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  1. Someone say Deux Chevaux? Even Mike and Edd are impressed!
  2. Generally accepted estimates of Oldsmobile stick production in those years is 2% of total. Approximately 54000 1957 88 4d sedans built. 2% is slightly less than 1100 cars so equipped. Figure 1% survived and maybe ten are left in any condition. This one is pretty nice. Another case of rarity doesn't necessarily equal desirability, but for the right collector this car is a goldmine.
  3. It's an honest question. Nick has a 1950 Buick that's 40-some years older than he is.🙂
  4. European license plate so it is probably a T5. A German truck company already had the Mustang name registered and rather than pay royalties Ford renamed the Mustang for the European market. There were some trim differences between North American Mustangs and the European market T5.
  5. You may have already found this but here's what Wikipedia says about it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Detroit_Corporation That looks like a fairly stout rig. Not sure Chevrolet built engines for fire truck duty on an engine that size. Hope you can find information and restore that hero back to new!
  6. Looks like you've found your people.😎 Also look into the ROA, Riviera Owners Association. There's a link on the Riviera subforum page. Nothing like having a like-minded support group when you're trying to keep an old car going.
  7. That was intentional 🙂. 1967 Oldsmobile ad copy was full of "uncompromising Toronado styling", "Toronado-inspired from stem to stern", "engineered for excitement... Toronado-style!" references. I don't think this car has its original engine. That's a 68-later aircleaner and a 425 should be red, not blue. 70-76 455 and 75-77 350 were blue. Cruise Control isn't hooked up either. Mmph. A triple black convertible with non-working A/C and top and an uncertain drivetrain. If all you want is a convertible to sport around in this car might fit the bill. Might not satisfy most of us here, and there's some expensive repair work waiting. Look at how involved the stitch pattern on the rear seat upright is and imagine paying someone to duplicate that on top of smoothing out the top and getting it working.
  8. I see a little rot in trailing edge of the front fenders, but overall an Idaho car might not be rusty. A lot of the state is considered high desert. Even though the windshield has to be replaced anyway that headliner scares me. This is one of those Fords that the windshield and back glass have to come out to replace it, which escalates into at least having to replace the rubber window seals if not the glass. Never saw many Fairlanes or Falcons wearing Chestnut around here but seems like half the Galaxies were that color. I almost had a Chestnut Galaxie 500 2d sedan as my first car but it was a 390/3spd/OD and the folks nixed it. "Too much power for a 16 year old!" The real reason was my mother had a decades-long dislike of the old fellow selling it. Something had apparently happened between him and my Grandpa long before I was born.
  9. I like 1st-generation Barracuda a lot and being a Colorado car rust may not be a factor on this one. 273 with buckets/console make this one interesting. Barracuda beat the Mustang to market by two weeks yet Mustang outsold it by 6 to 1, using the same tactic of raiding the compact car parts bins. I think Barracuda's problem was Ford disguised the Falcon better. There was never doubt about Barracuda's Valiant origins, whereas Mustang looked completely new and different. Wonder how Barracuda would have fared if Iacocca had been at Chrysler in 1964? Pretty obvious someone at Ford noticed the Barracuda fastback styling, since Mustang followed suit when the full 1965 model year cars appeared. GM too ten years later with the wraparound rear windows on 1975 F-bodies.
  10. Trying to remember last time I saw a Virginia safety inspection sticker like that. I think it dates back to when it had to be done every six months. It's aggravating enough to find time to do it once a year, much less twice. But I'd daresay Virginia vehicles were probably in better shape in those days.
  11. If the Oldsmobile pans out, there's a lightly used Olds forum a little further down. Or you can come hang out with us on Classicoldsmobile.com. There are knowledgeable 50s guys there. You're worried about a Dynaflow's performance? Wait till that four-speed HydraMatic snaps your head back when it shifts from 1st to 2nd!😃 Nothing wrong, it's what a HydraMatic does... And is a big reason Buick wouldn't use it. HydraMatic and torque tubes wouldn't have gotten along at all...
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