The progression of The Oldsmobile 88 from 1949 to 1999.
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@toddbonin69263 жыл бұрын
We were an 88 family in the 60s and 70s. We had one Dynamic 88, two Delmont 88s and three Delta 88s. In those days, 88s were the best cars around, and my dad loved them.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people felt that way.
@LlyleHunter2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in these cars. My favorites were 1965, 1968 and especially the very elegant 1970 4dr hardtop. All of ours were four door holidays but the 1970 was spectacular.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
We had a '71 but I don't remember much about it other than it was a white 4-door.
@rockoyouthman3 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a 1949 convertible 88. Love love love it
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Now that is cool.
@djjeffdjrabito67572 жыл бұрын
my favorite show of yours so far - forgot how many of these we owned and drove . I love your format for these model reviews as well, so thanks again.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It has been an evolutionary process, hopefully for the better.
@robertchristie9434 Жыл бұрын
The best memory of an Olds was my uncle's '50 Rocket 88 Club coupe when I was 7 or 8, going to Flint from Detroit on US 23 at 112 mph. My aunt was sitting in the back seat & couldn't see the speedo but mentioned the telephone poles were going by awfully quick. He worked at Holley carburetor in the lab and did some "tweaking" to the 88. The smile on my uncle's face was priceless.
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
That is an exciting memory. Do you suppose he got in trouble later?
@robertchristie9434 Жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy The only comment I remember my aunt made while getting out of the 88 for lunch at the Howard Johnson's in Flint was " We're making better time than I thought" and said it with a laser focused glare at my uncle and he just shrugged his shoulders. Later he mumbled to me that he didn't buy it to look at it. The great thing about having a large family that lived and worked in Detroit was most of them were gearheads and car people. Back then it was an exciting time to experience some awesome cars.
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
@@robertchristie9434 I bet.
@OLDS983 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. I enjoyed the OIdsmobile Eighty Eight history. It went up until the end. I would like to see videos on Oldsmobile Ninety Eight and Toronado and Pontiac Bonneville and Parisienne and Grand Prix. I really enjoy this video.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I will be doing other videos along these lines but it may be awhile before I get to them.
@brienfoaboutanything90372 жыл бұрын
Thats amazing information about Oldsmobile: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYO7qWZ4j5pqnKM
@djjeffdjrabito67573 жыл бұрын
Love your method of these model run throughs by year. Great format.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I thought it was a bit to spec oriented.
@djjeffdjrabito67573 жыл бұрын
BTW my mom drove hour and a half each way for groceries through the woods - she ran several delta 88s into the ground - very reliable cars
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Might have lasted longer if she used roads.
@colibri12 жыл бұрын
Agree with those who like the systematic way you do these. Good job. I would add that for the 1976 models a bigger change than a spring-loaded standup hood ornament was the introduction of square headlights, only legally approved for use in the US the previous year, when the 98 and a range of other US cars featured them, but the Delta didn't receive them until '76.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Not sure why I missed that.
@johnneves9580 Жыл бұрын
I have a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham loaded moonroof 307 V8. I would not sell that car ever. What a wonderful car it has been over the 36yrs that I have owned it.
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Nice. When those were new I was stationed at Ft Gordon with a guy that had a picture of one hanging in his locker. I always wondered if he ever bought one.
@zxtenn3 жыл бұрын
When i was a little kid we had a 59 Dynamic 88 wagon, i think since it had power window on the tailgate it said 'Fiesta' where the key went to operate, we later had a 66 Toronado. Early 80's i worked PT at a Sunoco station and a woman customer had a Custom Cruiser, BIG to say the least My father had a Delta 88 brougham with 307==what a DOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I would have to see the top speeds in real life, sounds a little upgraded
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
All you need is a long enough space to allow it to eventually get there.
@WC_Beer_Reviews3 жыл бұрын
I like the late 70s to early 80s two door models. They would make an awesome sleeper!
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Sure, if you could find one.
@dansimon11003 ай бұрын
My first car was a 1994 oldsmobile 88. But i'm had so many of these cars They are good car Especially the ones with 3.8.
@andregonsalvez92443 жыл бұрын
Great video ! I own a 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 sedan and boy she's a Cruiser .
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Oh I bet.
@johnhaberstroh9510 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video on the 88's. My parents owned a '67 Delmont 88 with a 425. I ❤ that car.. I used to ride & fall asleep in the back deck.. How safe was that, eh?? LOL
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Common practice back in the day, and yet, most of us survived.
@davidpistek62413 жыл бұрын
Olds had excellent styling
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Some years were very nice.
@revolution51 Жыл бұрын
Great visuals.! Great Info.!👍
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed.
