Hello Adam, this 66 Toronado is spectacular!!! This was such a trailblazer for General Motors & is a real work of art!! This beauty looks like it just rolled off the assembly line!!! 👍👍🙂
I’ve owned a 66 Toronado and a 68 Eldorado. I still own a 36 Cord Westchester. The only Riviera I had was a 63 but they are still one of GM’s best looking cars of the era.
That’s so beautiful. I had a friend in high school who’s dad had just bought a new 66 Toronado in the same color. I got to ride home in it one afternoon and I’ve never forgotten it. I think that are looks amazing in that color.
The 60s was a great time to grow up. Especially in the Detroit area. The auto industry was in full competition mode from design to function. As a young child, I picked up on this early on. Every fall was so exciting to see the new models that were just starting to show up on the cities streets. This car was so different in its looks. You just knew it was special. Thank you Adam for preserving and presenting them to us for our viewing pleasure!👍🏻👊🏻🇺🇲
You're correct on all points. I was born in 1953, and by 1960 fall had become my favorite season. Seeing the new cars was better than Christmas morning. I remember how General Motors teased the whole country with magazine ads anticipating the Tornado. When word went through town that Weihl Oldsmobile had one in the showroom, my best friend and I (we're still friends today) rode our bikes down to see it. We were just gobsmacked. It was silver with a black interior, which was not common then. We both felt we had seen the future.
Thank you for sharing such wonderful memories. I really love hearing these kind of stories. Guys like myself who grew up loving everything made in the golden era detroit ( but not born until 1988) can only ever enjoy it through the memories of those who lived it. Thanks again sir for sharing. 🤝
@@tombrown1898I was born in ‘54 and had a similar love for the new entries in the Fall. What was truly special about cars back then was that every year there was enough exterior updating to make them instantly recognizable by year as well as trim level. Not so today. For example, the last generation of Impala that ran from 2014 - 2020 had the exact same exterior for all seven years, the only difference being trim badging (“LTZ” became “Premier”, for example). I miss those annual updates as well as the interior color choices.
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What wonderful cars, I remember well the first Toronado I saw as a child, it was pulling itself up a curved incline in our neighborhood and I loved it. Now, these decades later my 1973 Cadillac has the same transmission and front suspension and I appreciate the Toronado all the more!
That is one BEAUTIFUL car! Made during the time when LOOKS, as much as performance, sold cars. Just look at the amount of room to work on the engine, and despite the distributor being on the rear of the block, those Delco slide in points, and the ease of adjusting the dwell, made the job simple, most noticeably in that you can adjust the dwell with the engine running.
My Uncle Don bought one of these used in 67 or 68. I was about 12 at the time and thought it was just the coolest car I could imagine. Yours is absolutely beautiful. It’s always interesting how different folks option their cars - the original owner went with the deluxe interior and polished wheels, but no A/C or power windows. Awesome car just the same…
I had never seen this color until it popped up on your channel. The 1966 Toronado is by far one of my top three or four favorite cars of all time, and this one is just spectacular. Well done Adam!
Hello Adam. Nice feature video, as usual. My description: Chiseled, Futuristic timeless styling. Completely unique. This design does not seem to " borrow" from any other.
The #1 classic car in my list that I'd love to buy if I could: the 1966 Olds Toronado. In 1971, as the Eldorado got redesigned, Olds inherited its original 1967 design, which they used all the way to 1978. The gentleman that designed this car took design cues from the Cord 810/812, which was also a fwd car, and his inspiration when designing this beauty.
Gorgeous car! One of the best colors too! Totally agree that the 66 styling was so much better than 67. The egg crate grill was just change for the sake of change, but it did not look nearly as good with the car as the 66 horizontal grill.
For little reflectors in tail lamps, turn signals, and cornering lights, I use aluminum HVAC tape to brighten them up when the original silvering has failed. This works amazingly well - and is super easy since you just cut the tape to the right size and stick it on. I've added it to lamps where the original "reflector" wasn't even silvered and it helps too - some dome lights are like this. I don't think this would work well for composite headlights since the reflector for those needs to be a mirror finish.
