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Edited February 14, 200719 yr by kdelong442

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Edited February 21, 200719 yr by kdelong442

This pic of my Olds was posted on the site of the car club whos show I brought my car to back in 2005. It got a fair amout of attention.

This is a 1986 Oldsmobile Calais. This was the 1st car I ever bought new and not used. It had a 3.0 V6 in it. Since that time every car I have bought, has been new and that was 15 cars ago. My how time flys when you're having fun!

Edited February 16, 200719 yr by Pontiac-Custom-S

Of course- the red Protosport 4 above is a Pontiac....

>>"Oldsmobile and Buick had commercial chassis and 'Flower Car' body styles-I know Oldsmobile also had a Sedan Delivery up until about 1950 (I don't remember if Buick ever had one or not), and the Olds Toronado also later, circa 1973-78, lent its chassis not only to those 1970's GMC Motorhomes (heavily advertised in magazines such as National Geographic), but also to Flower Cars-"<<

Flower cars have always been aftermarket coachbuilt... at least after the 1930s. No factory 'flower car' type vehicles from Buick or Olds from the '30s thru today.

I highly doubt the '70s GMC motorhomes used Toronado chassis, but I could be wrong on that. Powertrains, yes, but those motorhomes had to be relatively monsterous in weight compared to the Toros, and as well-engineered as the Toro was, I wonder if it was over-engineered enough to reliably carry a 6 or 8-ton body....

Pontiac had an RPO Sedan Delivery style from '49-53, but Olds's '50 SD was a one-off prototype- not regular production. Buick and Olds had numerous trucks, but they were all before 1925.

Those were interesting photos to say the least. Makes you wonder what could have been. They were very nice to look at and notice the things on the Oldsmobiles that are now in other production cars.

Here's one...my favorite of the 2 Oldsmobiles I've owned. The Brougham seating was incomparable on a long-trip...no other car I've owned was more comfortable...my only complaint is that this one did not have a small block Olds V8. Oh well, I miss my 1984 Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe.

Photo taken at the American River canyon, Auburn, CA, about 35 miles east of Sacramento, CA

Edited April 22, 200718 yr by trinacriabob

*BUMP*

Found these on Flickr and I think they epitomize the perfection of the Aurora (I forgot how much I wanted one until I saw these)

This is a 1950 Olds custom. It has to be one of the nicest I've seen.

...an old post...but WOW!

Chris

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...:en-US%26sa%3DN

This photo of this beautiful Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 is by David Orea, see above link.

1935 Oldsmobile:

I've always liked the 2000 Profile concept.

Edited July 27, 200817 yr by REDO1GPGT

RED01GPGT....I like that concept too...very clean.

Some concepts...

Antares:

Right...I remember these concepts/sketches...and was expecting the Intrigue to be released as the Antares.

Still, I think both the final design and the Intrigue name were good choices!

Antares still seems contemporary.

Best looking flush-glass I can recall seeing.

This French '54 Citroen Traction Avant, powered by a 15-hp six, was a taxicab in Paris when it was purchased by General Motors. GM engineers took it apart to help in their design of the Oldsmobile Toronado, GM's first front-drive car. GM Vice President Bud Goodman drove the car for a while, then sold it in 1970-71 to Gilliam Clark, Matthew Clark's father. Note the front suicide doors.

You learn something new everyday. I did not know that....and thanx Olds Guy...for sharing your knowledge....although we are approaching 9 years since you posted this...and I dont know if you are still around....

 

I wanted to post a fantastic, memorable Oldsmobile picture as my first contribution to this thread, when I found this picture...

I dont know if she truly was restored....but Id like to think that she was...

Oldsmobile may be gone...but she keeps marching on...

This '69 WILL continue on to spread the joy of Oldsmobile.