Has anybody done this?
Whats the story on the parking brake?
Thinking about hydroboost and rear discs for the eldo!!
Rear disc conversion
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jabberwoki
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xgecko
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- Years Owned: My first Toronado was a 1968 W-34 with the bucket seats and center console... (weeps gently) It was a New England rustbucket in 1982 after less than 14 years. So sad. But it is what infected me and before I knew it I had another '68, a '69, a '70 and eventually inherited a friend's '67 and another friends '73. After buying my brand new Grand Prix in 1988 I retired the last of my Toronados and pulled the 455 I had rebuilt along the way and put it into storage in a friend's barn where it is to this day.
In Mid September of 2010 I happened to see a repeat of the show where Jay Leno did his 66 Toronado and had an instant remission of the disease which resulted in my purchase of a 1969 in very good condition. I am now in the process of fully rehabilitating it and hope to have it on the road in the spring of 2011. - Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Re: Rear disc conversion
As you know this is on my list... not sure when I will get to it but it may be this spring if everything else goes well. You probably will want to come back over and look at the prototype setup I do with my '68 to see how it goes.
I have my Fuel Injected Toronado. Life is good! 
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jabberwoki
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Re: Rear disc conversion
xgecko wrote:As you know this is on my list... not sure when I will get to it but it may be this spring if everything else goes well. You probably will want to come back over and look at the prototype setup I do with my '68 to see how it goes.
Ok but i may beat you to it!
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xgecko
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- Years Owned: My first Toronado was a 1968 W-34 with the bucket seats and center console... (weeps gently) It was a New England rustbucket in 1982 after less than 14 years. So sad. But it is what infected me and before I knew it I had another '68, a '69, a '70 and eventually inherited a friend's '67 and another friends '73. After buying my brand new Grand Prix in 1988 I retired the last of my Toronados and pulled the 455 I had rebuilt along the way and put it into storage in a friend's barn where it is to this day.
In Mid September of 2010 I happened to see a repeat of the show where Jay Leno did his 66 Toronado and had an instant remission of the disease which resulted in my purchase of a 1969 in very good condition. I am now in the process of fully rehabilitating it and hope to have it on the road in the spring of 2011. - Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Re: Rear disc conversion
Oh! Cool! I will have to come over and take a look if you get there before me. The worst of it seems to be a bit of cutting and maybe some welding, otherwise it is pretty straightforward from what I can see.
I have my Fuel Injected Toronado. Life is good!
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