1974 Ford Elite Reviews, Pricing & Specs

love my car not too many left mines mint stored in barn 15 yrs then sat outside another 5yrs has 80,000 miles on it starts and runs great when ever and runs where ever big enough for family rides plus lots in trunk changed trns to an aod out of a 91 t bird super coup for overdrive and 3 5 0 rear gears took off all trim looks better added a 4 inch coul hood creagers this car gets lots of looksJul 20, 2009

This '74 Gran Torino Elite was the strongest car I've owned. Unfortunately it probably cost me the most on repairs. The C6 tranny would fry out once a year, up until I installed a low stall torque converter. The higher stall torque converter would burn out the clutches. I painted the car myself, and wanted it stripped to the metal. But I made the mistake of taking off the factory primer. I had no idea it was so thick and didn't know how well it had protected the car... up until I took it off. Then, the car rotted. And it rotted from the inside out, it seemed, because all of a sudden there was huge holes that were too bad to fix. I also painted my other Elite, and left the factory primer on. That car is still good to this day, and I painted it 21yrs. ago with Tremclad.Oct 20, 2007