7539 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite Gateway Classic Cars of St. Louis

, 7539 For sale in our St. Louis showroom is a 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite. Introduced in the mid 1974, the Elite which was based on the Ford Torino but essentially was a Mercury Cougar XR7 with some restyling. Ford introduced the Elite to compete with Chevrolet s Monte Carlo and the Chrysler Cordoba and advertised the car as a more affordable luxury car than the Thunderbird. This 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite is powered by its original, rebuilt 351 CID Cleveland V8 Engine and is backed by a 3speed automatic transmission. The car has just 81, 887 on the odometer, which are believed to be original miles, with the engine having less than 2, 000 miles on the rebuild. This car was brought back here to the Midwest a few years ago from California and was very well preserved. This Gran Torino Elite was repainted back in 2011 with a gorgeous blue exterior color and also had the white vinyl top replaced which complement each other very nicely. The interior is a matching blue vinyl and is optioned with front bucket s