1970 Oldsmobile 98 and Delta 88 Commercials

1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 and 98 commercials

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Oldsmobile
• Delta
• 88
• 98
• Rocket
• 350
• 455
• Olds

[RabidKoala]

I guess that even as late as the 70's Olds was the experimental division of GM. Olds usually got the technology first, then it spread to other divisions. Olds was the first to get Chevy engines, too, in 1977, but GM didn't bother to tell anyone until they got caught. I had a 78 Olds with a Chevy 305, it was okay but I bet the Olds engine would have been a lot better.

Valve rotators - I wonder if they caused more guide and /or stem wear with the twisting motion?

[vistacruiser67]

@RabidKoala No the valve rotators worked well. They keep the head of the valves polished to keep deposits from forming. Ive have about 3 of these motors currently that have never been rebuilt and they run fine. A 71 455 Olds and two 70 350 Olds. Olds introduced valve rotators in 70 and in 71 all GM had them. By 73 both intake and exhaust manifolds had them. Yes an Olds V8 would always been preferred over a Chevy. But now Chevy is the only one left.

[juanwernicke]

Great it would take some extra money to buy a real car: Mercedes-Benz

Europeans can build cars!

[vistacruiser67]

Oldsmobile used to provided the car was equipped with an Olds V-8.

[03protegeES]

i love it "the look of a car costing $100's more"

[Mrtriumphchopper]

Ain't that the truth? Chevy survives because it is GM's cash cow, and as such it got everything other GM cars had first. The REAL engineers were at Olds, with more firsts in it's 107 year history than any other car. Practically every modern day advancement can be traced to Olds.

[Leyland1964]

The GM hierarchy was a bit ambiguous back then...overall, Olds was priced just below Buick, but the Toronado always cost more than the Riviera, and the Delta Royale cost more than the LeSabre Limited. Olds and Buick were the most closely related GM divisions.

[ncmountaingal1960]

@Doobie1975 No I believe Buick was after Caddy, then followed by Olds, then by Pontiac with Chevy in the "bottom" of the lineup!

[ncmountaingal1960]

My mom gave her gold 1970 Delta 88 Custom to her mother when Grammy's 1963 Buick took a dump (in 1974). 6 months later Grammy died and I "inherited" the car. It had a 455 4BBL that guzzled the gas (but gas was only 50c/gallon then) and would really haul. Unfortunately, the a/c went only a few month's after I got it and would have cost $500 to fix (a fortune then) so I traded in on a used 1974 Dodge Hang 10 with a 318 engine. Loved the Dodge but missed the big boat '70 Delta...

[dmine45]

My parents had a 1970 Delta 88 with a 350 motor. Passed everything but a gas station (8 MPG). Great car if it wasn't such a gas guzzler. My dad replaced it with a 1977 Cutlass S. The S stood for s**t :)

[Trendyrapslut]

@2001v8244 say you suck a big black cock?

[kb8urr]

Ha, I had a 1970 Delta 88, bought it in 1978 right after I turned 18. Should have taken better care of it, that car was a beauty. Lots of room, great ride and a 455-2bbl. They will never make a car like that again.

[UnusualTastes]

They need to start making car commercials like this again.

[GEMINITREKKER]

I had a Gold 1970 Olds 98 LS,man that was cool ! It was my first car! I may look to buy another someday.