Car Journey Tomorrow

"RTeeJay" (ryanjohnston13) 05/24/2015 at 21:00 • Filed to: Of Happenings, NPOCP, Ford, Muscle Car

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I am driving 3 hours into Vermont to look at 1971 Ford Torino tomorrow. What should I look for aside from rattles/rust/abnormalities/things that don’t work? Cherry Man and Montego Man, looking at you specifically. The link is below, and I know I can talk the price down, so I’m not too worried about that.

If all goes well, I’d like to buy the car next weekend.

Everyone else, let me know your thoughts too. This is my first journey into second hand car purchasing, so any pertinent information would be greatful.

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jkm7680 > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 21:03

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Bring a magnet and feel for bondo.

Jedidiah > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 21:09

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Bumpers have been painted, that means the chrome has flaked off of them and they never bothered to rechrome them.

Bring a magnet to check for filler. A quick visual check is looking for sloppy bondo around the rain guards on the a-pillars where they’ve lazily filled rot around the windshield.

Look on the underside/door jambs/trunk channel/cowl to check for rot.

cazzyodo > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 21:40

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Not sure about anything but I’m looking forward to a recap.

Sdwarf36 -1 > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 21:45

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Jack up the front end + try to shake the wheel up + down and side to side.

lone_liberal > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 21:49

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I don’t have much to add to what has already been said about checking for Bondo with your hand and a magnet but I had to add that if it’s good enough to buy I’m going to be very jealous. My first car was a Gran Torino, but it was a ‘72 with a 351W and I always wanted the big 429 not to mention the higher compression of the ‘71.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RTeeJay 05/24/2015 at 23:49

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I suggest verifying that it still has a 429 and which 429 is in it and check to make sure the VIN matches on various parts:

http://www.torinocobra.com/torino_vin_71.…

http://429mustangcougarinfo.50megs.com/decoding.htm