My first car I brought in 1978 was a 1972 Oldsmobile 98, two door hard top in black and silver the inside was black vinyl interior seats it had powers seats, powers windows, power locks, power truck button, and AM & FM Radio with 8 Track Tape player with a 455 engine 4 barrel carburetor I remember putting 10 dollars of gas it would give me 16 gallons Thank You for posting.
@will29937 жыл бұрын
I love how the 350 was the moderate, money saving motor
@rightlanehog31516 жыл бұрын
Those 350s also lasted a long time.
@walterweddle76444 жыл бұрын
@@rightlanehog3151 mine still runs strong on my 72 Malibu. been in family since 8/12/72.
@rightlanehog31514 жыл бұрын
@@walterweddle7644 Cool. How many miles on the Malibu? Please correct me if I am mistaken but I believe the Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was a quite different engine from the Chevrolet 350. I think those were the last days when GM's Divisions actually had their own engines.
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
Well, When a 455 was a "thing", a 350 seems like an economy choice! 😊
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
@@rightlanehog3151 Yes! the Oldsmobile "Rocket" 350 engine, was different from the Chevrolet 350. Also little known today is the fact that the Oldsmobile 455 (also, technically a "Rocket" Olds motor.) is NOT the same engine as the Buick 455. (and NEITHER of those are related to the Chevy 454.).
@kerryincolumbus7 жыл бұрын
Osborn - you did a fantastic job putting this all together, just great!
@marjoriemorris58492 жыл бұрын
I love Oldsmobiles! These are so beautiful 😍
@gralykmeno2 жыл бұрын
The 1972 Olds 98 that I owned once upon a time shall never be forgotten. Absolutely the most beautiful car I ever had.
@195531298 жыл бұрын
Thank-You For The work to bring this film to the you tube .
@MerleOberon7 жыл бұрын
The Olds Cutlass was the biggest selling car in the 70s.
@rightlanehog31517 жыл бұрын
The Cutlass from the early 70s was also very durable. They were on the roads in decent numbers well into the 80s and long after most cars of that generation had disappeared.
@xavierdh20007 жыл бұрын
Right Lane Hog You are so right there was alot on the streets in the 80's
@imperial737 жыл бұрын
Especially the 1976 model year, with 515,000 units sold.
@MICHGO17 жыл бұрын
FOND MEMORIES OF ONE OF THOSE. LOVED THE RASPY SOUND OLDS' MADE FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.
@Victoria3232-j7o5 жыл бұрын
Along with the 1974-1978 Mustang ll.
@sodiebergh2 жыл бұрын
What a buffet!! Thank you for this. I had no clue they retooled the song "Raindrops..." for their campaign 💙
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
5:38 Olds full size cars (and Buick's too in the same era) had driver oriented IPs. Every thing was in front of you, no reaching over to the other side of the dash, and no dang "center stack of confusion" like today's cars and space wasting "consoles". The focus was on the DRIVER, as it should be in a CAR! 😊
@davidallen57763 жыл бұрын
The Cutlass became the unadulterated favorite throughout the decade!
@NoName-ik2du2 жыл бұрын
As time marches on and we move further and further away from beautiful luxury machines like that Ninety-Eight, I become sadder and sadder. I recently sat outside my house and watched the traffic on the highway for about an hour. Hundred and hundreds of cars drove by, and not a single one of them was attractive or luxurious.
