{"id":98,"date":"2007-01-24T17:01:33","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2010-12-16T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T20:47:40","slug":"jay-leno%e2%80%99s-oldsmobile-toronado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/jay-leno%e2%80%99s-oldsmobile-toronado\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Leno\u2019s Oldsmobile Toronado&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/jay2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-99\" title=\"jay2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/jay2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>To the average person, Jay Leno is the hilarious host of \u201cThe Tonight Show, starring Jay Leno.\u201d\u00a0 But to motor-heads, he&#8217;s known as one of America&#8217;s foremost collectors of fine automobiles. His personal \u201cgarage\u201d contains cars running the gamut of automotive design.\u00a0 Million-dollar foreign sports cars with names you can&#8217;t pronounce, antique touring cars from blue-blood lines like Duessenberg, muscle cars like the Hemi-powered 1970 Charger, born in the infancy of America\u2019s flirtation with power and speed on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Amid this multi-million dollar investment, Jay could easily lose track of the small things that put the finishing touches on a lovingly restored car.\u00a0 But he doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 Jay dresse\u2019s out each of his projects completely, right down to choosing the perfect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/wheelcovers.html\">wheel covers<\/a> or hubcaps.\u00a0 To finish off this amazing 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, Jay went shopping for the perfect Dog Dish style hub cap and landed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/\">Hubcaps.com<\/a> !\u00a0 Check out these pics of what could be the world\u2019s greatest \u201csleeper\u201d car.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t your father&#8217;s 1966 Toronado!\u00a0 Beneath this unassuming skin lies a 1,000 horsepower twin-turbo engine from GM Performance Parts.\u00a0 (It&#8217;s a small block!)\u00a0 The car was masterminded by Bernard Juchli at Jay Leno&#8217;s &#8220;Big Dog Garage&#8221; in Burbank, California.\u00a0 To harness all that horsepower, Bernard and company had to get rid of the venerable front-wheel drive that some consider a hallmark of the Toronado.\u00a0 A bit of brilliant mechanical surgery replaced the old system with a donor suspension, torque tube, and rear-mounted transaxle from a C5 Corvette.\u00a0 1,000 horsepower being pushed through a Corvette rear-end?\u00a0 If Grandma has a heart condition, you probably don&#8217;t want to take her for a ride in this &#8220;old&#8221; Toronado.\u00a0 Congrats to Jay Leno and his great crew at Big Dog for creating a dream &#8220;sleeper&#8221; street rod!<\/p>\n<p>And thanks for choosing Hubcaps.com!<\/p>\n<p>April<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/\">Hubcaps.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the average person, Jay Leno is the hilarious host of \u201cThe Tonight Show, starring Jay Leno.\u201d\u00a0 But to motor-heads, he&#8217;s known as one of America&#8217;s foremost collectors of fine automobiles. 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