67 & 68 Delmont 88 Patrol Cars
#1
67 & 68 Delmont 88 Patrol Cars
I ran across these pictures while looking for something else and I had never seen these before. I don't know who the car belongs to or anything else about the car other than I just thought it was cool! Also, these Big Olds Police cruisers were talked about in the following thread sometime ago
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/announcements/12846-1969-delta-police-car-story-lees-summit-mo.html
and I thought those folks would like to see these latest pictures as they have some great detail that I have just never seen before. Enjoy the pictures and if the person who owns this car is on this forum, please join in the discussion and tell us more about this car. You will notice the last picture will be a 1968 version of the same car with a trooper standing beside it. It will take several posts to get all the pictures in.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/announcements/12846-1969-delta-police-car-story-lees-summit-mo.html
and I thought those folks would like to see these latest pictures as they have some great detail that I have just never seen before. Enjoy the pictures and if the person who owns this car is on this forum, please join in the discussion and tell us more about this car. You will notice the last picture will be a 1968 version of the same car with a trooper standing beside it. It will take several posts to get all the pictures in.
#13
Henry
#14
Thanks for posting that. I was wondering when I was looking at those 67 photos, if they had a 66 version, now I wonder if there was a 65 version? They just look so cool.
#15
Check out that other thread that I linked to in the first post. There is a great road test of the 68 there done by the famous Tom McCahill. The article was from a February 68 Mechanix Illustrated. I think you will like the pictures also.
#18
Not sure about that; there WAS a specific police wheel AND hubcap in '66, and I beleive that car was equipped with them. See attached, 4th line from the bottom left ("star design" caps for use on 15" wheels):
The caps indeed do appear to have some find of "star" or crown pattern, and my guess is that since they do not indicate the manufacturer, most anyone selling a set my have no idea what they have (mking it hard to find on say....EBay).
Last edited by aliensatemybuick; September 23rd, 2010 at 05:58 AM.
#19
Also at the risk of repeating myself, my '65 Jetstar I is equipped with a set of those special 67-68 rims that take the Toro centercaps. I purchased them from a fellow board member about 4 years back.
#21
#22
Not sure about that; there WAS a specific police wheel AND hubcap in '66, and I beleive that car was equipped with them. See attached, 4th line from the bottom left ("star design" caps for use on 15" wheels):
The caps indeed do appear to have some find of "star" or crown pattern, and my guess is that since they do not indicate the manufacturer, most anyone selling a set my have no idea what they have (mking it hard to find on say....EBay).
The caps indeed do appear to have some find of "star" or crown pattern, and my guess is that since they do not indicate the manufacturer, most anyone selling a set my have no idea what they have (mking it hard to find on say....EBay).
#23
What I was saying I was "unsure of" was that usage of the '56 wheels (the last year of 15" rims, per your suggestion)...though even if the part number for those caps is the same, I am not prepared to believe (just yet) that it literally means its the same exact part as from '56. Not saying for certain it is not, just not convinced. I'll definitely keep an eye out, though.
#24
Maybe I can shed some light on this hubcap. I looked in Dennis Casteele's book The Cars of Oldsmobile because I remembered in the 1956 section there is a picture of an 88 Olds Two-Door Sedan "Plain Jane" with these little bottlecap hubcaps. On the next page there is a 56 Olds ambulance with the same hubcaps. I can see that there is some white in the middle of the cap but the picture is not big enough to see the exact detail. Then I checked ebay for 56 Olds hubcaps and bingo, there was one for sale, see picture below. For more pictures, check the ebay link,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
Last edited by 76Supreme455; September 25th, 2010 at 03:50 PM.
#25
Maybe I can shed some light on this hubcap. I looked in Dennis Casteele's book The Cars of Oldsmobile because I remembered in the 1956 section there is a picture of an 88 Olds Two-Door Sedan "Plain Jane" with these little bottlecap hubcaps. On the next page there is a 56 Olds ambulance with the same hubcaps. I can see that there is some white in the middle of the cap but the picture is not big enough to see the exact detail. Then I checked ebay for 56 Olds hubcaps and bingo, there was one for sale, see picture below. For more pictures, check the ebay link,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
CHP 1966 fleet consisted of Dodge Polaras as did 1968. I would guess the 66 88 was a loaner car from Olds that was put into trial service. You can see on the RH corner of the hood it has a CHP unit number. This 66 also has shoulder harness option which was not carried over to the 67 Delmont fleet purchase.
The page from the parts book shows in 66-68 all the small hubcaps had a printed description to help in ID.
