Oldsmobile Toronado

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Oldsmobile Toronado 1965
Deze Black Beauty Toronado maakt deel uit van de privé collectie van een oud Opel/Saab/GM-dealer die deze en andere auto's verzamelde vanwege de historische betekenis en de lage kilometerstanden. Uitsluitend auto's die voldeden aan de strenge kwaliteitseisen werden opgenomen in de verzameling. Deze auto wordt aangeboden vanwege het inkrimpen van de verzameling door de eigenaar.
Onderstaande uitgebreide informatie van deze unieke Toronado.


kleur Black
interieur Black
motor V8 425 Cu (7000cc) 385PK

transmissie Turbo Hydramatic 400
bouwjaar 1965
km-stand 37.500 Miles

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Een Oldsmobile Toronado is een bijzondere klassieker, die je niet dagelijks tegenkomt. Dit is een geweldig exemplaar, die in een bijzonder originele staat verkeert. Van de 1e eigenares gekocht. Slechts 37.500 mijl gelopen. Deze Oldsmobile Tornado is helemaal Rally klaar gemaakt en heeft er ook verscheidene gereden. Verkeerd in absolute nieuwstaat. Rijd perfect zowel op gas als benzine. Meer dan € 50.000,- in geïnvesteerd.

De Oldsmobile Toronado is door GM ontwikkeld en de eerste Amerikaan met voorwielaandrijving. Met de Heavy Duty Turbo Hydramatic 3-gang automaat en de 425cu 7 liter V8 Rocket motor rijdt deze Oldsmobile Toronado heerlijk comfortabel.

Jay Leno in z’n Column Octane april 2020
Ik was al lang volwassen toen ik in aanraking kwam met voorwielaandrijvers. In Amerika was dat toen vooral iets voor goedkope en praktische auto’s. De eerste naoorlogse Amerikaan met aangedreven voorwielen was de Oldsmobile Toronado, en wat was dat een indrukwekkend debuut. Italiaanse fabrikanten zeiden dat 225 pk het maximum was dat je op de voorwielen kon loslaten, anders kreeg je nare reacties in het stuur. Toch had de Toronado een 7-liter V8 en maar liefst 375 pk! Het was de snelste standaard auto op Pikes Peak Hillclimb van ‘66 - dat betekende nogal wat!
Oldsmobile: perhaps the oldest car brand in the world. Founded in 1897, bought by General Motors in 1908. In 2004 GM decided to stop the Oldsmobile brand. On April 29, 2004 the last Oldsmobile, a red Alero, was built as the last of a special series of 500. Oldsmobile was 107 years old at the time and had produced a total of 35.229.218 cars. By the way, did you know that Oldsmobile was the first to introduce the airbag in the Oldsmobile Toronado in 1973?
The Toronado began as a design painting by Oldsmobile stylist David North in 1962. His "Flame Red Car" was a compact sports/personal car never intended for production. A few weeks after the design was finished, however, Oldsmobile division was informed it would be permitted to build a personal car in the Riviera/Thunderbird class for the 1966 model year, and North's design was selected. For production economy, the still-unnamed car was to share the so-called E-body shell with the redesigned 1966 Buick Riviera(then entering its second generation), which was substantially larger than North had envisioned. Despite the efforts of Oldsmobile and General Motors styling chief Bill Mitchell to put the car on the smaller A-body intermediate, they were overruled for cost reasons.[citation needed]
Oldsmobile had been working on front-wheel drive since 1958, a project shepherded by engineer John Beltz (who originated the 4-4-2[6] and would later become head of the division). Although initially envisioned for the smaller F-85 line, its cost and experimental nature pushed the program towards a larger, more expensive car. Engineer F. J. Hooven of the Ford Motor Company, had patented a similar FWD layout, and Ford considered the design for the 1961 Ford Thunderbird. However, the capability to develop and engineer it on such short notice was doubtful.
The unusual Toronado powertrain called the Unitized Power Package(UPP), stuffed an engine and transmission into an engine bay no larger than one for a conventional rear-wheel drive car. During its seven-year development, UPP components were driven over 1.5 million test miles to verify their strength and reliability. They proved so well-built the UPP was employed basically unchanged in the 1970s GMC motorhome.
At its debut, the Toronado featured such GM innovations as:

• Heavy-duty Turbo-Hydramatic400 three-speed automatic transmission (named THM425 in FWD form)
• Rochester Quadrajetfour-barrel carburetor
• Spherical shaped exhaust-manifold flange gaskets, which provided freedom of movement in the exhaust system and prevented leaks
• "Draft-Free" ventilation system, which reduced wind noise considerably by eliminating conventional front-door triangular window vents.

Firestone designed an 8.85" x 15" tire especially for the Toronado called the TFD(Toronado-Front-Drive) tire. It had a stiffer sidewall than normal, and the tread and stylishly thin white pin-stripe were also unique.
Oldsmobile engineers selected a conventional, though performance-boosted, Olds 425 cu in (7 L) Super Rocket V8 rated at 385 hp (287 kW) and 475 lb⋅ft (644 N⋅m) of torque. It was an increase of 10 hp (7.5 kW) over the Starfire 425, and an increase of 20 hp (15 kW) over the standard 425 engine in the Ninety-Eight. The Toronado intake manifold's unique shape was depressed to allow for engine hood clearance.
The Turbo-Hydramatic heavy-duty three-speed automatic transmission became available during development of the Toronado. Called the TH425 in FWD form, the transmission's torque converter was separated from its planetary gearset, with the torque converter driving the gearset through a 2 in (51 mm) wide silent chain-drive called Hy-Vo, riding on two 7.5 in (19 cm) sprockets. The Hy-Vo chain drive was developed by GM's Hydra-Matic Division and Morse Chain Division of Borg-Warner. The chains were made from very strong hardened steel and required no tensioners or idler pulleys because they were pre-stretched on a special machine at the factory. Although the rotational direction of the transmission gears had to be reversed, a large number of components were shared with the conventional TH400. Use of the automatic also eliminated the need to devise a workable manual-shift linkage. No manual transmission was ever contemplated because performance was adequate with the automatic transmission and because virtually all U.S.-built luxury cars during this period came with automatic transmissions as standard equipment. The car's 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time was clocked at 9.5 seconds.[7]
The Toronado was GM's first subframe automobile, which means it was partly unitized, using a subframe that ended at the forward end of the rear suspension leaf springs, serving as an attachment point for the springs. It carried the powertrain, front suspension and floorpan, allowing greater isolation of road and engine harshness (the design was conceptually similar to the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird that would debut for 1967).