Ford Torino Country Squire Station Wagon on 2040-cars

Power steering, power brakes, power windows, power seat, air conditioning, remote side mirror, 2 way tailgate, hideaway headlights, wood grain dash and exterior.

This  is a rare clean station wagon, it had the same owner since the early 70's and I have the build sheet and probably every receipt from then to date.  This is a high option car and everything works except the AC does not blow cold, I have not looked into why.   It has the hide away head lights that are so cool and power windows including the rear that all work.  The interior is near perfect with the exception of the carpet which is faded, the front seat has been recovered to match and all the mechanical working parts in the power front seat have been taken apart, cleaned and lubed and it works great.  The dash is wood grain and the dash pad is really nice, there is fading in the lens over the clock the rest of the dash is clear. The rear side panels are nice and the floor has very few scratches and a nice headliner.  The floor pans are near perfect as is the spare tire well and trunk.

The exterior of the car is real nice, the paint is very good with the usual chips, the body is straight with a small dent in the passenger rear quarter panel, the wood grain on the sides is still dark brown although the tailgate is faded.  I have not found any rust in the body with the exception of a little surface rust.  The hood had been bent when I got it so I put a brown hood on it while searching for a GT hood, the hood actually looks good a most people think it came that way.  The hood is in good shape but the paint is bad.  The hideaway headlights work but come part way open shortly after shutting down the engine which indicates a vacuum leak some where in the system.  I have replaced the switch and most the hoses, the can holds pressure so it may be the actuator.  It is missing a grill off the driver side headlight door that may be seen in the pictures.

The engine runs smooth (requires premium gas) and sounds good with the flowmaster mufflers on dual exhaust (it has a nice rumble).  I think the engine is the original and has been untouched except for tuning and lubing, the transmission does not hesitate and shifts good, the rearend is a 9 inch stamped 3.00 HD and had tapered tubes which I am told is heavy duty.

All and all this is a very nice car and you may look a long time to find a cleaner Torino wagon if at all.  It does need some tinkering with the following: the dash pad rattles so someone may have had it out and never got it tight, there is some squeaking in the front suspension so it may need a bushing or two, sometimes it floods sitting so it may need a kit in the carb and it stops well but may be getting close to brakes.  None of these need done to drive they are just things that I would look into, I just want you to be aware.