can someone tell me what year emblems beside 1967 are the same.....I need emblems for my 1967 delta 88 and need to know common years for my search
Thanks

 

I needed the right rear "Delta 88" for my '67, and it's been my experience that these scripts vary by a surprising amount from year to year. I found the replacement "Delta" and "88" at the swap meet at the recent OCA nationals in Pennsylvania.

What I did to make sure I got the exact ones was to take a piece of paper large enough to cover all the holes in the fender and then just "color" over them with a pencil. This way, the bolt pattern was transferred to the paper, and I took this paper with me to the swap meet. As I found people selling these scripts (some had them nicely mounted on wood or cardboard while others just had boxes full of them from all different years and models), I would hold up "Delta" and "88" scripts to the bolt pattern on my paper until I found ones that matched. What surprised me was how many "Delta" and "88" scripts LOOKED like they were a match but were not. Some were just a bit larger or smaller. Others had different bolt patterns.

You would think that, unless Olds was going to change the actual style of the script itself they would use the same bolt pattern every year just to reduce the number of different pieces that needed to be produced and the new tooling required each year. But whatever.

My guess is that, unless you don't mind them being a slightly different font size than what they were originally or drilling extra holes in the side of your car, you're going to need to find them from another '67 Delta 88.

 

do you mind me asking what the charges are for them? I can get them but the price I was quoted seemed high

 

I paid $10 each for the "Delta" and the "88". They were in pretty good shape, and I needed them, so I bought them. What kind of prices are you being quoted?

I saw other vendors there selling the "Delta" and "88" scripts for $10 for the pair. They weren't for 1967, although they looked very close, so I didn't buy them, but the point is that prices can vary. The nice thing about the swap meet is that you can look around at the various vendors and compare prices and condition before buying. You can also dicker a bit because every swap meet vendor has it as his goal to come home with as little of the stuff they brought to the meet as possible.

 

I was told 90.00 for both sides.....ouch.....in fairness I know that they would be near new but not for emblems yikes!

 

Wow. At $45 per side, I'd expect them to not only be NOS, but to have been stored for the past 42 years in a hermetically sealed container!

The ones I bought are certainly used, but I call them one-footers. From one foot away, you can't tell them from new!

 

my thoughts too....thata why I was asking if the emblems were just 67 or a series of years