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Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 15 CommentsAverage. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale – No Cheese With This Royale
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 13 CommentsAt this point I am beginning to believe that it is no coincidence that vehicles with red interiors are the ones in the best condition as they hit the junkyard. […] -
Curbside Classic: 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora – Into That Quiet Good Night
Posted on February 26, 2025 | 56 Comments(first posted 7/28/2011) Most of you can’t probably remember where you were or what you were doing on April 29, 2004. I can. As an auto enthusiast, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight – Your Father’s Last Oldsmobile?
Posted on November 25, 2024 | 85 Comments(first posted 1/9/2018) Until it was discontinued some years back, the Oldsmobile Ninety Eight was one of the few nameplates that had been around for my entire […] -
Automotive History: General Motors 1949-50 – The Mystery Of The Missing B Body (Part 1)
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 5/16/2018) The General Motors B body provided the basis for some of the most popular cars the company ever built. Its long and proud history spans […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 136 Comments(first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […] -
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 107 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 7, 1975-79)
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 39 Comments(Originally published May 17, 2013) We Midwestern CC contributors are still recovering from our Iowa confab, but are back nonetheless, with the latest installment of our Indianapolis 500 Pace Car […] -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49)
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 30 Comments(first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […] -
Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time
Posted on April 23, 2023 | 142 Comments(first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […] -
COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 47 CommentsAfter getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […]
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Nice Car, Fabulous Seats Here is another one that I have been sitting on for awhile. Since August of 2011, in fact. Why did I take pictures of this car? I don’t really like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1973-Olds-Ninety-Eight-Regency-08-Small.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance Average. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1979-Olds-88-01-Small.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale – No Cheese With This Royale At this point I am beginning to believe that it is no coincidence that vehicles with red interiors are the ones in the best condition as they hit the junkyard. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_4740.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora – Into That Quiet Good Night (first posted 7/28/2011) Most of you can’t probably remember where you were or what you were doing on April 29, 2004. I can. As an auto enthusiast, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Olds-aurora-2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight – Your Father’s Last Oldsmobile? (first posted 1/9/2018) Until it was discontinued some years back, the Oldsmobile Ninety Eight was one of the few nameplates that had been around for my entire […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1984Oldsmobile9803-crop1.jpg)
![Automotive History: General Motors 1949-50 – The Mystery Of The Missing B Body (Part 1) (first posted 5/16/2018) The General Motors B body provided the basis for some of the most popular cars the company ever built. Its long and proud history spans […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1949-Missing-B-Body-vert.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Personal Luxury, Oldsmobile Style (first posted 3/14/2014) It has been a tough winter in Indianapolis. We are very near to a seasonal snowfall record and have had some extreme cold to go with it. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1966OldsToronado11.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – The Perfect Childhood? (first posted 1/25/2018) I did not have a perfect childhood. Does anyone? But a few months ago I stumbled across this pretty yellow GTO and memories of my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1966PontiacGTO02.jpg)
![Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix (first posted 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/68Dart-1.jpg)
![Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life (first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/72MarkIV.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style (first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1979OldsCutlassSupreme04.jpg)
![Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 7, 1975-79) (Originally published May 17, 2013) We Midwestern CC contributors are still recovering from our Iowa confab, but are back nonetheless, with the latest installment of our Indianapolis 500 Pace Car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1979MustangPaceCar05.jpg)
![Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49) (first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1946LincolnPaceCar03.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time (first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/09-08-2012-036.jpg)
![COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car After getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1984-Olds-98-02a.jpg)


