Well it WAS a good weekend

[69birdflu]

She's beautiful

I've put about 30,000 miles on mine with no flats (knock on my head). It's a proven fact that the front tire kicks up debris (like screws, nails etc.) and starts them tumbling so they sometimes go under the rear tire standing up. That's why most flats are on the rear. On my ole' Harley I made a flap for the front fender that almost touched the road. I read about it somewhere. The idea is, it sweeps the tumbling debris off to the side so the rear tire misses it. Never had another flat on that bike after installing it. Can't really do that on an R3 as the front fender is kinda short in the back. I've thought about making a rubber sweeper to mount under the engine ahead of the rear wheel. It would accomplish the same thing. Here is a pic of the HD. You can see the flap on the front fender.

Fred can you give us another picture? This time put the car in front. How many miles? Looks original unmolested.

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Yes Fred, Please give us a picture tour of the Toronado. 1966 to 1967 were my favorite years. Tell us all the specs.

Bill.

 

[vanguard138]

Hey Fred,

Was that your first vehicle in high school?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Here ya go. This one is a 1967 survivor with 78,000 miles on it. I completely rebuilt the engine about 4,000 miles ago. It had sat and one of the cylinders had rusted. Figured while it was apart it got everything new.

Engine is 425 ci. 385 Hp. 475 ft.lbs. of torque.

Interior, cool scroll speedometer

notice no hump in floor (front wheel drive)

flash makes the crushed velour look a weird color. It's kinda turquoise blue.

In the parade


This is where it lives. I built a platform over it for storage


I didn't get it out this year (cancer, don't cha know) so this was about the best I could do for pics. I have some more somewhere that I can't seem to find. It used to drip coolant. I fixed that. Doesn't really need the drip pan anymore.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

If anyone is interested here is the Harley before and after. My first extreme makeover.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Hey Fred,

Was that your first vehicle in high school?

Funny you should ask. When I was in high school auto mechanics we cut one of these up and the teacher used the engine / trans-axle to make a dune buggy. I got to drive the car in from the parking lot and thought it was a pretty cool design. That one was a laid down piece of $hit but I fell in love with it. Kept on the lookout for one for almost 20 years when I stumbled onto this one. It came from Flagstaff New Mexico (edit: I mean Arizona ). It's never been in the salt. All the bolts, break bleeders etc. come loose with no problem.

 

[dbutton12]

nice toro...

If anyone is interested here is the Harley before and after. My first extreme makeover.

Get hold of me when the TH425 starts bleedin ATF. Did many of those in past years. Nice looking ride Fred (I wasn't talkin about the harley tho)

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Fred ? Cancer ? You or the car ? Is it fixed either way ?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Fred ? Cancer ? You or the car ? Is it fixed either way ?

No cancer on the car. Me on the other hand..........actually my last PET scans were clear. I finished chemo about 3 weeks ago. Man it's nice to feel good again !

 

[69birdflu]

Great News

No cancer on the car. Me on the other hand..........actually my last PET scans were clear. I finished chemo about 3 weeks ago. Man it's nice to feel good again !

Congrats on the report card!