I've done this and also upgraded the bulbs. A 2357 bulb has 8 more candlepower on high than an 1157 but the same on low. It does draw slightly more power and will change your turn signal flash rate unless you upgrade the flasher too. It doesn't bother me so I didn't change my flasher. It will produce slightly more heat so if your housing is small or the lens is close to the bulb it's something to consider. Lifetime is shorter but on a collector car that's not really a concern. There is also a similar upgrade for 1156 bulbs that I don't remember. If you have a newer car with 3156/3157 bulbs there is a similar upgrade path with the 3457.
@@bwofficial1776 I put some of the lamps designed for a Honda in my old Benz... I forget the number, but they have the same base as an 1156 which my Benz used. They have a cylindrical shape, and are MUCH brighter than the original lamps. They don't last as long, and do get quite a bit hotter. But IMO the improvement in brightness is worth it.
The AMC v8 engines had the oil fill tubes in the same spot. I have a 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer with a 360, and had a Jeep J10 truck with a 304. They are great engines, by the way. Love the 66 Olds Toronado. Beautiful car!
I have the vintage 1966 Toronado diecast toy from Corgi (the Golden Jacks series) which is the same color and in pristine condition (always kept in its box). I'm glad to see a detailed demo of the real car. Superb condition! Thanks for sharing!
My only knowledge of the Toronado came from the Corgi Toys catalogues I pored over in the late 1960s, and somehow I was very intrigued by that particular model. I have very rarely seen one in the flesh, they were and are very rare in Europe.
Hi Adam Mark. Your car looks stunning after the detailing and has inspired me to get my low mileage original 67 Toronado Deluxe and have it detailed. I personally think to make those lovely chrome wheels look even better is to have the drums coloured in dark grey to highlight the wheels. I’m so glad I purchased this car a few years ago and now realising how unique they are. There is only about 10 known 66 and 67 Toronado’s in Australia. Your car as I’ve said before, the jewel in the crown.
I bought a 1968 Toronado. Was the 3rd owner. It was in marvelous condition, and I kept it for 13 years before allowing somebody else to own it. It was my pride and joy, a thrill to drive, and turned heads where ever I went.
Congratulations, that’s a beautiful Toronado. In my opinion the first two years of this model are both unique and great looking. Back in the late ‘70s I owned two of my favorite cars at the same time, a ‘ 70 LS-6, 4 speed Chevelle and a ‘67 Toronado.
The second piece of the lens acts as a diffuser, and helps to shape the illumination for better coverage. Like a fresnel lens in old timey theatre lights, or lighthouses.
Absolutely gorgeous car. My parents took my sister and I on a test drive in a new 66 Oldsmobile Toronado at Van Wyck Oldsmobile in suburban Philadelphia(no longer in business) when looking for a replacement for their frost green 63 Dodge convertible. My mom loved the looks (it was merlot red) and the capabilities of front wheel drive in the Pennsylvania snowy winters. My father didn't like the take it or leave it attitude of the Oldsmobile salesman. Down Route 1 to the Chevrolet dealer we went to look at a beautiful but more conventional burgundy new "66 Caprice custom coupe. Now my father and mother were in agreement, they fangled a reasonable price, and signed up for the brand new Caprice coupe. My father loved that car... always said it was the nicest car my folks owned.
What a beautiful car which was built at a time when style mattered. One interesting thing to note was the missing side vent windows. I thought GM eliminated them in 1969, but I see that your Eldo is the same. I miss having the vent windows. We could open them up fully to get that extra blast of cooling air. A/C was something only the fancy cars had.