@francispotter53005 жыл бұрын
Had a 1970 supreme white black vinyl top thanks for the memories ( Doug in GA ) great car
@whatever23795 жыл бұрын
The 98 was a beautiful car. I use to love GM cars, owned a 76 Buick Electra 225, 73 Chevy Classic (my favorite) 76 Pontiac Grand Prix, 79 Regal Buick, 82 Eldorado Cadillac (worst car I ever owned) and much much more. Slowly but surely I noticed that I was spending more time in repair shops then I was, enjoying these cars. I realized GM was screwing it's loyal customers, so I decided to go foreign, temporarily. Till GM got it's act together, by building more reliable cars. But after owning a foreign car I never went back to GM. My last was a 1976 Monte Carlo. Today GM is planning to sell trucks only. Claiming cars don't sell as well in todays market. Not true! The fact is that GM can not compete with foreign cars, PERIOD. Today people have realized what I realized decades ago. At the time people tried making me feel guilty by saying I should buy American. My response was " when GM learns to respect it's loyal customers by building cars worth my hard earned money I'll buy them again" other wise they can kiss my ass! Today it has all backfired on them, as they struggle daily to keep their heads above water as more and more people abandon them. I am however realizing the same thing I realized with GM, in that the last of the best foreign cars built was up to 1995. Reliability has been slowly but surely declining, ever since. Yet the prices continue to sky rocket to the point that they too are not worth buying. Bottom line is that we the American people are getting screwed on the daily basis with higher prices for increased garbage. Foreign and domestic, alike!! Today money has become the God of greedy pigs who will stop at nothing to rob it from us.
@OsbornTramain5 жыл бұрын
It is true that Trucks sell better. all marketing shows the direction of the USA market is in Trucks and SUV's. Not cars. FCA, Ford and GM are all leaving the car market gradually......Even AMC did the same thing in 1979 when they aligned with Renault, Renault was to design cars for USA and AMC would focus on the SUV market........Cars simply don't have the profit margin and are best left to the Chinese and Koreans in the future.
@whatever23795 жыл бұрын
Exactly "Cars (AMERICAN) simply don't have the profit margin and are best left to the Chinese and Koreans in the future."...…..Because American cars can not compete with Japanese cars, the fact that American trucks sell better then American cars does NOT mean that cars don't sell, only the American ones don't. Japanese are selling just fine. You might see this as a win win for GM. I see it as a shameful defeat to Japanese manufactures.
@OsbornTramain5 жыл бұрын
I would say, a shameful defeat to the NOT Japanese, because they are only one step behind Detroit, they can't compete anymore either with Korea or China.....hence you see them sadly trying to break into the Truck and SUV market. They too are in trouble...they are getting killed by Kia and Hyundai......they too branched out into the luxury market 20 years ago because they saw the handwriting on the wall too, they too needed higher margins with luxury cars, like Acura, Infiniti and Lexus. Hyundai is scaling back their Luxury market play, it's not gone well, but if they can crack that code, Japan is done too as a player in that high profit margin market. The third world will be buying Korean and Chinese, not Japanese, they will always go for the lower price car simply due to resources. So it's a defeat to the Chinese and Koreans in my view, not the Japanese..
@whatever23795 жыл бұрын
OsbornTramain, you nailed it right on the head. I see the same exact thing happening in the future.
@seoulkidd15 жыл бұрын
I own a VW and its a German version of GM
@garys89903 жыл бұрын
Great video for great cars! Since GM killed the Oldsmobile I became a Ford fan. I grew up with several Oldsmobiles and the Delta 88 was my favorite. Thanks for posting.
@melvinstewart58765 жыл бұрын
Damn you General motors. Give me all these 72 olds
@lordpicho4 жыл бұрын
That 98 had me drooling! Memories of all these olds on the streets when I was a kid.
@alangeldart49427 жыл бұрын
to drive one of them new!!! how i would had love that!!! i was only 7 in 72
@jjsrt87 жыл бұрын
Alan Geldart I wasn't even born but I'm buying one this weekend. 1972 Coupe worked my but off to afford a classic.
@alangeldart49427 жыл бұрын
good for you!!! you will like it iam sure
@chuckgates11714 жыл бұрын
Alan Geldart same here. I owned 3 olds The 76 delra 88 350 R was the best.
@jbird44613 жыл бұрын
@@jjsrt8 I had a 72 Cutlass S in the 80s, I loved that car! I've been looking for a decent one now with no luck. Enjoy your new ride!
@Oldsmobilef853 жыл бұрын
I don't own an oldsmobile but I have a 72 pontiac catalina coupe I saved from a junkyard I'd like to have that red oldsmobile cutlass s that would be sweet. Long live oldsmobile and pontiac.
