1978 Oldsmobile Toronado XS

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  1. jaunty75

    jaunty75 Middling Member

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    Not right away. My first task (among many first tasks) is to get over to the title office and get a title in my name. They will issue one for a non-running car undergoing repair/restoration/whatever. When it is finally back on the road, I'll get it registered and take whatever plate number comes along. When the car is repainted and actually something to look at, then I might consider a vanity plate.
     
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    Looks great!

    Tire sizes.....


    J(R)78-15 converts to P225/75R15 or (preferable) P235/70R15.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    So now, will you be looking for the broadcast sheet?
     
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    If you're referring to what's also often called the "build sheet," the answer is no. While I wouldn't tear the car apart just to look for something like this anyway, in particular, this is a Lansing-built car, and the legend in the old Oldsmobile world is that build sheets were not left in cars built at the Lansing plant. Unlike the other Olds assembly plants, Lansing was more meticulous about this sort of thing. Over on the Oldsmobile forums, anytime anyone finds a build sheet and posts about it, the car in question is always a non-Lansing car.
     
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    Congratulations on a neat find. I well remember one a friend had "back in the day". Fabulous highway cruiser. It was a good car( he badly neglected it and it never complained)with a very healthy appetite for fuel. A 403 motor in those as I recall.
    It is bound to have a mile or so worth of rotten vacuum hoses on it to operate the primitive emissions systems of the day so I suggest replacing all of them so you won't spend the next decade chasing drivability issues.
    The plastic bumper fillers ought to be reproduced as EVERY GM car of the era has this issue
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Interesting to know that about Lansing-built Rockets. But I forgot that GM usually also put a sticker in the glovebox with the internal codes for each system and parts that were included in the build. With the Toronado's condition, I'm sure it's intact.
     
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    Correct. The only engine available in the Toro that year. 190 hp.
    That is the plan.
    Yes they are. Already have a source identified.

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    There is no sticker anywhere in the glovebox on this car. I don't know if there ever was one as all of the flat surfaces on the inside of the glovebox door or anywhere else are clean and bright. If there had been a sticker, you would think there would be some adhesive residue or an outline of where it was. Of course, the surface could have been thoroughly cleaned once the sticker was removed, too. My guess is, though, that there never was one as why would you want to remove it?
     
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    I put Marvel Mystery Oil in actually, yesterday, after removing the plugs. Late this afternoon I got the car up on jack stands and got underneath with a breaker bar and a 1 and 1/8" socket, stuck it on the crankshaft bolt, and it turned with no problem whatsoever. Hooray!
     
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    That's terrific. Great Olds you've got there! :)
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Yes! That's what I like to hear!
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Great news! Now it will hopefully just be normal Fluid and wear items to change!!!!
     
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    RPO stickers on the glove box doors were more of an 80's things in my experience. I've never seen a car before 1982 that had one there.
     
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    Might want to check the underside of the trunk lid.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    All the ones I've seen were in the glove box, and that includes the 2-door '78 Malibu and '79 Malibu wagon that I had at different points, but I wouldn't put it past Olds to put it back in the trunk, where you wouldn't see it on a regular basis.
     

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