but they sure did boycott NASCAR for the next five or so years. Any help anybody got came out the back door." See All 5 Photos There were three Torino-based King Cobra prototypes built, ...

The resulting prototype called Torino King Cobra was set to debut during the 1970 NASCAR season and to gain homologation, a limited run of street-legal versions was scheduled. The initial plan was ...

It was born as a result of Ford’s desire to get back at the top of NASCAR racing ... Jet V8 under the hood. The Ford Torino Cobra was introduced in 1970, the same production year the car ...

NASCAR had no problem with that kind of ... Ford needed to do something drastic. The street Torino was new for 1970 (upper picture), but rather than graft a simple aero nosecone onto the ends ...

if not for some different homologation rules established in 1970. The Torino King Cobra never made it to production and never competed in NASCAR, but three examples exist including this one now ...

Moore's cars were always fast; his Boss 302 clenched the 1970 Trans-Am title with Trans ... finishes before briefly retiring from NASCAR. The Ford Torino that goes up for sale January 18 th ...

Trust us, the car you see here is the rarest. See All 8 Photos This is a 1970 Torino Cobra Jet Twister Special, equipped with a 429-cubic-inch Super Cobra Jet V-8 engine (with a stout rotating ...

Editor's note: Former NASCAR driver Pete Hamilton passed away Tuesday at the age of 74. This was written about his 1970 Daytona 500 ... Co. countered with the Torino Talladega and Mercury Cyclone ...