That was the year my Dad passed, I was 17. Miss you Dad!! beautiful vehicles.
@moonraiser6316 жыл бұрын
I have a 1977 Olds 98 Regency that I bought from my next door neighbor's estate. It was parked in 1989 when she went to a nursing home. She was 86 then and lived to be 101. It was not started again until 2005. Had to put in a new gas tank and all the rubber items got replaced. Amazingly, the engine started right up and the car runs fine to this day. It had a little over 72,000 miles when I got it, and now it has around 78,000 miles. I drive it on weekends and it has done very well.
@paulcheek57115 жыл бұрын
more beautiful bigger and more comfortable than anything today..
@robertortiz85404 жыл бұрын
My first car I brought in 1978 was a 1972 Olds 98 two door coupe silver and black fully loaded 455 engine 4 barrel carb the back tires and the skirt fender.
@peter455sd13 жыл бұрын
1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale,even by today's standards an spectacular automobile !
@DJM44216 жыл бұрын
i love my '77 Cutlass Supreme and for me only being 28 these commercials makes me long for days gone by when Olds was KING!
@chgojoearchivist14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the share. The days of when American cars, were American cars. RIP Oldsmobile.
@syedammarkhalid36953 жыл бұрын
And they were all shit
@chgojoearchivist3 жыл бұрын
@@syedammarkhalid3695 Why'd you say that? Kindly explain why American built cars were all shit.
@califdad45 жыл бұрын
the Olds 98 and Buick Electra were great cars and those 455 engines were great engines, had one in a 70 Riviera
@1977TA3 жыл бұрын
In the mid-1980s My parents bought a used 1976 Olds 98. All black exterior with black interior. It was the family car during most of my childhood and early teens. My siblings and I called it a limo because it was so long.
@MrMenefrego13 жыл бұрын
My Pop had a '72 Olds Vista Cruiser, what a car!
@halloalllo9 жыл бұрын
You don't hear the word smooth in today's commercials anymore, because modern cars aren't smooth any more. It seems like it is all about sport and connectivity...that sucks.
@gloriamoreno86685 жыл бұрын
The cars nowadays have no suspension. ...you feel every little road imperfection....and a over revving squirel cage under the hood..
@maxredman10154 жыл бұрын
@@gloriamoreno8668 So True ! Who wants road feel. I like floating on a cloud like my old 1980 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. 235/75/15 Tires means I didn't feel or hear a thing but smooth riding. My new improved SUV has 245/40/20 and I feel every crack or ripple on the road, it sucks.
@MrMenefrego14 жыл бұрын
@@maxredman1015 Amen to that! As a man who was born in 1961, I have experienced both the best and the worst Detroit had to offer. American automobiles went from having the ability and freedom to build their cars as they wished and, the cars which American buyers wanted. These were stately or sporty, extremely powerful *ALL-AMERICAN CARS!* As a result of this freedom Americans had massive 'Personal Luxury Cars', 'Muscle Cars', dozens of different models in each division and hundreds of different 'Option Packages' from which to choose! Then, 'Uncle Sam' stuck his nose in the situation with regulations, like minimum MPG requirements and "Smog Control" devices which choked the life out of Detroit's finest engines! 'The Big-3' (Ford, GM & Chrysler) and 'The Little One' (AMC) began chopping chunks of sheet metal off of their once grand models and designing new 4-&-6-cyl engines or de-tuning their existing engines to the point where true horsepower was gone. We once had American engines with 475-plus horsepower, that same engine detuned now offered approximately 160-hp! I believe that 1969 was about the last year in which we could buy a real, untouched, unaltered American automobiles. If Ford, GM and Chrysler would blow the dust off of the blueprints for their 1960's-early-1970's models, build just 10-thousand of each model (with modern quality: 'fit and finish'), then those ten-thousand or less automobiles would NOT be bound to follow the air pollution regulations or MPG minimums; hence you have classic American cars without the Govt. regulations choking the life out of them! *If only!*
@ford957214 жыл бұрын
I had some friends who had a '73 Custom Cruiser with a 455, Power windows and door locks, cruise control, AM/FM 8 track Stereo radio and a power tail gate, What a GREAT car that was!! They called it the "Enterprise" They called the power tailgate the the "Shuttlecraft Bay Doors" and the front seat area the "Bridge"
@atlmuscleman14 жыл бұрын
My Uncle Earls' car. Many fond memories of that green '72 Delta 88. I was 8 then. RIP Uncle Earl...and Oldsmobile.