@山本淳司-x2u3 жыл бұрын
カッコいいねぇ👍😉🎶美しい🎶😉👍素敵ですねぇ。👍😉🎶✨ 、
@sterlinsilver4 жыл бұрын
The license plates saying "olds" is such a nice little touch
@TheSpritz05 жыл бұрын
In my estimate, I'd need 2 parking spaces in my Condo's underground parking to park a Olds 98!!!
@georgewilson11842 жыл бұрын
Those were the days someone please tell me they invented a time machine so I can go back to a bygone era so so sweet yeah I know there was problems then too but I don’t like things going on now in the present so vica versa hither tither & yon
@tobycleo3 жыл бұрын
I had a "1976" 98 the last year of the big 98s in my opinion the nicest looking in burgundy red
@nathanwilkie36976 жыл бұрын
Nifty little car! Love the rear taillights
@OsbornTramain6 жыл бұрын
No, sorry, I don't. I upload what I find as soon as I find it and convert it.......I'm always looking so maybe in the future I hope, subscribe, you never know!
@spacetrucker29527 жыл бұрын
I remember when B pillars were optional.
@jackoddie7 жыл бұрын
SPACE TRUCKER 2004 Cadillac
@MICHGO17 жыл бұрын
THE CHEAP MODELS HAD THE B PILLAR.
@rightlanehog31516 жыл бұрын
MICHGO1, You mean the B pillar was available with no extra charge?
@TheMrPeteChannel3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Oldsmobile.
@fortyfour66263 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhh, the bench seat and ashtray.
@reginaldwilson25324 жыл бұрын
I always loved these old commercials. "Oldsmobile, new for 1972" lol
@toronado4552 жыл бұрын
"all new 72" was used in a lot of commercials that year.
@eltonjohn32365 жыл бұрын
The Cutlass models sold very well into the 1980’s as well. I’m not sure where GM went wrong with them. Just too much badge engineering I suppose.
@OsbornTramain5 жыл бұрын
1978, that's when things went off the rails. They had their first big decrease in sales on the 4 door Aero models vs. the previously styled 4 door model. They did rebound a bit in 1980 with the restyled knotchback roof line on the four door sedan, but from that point on, they slowly decreased in sales. But again, it's not just the Cutlass that declined in sales. Everythign practically at Oldsmobile was called or named Cutlass, Cutlass Ciera, for example.....things just slid very badly very quickly at Oldsmobile thru the 80's.
@BELCAN573 жыл бұрын
@@OsbornTramain Downsizing killed a lot of GM's standard cars.
@walterweddle76443 жыл бұрын
I prefer the 72 Cutlass over the 73. In a 72 two door coupe you could roll down all windows front and rear. Not in 1973. I just didn't like those safety bumpers on the 73 models, however let me say this, the 73 is in my opinion better looking than anything today.
@Progrocker703 жыл бұрын
@@walterweddle7644 Agreed I loved the 68-72 body. The '73 seemed bulkier and just didn't look as good to me.
@Progrocker703 жыл бұрын
@@OsbornTramain The 2 door Cutlass was king in sales, and I think by mid or later '80s that two door personal luxury segment was declining in sales.
@kerryincolumbus7 жыл бұрын
E X C E L L E N T Video!!!!
@bradleygoode1163 жыл бұрын
i bought a 72 88 royale 455ci brown 4 door, that was a real car, i buried the speedometer at 120mph. torque monster. very smooth well built car.
@LakeNipissing7 жыл бұрын
"15 exterior colors" . . . just imagine!! What have advances in paint technology brought us 45 years later? Choices of black, white and a few shades of gray, even for a 60,000 plus dollar car. Pathetic! But 1972 must have been a difficult year to push car sales, with engine outputs almost cut in half vs. 1971 models, which were essentially identical cars with much better performance and fuel economy.
@OsbornTramain7 жыл бұрын
wow, spot on!
@xavierdh20007 жыл бұрын
LakeNipissing Thats so true!
