1970 KING COBRA Torino prototype hemi *** pretty sweet ( saw this localat a show ) pics inside

Wow, talk about priceless!

I would love a closer shot of the shock tower / head clearance.
Car is awesome looking.

Danm thats bad azz !!! I need a few moments to myself.....

I saw a show a few years ago, I believe it was Horsepower Tv, and they showed one of the cars and IIRC it was #1 of the 3. It was still owned by the original purchaser, one of the Holman & Moody guys. The original 429 SCJ was pulled out and stuck in a corner of their shop, and a std 429 was installed so as not to put any miles on the original engine. That one was Grabber Yellow I believe... Very cool piece of Ford history, that's for sure...

Damn nice.

Somebody needs to market that front end out of 'glass.

Paul

Hi,

New to this forum. A friend of mine sent me this link. My friend Steve and I are the ones who restored that car ( the Calypso Coral car). I'll dig up some pictures and post them up here. The shock towers in that car actually look like 1971-3 Mustang towers. Since it was a prototype it had some odd features. The dash assembly ( the metal part) was more like the 68-9 Torino's, they had different style vents. ll the parts on that car had engravings or decals with the engineering number 0058-3 and " prototype and tooling not to specification" on it. Car took an entire year to restore. Cool piece of Ford History

Frankenzuki wrote:Hi,

New to this forum. A friend of mine sent me this link. My friend Steve and I are the ones who restored that car ( the Calypso Coral car). I'll dig up some pictures and post them up here. The shock towers in that car actually look like 1971-3 Mustang towers. Since it was a prototype it had some odd features. The dash assembly ( the metal part) was more like the 68-9 Torino's, they had different style vents. ll the parts on that car had engravings or decals with the engineering number 0058-3 and " prototype and tooling not to specification" on it. Car took an entire year to restore. Cool piece of Ford History

Nice job/car.

Theres a guy on the Torino Forum that bought the molds to reproduce the nose. He bought it from a guy who had been sitting on them for a long time.

He might repo a few to sell he says.


Tore

We had that mold made back in 1989, Lot of work to get a finished product but the guy who mad the mold did a nice job. the whole front end, minus the hood, is one piece.

Did John Freeman buy the mold from you?

Tore

VERY sweet! Imagine the crowd you'd draw at a big all Ford show.

damn thats a unique deal ....love the lines of the front end

I am looking for the two guys who restored the KC,Steve( FRom Conn?) and his freind. I am the owner.Juyst wanted to chat nwith you guys and take a look atyour photos b4 and during. Wanted to add you guys to the history. She is a BEAST, Tuff to handel at 120, all over the road, needed a rear wing that Ford was working b4 the plug was pulled. Thanks

Glad you found us, there are certainly a lot of Ford nostalgia freaks here on the board. We love cars like this.

Cool, tell us some more about its history.