GM eliminated vent windows on full size cars for the 1969 model year. The vents were eliminated on a few full-size two-door hardtop’s before that year such as the Pontiac Grand Prix in 1967.
we had factory air on our 1957 dodge station wagon--dad was an average salesman--people always wanted to see it---cadilacs and lincolns had it way before
My uncle had a ‘67 that was given to him. The car was theft proof. It had an electric fuel pump and the wiring failed. He just spliced it into the parking lights. You hade to have the lights on to drive the car. Loved that car. And it was fast on the interstate
Perfect personal luxury automobile, nothing over the top. Nice rumble from the exhaust without being obnoxious. Beautiful lines. My stodgy old farmer uncle bought one of these new in 1966. I was just a kid and fell in love with it myself. He loves showing off the front wheel drive in the snow. In 1966 with that weight in the front wheel drive he really could go just about anywhere. That vehicle you would get hung up well before you would ever get stuck!
What a wonderful and unusual car, from a time when automakers weren't so terrified to take risks and cars were statements of personality and not just appliances. Thanks so very much for sharing!
One of my all time favorites, a true lotto/bucket list car. Can you do a favor? Please please get the engine bay detailed? A car as stunning as this deserved the full treatment! 🥰
One of my favorite vehicle designs. My first memory of the ‘66 Toronado was as a kid visiting Atlantic City, NJ with my parents and seeing a display of one up on its side to highlight the FWD drivetrain. It made an impression on me. I eventually got one in this same color, though mine was a Corgi car. Still have it! The headlights open and close. Maybe I will find a full size one some day. Thanks for all your great videos.
My buddy had a neighbor that had one of these in sky blue, way back in the 80s. What a beautiful car. And the sound out of that 425 was just to die for. It had the muscle car sound, but was this elegant cruiser. I still can't get over that TH425. Its such a wierd transmission and final drive. I love your videos, I always lean a bunch of new facts about cool rare cars.
Really cool cars, good friends of mine growing up their dad had the Chevy, Olds dealership, he had a new Tornado demonstrator every year, man they were cool and would fly 🎉
I was hoping you would do an update on this fabulous car! Nice to see you have removed the aftermarket parts as well. Looks even more stunning all detailed up!
Cool, beautiful car. It's interesting that they didn't have wing windows. I thought GM did away with those in 1968, but I guess this 1966 car was ahead of it's time in more ways than one.
When the Toronados were first introduced I was enchanted. That same year a GM technical institute representative came to my school and made a very cool presentation - I was all ears and questions for the poor guy as I was enamored with the direction of automotive technology of that time. I even bought and built a model of it. LOLOL! Great presentation, great memories for this old man.
That's a beautiful car. I've probably said this before but I had (and miss dearly) a '67 Deluxe. It was Sauterne with a Champagne interior and vinyl roof. Mine had the A/C, power windows, seats and trunk release. It didn't have the power door locks. It was an awesome car.
A beautiful car I saw one of these a few days ago here in the NJ Metro area, not quite as nice an example as this one, but pretty sweet overall. These are beautifully styled cars among the best of the era. I love the cornering lamps and the look at the chassis from the ramps. I realize everybody has a budget and you may not have the clearance in your garage but a lift/Quick Jacks would bring the chassis vids to another level 👍🏽
Very beautiful car! GM was really knocking it out of the park back then I didn’t know the TH 425 also got the switch pitch converter Btw International Harvester V8s had the same oil filler
Stunning car Adam. Just a juicy color combo. So nice looking without the vinyl top that seemed to be on all of them back then. On the 1967 Toronado owned many years ago, when driving on the highway and punching it, the whole front end would rise up and lighten, ala front wheel drive with all that torque!
Love the chrome wheels and the cutouts in the rear bumper for the dual exhaust. You can really hear that big 425 at the end of the video. Small Block Chevys had a similar oil fill tube until maybe the mid '60s or so. Didn't the Ford Y block have a rear distributor too? I think I heard that the rear distributor causes more issues with radio interference. '93 Camaro headlight bulbs would've worked well on the Toronado.
WOW! what a car! I love the color and that air filter housing in fact every thing about it. General Motors engineering a styling at there best. My uncle (Dads brother) was a big fan of Oldsmobiles. He told me he almost a bought a Toronado in '66 but bought a Starfire because he got a better deal on it.
