It's hard to describe my feelings at seeing a '67 Olds again. Oldsmobiles were everywhere when I was a kid. Never thought what my life would be like not seeing any Oldsmobiles at all in my old age. The '67 face looks powerful, very masculine. From the side, the sweep of that beautiful roofline is stunning, even with the vinyl top. Nice to see the wire wheels, very rare option. Only saw a few Delta 88 Customs, with a matched set of taillights in the bumper. Dad said the Custom was too expensive. Hello, Delmont 88! ✔
I feel the same way. Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Mercury, Plymouth and AMC...all gone. I grew up with all of these and I never thought any of these would go...with the exception of AMC.
Nope, not even at the shows I go to, do I see 67 Oldsmobiles. This video reminded me of that rear end taillight arrangement that used to be a common thing growing up.
Hey Ed, You're So,so,so right....whoever would have thought later in our adult years we'd see the company we had come to know & love fall flat on its ' keister' for one reason or another. One of the more depressing days of my life. I was always an Olds/Pont. man from the ' get-go' & to see these very two divisions of GM go belly up was like attending a family members funeral... JUST SAD !! My favorite selections from each division would be my '70 Bonneville 4dr sedan ( not hatdtop-Canadian model) my '68 B'ville 2dr fastback with the 428 HO v8 with its 370 horses out front and a little under 400 ft/lbs @ the rear wheels....I went thru a few pair of tires during my 1 & 1/2 yeats of ownership. Oldsmobile also got my respect & attention with its 455; first in my '68 Olds delta 88 2dr; which also went thru a few prs of tires & my '71 & '73 98 regency 4dr hardtops......talk about the comfort of the Ritz-Carlton-totally amazing.....loved em all!!!
@@wannietaylor8543 The introduction of the 1970 Big Pontiacs caused a sensation! "This is the way it's going to be", what a awesome slogan and what an unforgettable automobile! Dad loved the Bonneville 4-door sedan, but mom said "no way", she didn't like the '70 styling, LOL!
I got my license in a dark green 67 Olds 88! My dad had a black 98 4 door, my mom had the 88. I ended up with my moms car when I was 18, then went on to own a 69 and a 70 Cutlass Supremes ! I miss Olds! The last good one was my father-in-laws 96 Aurora - that was a great car, too!
In 1979 I had a 74. I didn't realize what a special car it was back then. It was a tank and it was built to last forever. Although I couldn't have kept it all these decades, I wish I still had it. It's no exaggeration to say they don't make em like this any more.
We have been thinking of coming up with a new line of perfume : Hot V8 would it sell ? The guys in our club all want a bottle, so the initial order could well be 2 dozend 😅
67 is so much more car.... When I was a kid, a family had one and I loved the front end.... Their car was black and it reminded me of Batman, somehow, with the front fenders jetting out mated with the V shaped nose. Also, I love the "fastback" look of the rear end. Olds and Buick knew how to build a car, back in the day.
When I was a kid, my folks had a 65 Olds 98 (425 4bbl), and my sister had a 68 Delta 88 (455 2bbl). Thanks for the video, as it brings back good memories.
If I was to choose one year to collect cars from all manufacturers - it would be 1967. There was just so much style everywhere in 1967, plus great powertrains. I hope your channel finds its momentum, you could easily have one of the top classic car channels with your encyclopedic knowledge and easy presentation style.
I say 1968, just so that the 2nd gen Dodge Charger can be included, though '68 was kind of the start of bad things, like rearview mirrors glued to the windshield, and marker lights - although I love the little round '68 MOPAR marker lights, along with the Arrowhead and Firebird from Pontiac... But I'd rather have a '67 Vette than a '68, but I'd take either - make mine a convertible with the optional vinyl covered hardtop and full wheel covers with whitewalls! I especially like those '68 Vette turbine style wheel covers...
The 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Coupe is one hell of a car. I never get tired of seeing you preview that car on your channel. And just over 4,000 original miles?? Wow. The build quality might have gone down by that year but the style was so much nicer. I think the interior is beautiful with the scrollwork on the door and the redesigned dash.
These cars were beautiful, you do great work, describing and paying tribute. when I see these old cars on the road, they bring back so many wonderful memory. love your channel and thank you for all the great rare classic cars.
My 1st car was a 1968 Delta 88 Holiday Coupe. It was my Aunt's car. I took care if it for her and in 1973 she sold it to me for $1500. It had 45K on it and was perfect. Navy blue and black. It had bucket seats and a console. Had a lot of options. I could put 5 kids in it. My mother had a new Buick but she liked my car and would use it sometimes and she'd fill the tank! I kept it until 1977 when I bought a new Buick. I sold it for $1500 to my cousin. He took good care of it and had it into the 80's when the trans finally went out. My grandfather had a 1962 Starfire that I really wanted but it had begun to rust in the rockers.
