1970 Ford Torino

This is Lonnie Plank's 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon. When he bought this car just over 2 years ago, it was sold to him as a 1970 Torino. It was almost a year later, with the help of the Ford company, that the cars true identity was revealed. Lonnie started researching the 1970 1/2 Falcon and found it to built on the Torino/Fairlane body with Falcon markings. The biggest difference between the two models is that the Falcons were a 2 door sedans (post sedan). Ford produced just over 26,000 of this model Falcon, which included the 2-dr, 4-dr, and station wagon variants. Most Falcons came with the standard 6 cylinder engine in keeping with the Falcon image. In addition to the meager 6 cylinder, Ford also offered all of the Torino's power options like the 429cj package. Lonnie's Falcon is fitted the 351C 4V-V8, a real performer. Beefing up the stock power plant are some aftermarket performance parts like a larger cam, roller rockers, aluminum intake manifold, aluminum pulleys, performance water pump, and other trick components. Lonnie's favorite part of owning this car, is its rarity. It never fails that someone will come up to him at a car show and say "Why have you put Falcon emblems on a Torino?". Now you know better than to ask!

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