@MICHGO17 жыл бұрын
YUP AND YOU CAN CHOSE FROM A BLACK OR A BLACK INTERIOR. YOU CAN'T FIND A DECENT COUPE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. GIVE ME A '76 LIGHT BLUE OVER BLUE CUTLASS SUPREME ANY DAY.
@rightlanehog31516 жыл бұрын
Lake Nipissing, You should see Lou Cosatabile's Channel with the recent video of a '75 Buick convertible. It actually features the dealer catalogues that let the customer choose the specific features of their own car.
@75aces974 жыл бұрын
You can also get shades of beige and tan. This is a very exciting time in exterior paint. 🧐 I've wondered that too though. From the late 70s most models of car got super conservative in their paint colors. Except for a short time in the mid-late 90s, exterior colors have been really boring. The choices we get for most models anymore, only a fleet service can love. Maybe that's who gets catered to anymore.
@jeffreyalman Жыл бұрын
My grandmother had a 72 88 Royale. Best car ever.
@georgeszaslavsky7 жыл бұрын
excellent work and thanks for sharing
@woodyofp85744 жыл бұрын
It gets the name "88" because that's the length, in feet.
@Sashazur3 жыл бұрын
Back when you could get a car in colors besides black, silver, white, and dark red - and when you could get an interior other than black or ... black?
@OsbornTramain3 жыл бұрын
On my driveway today, I have an Orange AMC Matador, a bright Yellow AMC Matador, a Beige Fury, a Brown Fury and a White with wood grain Royal Monaco.....on the new cars of mine, I went kinetic Blue on the Bolt, Gomango Orange on my Challanger and dark red on my Ram. I refuse to go silver, black, white......so boring
@robd7365 Жыл бұрын
Early 70's full sized olds are beautiful cars
@mattskustomkreations3 жыл бұрын
I prefer the formal roofline on the Cutlass models.
@ketoninja2 жыл бұрын
I had a 72 Delta 88 in college for a while, Rocket 350 2bbl., think I paid a few hundred bucks for it. I remember walking on the hood and over the whole body from stem to stern. Lots of steel there. I took the air cleaner off while it ran to listen to the sucking sound it made as I revved it up. Wasn't a very fast car, and boy did it suck gas, but it was a tough old beast. I hit a deer once and it didn't even leave a dent in the bumper. I remember removing one of the massive turn signal lenses in the front and OMG it was huge. Fun times.
@davidgarris25133 жыл бұрын
Yes, you to may be able to actually afford this car. Because we actually employ people here stateside!
@OldsVistaCruiser4 жыл бұрын
Where are the wagons? It was the last year for the "real" Vista Cruiser, and the clamshell tailgate Custom Cruiser was still the talk of the wagon buyers because of its tailgate, its immense size and its immense towing capacity.
@OsbornTramain4 жыл бұрын
sadly, as mentioned, this film was cut up and broken apart, I was able to secure only parts of the film and restore it. There's no Toronado stuff either. I never get why people take film and cut it all up?
@OldsVistaCruiser4 жыл бұрын
@@OsbornTramain - Sad. It would have been worth more intact.
@briansmith83614 жыл бұрын
The lost footage is a shame, but wagons are indeed gaining in popularity among collectors. There are many beautiful vintage wagons I would be pleased to own.
@Marco-lv8co4 жыл бұрын
I had a 1970 cutlass supreme sx, see ring yellow with White vinyl top, and White interior with consol. 455 dual exhaust. 400th. I put A holley 4 barrel on it. Blue printed the motor, repainted and restored the whole car. I loved it. But somebody desided to put the car at fire one night.10 years ago. So there it went. Bought a 69 Corvette and a 99 camaro z 28 for the insurance money. Regretted the Corvette, changed it for a 71 Impala conv, with a 454.still miss that olds.