@user-tt2fh8nf1o2 жыл бұрын
i love this car model, awesome video. please make more of the oldsmobile and pontiac history. subbed.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, they are coming, just not as quickly as I would like.
@user-tt2fh8nf1o2 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy take your time.
@stampedetrail20032 ай бұрын
Nice synopsis. My family had the 1988 88
@davidkirkham649710 ай бұрын
Great video & history of these great auto’s! I always believed GM lost a lot of gusto when they quit making Oldsmobile! As a mater of fact I believe it was the beginning of their downfall from the top of the heap. Bean counters were taking over. I, myself, owned 2 Oldsmobiles, 1972 Cutlass “S” which I purchased, new. Also I owned a 1989 98 Touring Sedan, which I purchased used in 1993. Both were great cars.
@dicksanders8206 Жыл бұрын
Amazing the the number of changes year to year. Today, they don't make changes but every 5 years.
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
True.
@luvr3813 жыл бұрын
I had a '68 Delta 88 455 Rocket for a while.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@allenwayne20332 жыл бұрын
I recall that my grandfather had a 62 Super 88 sedan. It was his last car. I recall thinking that the dash and the "deep-dish" steering wheel were works of art, and always loved watching the speedo turn from green to yellow to red!. I don't know what the hp rating was, but I recall the air filter cover said "High-Compression" on it. It was way cooler than my family's 64 Plymouth Belvedere with the 318 and it's terribly austere dashboard.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
The Olds was certainly in a different class.
@bextar63653 жыл бұрын
I was shocked at a slow 16 seconds to 60 mph. My stock 2019 Santa Fe with a 4 cyl and 3500 pounds does it in 9 seconds !
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Progress?
@andregonsalvez9244 Жыл бұрын
These full-sized cars are not meant for speed but easy cruising and are bulletproof. Hyundai and Kia have major engine issues in which insurance companies don't want to cover some of these cars .
@PontiacFan683 жыл бұрын
@Hopeless car guy you should do a video on the Oldsmobile Cutlass family series car lineup.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Actually I have that in my long term video plans. Will be more complicated due to Oldsmobiles "We should name everything Cutlass" period.
@PontiacFan683 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy well Oldsmobile had the Cutlass family lineup, 88, 98 and another models before the 90s of Silhouette and Bravada.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
@@PontiacFan68 When the Bravada first came out, Car & Driver said "There is a new Oldsmobile and it's not a Cutlass". A surprise after the Cutlass, Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Ciera & Cutlass Calais.
@PontiacFan683 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy you should also do a video on the Bravada to LOL
@PontiacFan683 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy Also I got a video request on doing a video on the Pontiac GTO its my favorite Muscle car of all time.
@gene9782 жыл бұрын
My First Car ‘72 Delta 88 Royale Hardtop. Dark Blue with a light blue Vinyl top. PW, PS, PB, Tilt, A/C, Biscuit Cloth Interior with folding center Armrest. I paid $900 I was 15 years old in 1976. I had to wait a year before I could drive it “Legally” ;) There was NEVER a Cleaner Car. LOL
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@edwardallan197Ай бұрын
Fascinating.........
@thehopelesscarguyАй бұрын
Glad you think so.
@raylopez993 жыл бұрын
Wow, engine technology came a long way: ten years after this early 1950s Oldsmobile, which produced 134 hp on a 4.98 liter engine, a similar naturally aspirated engine of only 2.2 liters (134 cubic inches), less than half as big, could produce the same horsepower. Better metallurgy yielding a higher compression ratio is the reason. Also I am guessing the distinctive "hump" at the top of the engine was due to the engine configuration, a high-profile 'straight 8'. A boxer engine would have resulted in a lower center of gravity and lower profile. Cool hump however.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Olds had gone V by this point but it would be a few years before hoods would flatten out. The 1950s saw one of the biggest bumps in engine output. I actually have 2 planned short videos on that subject.
@timothykeith13673 жыл бұрын
During the Korean war the U.S. Air Force began moving from piston engine to jet aircraft. That enabled the refineries to have excess high octane capacity, which allowed compression ratios of some U.S. built automobiles to increase.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
@@timothykeith1367 And most did.
@raylopez993 жыл бұрын
@@timothykeith1367 Yes, and there's also this toxic anti-knock chemical which had a good run despite the evidence it was nasty: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
@jamesdaniels3699 Жыл бұрын
I a friend who had back in highschool,it was his grandma old car. I'm not sure what year it was but it was late 60's and he baby it. It was in the late 70's I went to highschool...1977
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
I had a friend who similarly inherited a 73 Olds 98, and he loved it.
