How about a G-Body Forum ( 78-88 )
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We have had some requests in the past to re-structure the site and spent quite a bit of time last year on it. I think most people are happy enough with the way it is now. We realize that we can't satisfy everyone's preferences and aren't going to change the site now with more sub-forums. Some already feel it is too complex as it is. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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www.gbodyolds.com
Started this site to keep all the information I can find about G-bodies in one place.
Never really intended on it being a hangout, just information, which I like.
Started this site to keep all the information I can find about G-bodies in one place.
Never really intended on it being a hangout, just information, which I like.
#13
Gbodyforum.com has plenty to offer Cutlass fans, it's hardly surprising the Chevy ls is popular, plenty of G bodies had a Chevy engine under the hood when they left the factory, but the Cutlass was a top seller in its day, and it comes a respectable second behind Chevy.
It also allows a lot more political and other off car topics than here, you can make arguments for and against this, but there is a big pool of knowledge and expertise to help you. Filter out the Chevy guys and enjoy.
It's one of the better forums imo, I still browse it although I sold my G Bodies years ago.
Roger.
It also allows a lot more political and other off car topics than here, you can make arguments for and against this, but there is a big pool of knowledge and expertise to help you. Filter out the Chevy guys and enjoy.
It's one of the better forums imo, I still browse it although I sold my G Bodies years ago.
Roger.
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I would call it evolution. The name was created years ago and the forum has simply evolved. Classic means different things to different people. Don't want to get a big discussion started where people get offended so I am not even going to try to define what a Classic Oldsmobile would be now.......
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G body forum thread
A few years back I thought the fat-fendered Oldsmobiles weren't prominent enough under the heading "Vintage" since that apparently covered everything from curved dash 1900s up to about 1964-65. In no small part it was due to the fact I wasn't finding much info on my 47 Olds. The leadership at CO said NO for a lot of the same reasons I see recited here.
Well it is their forum since they have stepped up and assumed the work and responsibility of running the site and I respect that.
Nevertheless I determined to dig up all othe 40s Olds owners that I could find and initiated the thread "46-48 Olds How Many Have Them". under the Vintage Olds sub forum. We now have pretty good representation with probably around 30-40 people who have contributed to the thread including people from Europe and S. America. It has become sort of a de-facto sub-sub forum with tech help, parts finding etc. in our little corner of CO. Maybe its possible a mega-thread on G bodies could be established within an established forum?
Just my two cents worth.
Jerry
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I also had two G Bodies, one was a Cutlass wagon that I regret ever selling. Before them I also owned a '78 Delta 88, and a '78 98 Regency. Of the ten American vehicles I've owned four have been Oldsmobiles, clearly there is something about them I like.
G bodies are getting thin on the ground now, many have been lowridered or demolition derbied, which may have given them a bad name. But they were among the last body on frame, rwd with a V8 under the hood, cars to be sold in North America.
When did 1950's Oldsmobiles start becoming classics?, or cars from the following decades?.
I think one thing G Bodies certainly have in their favor is that they are affordable, easy to look after examples of the traditional American Car.
Roger.
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Yes, but driving a G-body on English streets is kind of like bringing an Destroyer to a sailing regatta, isn't it? I mean, as far as all the Polo drivers are concerned, your number plates read "HMS Dreadnought" whether you're driving a G-body or a C-body.
Never, as far as I'm concerned. But I've had this discussion here before, at least twice, and I'll stop now, before I get banned.
- Eric
Never, as far as I'm concerned. But I've had this discussion here before, at least twice, and I'll stop now, before I get banned.
- Eric
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Plus we have plenty of trucks on our roads, not as big as the rigs I have seen on American highways perhaps but big anyway. A lot of them, particularly near where I live are lhd with European drivers.
We have got used to sharing our overcrowded roads with bigger vehicles, more like MTB's alongside Frigates and Carriers. Sure, they are much smaller, but the pilots are used to dealing with them.
Roger.
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Scammel Scarab three wheeled lorries (Trucks to you North Americans) were ubiquitous in railway goods depots throughout Britain up to the early '70s.
They were ideal for turning and shunting in the narrow confines of goods yards, and for hauling trailers through the narrow streets around stations.
Our rail infrastucture was developed during the era of horse drawn traffic, and railway (not railroad, that's an Americanism) stations were built in or near towns and cities that had been around for possibly hundreds of years.
It wasn't until the '70s that most freight went by road instead of rail over here.
Roger.
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Seems to me that, from the perspective of the US moviegoer in the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, and even seventies, nothing could happen in the UK without a train being involved, and one with a lot of individual doors, at that.
- Eric
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Not to mention spinster detectives, spies, criminals, and various sorts of nobles.
Seems to me that, from the perspective of the US moviegoer in the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, and even seventies, nothing could happen in the UK without a train being involved, and one with a lot of individual doors, at that.
- Eric
Seems to me that, from the perspective of the US moviegoer in the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, and even seventies, nothing could happen in the UK without a train being involved, and one with a lot of individual doors, at that.
- Eric
When I was at school in the '60s half the class I was in were carless families.
Roger.
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