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dvarapala
11-16-2023, 4:00pm
Front wheel drive - well ahead of its time. :yesnod:
Taurus
11-16-2023, 4:15pm
Drove a 69 Eldorado for a while, does that count?
Aerovette
11-16-2023, 4:59pm
Drove a 69 Eldorado for a while, does that count?

Same/Same underneath.
Aerovette
11-16-2023, 5:00pm
Front wheel drive - well ahead of its time. :yesnod:

What in the Penelope Pitstop is that?
https://i.redd.it/rh56phm4xfh61.jpg

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=91431&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1700168432
Yadkin
11-16-2023, 5:13pm
Someone spend a lot of time and money to make that car even uglier.
6spdC6
11-16-2023, 5:36pm
Drove my buddies a few times. It had a big V8 and for a cow like that it would move.
donuts
11-16-2023, 7:51pm
They were ugly compared to the Riviera and Eldorado , so no I wouldn’t drive one unless you gave it to me
BADRACR1
11-16-2023, 8:11pm
I had a '75 Eldorado. 500 cid V8! Sucker would move.
Friend in high school in the late seventies had an early seventies Toronado. It was cool to watch him smoke the front tires.
Egnalf
11-16-2023, 8:20pm
Only an 86 model. It was boxlike in comparison
Taurus
11-16-2023, 8:54pm
The Eldo had the 429 in it and we used to challenge the guys in high school back home in Denver to race. The catch was we would run to Laramie and back, that was the Eldo's wheel house. The worked up first gen Camaros and stangs had no chance to keep up let alone make it that far and back. :D
Black94lt1
11-17-2023, 2:15am
Drove my buddies a few times. It had a big V8 and for a cow like that it would move.

My dad had a 78 when I was growing up (similar to attached) and you’re right, that thing would move. It drove like a sofa but would do so at 100
Frankie the Fink
11-17-2023, 7:19am
Yes, I drove a Tornado my Dad traded in years ago.....prob well ahead of its time but problematic. Early experiments in production cars are not something everyone should buy. I remember GM's sojourn into VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) in some Cadillac's IIRC - didn't go well - at all.
snide
11-17-2023, 7:32am
Yes, I drove a Tornado my Dad traded in years ago.....prob well ahead of its time but problematic. Early experiments in production cars are not something everyone should buy. I remember GM's sojourn into VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) in some Cadillac's IIRC - didn't go well - at all.

The infamous V8-6-4. Slightly better than GM's first diesels in passenger cars.
zeek
11-17-2023, 7:45pm
Jay Leno likes his...:D

https://youtu.be/zuB5DULvw7Y?si=vF5Sd5HXqL2JNSOK
GTOguy
11-18-2023, 11:22am
Ugly? You guys are nuts. Very cool cars, the early ones. Big 425 or 455 engine, front drive, flat floor. Smooth, powerful, quiet. Our neighbors bought one new when they came out in '66 and I loved the look of the flared exhaust tips that the bumper was designed around. 91494
Swany00
11-18-2023, 4:07pm
probably the same folks who like fat chicks, NTTAWWT
snide
11-18-2023, 8:01pm
probably the same folks who like fat chicks, NTTAWWT

I love the first gen Toronados. I don't like fat chicks. :nono: