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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRGL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LEE WILLIAM I</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4809 COLE AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE #107</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75205</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>200000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.285</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>793340</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2004-12-17</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Wilco Properties Inc.</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-12-20</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 711,940 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 81,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 711,940 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 56,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 660,107 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 56,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ G.T. Graves III, Attorny-In-Fact for William I. Lee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-12-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2004-12-17
0
0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001067405
LEE WILLIAM I
4809 COLE AVENUE
SUITE #107
DALLAS
TX
75205
1
0
1
0
Common Stock
2004-12-17
4
S
0
200000
20.285
D
793340
D
Common Stock
2004-12-17
4
S
0
25000
21.80
D
768340
I
Wilco Properties Inc.
Common Stock
2004-12-20
4
S
0
51833
21.58
D
716507
D
Includes 711,940 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 81,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.
Includes 711,940 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 56,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.
Includes 660,107 shares held directly by Mr. William I. Lee; includes 56,400 shares held indirectly by Mr. William I. Lee
through Wilco Properties, Inc.
/s/ G.T. Graves III, Attorny-In-Fact for William I. Lee
2004-12-21