Not a "C" body but...'78 Olds Toronado SX For Sale NV Craigs

[Pete Kaczmarski]

I really like these and this one seems like a hell of a good buy.
1978 Oldsmobile Toronado SX

1978 Oldsmobile Toronado SX - $3750 (SW las vegas) hide this posting
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1978 Oldsmobile toronado SX

87,000 miles

Collectible car factory limited edition.

Very good condition

Good driver

Extra clean

3750.00 and looks likes 6000.00

806-679-1649 cell

 

[cm23uoc]

That rear window is a nice conversation Piece, I also remember an interesting, but discarded electric T-top prototype by American Sunroof Corp.; but generally not my personal taste.

 

[commando1]

I didn't know how to take that car when it was released.
40 years later and I still don't know.

 

[cm23uoc]

I have the same Feelings about that Boattail Riviera you used to own btw.

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

If I remember correctly they made like 12 of the power T-top cars. There are some out there owned by private citizens.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

I bought a Brown 72 Toronado in 1982(similar to pic below only rougher) from a buddy I worked with when I was working retail grocery in Minnesota out of high school...it burned oil...But, never got stuck in the typical deep snow with that front wheel drive. It was a cool monster of a car.

 

[detmatt]

I’m trying to find something to like about it and I just can’t. I generally like a good C-pillar and absolutely no B-pillar....

 

[amazinblue82]

heck I like it.

built way before my time at the company but i'd be most interested how we got along with NO "C" in the traditional sense (or a B/C combo?). its kinda a "cantilever" out back .. so there must be a lot of structure there somewhere?

always liked toro's and sister eldos. i have put this here before. My Dad's '
68 Eldo .. which yes I still have.

Big honkin' 472 V8 (first year, tested for a million miles so said GM), advertised at 375HP (gross) and 525 ft lbs torque ... and that wonderful front wheel drive.

'68 Toro stock photo.

1966 toro (with 425 engine) with design features of of the front drive setup it shared with the Eldos.

 

[cm23uoc]

The first gen. front wheel GM cars were something else and I prefer the Cadillac over the Oldsmobile despite the latter being considered more of a design Icon.

 

[polara71]

So how nose heavy were these cars in the respect to front / rear ratio?

 

[Big_John]

The rear window always reminded me of a 49 Studebaker.

 

[polara71]

The rear window always reminded me of a 49 Studebaker.

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I dont think Ive ever seen one, if I did Ive never noticed

 

[cm23uoc]

Also some resemblance to the Sport sedan rear deck of the GM models from 59-61

 

[commando1]

I have the same Feelings about that Boattail Riviera you used to own btw.

Why. What was wrong with it?

 

[cm23uoc]

Too much to list.

 

[Carmine]

Which lead to this:

..which was killed by insurance companies.

And that's why we can't have nice things.

 

[DCMC]

The high brake lights by the back window led to the third brave lights today. These cars were being rear ended significantly less than all other cars at the time any it was found in tests and studies that eye level lights caught peoples attention. It would still be years before they became mandatory.

 

[polara71]

..which was killed by insurance companies.

And that's why we can't have nice things.

in a odd way I had to chuckle but awfully, awfully true

 

[commando1]

 

[polara71]

They only made a handful of those. I remember seeing a few of them on the streets in the 80s then poof....now, only at shows