A must have Torino!!! 70 429 SCJ 4 speed Tasca drag pack

Oh how I wish I could buy this!

https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/5454307707.html



1970 Ford Torino Big block 429 SCJ 4-speed Drag Pack

This is one of the good ones - Buy it now and hold as a keeper
Drive and enjoy while your investment appreciates

A True TASCA Ford factory drag pack car!!!
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Super low production numbers
1 of 241 TOTAL Produced 429 Super Cobra Jets
1 of 125 Total SCJ 4-Speeds

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Thanks!

 

You and me both, one can always dream. Price seems low for that rare of a car

 

That's what I thought. I've have a couple Torinos, a 70 GT 351 4 speed, a 71 302 coupe and a 70 Type N/W, this one would be the icing on the cake!

 

Neato!!!

The SCJ production number is no doubt just for Torino GT, Cobra models had probably 6-8x the amount of SCJs... Plus there were a hand full of Rancheros produced with SCJ... Still all considered, rare...

 

Reading between the lines, it was probably sold by Tasca Ford, of Providence Rhode Island, but likely not campaigned by Tasca Racing

 

You are exactly right, Tom. Many of the 71's were even rarer yet.

Little known fact is that Ford had an excess of the 4 bolt main SCJ blocks and they stuffed them into some of the non-SCJ(drag pack) optioned cars to rid their inventory around mid-71 production. Seen more than couple guys dancing around and fist pumping when they discover that they have an original 4 bolt SCJ block in their CJ and non-CJ optioned cars.

Every time I see these J-code cars(ram-air CJ/SCJ) I feel the pain and stupidity for getting rid of my 71 GT/SCJ to help fund the hot rodding of a 1990 Infiniti Q45. Even writing it out for others to see sounds ridiculously stupidly. Was a 170+mph car but not worth the cost and loss of something like this. And to make matters worse I had put hideaways, louvers, and a chin spoiler on it. The ONLY thing I didn't care for was the automatic but the 3.91 rear gear made up for it well enough. Knew a couple guys with 4.30 equipped SCJ cars too. Mine was purchased in Walla Walla Washington when we lived in Seattle and I was always surprised at how many CJ and SCJ cars were running around that state back then. Compression was already good and they just needed to kill the rev limiter, install headers and a stick a little stouter solid cam in to run deep into the 12's all day long. Slicks and some tuning and it really started getting interesting. Even closer to bone stock mine broke the tires in second while drifting sideways and scratched third. I miss it just about every single day and probably always will.

Mine was same exact color blue as shown above when we bought it and eventually ended up back to the metallic royal maroon(can't remember the actual color name but wasn't red) factory color. Rarer color for that year as well.

 

Talk about an oddball, a friend of mine had the "Falcon" version of the Torino, which was ordered with a 429 SCJ and a toploader. It didn't even have any carpet!

He ditched the rev limiter, installed a bigger cam, headers, threw on some slicks and ran consistent 12.30's with the factory shaker still installed. Rev'ed the snot out of it too.

 

Only ever seen one in person tge rest in magazines but those are ultra rare BIG DOLLAR cars. Most don't realize the SCJ motors(CJ's too when hopped up to similar spec's) will EASILY Rev to 7,000 all day long in 100 degree heat. I know because I took mine to So Cal and did just that. Shorter 3.59 stroke combined with big bore loves to rev with those big port heads. Exhaust is a bit horrible but a grinder and headers fixes much of that weakness.

 

The Falcon badge used to confuse everyone considering the paradigm for what a Falcon was. Even some Ford guys didn't believe Ford did that. The car was ultimately taken off the street and tubbed. Otherwise, it looked bone stock. He later swapped out the 429 for a 514 stroker. The car ran 11 teens with that powertrain.

I had a rare one too. A 71 four door Torino with a factory 351C 4V with duals. The thing was deceptively fast on the street, but cackled like heck on pump gas. I was too greedy to pull timing out of it.

 

I know exactly what you mean after having more than a few of these. torinos, rancheros, and even a 1 year only model '70 Fairlane 500 wagon with same torino frontend. Sold the ported hi-po heads already but parts of that wagon motor is what's going in the Comet right now. Imagine the look on Mustang 5.0 and 350 powered iroc owners faces when a big old wagon(I was smart enough to gut it) pulls past them by the end of first gear. Some would even follow to find out what motor it was running. "Just a little 302". Priceless memories.

 

Which engine would be the most desirable 427-428-429 in all there different combinations cj - scj - side oiler. I have been working on a guy to get a 69 Mach 1 428 cj automatic and just about have it in my possession. Been sitting in his garage for 20+ years it was his first car but he is not a car guy he is just waiting for his son to graduate then he will be moving and wont be taking it with him.

 

The 427 and especially 429 have shorter stroke so rev better than 428, 7Gs will have 428CJ rods venting the pan... The SCJ 428 used 427 rods but are heavier, old school class racers used to run prepped CJ rods as they claimed to gain a tenth... BUT because of it's long stroke, the 428 generally feels better on the street as it makes more torque down low...

A kid down street from where I grew up had a '70 SCJ Cobra... I went by there one day and it was wadded up with RF wheel and suspension in the glove box... Hot damn, Mark's killed it, I'm gettin' a SCJ I thought... When I opened the hood it had a 390... Huh WTH?? Hey Mark what happened to the 429??? Awww it kept bending push rods so Porky & Lee(local racers) fixed it for me, swapped in this engine a couple months ago that they said won't bend them... Arghhh they beat me to it....

 

If you can get that CJ Mustang right, buy it! The 428 CJ is a real torque monster, but can be fragile in stock form. I holed one back in the mid 70's when I owned a 69 Mach with a 428 CJ (rod). If you get real lucky, it will have a 428 SCJ which came with 427 Lemans rods. Alas.....great rods, crappy bolts. Replace the bolts with some good ARP stuff and you had a pretty good street motor.

 

You and Tom are spot on. There were TONS of warranty claims on the 428's due to tossed rods and bearings being knocked out of them back in those days. In fact, I remember my uncle mentioning about some old racer telling some younger kid with a CJ Mustang that if he ever wanted to upgrade his motor for free?.. just let off the gas really quick at about 110 mph in 4th gear. Doesn't sound too safe to be driving over your pan just to get a new motor.. but you get the point.

 

If I were interested in having a 428 CJ assembled for me, I would travel to Chatham, Ontario and look up "Barrie Poole". He doesn't race anymore, but he knows the 428 CJ as good as anyone in North America.