@kcindc55394 жыл бұрын
We had a ‘72 Delta 88 Coupe, Navy blue with a white vinyl roof. Man that thing was a tank, and the doors I swear were a mile long and weighed about six tons each. Technically we had a two car garage but no amount of manipulating the laws of physics would permit squeezing the Olds and our equally enormous Buick LeSabre in there at the same time. The funniest thing I remember? Driving (and parking!) The Blue Beast didn’t bother my mom one bit, despite the fact she stood only 5’3”, couldn’t really see where exactly the car ends, and had the seat so far forward she drove with the steering wheel basically in her lap. I used to call her “Captain” lol.
@pipeguy19588 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous cars! I'd take any of them!!!
@aarongranda78253 жыл бұрын
Bill Mitchell took design to a high level of artistry.
@bobcoradi26384 жыл бұрын
"A protective rubber strip on both the front and rear bumper is standard on every Delta 88"... I'm sold!!
@markmarshall3914 жыл бұрын
wish i had any one of these in original condition!
@alannorman64024 жыл бұрын
Listen to that music!
@1967PmdGto16 жыл бұрын
The EEEEcononical 350 v8 with 2bbl carburetor, LOL I miss the good ole days when a 350 was considered economical. They said the TH400 has been refined in 72. Those things were pretty much bullet proof/theSame for all years, so I wonder what mods they did in 72. Probably some minor valve body/tuning to the trans---i.e. he said smoother. However, I have heard in around 71 they had some Torque Converter problems, so maybe improvements there too.
@MrMenefrego14 жыл бұрын
I bought a turd-brown exterior with tan cloth interior, 4-door '72 Olds, Delta 88 in 1983 with about 80-K on her for $100.00, she even had a fancy vinyl top too! (remember the days when you could buy decent and reliable American transportation for a hundred bucks?!) It had no rust whatsoever and the turd-brown paint took a high-speed buff which was deep and as ugly as the day she rolled off the GM assembly line! She had the Olds 'Rocket' 350-ci but, I replaced the original Olds 2-bbl carb. with a Holly 4-bbl and my father-in-law, (who was a mechanical engineer and an excellent mechanic), re-tuned the detuned Olds 'Rocket' 350-ci from its original, (and pathetic) 160-net-hp to the point that she tested at just over 400-hp with 425-ft-lbs of rubber-burning torque. He also changed the rear-end for more low-end torque and 'off-the-line' power, don't recall the exact numbers. (he was the mechanical genius, not me). Not only was she powerful and as quick as a raped Ape, that ole Olds was surprisingly agile for such a large automobile; especially with the new and thicker sway bars which he installed along with firmer shocks and a few other clever suspension modifications. I was in my early 20's at the time and came from a typical dysfunctional American family so, I had to use it as my home as well when my parents kicked me out for wanting to marry a girl of which they did not approve... the joke is on them because, here we are 40 years later and we are still married! Anyway, the Olds Delta 88 makes an awesome home, the seats are soft, long and comfier than most folk's couches! It's a damned fine automobile as well, I wish they still built BIG, luxurious, and *basic (*no computers!) American cars like these!
@mchill0716 жыл бұрын
we had a 71 Delta custom 2 door 455....THE best car our family EVER had! this must be offf 16 mm film? can almost hear the Bell & Howell filmosound sprocket noise...thanks 4 the memory
@cababy12964 жыл бұрын
I went to a car auction back in 93 in Pennsylvania during a snowstorm they drove in a 1975 Delta 88 convertible full of snow I guess nobody was thinking convertible I got it for $500! Purring like a kitten enjoyed it for 11 years and sold it for $3,000! Win-win situation👍
@ford957214 жыл бұрын
What Classics!!!!
@cadrolls12 жыл бұрын
The 1976 Cutlass was the best selling Oldsmobile in its history. I'd ang onto this car if I were you. The 1977 is going to be worth a lot too.
@creekhed18 жыл бұрын
LOVE the 88...my mom had a '71 and it was awesome!!!! ...but the word ECONOMICAL does not belong in the ad! lol
@MrMenefrego13 жыл бұрын
😜
@mccrackenphillip12 жыл бұрын
I Still Like The 73 88 From Evil Dead But We Had A 83 V6 Cutlass Our Selfs Nice Cars.
@mikecook81475 жыл бұрын
I had a 73 88 Delta Royal convertible...HD cooling, HD Suspension, HD wheels, Positive Traction Rear, 455-4V...It liked fuel, but rode, drove well...and COMFORT...
