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Originally Posted by 1973oldsomega
He is a pic of my 73 i just got it about a week and a half ago the car is rust free and in great shape to restore it the interior is the worst part but im not worried about it needs some slight body work behind the driver door but thats it and it runs like a champ right now too. It has the olds 350 rocket engine in it so i am going to use that engine but upgrade it  |
No doubt about it, you've got a nice looking car there. It's funny (probably only to me) that when these cars were new, I was only 16 and although I was a dyed in the wool Olds fan (Dad beat that into me, and it stuck) I couldn't help but think (to myself) that these cars were nothing more than Nova knock offs. Naturally, I was driving a "real" Olds at the time: a 72 Cutlass S with probably exactly the same drive train as yours. Only the Omega might have had some "pollution control" crap mine didn't. Well, Nova was a popular car back then, and that was also the start of the gas crunch. OMG it was about close to 40 cents a GALLON and going up in spurts of 2-5 cents at a time. Guess that's why Nova's, Apollos, Venturas and Omegas had a good following. You could still get V8 power (read: performance) in lighter smaller car.
I really like your Omega in white. But, it's hard for me not to remember where the body design came from.
Congrats on your new Olds. I'm sure you'll do it proud. Looking forward to more pics of any upgrades you do to the interior.