@raymondhaley6185 Жыл бұрын
The luxurious rocket 🚀,a wild combined combination of big car room and stylish but commanding presence and a big block short block engine that was more than capable of hurling a big 4600lb/coupe or4700lb sedan like midsize cars regardless of horsepower, upgrade the entire engine and all I can say is hold on for dear life my friend, because then you'll have a rocket 🚀 that's hard to control.
@mason554010 ай бұрын
The Osborn Supremacy, featuring the Cutlass Supreme
@kennybranshaw75264 жыл бұрын
The dashboard on that '72 Cutlass is just niiice!
@elmowilson2983 жыл бұрын
Yes sir. Many of these Oldsmobiles had a square single dashboard throughout the years even thw Custom Cruiser wagons.
@rightlanehog31516 жыл бұрын
"But there's one thing I know, 5:20 the blues they send to meet me won't defeat me, It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me ;) "
@rsstrazz62613 жыл бұрын
"What the hell you think yer doin'?" - "Stealin yer woman" - - - " -Take her"
@robertorossi59795 жыл бұрын
I miss our olds 98 coupe
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
The 1971-72 98's seemed to be "channeling" the 1960 Cadillac. An early example of intentional "retro" styling?
@pacbeltrr386 жыл бұрын
These were great Cars! Then after 73, they became overweight and underpowered....
@johnborges59384 жыл бұрын
The chassis of the '71-76 were all substantially the same, and already horribly bloated and overweight compared with the earlier models. The massive bloating was yet another bizarre and poorly timed design decision from GM, and quickly followed by Ford and Chrysler. From about 72 on, in response to the Clean Air Act of 1970, American car companies introduced poorly designed, half-hearted modifications to engines to meet new anti-pollution requirements, damaging economy and performance. It really took Volvo's creation of the closed-loop engine control system, universally adopted by the 80s, to rectify the situation. Like you, I still have fond memories of these cars, though. Seeing these ads is almost as good as a time machine!
@waterheaterservices4 жыл бұрын
I became over weight and under powered after 53.
@Joeyland5 жыл бұрын
there was a time when they showed you and informed you about a car in a commercial, now they photograph it artistically and give it a stupid name
@mattskustomkreations3 жыл бұрын
Grandpa had a string of ‘98’s.
@pwrfl23572 жыл бұрын
Do you have the olds line for 1973? One of my favorite cars ever is a 73 cutlass supreme
@OsbornTramain2 жыл бұрын
what you see is what I've got. I upload when I find new material....I wish I had a stach but I don't....just search on my channel, what you find is all I've got (at that moment)
@xavierdh20007 жыл бұрын
lol that instrumental playing that's Shirley Bassy song where Do I begin playing for the 98 commercial lol it was a big hit for her that year! in 72 lol
@OsbornTramain7 жыл бұрын
It's not Shirley Bassy's song, it the Theme Song to the Film "Love Story", written by Francis Lai introduced in 1970. Andy Williams took it to the no. 1 spot on the USA charts (being a USA song). there have been covers from many other singers, from Jim Nabors to Englbert Humperdink. Shirley Bassy did a cover of the song too, one of just about 32 people alone covered the song in 1972 and had hits with it.
@xavierdh20007 жыл бұрын
OsbornTramain yea i new it was from the movie, And that Andy Williams had done it but i am more familiar with Shirley Bassey version and when i heard it that's who i thought of
@lindycorgey27433 жыл бұрын
If you were working a decent job. You could afford most any American Mid or Large Car. Also afford to fuel them.
@brandancooper3853 жыл бұрын
Hum...9:13 he said .."computer selected Springs"...in 1972?....computer?
@papocam38535 жыл бұрын
Hey!!! Where's the top of the line,the personal luxury coupe; TORONADO, if you can see me NOW!!!!!
@OsbornTramain5 жыл бұрын
Yes, in my description I mentioned that this film had been cut apart and separated, not all the pieces survived, clearly the Tornado is not in this and neither is the Custom Cruiser or Cutlass Wagon too....these parts of the film were lost for ever.
@67marlins2 жыл бұрын
Nice but I was hoping for the whole lineup including Toronado....and I guess the Nova-based Omega came later?
