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Hello, I operate a large overhead crane in a Hot Strip Mill. We are the last fully intergrated Steel mill left in N.E. Ohio. We have a Blast Furnace, Basic Oxygen Furnace, and Rolling mills. Interesting job and I have been doing it for 38 years. My Father had a 53 Olds back in 1955, thats the first Olds I can remember. I was into Chevys during the 60's & &70's. 265/283/327/348/396/409/427, ya, I had them all. I had a 60 Dynamic and a 67 Chevelle SS 396, both beautiful cars for years but I sold them in 1983 when work was bad and my Family came first plus my Wife (now ex-wife) hated my cars. I got back into cars and Oldsmobles in 1993 when I bought my Son a Cutlass. I then got back into drag racing Olds'. I have a car hauler and I started "dragging" old 88/98's out of the fields of Ohio and mountains of Pa. for thier engines. Some of them I got attached to so instead of parting them out I "fixed" them up. I call them my "money pits." I have a dozen Olds in various stages plus a pile of engines. I have gotten "fond" of the "bigger" girls (b-bodies) even though I have some Cutlass's. My Car Hauler "Big Daddy" has dragged all of my Olds home, it has an 8-ton wench. At 56 I am slowing down especially after snapping my ankle last Sept 30. I am done looking for anymore Olds, I have enough for a couple of lifetimes. I want to get my new engine together for my race car (78 Cutlass, caged/Ford 9") The broken ankle made me realize I better do what I want to do now while I am healthy. I was planning on building a 4th building for my Olds this Spring but I cancelled that idea. My days of building and climbing are over. Good Luck with your Oldsmobiles, Ken
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