@davidpistek62413 жыл бұрын
I know plenty about Chevy so as I watch this I'm comparing Chevy models, olds did well,58 however Chevy looks better, great info and photos,,,again good video
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
In 58 Chevy managed to look less heavy then the other GM brands.
@joeseeking35723 жыл бұрын
The Starfire was a model, not a trim package. Despite sharing the 88 wheelbase, it had its own series designation and model for model was priced about 25% above the Super 88, at 98 levels (except for '66 when it was decontented) I liked them in the 60's, but (to me) the 71-76 Olds style interpretation of GM's B body was the least successful of the four, and the 77-85 version generally lost out to Buick (and Pontiac, until it became a Caprice clone). Thereafter they were all just dull, dull, dull - until the LSS, which wasn't marketed as an 88 (15-17% more expensive), but an excellent 88 based platform alternative to the Aurora. Would not minding finding one of those - with supercharger.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
The Starfire started as a trim level and was separated, as was often the case in those days. And even after it was separated, the difference really was just trim.
@fjacks11892 жыл бұрын
8 track stereo. Yep, I'm getting old.
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
I have a collection of 78's and a Victorola.
@bextar63653 жыл бұрын
I bought a used 1956 Olds 88 2 dr back in the early 1960s, it had 3 on the tree, must have been fairly rare ??????
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have actual sales figures, but the manual was essentially a no cost option, making it as rare as a manual in a 2000s Camry.
@kiprandom72083 жыл бұрын
Tri power carbs on a 2 ton car. Did it have a big enough gas tank to get it up to 100?
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
That, and a gas gauge small enough you could barely see the needle move.
@kirbywaite15862 жыл бұрын
GM really mismanaged Oldsmobile. What were they thinking?
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
They were thinking?
@wiiambarnarx848511 ай бұрын
I love the "Hopeless Car Guy! Very informative. Does anyone know of a good channel that discusses cars of all sizes of the 1960s. Perhaps a Tailfin channel as well. Also could you please let me know if you collect 1:64 scale diecast models! Have a great day!
@thehopelesscarguy11 ай бұрын
Thanks. I'm not a collector, but I have a few. As far as the content, I presume you mean channels other than this one.
@michaelwhite2823 Жыл бұрын
Great job. What year was auto trans standard?
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
From the beginning. No manual was offered the first year, and those years it was offered, I believe it was as an option.
@chrisbrown39252 жыл бұрын
Ash would be proud
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
High praise indeed.
@pdennis933 жыл бұрын
🎶This is not your father's Oldsmobile. This is the new generation of Olds🎶
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Oldsmobile is now Youngmobile.
@pdennis933 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguy that ad campaign was the beginning of the end for Olds.
@rockoyouthman3 жыл бұрын
Worst Olds slogan ever. “Your fathers Olds was BETTER than the later stuff
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
@@rockoyouthman Personally, I like when George Burns did the 90th anniversary ads.
@mikedrown27212 жыл бұрын
👍👌👏😊❤️
@thehopelesscarguy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@yournostroleeoleeolees. Жыл бұрын
DOPE DOPE DOPE DOPE !!!
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks? I think.
@rgordon6942 Жыл бұрын
No 49 fastback?.
@thehopelesscarguy Жыл бұрын
No?
@scrappyjunk87933 жыл бұрын
this is the one chuck berrie wrote that song about trading in his broke down raggadey ford for a rocket motor with a jet off take off power olds was king at daytona beach raceway to
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
And the song "Rocket 88" of 1951.
@pdennis933 жыл бұрын
Pontiac never had a big block. A 400 Pontiac is the same size as a Pontiac 350.
@kiprandom72083 жыл бұрын
Same as the 326
@pdennis933 жыл бұрын
@@kiprandom7208 yup. All Pontiac V8's except I believe the 301 used the same block.
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
Really?
@pdennis933 жыл бұрын
@@thehopelesscarguyyes. All Pontiac V8s were the same size. The later 265 and 301 were a short deck version. "Unusual for a major automaker, Pontiac did not have the customary "small-block" and "big-block" engine families common to other GM divisions, Ford, and Chrysler. Effectively, Pontiac's V8s were all small blocks, sharing the same connecting rod length 6.625 in (168.3 mm) (except for the later short deck 301 and 265 produced in the late '70s and early '80s before Pontiac adopted universal GM engines)." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_V8_engine
@thehopelesscarguy3 жыл бұрын
@@pdennis93 Technically they were neither Big Block nor Small Block as they were the only block, and I really shouldn't be surprised I was called on this.
@dicksanders8206 Жыл бұрын
Let's face it -- the '57 and '58 Oldsmobiles were ugly. But the '52 Oldsmobiles were nice! And they had cool 2 tone colors.