I had a 1977 Olds 88 Royale. I ordered new and I picked the options. Beautiful car and I loved it. It had the 350 Rocket engine, 21 mpg hwy and not bad overall mpg. Great ride and plenty of room. Miss that car.
Gorgeous cars! Drove to high school everyday in a 76 delta... beautiful ride... Then I bought a 70GS455 STG1. Needless to say I loved the buick more. Lol. Keep your gm car all gm air cleaner decal... I love that! Lol. I love the way your neighborhood looks.. even kinda looks like an old neighborhood from my childhood. Love that.
What I like most about your videos is that it is like walking into your neighbors driveway and checking out your buddies dad's new car. I was amazed by all of them. Not only my dad's 64 Olds Dynamic 88, 69 Buick LeSabre, 72 Pontiac Catalina and beyond, but the neighbors 61 Olds Super 88, their Vista Cruiser, Lottie's 67 XL with a 390. I so loved all those cars and you bring it back in a way that just makes it like we were there.
You know the engine compartment is GIGANTIC when an Olds 455 needs a fan spacer for proper spacing. Wow. Love the Olds, as well as these videos. Great job.
This is Trip down memory lane, my old man had bought new a Delmont 88 in 67 and a 1973 Delta 88 which is the car I learned to drive on, very cool to see these behemoths still on the road!
Please do a comparison of your ‘72 Chrysler (New Yorker?) to your ‘72 Imperial LeBaron! It would be great to see the differences; what folks got for their extra $$ on the Imperial, ala your excellent comparo between the ‘73 LTD Brougham and the ‘73 Marquis Brougham! As a fellow fuselage-era MOPAR junkie, that would be a special treat indeed! 😃
I’ve had a few Oldsmobile’s myself from the 60’s & early 70’s, beautiful driving cars! Much of my extended family were life-long Oldsmobile owners. They all would say, “They make great highway cruisers. It’ll cruise all day at 75 mph!”
Adam, When it comes to land yachts, bigger was better and still is better. I prefer the styling of the 75 but the solidity as well as the fit and finish of the 67 carry the day.
Love the knife-edged front bumpers and pontoon form fenders. There was not a lot of tolerance to get these aligned wrong. You can see the quality in the way they were put together. I had friends who had a '67 Olds 442, white with a red interior...what a beauty!
Mother had the 67 when I was in highschool. It was new and I got to drive it from time to time. It was a wonderful car and was comfortable, powerful and in gray with a white top a very pretty ride. If I had one now I'd drive as often as I could. Great car.
My Aunt had a 67 maroon with black vinyl top Cutlass Supreme and her boyfriend had a 67 yellow with black vinyl top Delta Custom. They both had the black comfortable interiors. I thought that was so cool when I was a kid. Loved the looks of those 67 Oldsmobiles. The 67’s seem so much more well made than the 75. Quality rules in my book. So I give the edge to the 67 over the 75.
My first car in high school was a 67 cutlass supreme w the 330 cu inch motor and a power glide this of course would not do so a 72 rocket 350 with a turbo 350 went in it woke it up dramatically lol wish I never sold it ..
Great video! Nice in depth interesting info! I was raised on Olds. My father bought a new one every 6 years. My first car was a 67 cutlass. Thanks for the great presentation.
Brings back a lot of memories. My grandfather was service manager at our local Olds/Cadillac dealer. Grew riding on Olds, Pontiacs, Buicks. Mainly Olds. Bought a Toronado recently, oddly enough my 1st Olds. Love it.
Incredible videos here. Really, really takes me back. Words can't express how these vehicles and the videos you make with them take us back in time. Thank you so much...
Adam your 67 Delta 88 is perfection on wheels. That car speaks to my heart. In the 80s I drove a 67 Impala SS 4 speed and boy do I miss rowing through those gears.
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this comparison of the two Delta 88s! Very insightful and entertaining comparison of the features and driving experience of each. These weren't my father's Oldsmobiles -- they were my grandfather's, and his brothers. And as a young boy at the time these cars were new, I remember them fondly -- warts and all.
I bought a red 75 cutlass four door in Boulder CO for a hundred bucks in 1987. The brakes failed going down four mile canyon with a car full of friends. I had to stop it by rubbing the driver side against the rock face. We put a vice grip on the leaking line and made it home, in first gear. I am glad someone is caring for these cars, I enjoy your channel. I drive Buick Park Avenues now, on my third. Now i know some nice big cars are still out there if I run out of them. Keep up the good work.
