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    <periodOfReport>2006-01-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000098720</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRGL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001164724</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BREWER DAVID M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>590 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>4.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-01-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>62500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <value>Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">David M. Brewer began having shared investment authority with his father, Herbert L. Brewer, regarding the shares of Series
 A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust on January 1, 2006.  David M. Brewer
 disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Toreador Resources Corporation other than those shares of Series A-1
 Convertible Preferred Stock held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Exercisable immediately</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Not applicable</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Douglas W. Weir, Attorney-In-Fact for David M. Brewer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-04-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2006-01-01
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0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001164724
BREWER DAVID M
590 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10022
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0
0
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
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2006-01-01
4
G
0
10000
A
Common Stock
62500
10000
I
Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust
David M. Brewer began having shared investment authority with his father, Herbert L. Brewer, regarding the shares of Series
 A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust on January 1, 2006.  David M. Brewer
 disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Toreador Resources Corporation other than those shares of Series A-1
 Convertible Preferred Stock held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust
Exercisable immediately
Not applicable
/s/Douglas W. Weir, Attorney-In-Fact for David M. Brewer
2007-04-27