@OsbornTramain2 жыл бұрын
I can only show what's been saved and still remains.....film is fragile, time will damage it. This is all I could use. Omega was 1973
@johnxaviere3 жыл бұрын
6:58 someones gonna get some...
@BootHillStompers6 жыл бұрын
Hello Do You have similar stuff for the 1978 line up?
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
Buick would use "Little Limousine" to describe their FWD X-Body Skylark abut a decade later.
@houstoncowdog3 жыл бұрын
I agree, the 76 98’s were the best looking. I’d actually like to own one but the prices have skyrocketed in the last 3 or 4 years. As recently as 2017-2018, really nice examples of the 76 98 could be found for less than $10 but not anymore.
@egold10062 жыл бұрын
I knew wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, he had a loaded 1972 98. I thought he would be more of a Pontiac guy.
@glenselenselv17562 жыл бұрын
Where can I order one?
@soundwavs1961c3 жыл бұрын
7:26 We had a Green one.. This car fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jorgehuerta9593 Жыл бұрын
When did you hear about these cars being riddled with transmission problems well before 100000 miles!?!? Never!!!!
@sweetdaddy772 жыл бұрын
Eighty Eight was probably best bang for the buck
@phoenixinfinity5953 жыл бұрын
Insurance cost
@ralstonmathews35432 жыл бұрын
I'm a Buick man...however I sure miss Oldsmobile and Pontiac/🙄
@TheCanigitar2 жыл бұрын
❤I ilke it. ❤
@markjohnston35024 жыл бұрын
Nothing on the Toronado
@OsbornTramain4 жыл бұрын
Yes, if you read the description you would understand that this was a film that was cut up and then the pieces that survived were restored. Clearly there was a Toronodo print, but it's lost forever
@markjohnston35024 жыл бұрын
@@OsbornTramain Si! I know.
@tommywatterson5276 Жыл бұрын
Awful young couple buying the 98. The market for the 98 were in their 50 and 60's
@jorgehuerta9593 Жыл бұрын
IMHO the olds 350/455 engines way better than the Chevy 350/454, respectively....Way better.....
@terrymeadows18276 жыл бұрын
You could get a higher trim Plymouth Fury with a better-looking, more substantial interior than that for a much lower cost. And the '72 Dodge Royal Monaco was gorgeous outside and in. Chrysler ruled the late '60s and early '70s as far as style and value, IMO.
@OsbornTramain6 жыл бұрын
But you were paying for the Name. Oldsmobile was an upper middle priced line of cars, Plymouth was the low price three, with Ford and Chevy.......so even if it was nicer, it still didn't have the status of an Oldsmobile. Dodge was middle priced, Chrysler was upper middle price and competed directly with Buick and Oldsmobile. Mercury, Dodge, Pontiac were basically going head to head against each other.
@terrymeadows18276 жыл бұрын
Yep and that's why I say the Plymouth was a better value. I don't like paying for names, although the '96 Olds Cutlass Supreme was a more substantial-looking car than its Chevy counterpart--the Baretta (which looked cheap, again, IMO). Thanks for posting your vintage videos, Mr. Tramain. It's a lot of work which many of us car nuts really appreciate.
@chrisxaf12375 жыл бұрын
Terry Meadows Those 69-73 chryslers were bland and ugly with poor quality. Thats why most of these didnt survive the 80s while even nowadays there are tons of unrestored oldsmobiles from the 70s
@matthewennen931111 ай бұрын
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@glennso474 жыл бұрын
All the GM cars of that era were oversized battle ships. I had a 1973 Chevrolet Caprice and it was just over sized and one of the worst cars I ever had. GM did the right thing by downsizing their cars in 1977. As the 1977 Chevy commercial said “Now that’s more like it “
@solidbreed97673 жыл бұрын
You probably didn't take care of it
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar2 жыл бұрын
@@solidbreed9767 I like their description "it was just so oversized and one of the worst cars ever". Immaculate real experience, I bet I purchased it in 1999 and expected it was going to work just as perfect as it did when it was new.