I think you could try all day to explain the difference between the driving experience in an older car and a newer one, words would still fail you. It's something that just has to be experienced. My opinion. I really enjoy your videos.
Perhaps hot /cold cycles of weather could affect the quality of various vehicle components that are from different geographical regions regardless of the mileage. Old is old. I find it amazing how well everything works and drives so well in the collection. Good show on the detail oriented videos.
What I like about your channel is that you bring attention to the Classic American car. Not Muscle car like people’s mind goes to when they hear 60s or 70s American made cars. You point out the beauty in the normal every day car that the vast majority of people were driving back then. Those are the real gems in my opinion. And you can get performance in many of those as well. I particularly love your black 4 door hardtop Ford. Perfect car.
I loved the 2-door fastback roofline on the '67-'68 Olds Delta 88s (and Buick LeSabres/Pontiac Bonnevilles). I call this model of Delta 88 'the son of Toronado' because of its similar styling cues, such as the knife-edged front fenders, and the design of the front and rear bumpers, as seen from the side. Even the gold paint color on the Delta 88 is similar to the popular gold paint on the Toro (I don't believe they are the same paint color, or are they?). Your videos are always full of interesting information, and nostalgia. Thanks Adam!
Oh man, when I was a little kid in the early 1970s, the guy across the street had a '67 exactly like that one!!! His wife drove a light blueish greenish first gen Corvair four door! I always thought of Oldsmobile as a luxury brand, but Olds was really like the bridge between Buick's luxury and Pontiac's sportiness. What a couple of time capsules!
Great presentation Adam! My take between the 67 and the 75 Olds is that while the 75 is a beautiful car, the 67 overall has a lot more character and personality both inside and out. It seems by 1975 the designers had just given up on building and designing cars that they were proud to offer. Yes the 75 is safer and more comfortable than the 67 but it has little spirit and personality. The safety and emissions era for cars, particularly after 1974, seem to produce cars that were modest in their capabilities only to take their place in the world of painless transportation. These are the cars that I grew up with, learned to drive in, learned to repair and "hot rod" and buy for $1000 or less (lol!). Excellent presentation! Adam, you're inspiring me to make a presentation of my 78 LTD. Really enjoy your channel!
My dad lucked out his first car was grandma’s 68 Delmont 88 425 Rocket convertible, he raced his friend in his 69 cougar 390ci . My dad wiped that couger off the road! Later on my grandmother bought a 1972 Delta 88 with the 455ci she had it for little while traded for another olds, she traded it a dealership where my great aunt worked, when that 455 got traded in again my great aunt called my dad to come buy it back which he did. The problem my dad was young poor kid, he thought it had a 350? Anyways he had a 7 hour ride back from Maine to Mass he got on it heard that Rochester and knew it was not a 350, he pulled over checked and Rocket 455 my dad just decided to see how fast it would go and he made it home in 4 hours! Plus police liked the Olds police package from 60’s to 70’s my uncle was a state trooper loved the 440 Mopar’s but he said Olds was with it. Infact the 442 is a police package cutlass when it first came out most people don’t know that.
Both are wonderful cars. I’m partial to the 75. Takes me back to the Electras, 98s, and Devilles growing up. Every Mom around us had one or the other. Bridge club was an endless driveway of GMs of the 70s.
Wonderful and informative video, thank you! You referred to these cars as "Your father's Oldsmobile's." I guess I'm the father you were talking about. I've owned so many Olds, Buicks, other GMS, a few Chrysler products and many Lincolns and Mercury's all from the 1960s-1970e era. Bought most of them new, or a year or two old. I miss being able to go out and buy these wonderful classic American cars today, I just don't like the way they are designing cars in the 21st century. I'll just keep driving my 1960s and 1970s classics from Detroit, thank you very much.
I had a 68 Oldsmobile Delta 88 as my first car. Even thoguh the car was almost as old as I was when I turned 16. The car was fun to drive with a 455 2 barrel, but always felt safe. Except on icy roads, it was useless then. I wish I still had that car.
Easily the 1967 Oldsmobile, for some reason I was not a big fan of the mid 70's B/C body coupes GM built, I always loved the 1965-70 B/C body cars a lot, I think the 1967 full sized Oldsmobile is a very underrated car and I never saw very many Oldsmobile's of this era'.
I too have a thing for the Chrysler fuselage cars right from when they were first introduced. One of the things I always liked was the radiused bright trim around the top of the windshield which I thought looked very neat. We bought a ‘71 Dodge Monaco 4-door hardtop new which was a huge car and very nice inside.