The Cord has been my favorite auto from back in the day and even maybe even in total. Great vintage cars you show in the videos and the level of solid, all originality is hard to believe.
Designed in a time when true artists were set free to give us works of absolute timelessness. This team definitely loved coming to work everyday. Their pride and joy is reflected in every detail
Adam, I’m glad you said the name of that beautiful color so I didn’t have to ask. I love some of those amazing colors that they had on those magnificent cars. I love the names they gave them, too. ‘Autumn Bronze’ is such a cool name for such an even more cool color. These days, the colors are all the same with different shades of silver, blue, red, black etc. it’s so boring and not distinctive, at all. There is only one color, today, that turns my head. I don’t know what it’s called but it looks like a deep candy apple red. I think it’s a Toyota but who knows. All the cars look the the same, these days, anyway. I, very much, enjoy your show and the amazing scope of knowledge that you display is sometimes overwhelming, yet much appreciated. I, also, really like your quirky sense of humor that pops up, once in a while. Great job, overall, across all spectrums of all things pertaining to classic automotive history. Thanks so much, Adam!
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I absolutely love the Toronados, Rivieras, and Eldorados from this era. Gorgeous works of art.
I do too. Was to young and not enough money at the time🏖️
A beautiful car ,I remember when they first came out in 66 and they still look fantastic 57 years later. Yours is gorgeous.
The epitome of styling that was simultaneously beautiful, head turning and timeless.
Hello Adam, this 66 Toronado is spectacular!!! This was such a trailblazer for General Motors & is a real work of art!! This beauty looks like it just rolled off the assembly line!!! 👍👍🙂
I’ve owned a 66 Toronado and a 68 Eldorado. I still own a 36 Cord Westchester. The only Riviera I had was a 63 but they are still one of GM’s best looking cars of the era.
Beautiful Olds, Adam. Nothing compares to the ‘66 Toronado in respect to design. Timeless piece of machinery you have there.
I still grieve the passing of Oldsmobile twenty years ago. You have done a tremendous job on the ‘66 Toronado. It looks like a piece of jewelry.
That’s so beautiful. I had a friend in high school who’s dad had just bought a new 66 Toronado in the same color. I got to ride home in it one afternoon and I’ve never forgotten it. I think that are looks amazing in that color.
One of the most striking and beautiful designs ever. And that color is spectacular! Just incredible.
I do not think I have ever in my life seen a better one and I am 60 years old. That is absolutely beautiful. Great job on the hubcaps
The 60s was a great time to grow up. Especially in the Detroit area. The auto industry was in full competition mode from design to function. As a young child, I picked up on this early on. Every fall was so exciting to see the new models that were just starting to show up on the cities streets. This car was so different in its looks. You just knew it was special. Thank you Adam for preserving and presenting them to us for our viewing pleasure!👍🏻👊🏻🇺🇲
You're correct on all points. I was born in 1953, and by 1960 fall had become my favorite season. Seeing the new cars was better than Christmas morning. I remember how General Motors teased the whole country with magazine ads anticipating the Tornado. When word went through town that Weihl Oldsmobile had one in the showroom, my best friend and I (we're still friends today) rode our bikes down to see it. We were just gobsmacked. It was silver with a black interior, which was not common then. We both felt we had seen the future.
I was born in the 1970s, and grew up in the 80s, not exactly the best decade for American cars, or cars in general.
Thank you for sharing such wonderful memories. I really love hearing these kind of stories. Guys like myself who grew up loving everything made in the golden era detroit ( but not born until 1988) can only ever enjoy it through the memories of those who lived it. Thanks again sir for sharing. 🤝
@@tombrown1898I was born in ‘54 and had a similar love for the new entries in the Fall. What was truly special about cars back then was that every year there was enough exterior updating to make them instantly recognizable by year as well as trim level. Not so today. For example, the last generation of Impala that ran from 2014 - 2020 had the exact same exterior for all seven years, the only difference being trim badging (“LTZ” became “Premier”, for example). I miss those annual updates as well as the interior color choices.
