{"id":654718,"date":"2010-02-04T14:41:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T19:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=36190"},"modified":"2010-02-04T14:41:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T19:41:22","slug":"1966-olds-toronado-twin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/654718","title":{"rendered":"1966 Olds Toronado Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36199\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/1966-olds-toronado-twin\/07e1f122305919a\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36199\" title=\"07E1F122305919A\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/07E1F122305919A.jpeg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s better than a 1966 Olds Toronado? A 1966 Olds Toronado with TWO engines.<\/p>\n<p>Tycoon Grant McCoon of the Grant Piston ring company built this insane prototype in the late &#8217;60s. It has two Olds 425-ci. V-8s, one in its original position powering the front wheels and one in the trunk for the back wheels. The thing supposedly has a combined 770 horsepower and can hit 100 miles per hour in 11 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>McCoon&#8217;s plan was to sell twin-engined Toronados to other tycoons who needed a little extra oomph for their daily drive. Needless to say, it never happened and this brown monstrosity is the only surviving example of his mad genius.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a title=\"Grant Piston Rings - History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grantpistonrings.com\/history\/history_home.htm\" >Grant Piston Rings<\/a>, <a title=\"1966 Toronado Twin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carpictures.com\/vehicle\/07E1F122305919.html\" >CarPictures.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-36190\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36200\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/1966-olds-toronado-twin\/07e1f122305919h\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36200\" title=\"07E1F122305919H\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/07E1F122305919H.jpeg?resize=400%2C290\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36201\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/1966-olds-toronado-twin\/07e1f122305919f\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36201\" title=\"07E1F122305919F\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/07E1F122305919F.jpeg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ofAAPpgBn9SA2Np-g1k7dNx9sRM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ofAAPpgBn9SA2Np-g1k7dNx9sRM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ofAAPpgBn9SA2Np-g1k7dNx9sRM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ofAAPpgBn9SA2Np-g1k7dNx9sRM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s better than a 1966 Olds Toronado? A 1966 Olds Toronado with TWO engines. Tycoon Grant McCoon of the Grant Piston ring company built this insane prototype in the late &#8217;60s. It has two Olds 425-ci. V-8s, one in its original position powering the front wheels and one in the trunk for the back wheels. 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