The following came from Walt Barnes of Kaua'i, Hawaii.  Walt writes "Nice pages.  I always enjoy seeing old Torino pics.  Or is it new pics of old Torinos.  Well, anyway, you know what I mean.   I briefly owned a 1970 429CJ Cobra back in 1970, but I traded it for a factory 429SCJ Torino hardtop.  That’s right, not a Cobra, not a GT, not even a fastback.  It was a Ram Air 4-speed with a Detroit locker and oil cooler and all the other SCJ stuff but had a 3.00:1 rear gear.  It was also balanced and blueprinted from the factory and pulled happily past 6800-RPM every time I asked it to.  It consistently ran 13.95 to 14.2 at 100 to 102 MPH through the quarter for the 7 years and 62,000 miles I had it. It was a brass hat car if you’re familiar with them.  They were sometimes called executive cars and built by the factory for the Ford brass or for other special purposes and subsequently auctioned off.  Near as I can tell it was a “special order” made to loan out to magazines for testing.  A car with my description was mentioned in passing in a couple of Torino reviews of period magazines.  I got it from a Ford dealer friend-of-the-family who saw it at the factory auction in Detroit and knew we’d want it. Anyway, I’m driving a 429 CJ Ranchero now.  Please feel free to add a Ranchero pic from my site at http://www.walt-n-anne.com/Ranchero/ranchero.htm to your guest Torino photos if a bastard Ranchero is appropriate.  (Bastard because… Ford never put a GT hood and GT hidden headlights on a Ranchero Squire.  Nor did they every paint a Ranchero Squire Competition Yellow.  We won’t even talk about 17” wheels, LOL.  But RestoMod is where my heart’s at.  Good luck with your Torino and keep up the good work.  Walt Barnes aka Thunder Snake #8".

Fantastic car Walt, and what a rarity (wow).  I love the hide-aways.....now about this living in Hawaii stuff (I'm jealous).....