The F-85 coupe, the Starfire, the Dynamic 88, and the '63 Cutlass convertibles were very 60s cool. 😎 This is what was on the road when I was a kid in the 60s! 👍😄
I AM 54 YEAR'S OLD. MY MOM HAD A 1962 BLACK TWO DOOR OLDS CUTLASS F 85 COOL CAR .THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN CARS WERE COOL MY FATHER HAD A 1963 CHEVY IMPALA SS BLACK CONVERTIBLE WITH A 350 4 SPEED. TRANS. I AM A MECHANIC BY TRADE I STARTED IN 1977. BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. LOVE IT. THE CARS FROM THE 70S & BACK WERE THE BEST. I HAVE A 1973 BLACK CHEVY CAMARO Z28. WITH A 350 WITH 4 SPEED TRANS.IN MINT CONDITION. HAD IT SINCE I WAS 16.
I remember when my Dad bought his '63 Starfire, the dealer told us the S in the console shifter stood for "Super," for use when extra power was needed.
I had a 1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire and a1963 Olds 98. I drove the 98 from Chula Vista ,California to Fort Worth ,Texas and on to Grinnell, Iowa in 1967. The 98 made the trip very pleasant. I stopped for gas and the attendant said "You sure have a nice car!" It was in great shape.
Music remindes me Flintstones, Bewetched, Jenny, I love Olds too, in fact my first car was a 1952 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight, Hydramatic NDSR stick order, Dual Range, Rocket V8 (fireing order 18736542 never forgot) , it was in1990 when I was 23 years old. Greetings from Santiago Chile SouthAmerica.
I distinctly remember as a car obsessed child reading a magazine article regarding the 1961 Olds. Apparently, the rear fender treatment was not well received by the public and sales were sluggish as a result. So much so that GM came within an inch of doing a mid- year restyling; something it had never done. However, they waited it out and in 1962 they made a considerable change to the fender tip and taillights.
Mr. B. Here ! 👀😎👍. I grew up when they were new & then as used cars ! Got me hooked on Oldsmobile ! Had 62 Star-fire 2 door until some A-hold wrap it around a tree ! Today at 71 58 Super 88 : 64 Cutlass Convertible : 70 442 Convertible : 76 Cutlass S Colonnade two door ! Big Boy Toys . LOL !
My first car was a 1957 Oldsmobile 98. Bought it in 1966 from its original owner, an elderly neighbor who had some health problems and couldn't drive anymore. It was gorgeous--two-tone blue and white, in absolutely mint condition--she didn't drive it much; it was nine years old and only had 11,000 miles on it-, drove like a dream, and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I paid $300 for it--$250 of which I had to borrow from my dad--kept it for a year and sold it for $600. I've had a lot of cars since then, but you never forget your first one. It was amazing.
These cars were such a beautiful work of art. I really loved Oldsmobiles until they got rid of the Rocket badge. The ones in the 80's were the last really nice ones.
I owned a 62 98 holiday hdtp that was originally purchased by Governor Albert Roselinni to chauffeur dignitaries at the World's Fair. Magnificent automobile, grey with maroon top and interior Had every possible option, even power wing windows! Do I wish that I still had it!
General Motors should bring back Oldsmobile. I remember my grandpa calling them a poor man's Cadillac. I've owned Delta 88's, Achieva's, and Firenza over the years and loved them all.
The advertising budget for Oldsmobile must have been massive. I would imagine when you got behind the wheel of an Oldsmobile, you knew you were driving a real car. Todays cars are plasticized, delicate devices that require pampering and frequent trips to the repair shop.
@@davidkirkham6497 Fancy words for a fluid coupled automatic transmission. Starting in the fifties the advertising agencies for the auto companies came up with silly terms for basic automotive tech. What was "rocket" about a Olds rocket 88 engine? Although it does make great song lyrics. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-260hXID0Yo0.html 🙂
Dad had a 61 Super 88 rag top got for Free while working for GM Advertising Dept. I finaly found it in Canada while we went there on Summer vacation. And my Mom's Black Cherry 62 Continental that they brought me home in in 62 well anyways then my grandfather had a 61 Bel Air four-door and then he got an old Starfire.
As an English major, I must take note of the Ninety Eight's TV ads. The car's official name is supposed to be spelled out and not hyphenated nor enumerated, as classic car writers are wont to do. Any former Oldsmobile marketing folks are welcome to comment. Written in love for a beautiful automobile. 💟
tamapalagi My bad. Learned about the Ninety-Eight's illustrious history after I posted. But I still think Olds was a bit schizophrenic in their print ads for its flagship car; see the magazine ads on eBay for the 70s' Ninety-Eights. 🚗 I'm an aficionado from way back, so I spell it out. 😉 BTW, I was teasing, and it broke my heart when Olds downsized them from 1985 till sending Ninety-Eight to car heaven in 1996 - about 8 years before Olds itself met the same fate. May she RIP.
