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Old May 13th, 2008, 10:35 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by HotRodHearseGuy View Post
I hadn't thought about the Toro stuff, but that has potential also. I would think that using something after they downsized would be better, this way you would have better chances of matching up the track to the Vista. There are still a lot of Bravada's in the salvage yards too.
I'm not talking about the whole Toro front suspension, just the oil pan with notch, differential (that bolts to the driver's side of an Olds block), and the two stub axles that fit into the diff and have the flanges that the half-shafts bolt to. This hardware all bolts to any Olds block. You'd need to fit the differential with a yoke (normally it bolts to the Toro trans case). You'd need to custom make half shafts that bolted to the Toro flanges on the inside and the Bravada spindles on the outside. None of this is very hard to do.
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