1975 Gran Torino Squire - British Columbia - $2,200

This isn't my car, just posting an ad I found on Kijiji.

http://bc.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles...orino-Squire-station-wagon-W0QQAdIdZ464767719

I have a soft spot for the 75 Gran Torino Squire as my dad had one when I was a kid. This one doesn't look too, too bad, other than for the weird lights on the roof rack. The interior doesn't look too bad either, minus a couple of tears.

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1975 Ford Gran Torino Squire station wagon, 400m engine 3 speed auto trans. Runs, drives & shifts good and is reliable and safe transportation. Steering and braking both good, steering is still tight. Has new thermostatic choke, starter solinoid, NGK wires and plugs, cap & rotor, fuel filter, Edelbrock chrome open element air filter, Thrush welded (same as flowmaster 44) performance muffler straight piped exhaust. Body and interior in great shape for the year, easy restoration project. Leather interior seats are good shape but stitching is undoing along seams.

price is $2200

Like New 15" Winter tires on rims available for $500 extra. Like New used this season - Set of 4 Arctic Claw Winters studded 235/75R15" Studs and Tire tread still perfect condition. Tires cost $160x4 = $640 plus tax, Rims cost $50 x 4 = $200 plus tax, studding cost $25 x 4 = $100 plus tax, mounting and balancing $15 x 4 = $60 plus tax Total cost for rims, tires, studs and mounting and balancing = $1000 plus tax

Price with Winters on rims $2700

 

Ummmm, a link would kinda cool........ but if the link has no pics, don't bother

 

whoops http://bc.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles...orino-Squire-station-wagon-W0QQAdIdZ464767719

 

Looks like a pretty nice Torino. The asking price seems reasonable.

That looks like the Brougham interior, but it is vinyl rather than leather. Needs some more photos . Cannot tell if it has power windows which would add to its appeal (at least to me).

 

Sadly it looks like it lacks A/C. Pretty common on the cars that old from Canada.

 

Yeah, lack of A/C is very common on older cars this side of the fence.

 

I think it does have A/C. Look at the lower right hand corner of this photo. They look like an A/C compressor and belt to me.

What are even more interesting are the gauges mounted on the firewall in the upper left hand corner. :confused:

 

Sorry, no A/C. The compressor would be mounted in the middle, top, of the engine, in front of the distributor. No cruise, either. Does look solid over all. There is something about the stance that makes me a bit uneasy about this one. I would want to go over it thoroughly.

 

I'm thinking this will be a local sale, thats a long drive to view it.......

Beautiful part of the world though.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&rl...a&sa=X&ei=yixDUdzrFYifrAH5roD4CA&ved=0CHoQtgM

 

Yeah, I started noticing that trend a few years ago. One interesting wagon I remember was a 1972 Kingswood Estate that was loaded with everything except A/C! Then I started seeing a few cars like the 70s Electras and other big luxury cars without A/C and the trend was that they were either Canadian cars, or from the northern United States. Most of the cars down here in the southern USA had the A/C option. We all know it can still get hot up north and in Canada, I guess its where it was short-lived ( the heat ) that many chose not to get A/C. I think these days though its hotter than it was 30-40 years ago.

On the flip side, most of the northern cars you see with the rear window defog or defrost option, those were the options rare on the southern cars back then.

I thought so too at first, but also if you look closely at the enlarged pic of the instrument panel, you can see the only selection is "off / heat / defrost", then as Mike mentioned where the compressor should be seems void on this one.

Agreed.