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20 Ways Oldsmobile Revolutionized the Car Industry
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| 17 Sep 2023, 08:02 UTC
| • By: Ciprian Florea
Posted on 09/18/2023 11:58:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: muleskinner; Fiddlstix; TexasTransplant; Squeako; dennisw; norwaypinesavage; 1Old Pro; weps4ret; ...
Automobile History Ping!.................
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posted on
09/18/2023 11:59:13 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/18/2023 11:59:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:11:55 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
I learned to drive a 1969 Delta 88.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:13:46 PM PDT
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exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: 1Old Pro
Named a car ‘Autocrat’?.............
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:13:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Olds had a home down the street from my house in Daytona Beach when I was a little kid. Next door to him was Cuban Pres. Batista’s house. A short time before Castro took over, Batista bought the Olds home...a pretty deep pink Spanish-style place. Some family members were going to live in his old house next door. He never moved in. The state department wouldn’t let him retire to the US.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:14:38 PM PDT
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ryderann
To: exnavy
My parents were American Motors and Buick people................
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:14:52 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
undisputed influence or power
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:15:44 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: exnavy
1969 Delta 88.........
An R.E.O Speedwagon, eh?...............
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:17:13 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: 1Old Pro
They sure did make ‘em purdy in the day!
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: Red Badger
My kindergarten teacher had a '55 Rocket 88. One day she gave my neighbor kid and me a ride home (he had a playground accident and I was the ride
beneficiary).
To this day I recall that car and the way the engine sounded as she gave it the throttle to get up our hill.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:21:44 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(Whoever said “Crime Doesn't Pay” never met a Biden.)
To: Red Badger
Yes, we had so many students that summer, our car had three in the back seat.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:22:12 PM PDT
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exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: Red Badger
GM made it work for decades, so who am I to second-guess but there always seemed to be too much redundancy in their brands. Ford and Chrysler seemed to go for whole steps when moving from the base brand to the luxury brands (Ford to Mercury to Lincoln and Dodge to Plymouth to Chrysler) while GM went with half-steps (Chevrolet to Pontiac to Oldsmobile to Buick to Cadillac).
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:23:30 PM PDT
by
CommerceComet
("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
To: Red Badger
Olds 98 was the exact same as a Cadillac, just a little cheaper because it didn't have the prestigious name.
To: Red Badger
Yes, my dad worked at buick in flint, so we mostly had buicks.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:23:42 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: exnavy
I learned to drive a 1969 Delta 88. We had a 70ish Buick electra, it was a beast. I could put my Peavey amp in the back seat, 4 12 inch speakers in it.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:24:01 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
...airbags in 1973. Marketed as the Air Cushion Restraint System...
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I wonder if any of these cars are still out there and what the condition of the inflator system is.
To: 1Old Pro
Yes, i remember an all red Electra 225 that my mom drove, land yacht defined.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:26:20 PM PDT
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exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: Red Badger
I remember cars like that from the ‘70s. Some of those things were like land yachts. It could take one or two VW bugs to maneuver them into the dock, I mean parking space.
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posted on
09/18/2023 12:29:42 PM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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