Ford in 1970 was a strange place to be. Henry Ford II had punted Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen out of the president role in 1969, and for all but a the last couple weeks of 1970, that position would remain vacant. Executive Vice President Lee Iacocca jumped into the role and immediately got to work, and one of his first targets was the mid-size car that would debut for the 1970 model year. Iacocca green-lit it after just one viewing, but as far as how the name “Falcon” returned onto the Torino line after being canned as a small-car line not a few months before is a mystery that probably will never be solved. But it did happen, if only for a short bit of time: the last 1970½ Falcons (designated as such because there were a very limited run of what had been the 1969 model with 1970 VINs) were built in July and afterwards, it was purely Torino.
$2,500 is the going rate for this 302-powered Falcon. The grille is missing, the interior needs help, the paint is…well, there, at least…and those wheels! I haven’t seen a set of those wheels on anything other than a slammed 1980s Mazda mini-truck! Our recommendations: interior work, Wimbledon white paint with blackout trim paint, steel wheels with the Ford dog dish caps, and carpeting, Get that poor taxicab two-door up and moving properly!
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