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Sept 6, 2013 10:26:16 GMT
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I've followed this since you purchased it from that crappy ebay ad. I think its fantastic, the transformation is amazing! I love it, it's the ultimate daily in its current guise and I'm not sure how it could be further improved for that role, apart from maybe a swisher interior and some climate control. Quattro etc would be nice but ruin the fuel economy.
I think this car could convince people that you don't need to ripped off for thousands a year on rolling 3 year lease deals to have reliable, economical and stylish transport.
Love the porker and the cabriolet too I nearly bought a roofless Audi 80 as a new cooler daily/first cool retro (rather than use til it dies banger) before I got the Toledo but the TDI swap was more involved than I first assumed so I decided on a third car for pure fun instead.
Keep it up!
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Very cool! I need to scratch the pick up itch at some point soon. The GMC front end for these truck is all sorts of awesome.
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I've hated 3 spokes ever since max power murdered their Lotus Carlton rep with yellow ones in an issue when I was about 15! Even oem on Saab and Corsa GSI mate me think meh.
But you sir may have changed my view! Looks really well on them! I'm going to be pedantic and tell myself they're are really six spoke though otherwise I'll spend all day on google images trying to decide if I do like 3 spokes after all.
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Just back from Chappell Beer Festival so if this makes no sense you know why!
Thanks for all the kind sentiments I can take no credit for the car as if stands all I have done is taken photos I haven't even washed it. :embarrassed face
As mentioned by other posters all Toledos are Rwd the front wheel drive models with very similar styling were badged 1300 or 1500 but the 1500TC was Rwd go figure! I believe all Toledos were 2 door and all Dolomites 4 door that being the fundamental difference - but that's all paraphrased from 5 minutes of googling when i first saw the car for sale because I'd always believed they were fwd too.
1500TC badge will be going no idea why it's there. The front of the car has completely de badged but the rear badged incorrectly - I can only assume it sported that engine at some point. I'm going to try and track the previous owners as I'd love to know the history of the car it has only had 4 owners in 41 years.
It's quick with sprint engine but if I'm honest not as quick as I expected. I know nothing about these engines but it seems torquey for a 16v and because of that I haven't screamed the nuts off it yet so maybe I haven't hit the power band. Do these have a sweet spot where they come on cam? Time to google for the power and torque curves.
Beer and the hour are catching up with me so rambling over for now.
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Sept 5, 2013 16:50:49 GMT
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Love these had a 1990 one in faded red back in 2001. It was fast, one of the most comfortable cars I've owned and always did 47+ mpg even though I ragged it everywhere. Never had any suspension issues only problems with the stupid front wheel handbrake cables.
I remember me and my brother in law loading 120 engineering bricks and 3 bags of sand and cement in the back of it once we were amazed when it ticked twice and then levelled itself out. It drove absolutely normal cornering totally normally. We only noticed the weight when we had to brake late for someone pulling out on us on a roundabout on the a1 brown pants moment not much happened!
I'd love another as a daily.
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Sept 5, 2013 14:18:31 GMT
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As promised here she is in the sunshine: Inside: I've got the lower dash bar but its made of some sort of cardboard and seen better days. It will be resurrected in coroplast or something if I ever get round to it. Drivers seat seen better days, needs new foam is this available? I have no desire to swap the seats or covers I just want the inners. Back seat is mint but I seem to have inadvertently deleted the pic. :rolleyes. Engine: Parping Italian airhorn ftw! Has its share of oil seepage but all seem to be seeps rather than floods so not too worried in the short term - cheap rustproofing! Exterior money shots (New grill panels being ordered to loose those fugly modern wonky lights - not sure who thought they looked good there.) New shocks: (Clearly not springs though) MOT Sill Repair - Not Pretty po's choice of repairer Grot in A-post this scares me. So there she is. Really must get some work done now so more later. I'm interested in what you guys would have paid I'm all new to this and bought on a whim I'm really happy but it would be nice to know if I did well or got had. I've gone for agreed valuation insurance and will be using these same pics so I guess that will give me an idea? Cheers all.
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Sept 5, 2013 13:33:48 GMT
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Thank alolympic I love your Rochdale it looks so exotic. Is there a thread for your Toledo I've never found one, although I found various pictures and it looks ace. Must be bouncy that low though!!
I adjusted the boot at lunchtime and it now closes. Lots of pics taken (still crappy iPhone ones) they'll be up as soon as they have finished updating to photobucket.
All the oldtimers at work who normally snort and look the other way where my cars are concerned have been out for a chat and a blast round the lanes this lunchtime. I've heard stories I didn't want to about back seats in the 70s! lol.
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Sept 5, 2013 11:49:43 GMT
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Hi all! I'm a very long term lurker and I have thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic forum, inspirational characters and awesome creations over the last two or three years. I'm so excited that I've finally purchased a vehicle that makes me worthy of joining the mayhem. It's a case of 'bought not built' rather than the other way round for me at the moment, but hopefully I can add my touches in time. Plan at the moment is just enjoy. So without further ado here's a crappy phone pic of the lady herself. Dolomite Sprint Engine, O/D Gearbox, rear axle, arbs and wheels. Sprint dash and clocks. GAZ lowed suspension allround (brand spanking new!). 4 new tyres. New mot. Bad bits. Boot latch fubared. (Note pix) Sill patched and still in primer. Couple of tiny blebs/bubbles. Worse bit of all two small (for now) holes in A pillar on passenger side. I'm over the moon its definitely the best fun I've had on 4 wheels, and the closed I have found to being on 2. I have owned only 14 hours and I already have three great stories. More on that as soon as I get time, including better pictures. Any advice/feedback welcomed.
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Last Edit: Jun 8, 2018 14:47:43 GMT by wodge
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