Hello from Germany!

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Jelonek » Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:17 am

Welcome Roland and congratulations to the car !!! sure I contact you in Germany :)

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Jelonek » Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:17 am

Hallo everybody!
I found hier something to read in the winter, everything about Toronado 1966:

http://aeronautic.dk/Oldsmobile%20Toron ... 201966.htm

I didn´t know that till now :?

and two pictures of my car after wellness for the winter :roll:
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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:43 pm

Pretty neat Jelanek. I like how that guy painted the whitewalls!

I have a couple of those brochures and the Motor Trend article.

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Jelonek » Mon May 24, 2021 10:58 am

Hello, after a long time I'm reporting back from contaminated Europe :evil: :evil:
I have changed the rear old leaf spring, now I have the "new" 4x version. The whole work was a bit difficult, many screws were very tight :oops: (rusted). I also changed the horizontal shock absorbers. With the new 4x leaf springs you have to be careful, the attachment has to be adjusted, for me with 2 steel plates approx. 2cm thick, otherwise it is not stable enough and in Germany you do not get a technical examination with it (every 2 years mandatory). I show the problem in the pictures.
But ... there is a huge difference in driving! 8-) :D ... the old ones were really "tired". Now I can fly through any slope without problems. Attached is a picture from my last ride

what about the situation in US ??? Hotels, camping´s ... ist everything open? and what about your cars and project.
Now we have in D two friends, who make a copl. renovation from two 1966 Toronados - that really good !! :roll:

friendly greetings to everyone!
Wojtek
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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Mon May 24, 2021 8:04 pm

Pretty much back to normal here. In Georgia where I live we've been more or less back to normal since last year. No total lockdown or anything.

I just spent a week in Moab, Utah and the National Parks were packed restaurants and stores have no mask requirements or anything.

Lots of scaredy cats still wearing them while walking outside alone or driving in their own cars. Nuts.

Good job, Jelonek.

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby roland » Mon May 24, 2021 11:34 pm

Wojtek, please tell us, are your new leaf spring packs from an other car or truck? Or did you made it by a spring factory specialy for your Toronado? And if so, where you ordered it?
I understand the use of some 3/4" steel plates as fences for the new springs. It´s a acceptable technical solution. But I would never tell that to the technical inspector! :lol:

greetings from bavaria
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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Tue May 25, 2021 5:36 am

Nobody that I'm aware of produces new single leaf rear springs for the '66 Toro.

Eaton Detroit makes a 4 leaf replacement stack.

https://www.eatondetroitspring.com/db/e ... -%20425cid

If your original single leaves are in decent shape, they can be re-tensioned.

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Tue May 25, 2021 5:38 am

What's the likelihood that a tech inspector in Germany would have any idea what to look for on a 55 year old American car? You guys sure have to put up with a lot of government crap over there.

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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby roland » Tue May 25, 2021 1:39 pm

Yes Otto, german government and law are very strong with any technical changes. And the inspectors are not idiots today. Many of them made special trainings for us cars of the 50th and 60th because you can buy those cars everywhere today. If you have bad luck, you get an interested and well trained inspector and he would tell you what is original and what not!
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Re: Hello from Germany!

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Tue May 25, 2021 4:36 pm

It's great to live in the Land of the Free!

You can drive anything you want just about anywhere in America with virtually no restrictions or inspections. You can even build your own car from scratch and put it on the road.

California is the notable exception


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