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#1: 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado:
Best engineered car Detroit ever produced!
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Horsepower 385 Torque 475 Transaxle 3-speed auto. Availability Standard
From: Oldsmobile Toronado Encyclopedia
URL: http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobil...ronado/67.html
#2: 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado
"Toronados received bolder front end styling with split grilles for 1968. Tail lights were moved to the bumper in the rear. The 425 engine was replaced with the 455. For even more power, buyers could opt for a Forced-Air induction system that included high-output cam, higher axle ratio and dual exhaust."
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68 Oldsmobile Toronado Dimensions and Capacities Exterior Dimensions Coupe Overall length [[in.) 211.4 Wheelbase [[in.) 119 Luggage cap. [[cu. ft.) 14.5 Fuel tank [[gals.) 24 Interior Dimensions Coupe Headroom f/r 37.9/37.3 Legroom f/r 41.3/36.6 Shoulder room n/a
Powertrain Specs Displacement/Type 455ci4bbl V8 455ci 4bbl V8 Horsepower 375 400 Torque @ RPM 510 @ 3000 500 @ 3200 Transaxle 3-speed auto. 3-speed auto. Availability Standard Optional |
From: Oldsmobile Toronado Encyclopedia
URL: http://encyclopedia.classicoldsmobile.com/toronado/68.html
1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue.
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Made in Detroit....
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A Lincoln Continental [[full size) or Town Car of any vintage.
Drive a vehicle no one is interested in, like, a Plymouth Volarie, a Volvo 240, a Oldsmobile vistacruiser or any pickup as long as the bed is removed.
The City of Detroit has some pretty crappy pavement. My father tooled around with a Crown Victoria till he moved out in 2009. One test is that nasty stretch where Outer Drive crosses the RR tracks north of Plymouth Road. Those Ford Panthers just go "pum pum pum" over that without making the fillings fall out of one's teeth. An old pick up truck is another choice. Although a Crown Vic is an "old mans" car, I have to say they did ride nice.
Not a big Chryler fan but did not know there was an 300 version going back this far. How cool. Nice photo!
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Originally Posted by Coplin
Hummer and I mean a h1
Hah! And make sure you use the Club... no that might entice a scrapper.
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Originally Posted by gnome
Maybe one of these?
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The original appeared in '55, a great car to cruise Detroit in as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
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One purchased at Lucky Auto Sales!I know,I've been warned.....
Definitely not a KIA. That's what they gave me [[rented in Windsor) when I visited Detroit. I felt like an idiot driving it around the Motor City.
A short history of the Lettercars from Chrysler, originally printed in Automobile Quarterly Volume XIII Number 4 article written by Allen Girdler published in 1975.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Due to this forum's quirks I am posting pairs to keep the page order.
Lettercars cont.
More Lettercars
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My Buick Estate Wagon is great for cruising Detroit. Comfort, great design, and room for 8 friends. Plenty of horse under the hood too.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnome
Right now isn't the best time but a convertible, the bigger the better, is also a great way to cruise. Jefferson, Belle Isle, and Downtown are especially great in a drop top.
If you have a nice car that you like, you are better off staying out of Detroit.
Stop signs and red lights are suggestions. Turn signals are an after thought.
A break down could be disastrous. Sad I know, but true.
If you are going to blow through stop signs and lights, as well as not use signals then please move to the U.P. I don't want you driving anywhere I do. Why would your really nice car breakdown anyway? Don't you maintain it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheels
Seriously. I don't see this behaviour anymore in Detroit than in other places. Come out of the freeway ditch and drive a surface street. You will see so for yourself. Not everyone is an @$$hole.
My father moved from Pickford to Bentler one block north of Six Mile. When I would visit, he always insisted on driving downtown via Grand River. I agree with you. The other drivers were no more egregious than what I encounter in DC, MD and Va. What sucked, to me, were lights that lasted for a long time for a street occupied by a few derelict buildings. The streets I largely drove on were Lahser, Six Mile, Evergreen, Grand River, Fenkell, Seven Mile and Eight Mile.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
With all the driving around the city to take pics, I very rarely see anyone even rolling a stop sign. The only ones running red lights are the cops[[they have been doing that as long as I can remember). Although turn signal use could be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
One thing and this goes for the whole metro area if you are retired or do not have to be out on the road at rush hour STAY HOME at either time of the day your slow driving is quite aggravating!
in no particular order:
Black '65 Riviera http://b.images.boldride.com/buick/1....48.732126.jpg
'60 Eldorado convertible http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.70604...x550,075,f.jpg
'56 Lincoln Premiere convertible http://l.images.boldride.com/lincoln....57.448796.jpg
'62 T-bird convertible [[w. tonneau cover)http://www.pictures.musclecarjungle....onvertible.jpg
Wow. That one looks strikingly like a stretched Volvo Amazon.Quote:
Originally Posted by p69rrh51
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Armored personnel carrier, WITH armed personnel on board.
I'm partial to Mustang convertibles. I drive one all over the city myself.
More like the stretched Volvo copied the 300.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitehouse
A 1971 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4dHT. Black.
Where they average 50 MURDERS a DAY! :[[ ,yes the number is correct, as many as Detroit does in a year, South Africa has that beat in 8 days!
Not sure if car jacking is a issue in the BigD, but its very popular and ends in gun fights hence the "afterburner" option!
Cheers
1974 ford country squire. Or jeep grand wagoneer.
Any big land yacht from the 60's-70's would be right at home cruising Detroit. Personally I would stick to a personal luxury coupe along the lines of a Eldorado, Rivieria, Tornado, Thunderbird, etc.
I have a '99 300M and it's big but drives a lot smaller than it is and I LOVE cruising in it. Sometimes it's nicer to drive slow than to drive fast.
If I was picking a new car, 300 or Challenger.