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Oldsmobile Archive
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Cohort Classic: 1987 Cutlass 4-4-2 – Bittersweet ’80s
Posted on February 10, 2024 | 18 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by nifticus392. Unwittingly, I’m being thrown into 1980s GM-Oldsmobile history thanks to the Cohort. Last week, it was a Cutlass (Ciera) in Mexico. Today, it’s a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham: Finest Brougham In All Of Hampton, IL!
Posted on February 4, 2024 | 162 Comments(first posted 9/24/2013) OK, right off the bat: I love Broughams. Cadillac, Mercury Marquis, Gran Torino–I can find something positive to say about all of them, never mind the strangled […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – A 1970 4-4-2 It Is Not
Posted on January 4, 2024 | 54 CommentsLord, won’t you buy me an Oldsmobile sang no one ever, certainly not Janis, and not any of the legions of artists since. Yet here we were in the times […] -
Car Show Classic: 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 – Pressed In A Book
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 52 CommentsI wouldn’t wish being a 13-year-old boy on my worst enemy. Rarely in life is a person more self-conscious and annoying than they are at 13, but there is no […] -
Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions
Posted on November 3, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […] -
Car Show Classics: 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – 394 cubic inches and 3-on-the Tree
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 75 Comments(first posted 10/21/2017) Earlier this year, while wandering through a cruise night, I came across this 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88. At first glance, I didn’t give […] -
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 […] -
Vintage Road & Track Owner Survey: 1995-1999 Oldsmobile Aurora – No Way Out Of The Abyss
Posted on September 22, 2023 | 23 CommentsOldsmobile’s sales had been steadily collapsing by the time the new Aurora arrived in 1995. Its arrival came as a surprise to those who still paid attention. It looked like […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile 98 – Back When Folks Drove Big Cars Instead of Big Trucks
Posted on August 25, 2023 | 142 Comments(first posted 8/25/2017) The simple reality is that a substantial segment of the American market likes their things big, as long as it’s affordable. Big Macs; Big McMansions, […] -
Vintage Dealers & Postcards: Buick And Oldsmobile In The ’50s And ’60s
Posted on August 24, 2023 | 49 CommentsTime to visit some Buick and Oldsmobile dealers with this mix of postcards and snapshots, with a few guest appearances for a bit of variety. We open with Reynolds, a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 – Strength in Numbers; Some of the Time
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 57 Comments(first posted 8/23/2017) Ask half a dozen guys what “4-4-2” stood for, and you’ll probably get seven different answers. Ironically, several might be right, because the number stood […] -
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 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight – Orville Builds a House For Irene
Posted on June 2, 2023 | 87 Comments(first posted 7/19/2012) Nineteen seventy-six brings varied images to mind. It saw the election of Jimmy Carter and the founding of Apple Computer. It also saw the last 455 […]