Hey all, new member Joel here. Residing in Minnesota, I've know Jay for several years. He's helped me out on more than one occasion. My forum name, tall69, is derived from my first collector car. A presidential blue '69 Ford Talladega. I was late to the muscle car game, not acquiring my first until my early 30's. I cosmetically and mechanically restored it. Including a repaint and stock rebuild of the original 428CJ. I was more into the drag racing lineage of muscle cars. The Talladega was, no doubt, an important part of stock car racing's history. The 375 dyno'd horsepower, column shift automatic car had me longing for more.
My opportunity came a few years later in the form of a 1970 Torino Cobra. Big block, check, drag pack, check, 4 speed, check, impact color, check, high back buckets, check. Oh, by the way, it's one of 207 Torino Cobra's with a 4.30 Detroit Locker rear end. This was no beauty queen. It ran and drove, but it had been run hard and put away wet. Although the odometer only reads 15k, it was a really rough 15k. It was missing most of the underhood goodies. The rest of the drivetrain was intact. That gave me liberties to build what I wanted. I wanted loud, aggressive, brash. I'd say I hit all of my goals.
