68 Olds Toronado, SITTING FOR 46 YEARS, Will It Run & Drive Home? 

Step 1, pull plugs, fog cylinders, step 2 pull carb, rebuild it and install new base gasket, step 3 check fuel and drain it! Boroscope the fuel tank and look for rust, if so run a boat tank and new line to electric fuel pump , prime, new fuel filter in the carb and new clear inline filter as well. Step 4 Check clean, and regap or replace the points, check cap and rotor, wires etc . Step 5 new oil and filter sae 30wt to run it out for first fire then drop oil and filter after 5 - 10 min of idle time, and of course cooling system! Big engines need lots and lots of cooling! This is a high compression engine either a 425 or 455 it needs premium fuel to run and tune properly, it aint gonna run on 85 octane😂😂😂

Gents! WTAF?! Drain all fluids for crying out loud… WAY MORE PRE-LUBRICATION and cleaning puhhleeeaazuh! I’ve also seen a quite a few fixes with head gasket sealer, but with recent HG failures on running -driving vehicles. I’ve seen it done with something sitting so long w/ many other systemic issues.

I don't know why they didn't clean the engine bay first I would find it totally annoying

There’s the exact same 1968 Olds Toronado, custom spec with the 455, green and vinyl landau roof 1 mile away from me. Cannot wait to see what you can do to bring this car up to running and driving again. I like seeing the family working together and enjoying the adventure.

u guys are sooooo green when it comes to 1960s Oldsmibile

From 1973 to 1976 GMC built a fiberglass motor home. They used that same drive train that's in your Toronto! All they changed was the front hubs to use one ton dully wheels! Same gearing, same wheelbearing and same brakes!

I had a 74 Toronado that was a great trip car all my friends loved road trips in that thing. 30 gallon something tank it actually had a pretty good range.

i so glad you took upon yourselves to keep the legacy alive for the husband and wife and for the gy who passed away.

We had one as a kid. It was super quick

Nice car. Good project. Would be interested in a series on this car

My parents had a 68 Olds Delta 88 convetible when a was little. It also had a 455

Hey guys need to take get a blower and clean all the leaves and junk out off the motor and see if you put some oil down the cylinders blew them up

While you're doing research on your w34 you better research the barrel speedometer because it was not a one-year-old deal that was available in a tornado from 66 through 70 the life of the tornado

Man parked after ten years of use…boy those were ten hard years. Put the original steel wheels back on before you lose a wheel!

Old school stuff,love it!! Keep em coming guys🙏🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🍺🍺

There is a secondary lockout on a QuadraJet that keeps the secondaries from opening when the choke is on. Just FYI.

All you guys doing RU-vid car revivals should thank Derek from Vice Grip Garage for starting up the Will It Run and Drive home thing. RU-vid is flooded with it😅

Its a toranado of course its gonna drive home! These cars were the epitomy of GM engineering at the time, far ahead of their time in fact. Fantastic find.

The 68 Tornado is the first model year for this generation. The windshield wipers were concealed and parallel. The front brakes were converted to disc.

Nice work. I'm pretty sure new points would be a lot less expensive than a new Snap-on leatherman. I had a ' 68 Toronado just like that one, back in the early '80's and I can tell you it was a very potent motor in it. You could smoke the tires forever! I wound up putting that engine into a '72 Toronado and drove it for many, many more trouble-free years!

My dads friend had one identical to this, it was gold colored with a blue leather interior, 💙

Is quite the project! Very rare Oldsmobile. Hope you guys can fix her up.

Hahahahhaahaha that oil pressure test was GOLD!!!!!!

Great job, guys. I would like to see future videos on this car. Those 455’s are torque monsters. I enjoy your channel.

Love your videos! You sure don't seem to be afraid to tackle the tough ones. Good to see father and son(s) team working together. Best of luck on your next revival and many thanks for the entertainment. Cheers!

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I have never seen this body style before and from the other ones of the 60s and early 70s I like this one. There is something about that front end that looks very cool. I hope you have a follow up on this one in the future, and also the New Yorker.

Back then GM actually put stop leak tablets in the radiators before the cars even left the factory.

That was car of the year in 68

Enjoy your show love that your getting out there with family and taking advantage of these opportunities not sitting back and spewing negativity like society does these days. Keep having fun and making memories.

Boss had a new 66. Toro. Always. Took to car wash and on way home wood smoke tires on side street...fun

So back in 1975 i was 18 years old right out of high school. That was my very first car it was a 1967 Oldsmobile toronado front wheel drive mine had the folding lights and a power antenna gold exterior white seats. I remember I paid $600 bucks for it then I sold it and got an Oldsmobile 442 and you know about that car.

