delta fog

My 85 Delta 88 Royale Brougham.

76Supreme455

This 84 Delta belongs to a friend of mine and since he is not on the forum, I thought I would share a picture of his sharp Delta, out enjoying a run down the Natchez Trace Parkway just outside of Nashville last fall with our Olds club chapter.

DeltaDevil88

Hrmm pic isn't showing for me

DeltaDevil88

Recently my passenger side seat lost power, any troubleshooting that can be done before having to get a whole new motor??? Also anybody know where one can be purchased???

Thank you.

delta fog

I see that now. What's the best way to get pics posted?

Oldsfanatic

This the 1983 Delta 88 Royale Brougham coupe (307) I recently bought. It remains a work in progress for now.

ramblinwreck

DeltaDevil88

Welcome to the club ramblinwreck! Got any other pics? That one is really small.

ramblinwreck

I do have some, but all taken from my phone. It was a struggle for me to resize that one to upload

ramblinwreck

hope this is better

85T

Hello from Ontario Canada.
This is my 85 Royale.

DeltaDevil88

@ ramblinwreck thanks for the re size looks better now, got any plans or mods for yours anytime soon?

@85T clean ride bro love the sunroof is that factory? Also those SSIII wheels looks great aswell.

Anybody with a 80-85 Delta 88 or Regency 98 post up what your working on or future plans.

Over the past weekend I changed my differential gear oil cover and gasket and switched to synthetic in the process.

Installed my white reverse light smd led to go with my plate light.

Next installing new rear shocks, re check differential oil level, install new 4x6 projector halo head light modules with my existing 6k hids.

Prob polish both front and rear chrome bumpers during this week.

car_designer

Very nice car 85T. What part of Ontario are you in?

85T

Devil, it's a factory astro roof, works very nice and its huge.
Rims are from a 442, should have been an available option.
Designer, Osh awa.

I'm thinking about installing headers and dual exhaust.

DeltaDevil88

Any new pics?

DeltaDevil88

Ttt!

J-(Chicago)

I just picked up this 77 98 car minus the engine&trans from a member here. 1001coins for $400

He was going to junk it because when parting it out the squeeze wasn't worth the juice.

I picked up a 307 engine and th400 trans from another member here (coppercutlass) for around 300 bucks.

Hopefully I'll have a cool winter beater for under 1k by the end of next week.

electra483

Great thread, lets keep it going. Here is my 84. full description, and pics are in my photo album.

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...+brougham.html

J-(Chicago)

Rare to see a halfway decent factory issued rear end in an 84' Full tint windows from the factory is nice as well. (A01)

GU1= 2.41 gear ratio
G80= limited slip differential
G87 = 8.5" rear axle

electra483

Agreed! The car gets great fuel economy too. The original owner worked for GM, and bought the car for retirement.

ThePackRat

OMG an 84 D88 that isn't cream or that light rose/taupey/champageny color w/a brown interior .....

That is really sweet & nicely equipped.

Love red on red ... very classy.

Reminds me of my 81 XSC Toro.

J-(Chicago)

I have one that is red on red as well. Hard top no vinyl.
I Also have a gray one with light blue interior,
and the 77 98 is white/saddle interior/saddle landau top

electra483

I've always had a real weekness for reliving (either) my youth, or my dad's! He is 81, you can imagine our family has bought lot of Olds... I will be busy for years to come! Anyone who knows me, thinks I'm nuts...

ThePackRat

Did ya' see this :

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...s-60641-a.html

See if it's worthy of saving or parting out ?.

ThePackRat

That's sort of how my mind works .....

Cars have always represented a place in time to me in my memories ... which gets me all nostalgic.

Lost my father way too young @ 52.

His owned the best stuff from @ 30-40 y/o.

1964 Riviera's x2
1965 Buick LeSabre (was too young to remember this one in the flesh)
1967 Delmont 88 Cpe
1968 Delmont 88 Holiday Sedan
1972 Toronado
1979 Delta 88

He also did part time work for a few Limo companies in the mid 80's ... which then got me hooked on the 80's Grand Marquis & Town Car's at the time. One of the last nice GM cars from the other company he brought home was an 85 Collector's Edition LeSabre sedan.

Want to talk about some strange looks I used to get .....

Running around on a bicycle as a younger teen going around to all the car lots & drooling over near-luxury & luxury cars vs all the stuff most kids my age lusted over.

