1975 Ford Elite In family since new nice survivor

Introduced in 1974, he Ford Elite was produced for the North American market until 1976. Based on Ford's Torino, he Elite was a two-door coupe that was a much more affordable personal luxury vehicle in comparison to the Thunderbird. It was intended to compete with the Chrysler Cordoba and the Chevy Monte Carlo. Basically, the Elite was a concurrent Mercury Cougar XR-7 with just a minor front end restyle. The Elite was offered during the beginning of the 'personal luxury' car craze that began during this time period.A sub-model of the Torino, he Elite was advertised on its own with the side script saying 'Gran Torino Elite' and model would be both titled and registered as a Gran Torino. From 1975 through 1976 the Elite was finally its own full model and it featured the 'Elite' side script. The Elite was a very popular car in its own right and sold very well in all three production years.The Gran Torino Elite featured all of the requisite features like the stand-up hood ornament, ear quarter opera windows, andau vinyl roof and many other period features. The standard engine in the vehicle was the 5.8L V8, nd the 6.6L and 7.5L V8's engines as optional. The only transmission available was a 3-speed and a column-shift with a front bench seat or a console-mounted shift with buckets could be purchased as optional. On all models including the base was full instrumentation that included a tachometer. There were basically no changes for 1976 other than a few colors and the catalytic converter becoming standard on a few models, epending on where the model was sold. The Ford range was completely restructured and downsized and the Elite name was dropped from the line after 1976. Unfortunately the Elite was a short-lived model and the Thunderbird was reduced in size and price drastically for the 1977 model year, nd moved to the old Torino platform. The Torino was replaced by the LTD II. Continuing under the more-popular Thunderbird name, he larger Elite was discontinued.We inherited this from the estate of my wifes aunt whom purchased it new. The car was garage kept most of it's life and received just one repaint. Car is equipped with a 351 windsor which runs very smooth, ower steering, isc brakes, /c, m-fm radio still works, ll glass is in nice shape, ights work as should, oor buzzers still work, pare tire like new, oors open and shut as they did in 1975. This car is in need of a good quality paint job. There are 2 small rust areas at the corners of the back window, lso missing the bottom trim piece on the rear window, here are rust holes on each side of the trunk drip rail that need repaired, he trunk pan and all floor pans are very solid, he car is super straight with the exception of the passenger side fender which sustained damage during a blowout, wo small repairable dents above the tire area and the wheel weld molding was damaged beyond repair, t needs replaced. There is no title, ot required in Georgia on a vehicle of this age, t will come with a legal Georgia bill of sale and a current registration which you may use to obtain any necessary documents to obtain a registration and plate in your state. Please ask all questions prior to bidding, ayment must be received in full within 7 days of auction end, ar should be picked up promptly there after, lease give 24 hour notice if you are using a transport company for shipping or if you are picking up in person.