I drove a 69 for 14 years, from 1985-1999 so the inside and under the hood look very familiar! That speedo takes some getting used to. The original wheels have the funky valve stems with a nut on the other side. I'd forget it was there when I'd get tires and of course the shops hadn't seen that in forever so they'd try to pull the stem out and make it leak. I think I bought all of the leftover valve stems from the parts stores here because I stopped being able to get them!

You can see what you want about those front wheel drives, but I've been out with my pickup stuck on the side while those front wheel drive cars. Just keep cruising right on through the snow and ice with your studied tires in front going around corners like they're supposed to not sliding you can't beat them in the snow

Walmart oil is made by Warren oil who also makes O'Reilly, rural king and a lot of other private name oils. I have been using Walmart and rural king oil in my diesels for years and have had no problems.

My brother got his old 68 olds delmont 88 convertable back after he sold it 30 years ago

Its a great car. Good job.

Ignition switch was hot, because you hotwired it😂

u are workin on the BEST V8 offered in America the Oldsmobile 455 cid...1968 thru 1976...they are 300,000 mile motors...they run well and dont burn oil..

I think the W-34 package was like the 4-4-2 package . . .

Had a 79 with a 350 & an 81 with 307 both loaded out & loved the way they'd cruise down the road

68 baby too! You rock!! 😀

Good on you man, you did the honorable thing 👍👍🏆

Kinda weird how they got the dude out of the garage, thought "nah" when looking at the open door and not even closing it out of common sense

That Mercury Montego in the background looks interesting

Awesome guys!!! You made the right decision! That engine is a real gem if it's savable! Getting it home is more important that making the drive IMHO. I really do enjoy you guys and the cars you've been choosing to buy have been refreshingly great!! I LOVE THIS BABY! BUT I think you're gonna find that if you are going to keep on making these great videos (I really hope you do) you'll need to do a little more part buying before hand and making sure the fundamentals are able to be run to get them truckin. LOL. Like Trans fluid (I missed how much you put in so maybe I'm just a tool) and maybe a set of wires and fresh plugs a carb kit with a bit of extra vitamins and minerals for that 5 quart 455 V8 Big block. But I LOVE IT!! THANK YOU!! PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ON THIS CAR I HOPE YOU GUYS TO MAKE A SWEET MACHINE IF POSSIBLE!

Liked and subscribed! Awesome video of what is one of my favorite American cars.

stumbled across this channel, love it

Your Spitfire video popped up on the right and glad it did! Nice bunch of down to earth guys, hope you become a big youtube channel! Bit unorthodox but I used bathroom sealant to fix the rad on my volvo 740 turbo.😅 It stopped the leak and held for several hundred miles.

Never seen one lie that cool looking car

Can't remember the last time I bought a distributor rotor without a new distributor cap. Budget builds are pretty chancy.

Man you guys are like up to number 10 on the list to do things before you even turn a car over and you hadn't even bothered putting any lubrication in the cylinders of a vehicle that hasn't run in 46 years??? Shame on you, if there's any way to ruin the motor you two could probably do it.I'm pretty sure why I clicked off of your last video or maybe it was a few ago about that stretched out Chrysler and from what it looks like so far I may be clicking off of this one too.

The next time things need lubed on the top of an engine I'm just going to pull the oil pressure sending unit out, start it up and let It lubricate LOL

Isn’t that America’s first stab at front wheel drive..??? Wow…!! Lol 😂.. you guys sounded Just like beavis and butthead

5:30 in so far. The crazy 30s car cord was front wheel drive and supercharged or turboed I think. Don't know much more about them than that. Jay lenno has one I think lol

1st time watching. Y'all are comical and good backyard mechs. Subscribed!

I was truly looking forward to the revival of this classic Olds. And I can see that @ 28k views so did a lot of other people. But I couldn’t fast forward enough !! I don’t know what Alfonso & Gaston actually know about cars but after a while it was almost comical. I’m sorry fellas that was pathetic. I’m glad you’re taking her home and good luck with the restoration but your vid’s IIMO are almost unwatchable. That was a wasted hour I’m sorry.

Damn, you guys rode right past me in Mays Landing....

Found y'all by accident- Triumph video, FACEBOOK didn't give me an option to follow y'all but gave a like 🎉

Nice job sir Nice car good show sir 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

Twenty rainy days? Two hundred and twenty rainy days!! 😎

These two are the Harry and Lloyd of mechanics. 🤤🫨

The rolling/barrel speedometer was on the toronado from 1966 at least through 1970 when they changed the body style.

Pour a little water down the carb while she is running, maybe it will free up those stuck piston rings, plus it will clean the carbon off the top of the pistons

Such an awesome car. Good luck with it.

