{"id":55673,"date":"2020-11-24T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=55673"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:09:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:09:45","slug":"ford-torino-talladega-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ford-torino-talladega-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Torino Talladega Prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NASCAR races are less popular in Continental Europe than they are in the US. There the fans celebrate their drivers and the corresponding cars like heroes. The most successful brands include Chevrolet, Dodge and Ford. In the 1960s, however, Ford lost ground as they invested a lot of time, money and effort in the sports car project around the GT40 to beat Ferrari in Le Mans and in the World Sports Car Championship. To counteract this trend, Ford developed a sportier version of the Fairlane Torino in the development department’s hall, internally known as the ‘X Garage’ and unmarked from the outside. This mid-size series first appeared on the market in 1968 and was produced 172,083 times in the first model year alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To develop the new sports version, the X Garage received two Fastback Coup\u00e9s directly from the production line in Lorain, Ohio. These vehicles arrived in September 1968 and were immediately converted. Then they were fitted with ram-air air intakes in the hood, an interior with sports bucket seats in black vinyl and a center console in between. They also had air conditioning, independently styled rocker panels, chrome rims, C-shaped decorative stickers on the sides and special aluminium T-badges. The result of these efforts was the limited edition Torino Talladega. The additional name referred to the Talladega oval race track, which was still under construction at the time and was opened in 1969 by Bill France. Interestingly, in the series production, the sports seats gave way to a continuous bench. In addition, the series cars were equipped with horizontally arranged parking lights in the front fenders and hood pins. The only paint colors available were ‘Royal Maroon’ (red), ‘Presidential Blue’ or ‘Wimbledon White’.<\/p>\n\n\n

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