I was just at my first car show this year with my 86 Parisienne.It’s a 20 footer.I love driving it.I couldn’t believe all the lookers and questions.Seems you ,Adam aren’t the only one interested in large 4 doors.Keep up the good work.Thanks
Love both of these 'yachts'...!! They are both amazing in their respective positions; the '67 with its non- safety styled body panels and front & rear end plus a very comfortable & cushy interior not to mention the mega-ton ft/lb pressure as you step on it when taking off from a stand still position; the '75 for its modern, advanced looking style- including the " dumpster pushing" front & rear bumpers, not to mention the give-way grille when making contact with something else....both had the ultra-smooth shifting turbo-hydromatic flawless transmission; which took a lickin & kept on ' tickin'.. they are both amazing 4500 lb + yachts.
In the early 80’s I drove a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Brougham, 2 door, vinyl top, Rocket V8, Grass green exterior paint with medium green “brocaded” cloth bench seats, absolutely no options( crank windows, no power nothing, lucky to have a rear defrost), but what a cruiser.
Thanks for this video. My first car was a 1968 delta 88 holiday sedan with a 2 barrel 455 having 325 horse power. When I went to my mechanic to have a four-barrel put on he asked me why and of course as any 17 year old would say I wanted to go faster especially off the line and he said then don't two barrel Big lots off the line will eat anything for lunch and it was 1988 so at the time he was right I had the fastest car in school until one day I'm driving home I went over a race manhole cover and my sagging suspension had lowered the oil pan enough to gouge a hole in it and all the oil drained out seizing the engine. My heart broke. In 1996 I found a 1974 Delta 88 royale convertible with the 350. I was initially disappointed it was not a 455, bought it anyway knowing the opportunity would pass me by otherwise, rebuilt the engine bringing it up to over 325 hp and drove it for a good 15 years before a new Corvette Camaro and mustang stole my attention away or sold it into the best of my knowledge it is on the road somewhere still today I miss both of those cars greatly and was really nice to see even though they're one year off those cars you had on your video thanks so much for doing what you do
The ‘67 is gorgeous-Olds stylists really had a great thing going. Front fenders and bumper similar to ‘66 Toronado. ‘65-68 GM designs were really terrific. Went downhill in 1970’s.
FYI, Buick had computer-matched spring rates by 1973. They advertised it in their 1973-76 brochures along with their AccuDrive steering systems. This was true of all the full-size and Century models starting in ‘73. Not sure if computer selected springs were part of AccuDrive when it debuted on the full size ‘71 Buicks, though.
Long ago when I was in high school I had a boyfriend with a 75 Delta 88 baby blue with a blue stripe cloth interior. It was a plain Jane with a 350. It was quiet. I didn't like driving it as you said anemic power. I drove a 74 98 Regency 2 door burgundy in and out 455. The Regency had decent power, with the most padding I ever have seen in a car. I did enjoy driving it the few times aunt Linda allowed. Oldsmobile cars were close to Buick in luxury I thought. I love this series with you comparing cars. You have a great eye for quality cars! I look forward to seeing more of these videos! June
The '75 is still a good looking car, but the '67 is borderline psychotropic looking, and that's what I love about it! I wish either of these were my father's Oldsmobile, or even my grandfather's Oldsmobile. Our family wasn't that fancy for the most part, and drove Chevrolets instead.
We had a 1975 Delta 88 coupe as well, but it had the 2 barrel 400, manual windows and locks. It succeeded my dad's 67 New Yorker coupe that had the Commando 440. I really preferred the New Yorker, it rode better and was more luxurious. Neither of them could get to my grandparents house, 330 miles away, on one tank. The Olds was replaced in 1988 with a Mercury Sable with the 3.8. That car easily made the trip and the ride was a lot better because the car just didn't shake, wobble and it didn't float. My dad would love to have another New Yorker coupe, again.
Had new in 1968. It was the first oldsmobile for me. My last was 2004 the end of oldsmobile. Almost 40 years with one GM line. Ps. I will buy your '67 if you sell. Thank you
You are right about the quality of the doors in the Chryslers and Fords being better. My mother had a Mercury Montego and previous to that a Dodge Coronet in these years and both of those cars' doors were like closing a bank vault, and both of those were not the top of the line full size but mid size cars. A family friend had a '75 Chrysler New Yorker and it was INSANE the level of quality that was evident in every detail of that car, most especially the doors. I would have to say though, that if you offered me the 1975 Delta 88, even with it's lower quality overall and lesser strong bodies and frames, I would take it over almost ANY car of the past 30 years. It's also important to note the serious differences in the styling of cars from one era to the next during this time period you show here. There isn't even a decade that has gone by between the two models here but they are LIGHT YEARS different in their styling. Try doing that today. Not only do most companies' cars look alike to one another, there isn't really that much difference of overall styling in the SAME name model of say 8 years like you show here. Also, having ridden in 60's era cars of this vintage, you are right about the seats. They were the bane of GM's existence in those years. They just weren't up to par with the Fords or Chryslers of the same time period and long trips were AWFUL in them.