Henry
#26
According to the write-up in Hemmings magazine on the 67 car, it was said, the 66 prototype was built and CHP decided to go for em but it was too late to produce the 66 cars so the order went in and they got 1967 models.
#27
Henry
#28
Maybe I can shed some light on this hubcap. I looked in Dennis Casteele's book The Cars of Oldsmobile because I remembered in the 1956 section there is a picture of an 88 Olds Two-Door Sedan "Plain Jane" with these little bottlecap hubcaps. On the next page there is a 56 Olds ambulance with the same hubcaps. I can see that there is some white in the middle of the cap but the picture is not big enough to see the exact detail. Then I checked ebay for 56 Olds hubcaps and bingo, there was one for sale, see picture below. For more pictures, check the ebay link,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-...item2a0a7302d3
So, when I look at that 66 Olds police car and enlarge the picture, it appears that there is a star in the center of the cap, but just one from what I can tell and the description in the parts catalog makes mention of a star. The 56 cap for sale has several small stars, so it appears to me that the cap is the same,except that the detail in the center was changed to a single star by 66. Whatever cap its wearing, the whole car just has that "all business" look and I really like it. Are there any more pictures of this car or any history about it. There seems to be lots of info on the 67 and 68, but until I saw this picture, I did not know about the 66. Was it used that year, or was this perhaps a test car used to see how the CHP liked it before they bought a fleet the next year?
#29
Came across this interesting Youtube vid today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRfrx2Pa9M
A 1954 (or so) Olds police car is depicted from about 24-50 seconds
A 1966 (I think) Olds police car is depicted at 1:20 to 1:24.
Its hard to say if the caps are the same; its certainly possible (at least excepting paintwork). Regardless, I thought it was a pretty cool video. Of further interest to me are the 1969 cars that have the Y75 wheels and the GM ad (which I have never before seen) at 2:35-2:39 that touts the famous Tom McCahill article.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRfrx2Pa9M
A 1954 (or so) Olds police car is depicted from about 24-50 seconds
A 1966 (I think) Olds police car is depicted at 1:20 to 1:24.
Its hard to say if the caps are the same; its certainly possible (at least excepting paintwork). Regardless, I thought it was a pretty cool video. Of further interest to me are the 1969 cars that have the Y75 wheels and the GM ad (which I have never before seen) at 2:35-2:39 that touts the famous Tom McCahill article.
Last edited by aliensatemybuick; February 2nd, 2011 at 05:40 PM.
#30
68 B07 Black/Black Delmont coupe
I've been really hardcore into full-size Pontiacs for over 25 years, and always loved the Oldsmobiles too.
One of my life long buds really dug 68 Oldsmobiles because his granddad had one growing up and drove it hard!
After running through a few Delta's and Delmont's, I found him this B07 Delmont.
This car was traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealer in MN by the original owners son!
I must say, this is, in my opinion, amazingly optioned..
Built in Lansing
L32 Police Apprehender 390HP 455 $100.00
M41 Police App Turbo 400 $252.77
N40 Pwr Steering $105.32
J50 Pwr Brakes (Alum frt. drums) $ 42.13
QD3 15" WW Radial tires $107.43
N30 Deluxe steer whl $ 14.22
U35 Electric clock $ 16.85
A91 Pwr deck release $ 13.69
Y60 Visor mirror $ 9.48
Glove box lamp
Luggage comp. lamp
Underhood lamp
U29 Instrument courtesy lamps $ 8.43
B93 Door edge guards $ 5.27
U63 Deluxe push radio $ 86.89
U75 Power Antenna $ 29.12
U80 Bi-phonic rear speaker $ 16.85
AO1 Tinted glass All windows $ 42.13
C60 Four seasons Air cond. $ 421.28
Y72 HD engine cooling equip. $ 21.06
B32 Aux front floor mats $ 7.37
B33 Aux rear floor mats $ 7.16
Y71 Delmont Custom trim $ 115.85
K66 Ultra Hi volt ignition (CD) $ 100.05
N10 Dual exhaust $ 30.23
M55 HD Auto trans cooler $ 15.80
F35 HD Torque beam frame $ 18.01
G80 Anti-spin rear axle $ 46.60
G90 Performance axle-3.08 $ --.--
B80 Chrome roof drip mould. $ 13.69
B85 Chrome side wind. mould. $ 19.49
Y67 Deluxe interior trim $ 33.70
C50 Rear window defogger $ 21.06
B07 Highway patrol Apprehender $ 20.96
Subtotal $ 1,742.94
Total $ 4,998.44
This car drips with COOL!!
Boxed rear control arms and sway bar! Perfectly optioned by it's original owner, who I suspect may have been an Olds employee or a cop?