@tjfreak12 жыл бұрын
Watching MeTv lately,60's 70's stuff, the background in most shows you see traffic/parked cars,dating from the 50's to the current rides of the day & the minute % off imports,it's weird to have been there & not have given it any thought, to see those time capsule images from then, & now and get excited & identify cars in movies and sitcoms.You see what are now rare low production high optioned cars driving in the back ground or featured,My three sons Pontiacs Bewitched / IDOJeanie Chevys..
@dontellgucci11177 жыл бұрын
Tjfreak Ido used Pontiac as well. Bewitched used Chevrolet
@frequencyfluxfandango85044 жыл бұрын
I really do fancy one of those 98 Broughams.. Oh yes, and Now that I've finally reached the mature age where I ought to be allowed to drive one of these fine automobiles, there is no longer enough room on our Fkg Roads. Dammit.. It isn't easy you know.
@socalguy976 жыл бұрын
Ooooh. An am/fm, push button radio is standard this year! I’m blown away with all this luxury lol.
@bobcoradi26384 жыл бұрын
But wait, there's more! . . . "A low-cost, new monaural push-button radio 'is available' (car advert speak for "you can pay for it as an option") on EVERY Oldsmobile". Funny, I remember that actually being a big deal back then (I was 12)!
@lindatowns1131 Жыл бұрын
I love this 72 ols
@1VaDude4 жыл бұрын
The front end makes it appear as though the car is smiling.
@allthebest68293 жыл бұрын
Really? I always felt the 71 & 72 had one of the angriest-looking front ends ever.
@masterlee12316 жыл бұрын
Adds to the BIG CAR LOOKS...
@isukaman85619 жыл бұрын
I have an Olds Alero. It rides quite harshly. I wish it had the G-ride system for its suspension.
@meseyc7 жыл бұрын
Isukaman the problem is cars these days are so damn light they can't ride like those 4700 pound yachts
@c-0284 жыл бұрын
Budget Cadillac (Shared chassis)
@vistacruiser67d16 жыл бұрын
Well I got it on VHS and transferred it to DVD. We then filmed if off the laptop. Lots of surface noise.
@vistacruiser67d15 жыл бұрын
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations in the United States, first enacted by Congress in 1975, are federal regulations intended to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) sold in the US in the wake of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo.
@cadrolls12 жыл бұрын
You shouldn't have much of a problem finding parts for your car. Google "Oldsmobile parts" and you will find them easily.
@ford957213 жыл бұрын
@peter455sd You got THAT right!!! A spectacular CLASSIC!!!!
@vistacruiser67d15 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@MaestroTJS11 жыл бұрын
Tell me again about the bumper strip that's going to protect my precious bumpers.
@SAYoung1515 жыл бұрын
enjoyed the video. where did it come from. any more?
@edoardozampetti46013 жыл бұрын
whats the cost of delta 88??
@LearnAboutFlow4 жыл бұрын
Me and the wife was consid'rin a Chrysler until we heard about that protective rubber strip!
@dalekrueger14 жыл бұрын
@chiefmel these are stout cars, my dad saw one spun around one day in the middle of the road going 35 mph, in reverse, by his foreman
@vistacruiser67d14 жыл бұрын
They sure left them out didnt they? The source video I have made no mention of it.
@ThunderAppeal15 жыл бұрын
The only reason people stopped buying land yachts like this is because gas prices went too high and idiot CAFE standards. Probably more due to idiot CAFE standards. People buy SUV's instead now.
@wyecee14 жыл бұрын
What about the Custom Cruisers?
@MrScottie685 жыл бұрын
Nice cars but they don’t even come close to the ‘72 Chrysler’s in styling and luxury.
@vistacruiser67d16 жыл бұрын
Try googling FUSICK. Should pull up Oldsmobile parts. They divide off a section devoted to 1961 to 1976 full sixe Olds.
@seanmcgivney76316 жыл бұрын
Commercials? for whom? perhaps salesmen at the dealership.
@mikecook81475 жыл бұрын
Back when quality vehicles were built that points and plugs could keep you going for 1p0k. Now, at 50-60k you have to pay thousands for electronic control modules.
@RaymondHaley-bi8lx Жыл бұрын
Fine auto
@derriusbranch86203 жыл бұрын
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@joeytb39014 жыл бұрын
A lot of these big gas guzzling family cars in the 70s were really ugly looking don't know where they got their designs from, it's like if was not a sports muscle car it was ugly ... Ugly rear ends ugly front ends ugly wheels.