how these guys ever get the claimed brake fade when all their braking tests seem to consist of locking the wheels and sliding to a stop!
You are just assuming that when the tires locked up... that was when he hit the brake peddle ! As if locking up 14inch bias ply was all that hard
My 68 Impala 4whl drumb pwr assist would lock fairly easy on radials. But I feel ya
They didn’t know what threshold braking was back then apparently.
@@tonyshower9835 Maybe not in the US.
Watching that sled sort of going through the cones was a scream!
Great car from Ford!
that 1-2 shift chirpin tires woulda sold me back then haha
Drifting a 3700 lb car on bias plys....thats awesome!
I've always wondered why the Torinos are so rare and chevelles are a dime a dozen. Either they didn't sell as well or didn't survive as well. Maybe it was the unibody? I'm a GM guy, but I really like these and the Mercury twin.
Is like hemi challenger why so expensive everyone wants one thats why i got a 73 mustang mach 1 with boss 351 engine beat a 71 mach 1 429scj
Nope back then you would see 1 Torino for every 10 or 15 Chevelles. I think Chevy ruled the streets back then, of course many will disagree with me here.
☝😝 And I was driving a 69 Plymouth RoadRunner for much of the 70s.
see Tokyo, you did not invent drift
grand unified no but didnt they make it famous?
charger master no rally did
Viva Scandinavian flick.
Drifting was a racing term to describe a driving technique first realized in Formula 1 cars. Power driving through tight corners where all four tyres were not staying in the apparent set path. An intentional 4 wheel slide primarily controlled with throttle. F1 cars were the first cars with enough power to push past traction limits in most corners. Drivers on the edge took advantage to find a faster line around race courses.
They never did. It was only famous and turned into a whole scene in Japan because racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya made it a thing to always do it when no one else would during races.
I had one in the late 70’s… wasn’t a Cobra Jet, just a regular 429 with a C-6, would chirp second every time even with 5 people in the car. Ate up rear tires like crazy ( I was a teen at the time) and would pass just about anything but a gas pump!! Really sucked in 79-80 when you had a gas crisis and could only get 5 gallons at a time… which means I could barely go 50 miles!!😆🤣
And the kids today thought they invented drifting!!??😂😂😂
i had one of these . wish i had kept it .
Regret always comes too late.
@@johanbrand8601 facts .
I got a 428 Cobra limited edition one with a 350 drag pack very fast will brighten the motor mounts and the U-boats on the rear end the fastest Cobra I ever seen the one I got now
Great looking cars. I had a 429 Torino back in the day and had a lot of fun with it. BUT, I would never trade it for my 2019 Mustang GT nor would I want to drive one again.
Big o klunker.....great story Gregg.
Driving behavior like a bathtube with wheels 👍
If anyone reads this, remember the "Big 3" knew the handwriting was on the wall by mid 60's about Fed regulations. The irony is, Ford engineers designed the 71 Mustang with shock towers designed to drop in the Boss 429. I know the 1971 Mach1 top of the engine choice was the 429scj. But next time you all have a chance to see a 71-73 Mustang at a car show, check out the shock towers. I believe Ford did this to save time and money from shipping the Mustang to Kar-Kraft. Just my thought.
Cobra charmer,I have a question, do they make a kit now,to eliminate the shock towers,?
My aunt had a brand new '72, with a 302-2v auto. What a PIG.Manual front disc brakes, every time you took your foot off the brake pedal you would hear the pedal slamming back. Ford did NOT HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON THIS 1. Also, it wasn't a GRAND TORINO, JUST TORINO.
Love the looks of that year . The top Torino was the 69 SCJ nothing much took it stock. I had a 69.5 Mach 1 SCJ and I wouldn't even run it . The Charger RT 440 was close also . Both were the Kings in 69 and after.😎
"We had 30 miles per hour is 3.4 seconds." So it was almost as fast as my wife's 2019 Chevrolet Equinox 2.0T.