Love this car and wish it was mine..
One of my life long buds really dug 68 Oldsmobiles because his granddad had one growing up and drove it hard!
After running through a few Delta's and Delmont's, I found him this B07 Delmont.
This car was traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealer in MN by the original owners son!
I must say, this is, in my opinion, amazingly optioned..
Built in Lansing
L32 Police Apprehender 390HP 455 $100.00
M41 Police App Turbo 400 $252.77
N40 Pwr Steering $105.32
J50 Pwr Brakes (Alum frt. drums) $ 42.13
QD3 15" WW Radial tires $107.43
N30 Deluxe steer whl $ 14.22
U35 Electric clock $ 16.85
A91 Pwr deck release $ 13.69
Y60 Visor mirror $ 9.48
Glove box lamp
Luggage comp. lamp
Underhood lamp
U29 Instrument courtesy lamps $ 8.43
B93 Door edge guards $ 5.27
U63 Deluxe push radio $ 86.89
U75 Power Antenna $ 29.12
U80 Bi-phonic rear speaker $ 16.85
AO1 Tinted glass All windows $ 42.13
C60 Four seasons Air cond. $ 421.28
Y72 HD engine cooling equip. $ 21.06
B32 Aux front floor mats $ 7.37
B33 Aux rear floor mats $ 7.16
Y71 Delmont Custom trim $ 115.85
K66 Ultra Hi volt ignition (CD) $ 100.05
N10 Dual exhaust $ 30.23
M55 HD Auto trans cooler $ 15.80
F35 HD Torque beam frame $ 18.01
G80 Anti-spin rear axle $ 46.60
G90 Performance axle-3.08 $ --.--
B80 Chrome roof drip mould. $ 13.69
B85 Chrome side wind. mould. $ 19.49
Y67 Deluxe interior trim $ 33.70
C50 Rear window defogger $ 21.06
B07 Highway patrol Apprehender $ 20.96
Subtotal $ 1,742.94
Total $ 4,998.44
This car drips with COOL!!
Boxed rear control arms and sway bar! Perfectly optioned by it's original owner, who I suspect may have been an Olds employee or a cop?
Love this car and wish it was mine..
#31
Came across this interesting Youtube vid today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRfrx2Pa9M
....
A 1966 (I think) Olds police car is depicted at 1:20 to 1:24.
....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJRfrx2Pa9M
....
A 1966 (I think) Olds police car is depicted at 1:20 to 1:24.
....
http://www.k9mni.org/isp.html
Weird... I thought Galaxies were the ISP cars in '65 & '66. And in late '66 they went to all white cars... '67s were all white Impalas...
#35
These are the only pics I have. I will ask him to take some pics of interior, under-hood and rear suspension when I talk to him.
The original Capacitor Discharge ignition was replaced by the prior owner with a MSD setup.
He claimed to still have all the original parts and come up with a price for it.
I picked up a set of NOS GM 67-68 front disk brake rotors for $100 and located a loaded 68 98 LS parts car with all the parts to do a factory disk conversion.
The aluminum drums are rarer than hens teeth and a cool conversation piece, but a stainless sleeved 4-piston set-up is the way to make the car absolutely perfect!
An AM-FM, either a wonderbar or Stereo will be sent out for a modern conversion with an Ipod jack..He has several cores to pick from. A mint underdash 8-track will be added as well at this time. This will cover the holes the prior owner made to mount an underdash radio.
Thinking about a Tilt-Telescopic wheel and column or a plain tilt with a 68 442 wood wheel and close ratio steering box.
The car screams and handles pretty sweet. Might also send out a spare set of 15" disk rims to have them widened to 7 or 8" wide. They would look cool with redlines or "Police" bluelines?
The original Capacitor Discharge ignition was replaced by the prior owner with a MSD setup.
He claimed to still have all the original parts and come up with a price for it.
I picked up a set of NOS GM 67-68 front disk brake rotors for $100 and located a loaded 68 98 LS parts car with all the parts to do a factory disk conversion.
The aluminum drums are rarer than hens teeth and a cool conversation piece, but a stainless sleeved 4-piston set-up is the way to make the car absolutely perfect!
An AM-FM, either a wonderbar or Stereo will be sent out for a modern conversion with an Ipod jack..He has several cores to pick from. A mint underdash 8-track will be added as well at this time. This will cover the holes the prior owner made to mount an underdash radio.
Thinking about a Tilt-Telescopic wheel and column or a plain tilt with a 68 442 wood wheel and close ratio steering box.