Wow, at around 22: 29/23:00 the announcer says the new '62 models would be available Sept. 22nd, my birthday! I was 6 years old and it was a great time to be a kid! Such innocent times. ✌😉
The stylists were having too much fun at GM in the fifties and sixties. It was the "jet age" and nearly all cars had some sort of jet and rocket styling cues. It was if they thought the cars could fly. No one could have predicted correctly in 1961 what cars would look like in 2019, and the demise of Olds would seem impossible.
The scenes of the 1962 World's Fair and the Space Needle epitomized America's optimism as we entered the Space Age! We had a young, dynamic new President and he promised that we would be going to the moon by the end of the decade! And the cars of the era reflected all of it in their new Space Age inspired designs! America was the Icon of world power, anything was possible in this day and age! And then it changed. in an instant the world lost it's optimism when JFK was assassinated and we were cheated out of the promise that he symbolized. I was only 7 years old but I vividly remember my father's reaction that day as it occurred on live television. And everything changed. It was palatable for weeks later. America lost it's innocence for the 2nd time in 20 years since WWII. I don't think we ever really recovered as a nation. 🤔
I TOO WAS 7; HOME WITH CHCKEN-POX WHEN THE NEWS CAME ON TV;---& YOU WERE Sooooooooo RIGHT!!!!!!!!!; AMERCA ONLY CAME CLOSE IN THE EARLY REAGAN YEARS!!!!!!; BUT OTHER THAN THAT; WE WERE NEVER THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is interesring the broadcaster voice 1960s era is more calm than 40s or 50s tendence, when they were very like pld movies. Here voice is more similar maybe like 70s advertising, it is more paused talking, well, is just my preception. Greetings from Santiago Chile SouthAmerica.
My Dad had one, it was a good car, but they sold him a lemon 😐🍋. Martinos Oldsmobile in south Chicago, il saw him coming, n sold it to him. Poor guy the motor wasnt good, my Dad loved the design everything else was fine. Just a bad 394, he shouldve put another engine in there. They stole it later on. I miss my Father 😔 he wound up buying a '67 Pontiac Bonneville.
@@rizzlerazzleuno4733 What is considered economical is based entirely on the price of gas. It wasn't until 1973 that anyone was concened at all. I think you'll find that full sized cars in the 50s and 60s consumed somewhat less fuel per mile than you are stating. Remember the "Mobil Economy Runs"? It was during the 1970s that large cars were recieving such low mpg figures. But, by the time the Ford Crown Vic was discontinued it was getting better mileage than the Ford Pinto had been. The now gone Lincoln Towncar is well known for getting phenomenal MPGs. However, there are limits to how much energy can be derived from a gallon of gasoline.
@@rizzlerazzleuno4733 I didn't say the price of gasoline had anything to do with how far the car will go. However, higher octane gasoline is more resistant to compression so that does constitute a factor in engine performance. What I said was nobody was particularly concerned about fuel "econony" until gasoline became so expensive. It's all relative and based on what you can afford. A big house costs more to heat than a small one. Nobody (yet) has said that houses must be smaller in order to conserve heating oil. Although with this current administration anything is possible I suppose. Generally speaking, cars of the 50s and 60s, as yet unencumbered by the extra weight of crash resistant structures and bumpers and devoid of the pollution controls that rob engines of their power got better MPGs than cars of the 1970s. The smaller V8s in particular were quite economical to operate. When it comes to your earlier disparaging remarks about automatic transmissions, it's worth mentioning that the GM Turbo-hydramatic was so well built and so well performing that for decades Rolls Royce purchased them from GM to incorporate into Rolls and Bentley models rather than manufacturing their own.
When I was a little boy , I rode in my neighbors 1962 oldsmobile . She drove me home a couple of times . I really liked this car alot . They don't make cars like this anymore . Now they all look like they are stamped from a cookie cutter , made out of cheap plastic and electronics . There not cars anymore , there all a piece of garbage . There is very little real metal in cars anymore .and no real beautiful chrome decorations .
Early 60s were pretty conservative for GM. it isn't until 66 that the real styles came out. less conservative, more innovative. the 98 in 1961 was just one step under a Cadillac. yet look at the 61 olds 98 in the ads! The starfire ragtop was a far better looking car than the 98!
And a Roto hydramatic that puked transmission fluid, was inefficient and a lot cheaper to produce. The quality forerunner of the hydramatic 200 Boat anchor.