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What wonderful cars, I remember well the first Toronado I saw as a child, it was pulling itself up a curved incline in our neighborhood and I loved it. Now, these decades later my 1973 Cadillac has the same transmission and front suspension and I appreciate the Toronado all the more!
That is one BEAUTIFUL car! Made during the time when LOOKS, as much as performance, sold cars.
Just look at the amount of room to work on the engine, and despite the distributor being on the rear of the block, those Delco slide in points, and the ease of adjusting the dwell, made the job simple, most noticeably in that you can adjust the dwell with the engine running.
My Uncle Don bought one of these used in 67 or 68. I was about 12 at the time and thought it was just the coolest car I could imagine. Yours is absolutely beautiful. It’s always interesting how different folks option their cars - the original owner went with the deluxe interior and polished wheels, but no A/C or power windows. Awesome car just the same…
So thankful for these videos !
One of the most beautiful American cars ever made. This was the best year, and the best color for the Toronado. Just spectacular.
I had never seen this color until it popped up on your channel. The 1966 Toronado is by far one of my top three or four favorite cars of all time, and this one is just spectacular. Well done Adam!
A friend had one that color back in the 70’s.
I remember in 66 the one I saw was a dark gold color.
That was a high point in American design.
😎👍🏻 What an awesome looking Oldsmobile Toronado! A beautiful example of the groundbreaking design from Olds.😀
Thanks for sharing. The rear quarter panel and rear fender flair is a nice design aesthetic.
Very detailed flyover of this iconic beast. Much appreciated.
Hello Adam. Nice feature video, as usual. My description: Chiseled, Futuristic timeless styling. Completely unique. This design does not seem to " borrow" from any other.
Very futuristic and classic looking at the same time! Thanks for a great video!
It looks like all your cars. Gorgeous and enviable. Keep sharing your good fortune, we love it.
The #1 classic car in my list that I'd love to buy if I could: the 1966 Olds Toronado. In 1971, as the Eldorado got redesigned, Olds inherited its original 1967 design, which they used all the way to 1978. The gentleman that designed this car took design cues from the Cord 810/812, which was also a fwd car, and his inspiration when designing this beauty.
Gorgeous car! One of the best colors too! Totally agree that the 66 styling was so much better than 67. The egg crate grill was just change for the sake of change, but it did not look nearly as good with the car as the 66 horizontal grill.
Such a shame that they took a car this beautiful and diddled with it each succeeding year. By 1971 the car was just awful looking.
For little reflectors in tail lamps, turn signals, and cornering lights, I use aluminum HVAC tape to brighten them up when the original silvering has failed. This works amazingly well - and is super easy since you just cut the tape to the right size and stick it on. I've added it to lamps where the original "reflector" wasn't even silvered and it helps too - some dome lights are like this.
I don't think this would work well for composite headlights since the reflector for those needs to be a mirror finish.
My pop would stuff aluminum foil into his lights for this very reason. I tried it myself a time or two.
Excellent tip, thanks for sharing
I've done this and also upgraded the bulbs. A 2357 bulb has 8 more candlepower on high than an 1157 but the same on low. It does draw slightly more power and will change your turn signal flash rate unless you upgrade the flasher too. It doesn't bother me so I didn't change my flasher. It will produce slightly more heat so if your housing is small or the lens is close to the bulb it's something to consider. Lifetime is shorter but on a collector car that's not really a concern. There is also a similar upgrade for 1156 bulbs that I don't remember. If you have a newer car with 3156/3157 bulbs there is a similar upgrade path with the 3457.
@@bwofficial1776 I put some of the lamps designed for a Honda in my old Benz... I forget the number, but they have the same base as an 1156 which my Benz used. They have a cylindrical shape, and are MUCH brighter than the original lamps. They don't last as long, and do get quite a bit hotter. But IMO the improvement in brightness is worth it.
