1967 Olds Toronado

The half and half restoration continues with the painting of the engine bay and components.

Josh is working on reinstalling the freshly painted engine for this car restoration.

The engine is going back in the half and half project car.

Mike is stripping the paint off the half of the Olds Toronado that we are going to paint for the half and half project.

Alex is about to pull out the dash to restore it on the 1967 Olds Toronado.

Ralph is finishing up the stripping of the old paint on the half of the Toronado that is getting restored.

Ralph finished cleaning up the window frames and applying the POR 15 for the Olds Toronado.

The repaired half of the Olds Toronado shop car is done and has been primed.

Ralph is block sanding the 1967 Olds today.  Next step is paint!

We finally get to see a little color on the 67 Olds.

Dan has got the Toronado in guide coat and it is ready to get block sanded down before paint.  The guide coat allows the painter to see the high and low spots on the body and the block sanding will allow us to achieve a perfectly strait.

Dan is getting the trunk cleaned up and ready for paint.

Dan is sanding the body of the Olds down and he has primed the trunk.

The underside of the hood on the ’67 Toronado is painted and as we speak dan is working on painting the rest of the body.

Dan has got some of the body of the Toronado Painted.

The new steel lines are going in for the rear of the Cutlass.  The old ones were rusted through and leaking.

Dave is working on repairing the horn system today.  He has put in a new relay and is going to put in new horns.

Dan painted the air cleaner for the Toronado.

Dan is masking off the shop’s Toronado to get it ready to paint.

Dan is painting the body for the 1979 Toronado today.

The Toronado is unmasked and out of the both.  Dan is now ready to wet sand and buff the vehicle.

We wrap up the half and half restoration of the 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado!

If you remember when the Toronado came in it looked like this:

Now if you want to see how this awesome project turned out, you will have to come to the unveiling at the Easter Show in Forest Park.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Dan is sanding and buffing the painted side of the 1967 Olds.

Dave has started on restoring the brake system for this 1967 Olds Custlass.

Ralph is repairing the used fender for the Cutlass.

The Cutlass fender is ready for primer.

Ralph is working on reassembly.

The engine area is coming back together on the 1967 Toronado.

Alex is cleaning out debris from underneath the cowl panel.