Thought you all might like this. It was an article from a 2002 Popular Mechanics. I Was not sure if it should go here or in the nascar section so ill just put it here.

http://books.google.com/books?id=WM8...epage&q&f=true

This is the link to the entire magazine archive for that month but i dont know any other way to do it

 

...Hi `Lou, thanks for sharing/posting...
It's a great article on the comparision 4-Sure : )

 

I read that article years ago, and it was fun to read it again. Back then, my dad talked about how the cars looked nothing like the street versions. Oh, how that car was a spitting image of the street car compared to the COT!!! I would like to find a way to compare my '68 Torino to it's NASCAR brethren!

http://bringatrailer.com/2007/04/04/...ar-torino-427/

 

Hi `Duane,
I am sure if your search the web, I am sure that you will find a way...
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z...rd-Torino.aspx



Below are a few links, if you have not already viewed them, and if you have ?, I am sure a few member's will enjoy : ) Sorry `Lou for the highjack...but we just love all kinds of rides on the MCF : )
1972 Ford Gran Torino NASCAR edition HD

- 2 min - Feb 19, 2010 - Uploaded by FordTorino72
Here are different pictures from the '72 Gran Torino in Nascar racing. Different drivers as Bobby Isaac, Dick Brooks and Donnie Allison ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYCvrbjTtA - more videos »

HowStuffWorks "1969 Ford Talladega: A Profile of a Muscle Car"

The 1969 Ford Talladega was the street version of a NASCAR racer. ... That made racing versions legal. See more pictures of muscle cars. ... When the King Cobra version of the redesigned '70 Torino disappointed in testing, ...
musclecars.howstuffworks.com › ... › Classic Muscle Cars - Cached - Similar
1969 Ford Torino Talladega | NewsOK.com

Feb 23, 2010 ... As most people know, the cars that compete on today's NASCAR racing circuit have ... Photoview all photos · 1969 Ford Torino Talladega ...
newsok.com/1969-ford-torino-talladega/article/3441605 - Cached

 

I wonder how close that '68 would be Im sure alot closer than today

 

The body lines and the block match, that's about all. They gutted the interior, welded in different floor pans, sometimes even set the body on a different chassis. I saw a picutre of a Benny Parsons car once that actually used the same shock towers for the back.

http://www.legendarycollectorcars.co...a-torino-1969/

And here is the shock tower location, on teh stock car, you do have to climb through the trunk to get to the top bolts on the shocks..... and there isn't a boot on them, just a rubber plug.



Come to think of it, the valve covers look a bit like the ones on my 390... and they were the same for all FE block engines, so there you go.