The AMC v8 engines had the oil fill tubes in the same spot. I have a 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer with a 360, and had a Jeep J10 truck with a 304. They are great engines, by the way. Love the 66 Olds Toronado. Beautiful car!
I can't believe you're the only one saying this. (I scrolled all the way down here to make sure at least someone did)
I have the vintage 1966 Toronado diecast toy from Corgi (the Golden Jacks series) which is the same color and in pristine condition (always kept in its box). I'm glad to see a detailed demo of the real car. Superb condition! Thanks for sharing!
My only knowledge of the Toronado came from the Corgi Toys catalogues I pored over in the late 1960s, and somehow I was very intrigued by that particular model. I have very rarely seen one in the flesh, they were and are very rare in Europe.
All around beautiful Toro. Love the Autumn bronze with bronze interior.
Car looks incredible - color and paint are perfect on the great shape!
"The Toronado of the 1970s refined the image even further. It was so exclusive that it had its own dedicated assembly line."
A truly magnificent automobile! Love your channel!
so beautiful and unique what a great piece of history
Hi Adam Mark. Your car looks stunning after the detailing and has inspired me to get my low mileage original 67 Toronado Deluxe and have it detailed. I personally think to make those lovely chrome wheels look even better is to have the drums coloured in dark grey to highlight the wheels. I’m so glad I purchased this car a few years ago and now realising how unique they are. There is only about 10 known 66 and 67 Toronado’s in Australia. Your car as I’ve said before, the jewel in the crown.
Absolutely the most beautiful Toronado I have ever seen. INCREDIBLE!
Gorgeous car, love the steering wheel and the interior, the color. I have a 71 Riviera and... I'm borderline jealous.
I bought a 1968 Toronado. Was the 3rd owner. It was in marvelous condition, and I kept it for 13 years before allowing somebody else to own it. It was my pride and joy, a thrill to drive, and turned heads where ever I went.
Congratulations, that’s a beautiful Toronado. In my opinion the first two years of this model are both unique and great looking. Back in the late ‘70s I owned two of my favorite cars at the same time, a ‘ 70 LS-6, 4 speed Chevelle and a ‘67 Toronado.
Beautiful job Adam. And the usual education. Cheers frum Canada.
Beautiful! One of my all-time favorite classic cars!
This color is very very beautiful and fits this car perfectly.👍
Great video..! The '66 Toro is one of my all-time favorite models, quirks and all.
Quirks and features! Beautiful inside and out, with an honest engine bay. One of your best, Adam.
I am 90 - Had one in 1968 - great car - ahead of its time --- great video - thankyou
It’s beautiful
I had a chance to ride and know of a car like this when I was a child.
The 1966 Oldsmobile Tornado is such a iconic, and beautiful automobile.
66 Toro is definitely on my wish list. Love the front end, love the quirky FWD with big V8, love the instrument cluster! Another great car Adam.
Beautiful car beautifully restored! Truly an American classic.
It's a beauty. I have always loved the muscle this car exudes. Front wheel drive and spectacular!
One of my Absolute Favs. Looks AMAZING! Lucky Guy
I always thought these cars were awesome and had an imposing presence whether on the road or parked. Great car and nice video!
A work of art! Excellent work Adam
The second piece of the lens acts as a diffuser, and helps to shape the illumination for better coverage. Like a fresnel lens in old timey theatre lights, or lighthouses.
Absolutely gorgeous car. My parents took my sister and I on a test drive in a new 66 Oldsmobile Toronado at Van Wyck Oldsmobile in suburban Philadelphia(no longer in business) when looking for a replacement for their frost green 63 Dodge convertible. My mom loved the looks (it was merlot red) and the capabilities of front wheel drive in the Pennsylvania snowy winters. My father didn't like the take it or leave it attitude of the Oldsmobile salesman. Down Route 1 to the Chevrolet dealer we went to look at a beautiful but more conventional burgundy new "66 Caprice custom coupe. Now my father and mother were in agreement, they fangled a reasonable price, and signed up for the brand new Caprice coupe. My father loved that car... always said it was the nicest car my folks owned.
