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Is the axle a differential or straight? My money says a well-made homebuilt with a state-issued registration plate but anything is possible.

What up with the Thompsons? 🙂

Lived "Dirty Dancing", didja 🕺💃? Still one of my favorite movies, and the Dirty Dancing Oldsmobile still exists!😎

I can't find my NAOC membership directory but it would list 1933 owners by bodystyle. The maroon car picture appears to have been taken at an OCA National Meet. We were at a Crowne Plaza hotel in Springfield IL in 1998. Between an ugly board meeting and judging an outrageously large class of 60s big cars I barely got to visit the prewar cars that year.

My 60s and 70s Oldsmobiles are fully capable of handling modern traffic but I hate putting them in it. Not because they're incapable, but because of the damned idiots on the roads. You know, the ones who travel faster or slower than prevailing traffic, who dart in and out of lanes with impunity, who will cross four lanes of traffic when they realize they're at their exit, ad infinitum ad nauseam. When in the Grand Marquis or the F150, I'll play with the best of them, bc the truck is big and the GM looks enough like a cop car in low light that they tend to straighten up and fly right. Last night headed into town some hotshot in a new gm pickup was zipping along about 15 over, weaving in and out of traffic. He passed me on the right and cut back in. One flash of Mercury high beams and Superman (yeah, there was a big S in the back window) slowed down and behaved!😛 I have a lot of fun with that car.😏

With only 317 F-series (6cyl) and 267 L-series (8cyl) produced, and figuring 1% survival if that many, there may well be only one or two left. Check with the National Antique Olds Club and Olds Club of America. If there are any in existence, those groups would know. Might even find a sale for your goodies. On another Olds forum, fellow in TX has gotten hold of a 1939 70 2-door sedan with Sunshine Turret Top option. One of 17. It unfortunately has suffered the indignity of a previous ignorant owner who started street rodding it. Body is salvageable but it's had its firewall smoothed and been subframed w/SBC running gear- which just happened to eliminate its serial number and other important numbers. C'est la guerre. 🙄

71-74 Cutlass and 73-74 Omega.

An aunt and uncle had those on 1956 Country Sedan, 1960 Falcon, and 1964 Fairlane wagons. They also had those woven wire folding seat cushions that allowed air circulation between yer backside and the vinyl seat. The 1972 Torino Squire with its curved frameless side glass didn't lend itself to those shades, but it was their first air conditioned car so they weren't really needed. Always thought it was cool you could see thru the slits in that metal screen.

The AAF Tank Museum focuses on tanks and other tracked military vehicles but has a collection of various military vehicles. A couple times a year they start 'em up, take them outside and let 'em rumble. Last time I was there they were working on a WW2 era tank spec Cadillac flathead V8 and HydraMatic transmission.

The Simpson Funeral Museum has a 1941 Packard Henney hearse and a restored horse drawn hearse in addition to mortuary items.

There are stories of HM the Queen sneaking out of Buckingham Palace compound and driving herself around London. Seems she had a Vauxhall Cresta wagon she was really partial to... along with an assortment of Rovers, Daimlers and Jaguars. Yes, Elizabeth Windsor is a car enthusiast. Long may she reign!

A Pacer in any condition is unusual. More so one that looks nice and is roadworthy. As usual, the independent was ahead of its time. Too advanced for the average American motorist (no pun intended).

Lot of Ford products used those late-70s thru mid-80s. Different centers for different carlines. Ford usually had red centers, Mercury black, Thunderbird/Cougar had Tbird or cat-head centers.

Jack, what type of lubricant would you use on a Skyliner roof mechanism? The GM cars I've owned recommended 10w oil on their lube points- granted, mostly pivots and ball joints. The all-electric scissor-top 73 Olds wanted Lubriplate on the motor drives and cables. I was always terrified that thing was going to cross up and lock up when raising it. Not a very good design IMO. Would a synthetic grease like the SuperLube I use on old ratchets etc work on those screw jacks?

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Have always wondered about "the position". I have never seen a retractable that wasn't displayed like this. Is it a "retractable thing" ??? It would certainly seem ridiculous to me to display a hydraulic or esp a GM electric scissor convertible top half up/down. Don't get me wrong. I like the retractable's engineering and 57-59 Fords generally, but "the position" has always struck me as borderline silly. Yup, must be a retractable thing.

Try finding a jack of any description. Something about liability... the jacks disappear from the vehicles on entry and then the yard "can't find them". An old service station here made a 25' outdoor lube rack of wheels stacked and welded together with deck plate on top. They built a dirt ramp topped with concrete to drive vehicles on and off. There were four wheel stacks on each side, stacked 6 feet high, and a concrete pad underneath. It worked well for years- unless it was raining! The old fellow's business got big enough that he built a new shop with 25 feet of headroom and two 10klb capacity hydraulic lifts. But his BIL could still be seen using the old rack for lube jobs almost daily in good weather. There were also numerous old country stores around here that would do oil changes and tire service, and had a one-post hydraulic lift outside. A buddy's first paying job was doing oil changes for one of those old storekeepers.

I used to keep fingers crossed that my convertibles' tops would go back UP! And they were nowhere near as complex as Ford's engineering marvel!🙃

All fullsize 66 Oldsmobiles except Jetstar 88 came with 425. 2bbl Rocket either high or low compression, 4bbl Super Rocket high compression, or 4bbl Starfire higher compression with hotter cam than Super Rocket and included dual exhaust. Starfire engine was optional for Dynamic/Delta 88 and Ninety Eight and commonly installed. Good engine. 65-67 400 and 425 are arguably Oldsmobile's best big-block engines.

Try to set a small sliver afire. If it burns quick and white-hot, magnesium.

I had a set of Mach Sixty Belted tires many moons ago. First white-letter tires I ever owned. I had to listen to sh*t from my dad over them for months. He never missed a day sniping at me for "wasting money on those white letter tires" until the day I'd heard all of it I was going to and cleared the air. My car needed tires and I was making enough money to pay for them and still contribute to household expenses. Didn't have to ask him for any help. Those of you who had great relationships with a supportive dad don't know how good you had it.

My guess is AMC Hornet. What year I don't know.

Often called a "church key". 'Round heah anyways...😺 *edit* ??? What happened to the bottle opener???😶

Of course there is! You're just putting more money IN the pit than you're getting back OUT!🤑🙃