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Solved TGF-224: Oldsmobile Toronado plane puller.
« on: October 10, 2013, 08:02:33 AM »
I'd like to know what car is this and what is it for.
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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2013, 12:55:33 PM »
Just for fun....

1970 Oldsmobile Toronado Camper??
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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2013, 01:16:33 PM »
That cut down Oldsmobile Toronado is modified to be used as a Plane Puller, it pulls float planes out of the water, in this case a DeHaviland Beaver.
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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 01:49:30 PM »
Thanks Wayne!!!

I thought I was on more or less the right track that the vehicle had been chopped off behind the driver's compartment but I would never have thought of an airplane tug.  BTW, the Toronado camper did exist, at least two different ones. I did not save the photos.

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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 04:02:05 PM »
Just for fun, here is one of the Oldsmobile mobile homes.
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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2013, 04:23:16 PM »
[attachimg=2]No Problem.

My motorhome has a 455 Oldsmobile Toronado Front Wheel drive drivetrain, which I guess is why I'm up on Dr.Oldsmobiles W Machines!

I always wanted a 1966 Toronado, but probably wont bother now as Jay Leno built the ultimate one IMO.

Sorry about the size of the pic, maybe a mod can shrink it down a bit.

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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2013, 04:49:21 PM »
I should go the PM route on this, but what the Hell.

That 455 must use an aaaawwwwffffuuuulll lot of gasoline pulling that big rig.

I don't know the price of gasoline per liter in Canada today, but when I lived there in 1979-1980, it was about 2 times the US price.  At least that was less than the price differential for cigarettes and booze, that was killer.

In one of your photos appears a pickup that seems to have the same drive arrangement as the Olds.  Was that a 4x4 with the back end drive removed?  And do you know what make it was.  Fascinating vehicles.

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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2013, 04:57:03 PM »
Beautiful rig! :)

I've shrunken the pic quite a bit. Looks perfect on a wide-screen monitor.
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Re: TGF-224
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2013, 06:21:56 PM »
What a beautiful camper! And you have a point too.
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