Interesting details, today they want the grille to break to sell you another one. I prefer the '67 love the stampings on the quarter panels, the knife edge fenders, dramatic center hood and the interior but both are sweet in their own way.
I spent a lot of time in my best friend Jeff Dad's car which was a blue '67 Delta 88 2 door with a 455; although the car had an open rear it could lay rubber up to and beyond 70 MPH. We would laugh so hard because no one ever thought that boat had any balls. It was truly a "Highway Star".
I’m torn between these cars, my father bought new 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77 big Olds’s. The 67 benefitted from the beautiful rooflines and proportions of the 65-70 GM B bodies but the front end design is overdone. The 75 is the opposite, the 71-76 GM B bodies were not as clean looking and especially the later 73-76 had those big ugly bumpers and the less attractive rooflines. However in the 60’s Pontiac seemed to have the nicest styling and Olds looked clumsy, in the 70’s it was Olds that seemed to have the nicest looking big cars with Pontiacs looking fugly. You are right about the decline in interior quality, I find it started in 69 on the B bodies. Soft vinyl replaced with hard plastic, chrome replaced with hard plastic, flimsier dash and seat structures. The 71-76 cars had far superior steering and suspension and while the chassis was wigglier the new 2 layer roof greatly reduced noise at higher speeds. The catalytic converter, while reducing power even further than the choked 73-74 cars did bring back much better drivability and reliability because the cat allowed a return to more reasonable spark timing and jetting by transferring emissions control from carb and distributor downstream to the cat. By the way I believe the reason for the 71-76 Buick, Olds and Pontiacs having a jigglier feel compared to the previous generation is that the 71-76 frame was a corporate design across the divisions (with varying wheelbases and overhangs) while up to 1970 each divisions fullsized cars had their own chassis. I have a 69 Big Pontiac and a 69 impala, there is no comparison in frames. The impala frame looks barely huskier than an A body frame while the Pontiac was wider, deeper, heavier gauge and with extra cross members. Both these cars drive nice but the Pontiac feels like a much more solid and heavy car while the impala feels lighter and flimsier. Overall two wonderful cars in their own way, both with pros and cons.
Please turn on the dash lights and other lights once in the video in a dark place. Those old lights of the old cars are so cool to see. Btw loved your videos.
You are absolutely right about remembering the sound of the door closing. My parents had a 73 Chevy Kingswood estate and I remember how cheaply built that car was in every aspect and I particularly remember those door closings. They sounded so terrible and loose. It was no wonder the Imports took off at that point. I distinctly remember the sound of the doors on their Audi 5000 turbo and on his ‘73 911 RS. They just closed with such solidity that you just knew they were made so much better even if they were smaller.
My 1968 - 88 was the best car that I ever owned. We made 2 years of runs from Galveston to UHCLC with 3 kids for my wife's University classes. The Olds was a great place to be for those many hours with the kids.
I appreciate you noting the switch pitch transmission design in the Delta. Fifteen years ago I bought my 67 442 because 67 was the only year that offered the TH400 and SP in the A body. The control switch on the linkage at the firewall is made of "unobtainium". It was a very well thought out approach to essentially add a half gear. I had parts from my 66 Cutlass that ran the Super Turbine type 300 2 speed SP with the smaller converter. The converter fit nicely on the TH400. My 67 with 3:08 rear stalled exactly 3500 rpm when hammered with the 2 speed converter (but ran tight otherwise). I consider switch pitch a superior approach when compared to modern performance torque converters. It seems the bean counters unfortunately did away with the feature.... I also believe the 425 to be a great performance engine. My 67 has the original E-block 400/quadrajet and it revs very nicely (as you noted with the 425). Great videos and thank you for reviewing fine examples of the post war automotive boom.
Both beautiful cars. I agree with you 💯. I have2 of the same cars just from 1973 to 1977 you can also see differences in quality. I'd like to see a comparison of the 75 to a 79 Delta as well. I think in a lot of instances you would see quality had gone up a bit.
A good friends mother had a 67 Delmont 88 blue over blue with a 425. Car was fast as ever and my buddy screamed the tires frequently. I have fond memories of driving around (and driving) in it.