The car screams and handles pretty sweet. Might also send out a spare set of 15" disk rims to have them widened to 7 or 8" wide. They would look cool with redlines or "Police" bluelines?
#37
I've been really hardcore into full-size Pontiacs for over 25 years, and always loved the Oldsmobiles too.
One of my life long buds really dug 68 Oldsmobiles because his granddad had one growing up and drove it hard!
After running through a few Delta's and Delmont's, I found him this B07 Delmont.
This car was traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealer in MN by the original owners son!
I must say, this is, in my opinion, amazingly optioned..
Built in Lansing
L32 Police Apprehender 390HP 455 $100.00
M41 Police App Turbo 400 $252.77
N40 Pwr Steering $105.32
J50 Pwr Brakes (Alum frt. drums) $ 42.13
QD3 15" WW Radial tires $107.43
N30 Deluxe steer whl $ 14.22
U35 Electric clock $ 16.85
A91 Pwr deck release $ 13.69
Y60 Visor mirror $ 9.48
Glove box lamp
Luggage comp. lamp
Underhood lamp
U29 Instrument courtesy lamps $ 8.43
B93 Door edge guards $ 5.27
U63 Deluxe push radio $ 86.89
U75 Power Antenna $ 29.12
U80 Bi-phonic rear speaker $ 16.85
AO1 Tinted glass All windows $ 42.13
C60 Four seasons Air cond. $ 421.28
Y72 HD engine cooling equip. $ 21.06
B32 Aux front floor mats $ 7.37
B33 Aux rear floor mats $ 7.16
Y71 Delmont Custom trim $ 115.85
K66 Ultra Hi volt ignition (CD) $ 100.05
N10 Dual exhaust $ 30.23
M55 HD Auto trans cooler $ 15.80
F35 HD Torque beam frame $ 18.01
G80 Anti-spin rear axle $ 46.60
G90 Performance axle-3.08 $ --.--
B80 Chrome roof drip mould. $ 13.69
B85 Chrome side wind. mould. $ 19.49
Y67 Deluxe interior trim $ 33.70
C50 Rear window defogger $ 21.06
B07 Highway patrol Apprehender $ 20.96
Subtotal $ 1,742.94
Total $ 4,998.44
This car drips with COOL!!
Boxed rear control arms and sway bar! Perfectly optioned by it's original owner, who I suspect may have been an Olds employee or a cop?
Love this car and wish it was mine..
One of my life long buds really dug 68 Oldsmobiles because his granddad had one growing up and drove it hard!
After running through a few Delta's and Delmont's, I found him this B07 Delmont.
This car was traded in to a Lincoln-Mercury dealer in MN by the original owners son!
I must say, this is, in my opinion, amazingly optioned..
Built in Lansing
L32 Police Apprehender 390HP 455 $100.00
M41 Police App Turbo 400 $252.77
N40 Pwr Steering $105.32
J50 Pwr Brakes (Alum frt. drums) $ 42.13
QD3 15" WW Radial tires $107.43
N30 Deluxe steer whl $ 14.22
U35 Electric clock $ 16.85
A91 Pwr deck release $ 13.69
Y60 Visor mirror $ 9.48
Glove box lamp
Luggage comp. lamp
Underhood lamp
U29 Instrument courtesy lamps $ 8.43
B93 Door edge guards $ 5.27
U63 Deluxe push radio $ 86.89
U75 Power Antenna $ 29.12
U80 Bi-phonic rear speaker $ 16.85
AO1 Tinted glass All windows $ 42.13
C60 Four seasons Air cond. $ 421.28
Y72 HD engine cooling equip. $ 21.06
B32 Aux front floor mats $ 7.37
B33 Aux rear floor mats $ 7.16
Y71 Delmont Custom trim $ 115.85
K66 Ultra Hi volt ignition (CD) $ 100.05
N10 Dual exhaust $ 30.23
M55 HD Auto trans cooler $ 15.80
F35 HD Torque beam frame $ 18.01
G80 Anti-spin rear axle $ 46.60
G90 Performance axle-3.08 $ --.--
B80 Chrome roof drip mould. $ 13.69
B85 Chrome side wind. mould. $ 19.49
Y67 Deluxe interior trim $ 33.70
C50 Rear window defogger $ 21.06
B07 Highway patrol Apprehender $ 20.96
Subtotal $ 1,742.94
Total $ 4,998.44
This car drips with COOL!!
Boxed rear control arms and sway bar! Perfectly optioned by it's original owner, who I suspect may have been an Olds employee or a cop?
Love this car and wish it was mine..
BTW, Indy_68, thanks for the interesting story on that Indiana trooper...
Last edited by aliensatemybuick; September 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM.
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