Kevin you did not bore anyone. This thread is clearly labeled. Those interested will click on it. Your experiences combined with a sluggish economy, high fuel prices (for the time), and the energy crisis of the late 1970's is valuable insight of how we went from CARS to the generic car. arthur
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We had 3 '68/69 Toros along with '56 & '57 88 converts, and started the Blue & Gray Chapter of the Olds Club of America. All 3 had discs and 455s. Just a fabulous, fantastic road & trip car, but 10-12 mpg at best, and some early models did have chronic carb leaks and a propensity to catch on fire if not dealt with properly. I'd love to have another '66-70 Toro, but after '70 I lose interest, 71-on were so clunky compared to 1st Gen Toro, America's most sophisticated and advanced car of the 1960s imho.
We had 3 '68/69 Toros along with '56 & '57 88 converts, and started the Blue & Gray Chapter of the Olds Club of America. All 3 had discs and 455s. Just a fabulous, fantastic road & trip car, but 10-12 mpg at best, and some early models did have chronic carb leaks and a propensity to catch on fire if not dealt with properly. I'd love to have another '66-70 Toro, but after '70 I lose interest, 71-on were so clunky compared to 1st Gen Toro, America's most sophisticated and advanced car of the 1960s imho.
Firedome, Ah the memories! DOD's 66 Toro caught fire in the parking lot of the Old's dealer. Dad came home in a 67. That lasted a year until the cruise control pissed him off and he came home with the 68 Park Lane. My Bro had just started to drive and read somewhere that over 100mph the power window motor were too weak to pull the window down. I was 12. We were in the 67. I stopped looking at the barrel speedo after it hit 120mph. Don't remember if the windows worked or not! This was the same Bro who tested the power vent wings on the 59 98 to see if they would break a pencil. Something broke but it wasn't the pencil!