A set of decent tires and some basic garage performance tuning, and this car would run a low 14 second quarter mile. Basic stuff, lot of HP on tap, just have to apply basic street setup.
But no one wants your depreciating Chevy while loads of people would love that Torino!
Holy moly 0-60 in 7 seconds in that heavy ass car is fantastic. LoL
And that's on bias ply tires, just imagine what it would do with radial tires!
STUNNING
Stopping it was an after thought lol love it!
Subtract at least 2 seconds off the 0 - 60 time for excessive wheel spin, that Torino would really haul with 4.30 Trac loc.
204 ft from a panic stop at 70 is actually better than a lot of cars today. A good 70mph panic stop is around 315ft
It's hard to explain to younger people... These cars weren't necessarily built to slalom... But the 'could'.
They weren't meant to be repeatedly panic-stopped... But they sorta could.
I guess in today's world, you HAVE TO be able to do all of that stuff, because nobody is actually paying attention to DRIVING their cars these days.
Remember- until the early 90's, we didn't all have cell phones glued to our hands!
You can get a 4 Cylinder today that can run circles around that Torino and other vintage V8 Muscle cars but they will never look or sound as mean and cool as these American Muscle cars.
Ford needs to bring the Torino back.
Gary Mckee I’d love to see it, but I’d be afraid how they’d butcher it these days.
@@c4llahan they make it a four door just like the Charger.
Gary Mckee Dear goodness no!
Gary Mckee They already made a 4-door Torino and it wasn’t a great looking car compared to its 2-door counterpart.
@@c4llahan yes I remember them.
john doe, this video really made my day. High school 1975, I bought a 1970 Torino Cobra with the 429scj "Drag Pack". for $800. Last I heard,it's in Oklahoma somewhere. How'd you come across these test films? I own a 69 Cobra now. Clicking to the 69 Cobra now.
Many more roadtest exist. These were from Car and Track. A weekly tv show hosted by Bud Lindemann in the early late 60s early 70s. They also covered many Nascar races of the day.
Thanks man. Keep em comin. Just viewed the 69Cobra. Nice but a little short. And the sound of the Cobra "screeching tires" cuts off even when it's still laying a pair of black racing stripes! lol!
Love the 69 Fairlane Cobra 428 CJ/SCJ. One of my favorite Ford's ever made along with the 66-67 Fairlane 427 and the 70-71 Torino Cobra 429 CJ/SCJ. I love the 427 Galaxie's too...especially the 63 1/2 and 65. Never was a big Mustang fan. At 6 foot 4 a Mustang is a little too cramped for me
@@jeremythompson9122 You have excellent taste!!
0-60 in 7 sec. Not bad considering in burned rubber all through first gear.
I know. This guy just pegs the accelerator pedal off the line and that's it?
WTF? That car was destroying both of those rear tires all the way through 1st gear.
All old car tests take 2-3 seconds off the 0-60 and 2 off the 1/4 mile
Basically they ran high 3's low 4's on average and 12's in the 1/4 mile..GM/Ford/MOPAR
Tracks had no prep then,tires less traction 205 / 75 /14's ..
Thats how all road tests were done then,and I hate when people puke out old recorded 0-60 and 1/4 mile times for old cars and think thats what they all did,as they think they had traction...All old tests are bogus !
bullshit. name one unmodified car that ran a 12 second 1/4 mile. your probably one of those "experts" who pronounces Edelbrock as Eldebrock and knows someone who has an L-88 in a nova!
No GM, Ford or Mopar supercar ever ran 12's showroom stock. Try high 13's / low 14's.
Greetings from the international space station!
That`s all I ever really needed for fun ,,, CAN SHE BURN RUBBER! The more meant the better fun available.
JayLeno told a funny story about a Galaxy or Torino his dad let him order one all optioned out from the dealership. he said as soon as his dad cranked it up, he yelled...”what the hell is wrong with this thing”😂🏁🏁🏁 FoMoCo💙
It was a 66' Galaxy 500 where Jay checked all the boxes for his father which included the 427 eng. His father had no clue Jay checked those options. Jay was 15.
Yep! ‘66 Galaxie 7 Litre with the 428 engine, C6 automatic transmission, and glass packs. His dad thought it had a hole in the muffler lol!
429/460
The 4dr was a really funny looking thing...much like a 1970 Dodge Coronet 4dr - looked like two different cars glued together.
Not if it was a 4 door hardtop, with all the windows rolled down it was a really nice looking car. www.flickr.com/photos/coconv/6269483674
Ford was never noted for braking, but damm they some serious power.
In 1986,. I found a 2 door Pea Green 1971 Torino 500 with a 351 Cleveland w/ only a 2 barrel Carb,.. and Factory installed 3:73 Posi rear, that would SMOKE a posi-patch for at LEAST 40-50 ft,.. before snapping You back and burying You in the seat once the tires warmed up. LOL
Someone's Grandfather bought it new,. decided it was too light in the rear,. and had FORD install Posi gears in the rear. He drove it for 35k,. gave it to His wife,.. She drove it for 35k.... That's when I found it for sale,.. with 70k,. Zebarted,. Undercoated,.. GARAGE Kept,.. and in CHERRY Shape,. all but 1 quarter sized chip in dashboard.,.... and for ONLY $500 GTFO!!!!!
NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD IT IN MY POSSESSION WITHIN THE HOUR!! lol
LOVED that car. 351-C is a Self Adjusting canted valve WORK-HORSE of an Engine,.. and even a mere 2 barrel was quite capable of melting tires off the rims. AND IN PAIRS!!! LOL
48 years from now, when the children of Gen-Z are driving around in government mandated, solar/windmill powered golf carts... they’ll say “thank you Al Gore!”
Nigel, so you think a Tesla is slow?
@@johnmcmullen456 Where in my comment did I say it was slow?
Damn 0 to 60 and 7.0 seconds those are sled times car definitely needed 4.30 gears. I worked at a Ford dealer in 69 and 70 and in late 70 prepped few of these cars for customers.
very nice test!!!!!!!
Beautiful car and fast too!!!
I thought a big part of the GT was the standard buckets and console, but this interior looks more like a Cobra with bench and column shift.
Had a GT bench seat column shift.
Me too. I thought the GT was the luxury version of the Torino and the Cobra was the stripped down drag racing version with bench seats and rubber floors. The interior in this one is pretty sparse for a GT
No sweat launching a top loader & 9" rear thats 5 seconds in 2017 with drag radials & front runners
These Bud Lindeman videos are great, but where in the world does all the dirt come from? The cars in these videos are all filthy, looking like 5 year old used cars. The track looks like 8000 Hoover vacuums had their bags emptied on the test track.
I bet driving this iron block must have felt like riding a drunken rhino...
I love the sound and styling anyway
Charcoal flavored tires.
Nice real world testing, with believable figures.... but the fake sound effects are annoying. Was someone holding their finger in a fan for the engine noise? And the braking performance was sobering...96 feet at 50 MPH not bad, but 70 without ABS was scary. Thanks for posting this lindeman set
...I'm pretty sure there are no sound effects, this is a review not a chase scene. Also what did you expect with the brakes? It's a boat of a car from 1971.
It's amazing they can fade the brakes when their strategy seems to be to lock up the wheels for the entire stop.
Don't forget the tires sucked too. Put modern radials on the same car and those distances will be shorter. As will the 1/4 mile times.
True, Matthew. When you lock the brakes like that, the size and type of brakes are no longer in the equation, it's all on the tires now...
Real men driving real cars without ABS and all of these high tech shit
Perfection 🔥😎
Around the 2:20 mark, there appears to be some minor damage to the rear on the right side.
Mean looking car
Great video except for the fact that power rating were down from 1970 to 1971. You are really looking at the end of an era with this car, by 1972 the Torino was done.