What a spectacular design and perfectly enhanced by the color.
It looks absolutely perfect after your detail job.
Always liked how the roof flowed right into the fender without a break..no typical fender kickup ,just a smooth flow.Very classy.
GM ruined it the following year by adding a vinyl top.
Happy to take a moment to help engagement, because that car looks awesome!
What a nice Friday night find! It’s an extraordinary car. Thank goodness the Tornado is back. 🚀
All GM cars looked good in 1966👍👏😊❤️ Thanks for posting
Awesome car, thanks for the memories, I was a kid in the 60's.
What a beautiful car which was built at a time when style mattered. One interesting thing to note was the missing side vent windows. I thought GM eliminated them in 1969, but I see that your Eldo is the same. I miss having the vent windows. We could open them up fully to get that extra blast of cooling air. A/C was something only the fancy cars had.
And folks with money to burn.
That was probably the reason for the extra dashboard vents, although they couldn't match the gust of a fully opened vent window.
GM eliminated vent windows on full size cars for the 1969 model year. The vents were eliminated on a few full-size two-door hardtop’s before that year such as the Pontiac Grand Prix in 1967.
@@Lasuvidaboy-jp4xe Eliminated on Camaro and Firebird in 1968.
we had factory air on our 1957 dodge station wagon--dad was an average salesman--people always wanted to see it---cadilacs and lincolns had it way before
My uncle had a ‘67 that was given to him. The car was theft proof. It had an electric fuel pump and the wiring failed. He just spliced it into the parking lights. You hade to have the lights on to drive the car. Loved that car.
And it was fast on the interstate
Perfect personal luxury automobile, nothing over the top. Nice rumble from the exhaust without being obnoxious. Beautiful lines. My stodgy old farmer uncle bought one of these new in 1966. I was just a kid and fell in love with it myself. He loves showing off the front wheel drive in the snow. In 1966 with that weight in the front wheel drive he really could go just about anywhere. That vehicle you would get hung up well before you would ever get stuck!
It's absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for giving us a chance to appreciate and enjoy your fine efforts!! 🙂
Your videos are a wonderful start for a trip down memory lane. Thank you,
"It was so exclusive that it had its own dedicated assembly line. The second generation Oldsmobile Toronado was built from 1971 until 1978."
I absolutely love the Oldsmobile Toronado! This example looks awesome!
My Goodness, Adam. You have such a talent for findind these automotive gems. Thank you for your continued curation and excellent presentations!
This is one of my dream cars. It's an absolute work of art.
What a wonderful and unusual car, from a time when automakers weren't so terrified to take risks and cars were statements of personality and not just appliances. Thanks so very much for sharing!
One of my all time favorites, a true lotto/bucket list car. Can you do a favor? Please please get the engine bay detailed? A car as stunning as this deserved the full treatment! 🥰
One of my favorite vehicle designs. My first memory of the ‘66 Toronado was as a kid visiting Atlantic City, NJ with my parents and seeing a display of one up on its side to highlight the FWD drivetrain. It made an impression on me. I eventually got one in this same color, though mine was a Corgi car. Still have it! The headlights open and close. Maybe I will find a full size one some day. Thanks for all your great videos.
Well done and informative video. My dad bought this same car new. I miss him and that car. The Toro was gold with a black interior. Timeless design.
My buddy had a neighbor that had one of these in sky blue, way back in the 80s. What a beautiful car. And the sound out of that 425 was just to die for. It had the muscle car sound, but was this elegant cruiser. I still can't get over that TH425. Its such a wierd transmission and final drive. I love your videos, I always lean a bunch of new facts about cool rare cars.
The car looks incredible!
Really cool cars, good friends of mine growing up their dad had the Chevy, Olds dealership, he had a new Tornado demonstrator every year, man they were cool and would fly 🎉
It is stunning absolutely stunning I love the color
I was hoping you would do an update on this fabulous car! Nice to see you have removed the aftermarket parts as well. Looks even more stunning all detailed up!
