1968 Ford Torino Flip Top Funny Car

During the 1968 Flip Top Funny Car racing season, no vehicle broke more ground then the Coleman Taylor Ford Torino out of Memphis, Tennessee. It sports one of the most unusual body styles in the class, and along with its Logghe chassis and 427 Supercharged and fuel injected SOHC motors, burning large amounts of nitromethane, it proved to be one of the most competitive funny cars running the circuit.

The Coleman family had a storied history of racing in various circuits throughout the country, but it was in the trench wars of nitro funny car racing that they made their lasting mark on the class, and in Drag Racing.

When the Torino was originally built it sported the finest equipment that money could buy. The Logghe chassis combined with a Fiberglass LTD body, the aluminum interior work by Al Bergler and the SOHC motor made it an almost unbeatable combination on both the national and match race circuit.

The meticulous restoration you see here represents an era before the advent of aero and 'mini' bodies that were to debut in funny car racing in 1969.