Rarest Ford Muscle Car Produced In The '70s

Insight summary

• •The rarest Ford muscle car from the 1970s is the 1970 Ford Torino King Cobra, with only three units ever produced.
• •The King Cobra was developed to compete in NASCAR against Mopar's Plymouth Superbird but was canceled before full production.
• •The car featured a redesigned aerodynamic nose inspired by the Ford GT40 to compete at high speeds but experienced dangerous front-end lift.
• •The King Cobra had a 429 cubic-inch Cobra Jet V8 engine producing 370 horsepower and could run a quarter-mile in around 12.2 seconds.
• •Aerodynamic flaws and increased homologation requirements, combined with budget cuts, likely led to the cancellation of the King Cobra program.
• •The existing three cars are now in private collections and represent a lost chapter in Ford muscle car history.
• •The King Cobra’s performance was comparable to its Mopar competitors, with targeted top speeds over 200 mph.