Cool, beautiful car. It's interesting that they didn't have wing windows. I thought GM did away with those in 1968, but I guess this 1966 car was ahead of it's time in more ways than one.
Beautiful car. One of my favorite designs of all time.
That rear quarter view is so beautiful.
Absolutely gorgeous. Great color too.
When the Toronados were first introduced I was enchanted. That same year a GM technical institute representative came to my school and made a very cool presentation - I was all ears and questions for the poor guy as I was enamored with the direction of automotive technology of that time. I even bought and built a model of it. LOLOL! Great presentation, great memories for this old man.
That's a beautiful car. I've probably said this before but I had (and miss dearly) a '67 Deluxe. It was Sauterne with a Champagne interior and vinyl roof. Mine had the A/C, power windows, seats and trunk release. It didn't have the power door locks. It was an awesome car.
That is a beautiful Toronado!
This car is just spectacularly beautiful. I had a 1967 Toronado Deluxe and loved it.
A beautiful car I saw one of these a few days ago here in the NJ Metro area, not quite as nice an example as this one, but pretty sweet overall. These are beautifully styled cars among the best of the era. I love the cornering lamps and the look at the chassis from the ramps. I realize everybody has a budget and you may not have the clearance in your garage but a lift/Quick Jacks would bring the chassis vids to another level 👍🏽
Just amazing, a Oldsmobile Tornado is one of my dream cars. This is the one that just says Oldsmobiles pinnacle of engineering.
Very beautiful car! GM was really knocking it out of the park back then
I didn’t know the TH 425 also got the switch pitch converter
Btw International Harvester V8s had the same oil filler
How does this car look? Like all the other cars in your collection...BEAUTIFUL!
Stunning car Adam. Just a juicy color combo. So nice looking without the vinyl top that seemed to be on all of them back then. On the 1967 Toronado owned many years ago, when driving on the highway and punching it, the whole front end would rise up and lighten, ala front wheel drive with all that torque!
I'm a FoMoCo man but I really like these cars so ahead of their time and with great looks. Hats off to GM.
Love the chrome wheels and the cutouts in the rear bumper for the dual exhaust. You can really hear that big 425 at the end of the video.
Small Block Chevys had a similar oil fill tube until maybe the mid '60s or so.
Didn't the Ford Y block have a rear distributor too? I think I heard that the rear distributor causes more issues with radio interference.
'93 Camaro headlight bulbs would've worked well on the Toronado.
Beautiful. I had this exact car as a matchbox growing up, same color and everything. Wish I kept my collection
WOW! what a car! I love the color and that air filter housing in fact every thing about it. General Motors engineering a styling at there best. My uncle (Dads brother) was a big fan of Oldsmobiles. He told me he almost a bought a Toronado in '66 but bought a Starfire because he got a better deal on it.
The Cord has been my favorite auto from back in the day and even maybe even in total. Great vintage cars you show in the videos and the level of solid, all originality is hard to believe.
always loved toronas and 63-65 Riv. Thanks for sharing
Designed in a time when true artists were set free to give us works of absolute timelessness.
This team definitely loved coming to work everyday.
Their pride and joy is reflected in every detail
Adam, I’m glad you said the name of that beautiful color so I didn’t have to ask. I love some of those amazing colors that they had on those magnificent cars. I love the names they gave them, too. ‘Autumn Bronze’ is such a cool name for such an even more cool color. These days, the colors are all the same with different shades of silver, blue, red, black etc. it’s so boring and not distinctive, at all. There is only one color, today, that turns my head. I don’t know what it’s called but it looks like a deep candy apple red. I think it’s a Toyota but who knows. All the cars look the the same, these days, anyway. I, very much, enjoy your show and the amazing scope of knowledge that you display is sometimes overwhelming, yet much appreciated. I, also, really like your quirky sense of humor that pops up, once in a while. Great job, overall, across all spectrums of all things pertaining to classic automotive history. Thanks so much, Adam!