olds Toronado

[El Roberto]

Is there anywhere to find a Oldsmobile toronado kit?

[SfanGoch]

Ebay.

[Monty]

Most of them will be JoHan kits ('66-'72 IIRC), but MPC issued their own '67 Toronado kit way back when.  There have been some very nice ones shown on here over the years.  

[Mark]

MPC did '67 and '68 kits.  Jo-Han did '66-'72.  '67, '68, and '70 are in AMT boxes but were manufactured by Jo-Han.  Jo-Han did all promos except '67.  MPC's '67 is the more accurate of the two, Jo-Han's '68 will be more correct than MPC's.

[StevenGuthmiller]

No matter the manufacturer, they’re all going to be expensive.

 

 

 

Steve

[Mark]

Especially '71-'72.

[El Roberto]

18 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

No matter the manufacturer, they’re all going to be expensive.

 

 

 

Steve

Woah...you were right, I didn't want one That much. 

[Monty]

21 hours ago, Mark said:

MPC did '67 and '68 kits.  Jo-Han did '66-'72.  '67, '68, and '70 are in AMT boxes but were manufactured by Jo-Han.  Jo-Han did all promos except '67.  MPC's '67 is the more accurate of the two, Jo-Han's '68 will be more correct than MPC's.

Can you elaborate on that last sentence?  I assumed the '66 - '70 JoHan Toronados would basically be carryovers with the possibility of interior updates. 

[Mark]

The company doing the promo would have the more accurate kit for that year.

[Beans]

It is easier to find a promo than a kit (if you have to have one).  Sometimes one pops up at a decent price.  That said, I have been looking for a 68 for a long time but I am cheap.

[Alison]

If you're just looking for the UPP (the engine/transaxle/front subframe), the MPC Californian got repopped last year so it should still be plentiful on hobby store shelves and online. Converting one to stock Toronado body would be an ordeal though.