You got me on the distributor cap being hard to find?? It fits dozens of GM V8 cars from mid 60s-73-4 until they did HEI

Good call at the end. No need to completely destroy the engine.

It hurt me a little that timing is so advanced

Great video even tho it's fwd it's a beautiful looking car

I had a customer with one of those and the first time he came in the trans was slipping.after that job,i vowwed to never mess with one of those again.just scrap it!

For god sakes people this isn't your car These men can do as they wish! They paid for it. Is it a good idea to fog cylinders yes but they didn't. So move on. Great content great channel. Thanks guys for your hard work and saving these awesome cars from the scrap yard.

I can smell the overheating from here!

not going to complain about the things Im hearing most of these guys whining about. the small amount of cranking you did on that engine before you put gasoline/ trans fluid mix in it hurt nothing and the trans fluid down the gullet surely lubricated those cylinders just fine from that point on, the nay sayers just prove their ignorance when they whine that you didnt pull the plugs. it moved, wasnt stuck, was dry, got oil via the carb before firing, was then lubed, the maybe 20 revolutions before the oil got there did not damage a thing. if there was rust there, it was going to get damaged by the loose rust bits scratching whether oiled or not. common sense is not very common anymore. Before you all tell me im wrong, ask yourself how the cylinder of a 2 stroke gets lubricated, then keep your yaps shut so you do not look stupider than you already do. THEY LUBRICATED THE CYLINDERS BEFORE THEY RAN IT, they just didnt waste a bunch of time uselessly pulling plugs that didnt need to be removed. But hey, content makers, maybe next time when a rig doesnt want to start, after giving her some t-fluid 2 stroke fuel down the gullet, just use a squirt bottle of gasoline down the ol' bowl vent and fill the carb bowls and let the carb do carb things (if it will), at very least, it will start the process of loosening the crud thats plugging the carb up and soften and lubricate the accelerator pump. just a reminder that the bowl vent is there, and then will run a whole bowl of fuel before dying

Neat car, glad. You Guys pulled the pug and didn’t ruin the engine, those rims are from a much newer model, back in the day the only ones that would fit were factory because of the weird offset (for that time). I think your right probably a head gasket, probably gone before You Guys touched it, it would be neat to see this one hit the road, not a restoration but maybe a roadsteration? Thanks really enjoyed the videos.

Who ever worked on that car was a bad hacker.

The engine was starving for air when you was trying to start it, first thing I would do is take off the carb and intake, clean out the rats nest, nuts, whatever is clogging exhaust, intake and the water journals. I love the year and body style, I'll be 56 this year also, I'm not so sure about the front wheel drive though. New subsciber, I'm glad I stumbled on this one.

I got a haircut 😂😂😂😂

Drum speedo was from first year, '66 through '70.

Good job guys

Great rustoration project guys, I always liked these cars. Hopefully the roof is still solid under that top. Yeah shes ratty but it will make a great project, I hope you can just regasket the top end and that will get you going again. All these comments about timing and valves stuck obviously didn't finish the video where it obviously has a very blown head gasket. 🤣

They came with discs in front from 1967. I had a 66 with drums. And it was dangerous😂

You might have a bad radiator cap

I just started your video and a subscription is highly likely, you guys seem fun and interesting and most importantly for me; you have good, long videos

no no...roll speedometer was 1966 thru 1969

Front disks were optional in 68.

Nice looking car i would say. The bodylines ❤️ Greetings from Sweden

FYI people watching the channel always clean the car thoroughly first then you can work on the car !

You most definitely have a blown head gasket especially when you had coolant in the oil

Great car! They even have the hide away head lights behind the grill! Going to throw an offer at you on the Triumph Spitfire parts car! $500 and I come get it when I can.

You have to change all the fluids and the cylinders before you turn it over!

My first car was a ‘69 riviera…..damn near the same car just rear wheel drive….the front bumper even looks erriely the same

That old horse was, "rode hard, and put away wet!!! You guys are really lucky...just sayin😊

1978 your 6 years older than me lol

Sorry I don't get on Facebook but I'll follow y'all on RU-vid

My mom had one of those in the 70s. She simply loved the thing, I don't remember what happen to it. Oh, an her's had front dic brake's I remember doing a brake job for her. Thanks for sharing an good luck with her.

Correction: the 68 toronado is the third model year for this generation.

Looks like a head gasket let go years ago.

the firing order is on the intake and the cylinders are on there as well.

You should have fixed radiator with bondo body filler rock hard in 20 minutes

Friend of mine had 1 of those back in the day. We thought it was an undesirable pos at the time. It wasn’t old enough to be cool yet. I wish I had it now in the condition it was in back in 1979.