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I am a chrome monger I never would have painted it and I have been known to chrome an
extra part or 2. A totally chrome Toronado, oh man I'd be in heaven.

I too think the 66/67 toronado needs more sportiness; so I sectioned my 66 by 10 inches (shortened it by cutting out a central slice) and revised the front fenders/ bumper to further shorten the car. its far from done but thought you should all know that people are doing creative things with these fantastically designed cars. they made thousands of toros; there are enough around to allow for any kind of modifications...anyone do a convertible? stuart

Wow, that toro looks like its been compacted, lol, not my tastes, but interesting...

As far as a apoiler goes, I could see one from an early charger/challenger/roadrunner on a toro...

Toronado wasn't built for "sporty". Although the 66-70 Toros are certainly more sporty than the later Toronados (which started to look more and more like an Eldorado), Toronado was not intended to be a sports car. That crowd left the dealership with a Cutlass, likely a 442.

I, for one, think Jay Leno was an idiot for converting a Toronado to rear-drive. It's like buying a can of red paint and spending thousands of dollars to make it white. However, I respect and admire anyone that works on old cars, fixes them, drives them, loves them, in any form, even if they do things to it that I wouldn't do.

If you have a passion for cars, and a vision of what your Toronado should look like, go for it!

Hasty wrote:Toronado wasn't built for "sporty". Although the 66-70 Toros are certainly more sporty than the later Toronados (which started to look more and more like an Eldorado), Toronado was not intended to be a sports car. That crowd left the dealership with a Cutlass, likely a 442.

I, for one, think Jay Leno was an idiot for converting a Toronado to rear-drive. It's like buying a can of red paint and spending thousands of dollars to make it white. However, I respect and admire anyone that works on old cars, fixes them, drives them, loves them, in any form, even if they do things to it that I wouldn't do.

If you have a passion for cars, and a vision of what your Toronado should look like, go for it!

Jay Leno would of impressed me , if he did a four wheel drive Toronado,a motor in the front and one in the back.

You know, I think theres a difference between a sporty car, and a muscle car. I think the 66 has more of the latter, than the former. Id like to make an already mean looking car and maybe add a few things to coliment it to those ends. The Toro isn't a sports car, but the argument could be made that it is a muscle car. Musclecar (the show) did a piece on it, and classified it as a musclecar as well.

Well, thats my opinion anyway

In the Sporty discussion I prefer to look at these wonderful cars as Gentlemen's Muscle Cars or Luxury Sport GT cars. They are definitely sporty for the time; in reading the journals and other notes during development it was very clear they wanted a refined, powerful and sporty feel to a large personal luxury car. Not a Corvette, but sporty nonetheless.

That is my take. YMMV.

Thirty years ago I drove a nice 67 Toro, red with full options. At that time I thought often about a more sporty looking. My favorite at these days were to customised the Toro´s rear end with a spoiler like Pontiac´s TransAM or Chevrolet´s Camaro Z28.
I believe that the second generation of Firebird and Camaro was inspired by the 66/67 Toronados. Theire backs are too identical for a chance.
Also with my mind was to use the front fender side louvres of the 72 GTO...

So then - may be an idea for a customised Toro - in that days I were younger.

Today I wouldn't change anything on these nice machines.

Roland #860

It´s an old thread, I know, but even interesting today.
I found this rendering picture of a GM designer idea to give the Toronado a sporty look. And it confirmed my presumption 10 years ago. Second generation firebirds and camaros rear end must be inspired by toronado design.