JP Olsen. The GT in 70 and 71 was available with different engine options. The 71 Cobra received the small block 351 cleveland as a standard engine.1969 Cobra standard engine, 428cj, 335hp.1970 Cobra standard engine, 429 thunder jet, 360hp. Optional 429cj, 370hp and 429super cobra jet,375hp. The horse power remained the same for 1971. Dropped below 300hp in 72.
jw edgerly I was referring to the 351 Cleveland which dropped in both compression and horsepower for 1970 to 1971.
GreenMonsterMurmur. Sorry if I sound like a know it all and I'm not.1970-71, the Cleveland was very much alive with h.p. The 1970 Cougar Eliminator, Mach1,Torino GT had hi-po Clevelands just above 300hp.The 1971 Boss 351 Mustang put out 335hp.But I do believe Sept. of 71 when 72 models came out, there was a drastic cut in horsepower in all 72 models.GM, Ford,Chrysler, AMC. were not immune to the Fed Regulations. The "hi-po Big" block engines were pretty much non existent mid 70's. Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the 351 Cleveland become a 400 by the mid 70's? Either way, I don't think it put out more than 200hp. The 1974 Mustang didn't even come with a V-8. The good news is the Cleveland motor is alive and well in NASCAR putting out 800hp. Take it easy!
370 HP was a low number for this engine anyhow. Try 400 to 410 HP at the crank. I agree with you though. It was game over by 1972.
jw edgerly Never said they weren't alive. It is common knowledge that hp dropped from 70 to 71 for both the 351 2V and 351 4V. This was due to a reduction in compression.
370 hp? From that 429? Before big smog pump losses ? I think it’s a little low, don’t you?? More like 420-425, only underestimated for insurance problems.
"The Muscle Car is Still Alive"
GrandFunalley Media only to loose most of its ho after 1971 and the muscle car era coming to an end in 1974.
Ditch those bumberettes...please!
Must have been from the "plastering of legislation for safety".
They're fangs
Seeing cars nowadays's, it's comical seeing this yacht doing a cone test. And to think back then 0-60 in 7 seconds was impressive. Nowadays a compact car does it in under 6. We have came along way since then. And it's funny to think this car was 3,141-3,663 Lbs, that's 837-1359 Lbs. lighter than the Dodge Demon. Just think of if you put Ford's brand new 7.3L (445 ci.) V8 gas motor in it.
4 cylinders today can run circles around these V8 land yachts oh how far cars have come but will never look or sound mean like vintage American Cars.
Timothy Isenhart Name one compact car that runs under 6 sec 0-60? Also, the driver on all these tests just floors it out of the hole roasting the tires halfway down the track. Not exactly good for ETs.
charger master Yeah, with forced induction and 20 lbs of boost.
@@Lucille69caddy 2004-2006 Lincoln LS 3.9L V8 0-60 in 5.9 seconds
Timothy Isenhart So? It's a V-8. They were nice cars.
Just a powerful marshmallow!
Just think if it abs brakes. No one ever speaks of the 419 interceptor engines.
I didn't realize they called them "muscle cars" back then. I just figured it was a term from later years used to describe a previous generation of fast cars.
Muscle cars were mid-size cars like Torinos and Chevelles. Cars like Camaros, Mustangs and Firebirds were Pony Cars by definition and were never considered Muscle Cars.
The first official muscle car was the '64 GTO, that's how far back that classification goes.
Aw man, now that was a car!
3:21 Eurobeats intensify....well in this case, Running in the 70's
Lol. Drifting before drifting was popular.
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You see,this is the MO.'s lower end, less tortional block activity through 600-700+ HP. 429cid. 🎶👂
Wut RU saying? This don't have no Fk'n 600hp?!!
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 1Every millionth time⚡strikes twice exactly in the same spot on earth, someone receives real😇wisdom.
@@raymiles691 Oh I think I got it... this is a stiffer block with less twist and good for up to 700hp... I have become enlightened and achieved Nirvana!
Ford kept on truckin', literally. GM and Chrysler had to be rescued.