Got a job later at a local LM dealer when I first got my license just to be around the cars & some of the people remembered me.

As cool the early/mid 60's to 72 era cars will always be .....

The later stuff that I like that I was actually able to put my hands on - saw with my own (2) eyes - drove - etc ... when it was new will always have an special place in my heart.

Speaking of nostalgia ...

Not that long ago I decided to go back to my old neighborhood up in NJ via Google street view.

There was a guy @ 5 blocks around the corner that bought a new black & red 84 D88RB coupe. This car was spotless 24/7 & absolutely stunning.

Just for gitts & shiggles never thinking in a million years this not-so-young guy nor his car would even be around damn year 30 years later ... I take a look at the street.

I am literally making my way down the street with the up arrow on my keyboard & in the distance I see what looks like a black D88.

Closer - closer & sadly, very VERY SADLY .....

It was in fact THAT car.

Time has not been kind to that car at all.

Even the top surfaces had lumps & bumps on it like someone had been using it as a trampoline.

electra483

I get nostalgic way too often with these cars. My grandfather bought either a new Buick, or Olds evey two years since the late 1940's. I have a real problem holding onto cars. I'm happy enjoying them for a little while, and moving on to another one (like dreams of days gone by).

My user id "electra483" was for my grandfather's 1983 Electra which he left to me when he passed away in 1985. All my current/past cars within the last 10 years have been tribute cars. My 1955 was another car my grandfather had. The 62/84 were my dad's. I bought my first new Olds in 1985 (442). Eventually I will have another one of those too!

Sorry about your dad. Still trying to understand why good people are taken too young, and a@s%oles linger around for years (my mom died at 61).
The youngest "car" related memory was my dad buying a brand new 1970 442 from North Shore Olds in Flushing, Queens. It was red/black, no a/c, am radio. Every time we went under an overpass we lost the station.

I started driving limos in NYC for a living in 1987. Moved to Orlando Fl in 1995, spent a year in Naples Fl. After 9/11, I went to work for AAA, been with them ever since. Moved to Arizona 3 years ago (out here we import rust)!

There is a saying...you can go back, but you can never go home again. I have not been back to NY in almost 20 years. Don't really have anyone there I want to see, and my old neighborhood went to s%it before I left.

Too bad that Black 88 had such a rough life. This generation of cars are not worth spending lots of money on full restorations (yet). Maybe one day a younger generation will do with them what we do with 40's-60's cars.

Lars

About a week ago my roomate rearended a truck. Not shure if im going to save it.

fdwheelman

I'm a redheaded step child, but my 78 Holiday 88 is in the Sig below...

ThePackRat

Yep.

Add some music from the day that reminds you of that car & forget it .....

I'm sitting there wishing I could go back in time.

I wish I would have taken in interest in taking pics when I was real young.
(don't take enough now either)

It sucks I have next to nothing other than the memories in my mind.

All the "could have - should have's".

One house we lived in briefly had (4) parking spots out back.

3 spots were occupied by :

The 1967 Delmont
The 1968 Delmont
The 1972 Toro

The (2) 64 Riviera's were kept elsewhere at the time.

I'd about kill for a pic of the (3) Oldsmobile's together like that ... they're the ones that "hooked me" forever.

Sometimes I wish I had the money & the means to literally re-create such scenes I missed out on.

electra483

If I were smarter (and hind sight were clearer) I would have been more inclined to keep the original cars...rather than try to relive old memories. If I had the money, hind sight would be irrevelant. I was hooked long before I knew it. Looking at old photos makes me want to get off my rear end and finish my projects.

85T

electra483, Nice car! Nice color!

<<Everything that was available (except moon roof) was ordered on this car.>>

How about overdrive trans, sport steering wheel, air suspension, sport mirrors, sport rims, illuminated entry, moonroof, diesel, cb radio???

electra483

Thank you! Dark Maple was always my favorite color.

Some of the options were "choices". Remember you could have ordered this car with a 6 cylinder. Illuminated entry is on the car. Some of the options you list I am happy NOT to have. Diesel, CB, and air suspension to list a few... I would have liked to have the moon roof though. My 87 Grand National had one.

I have decided to put the car on eBay anyway... I need to focus on my 62 (which is almost done), and then begin restoring my 55 (my wife says I don't need three cars)....what does she know.

ThePackRat

Sucks to be broke.

Pocket lint doesn't buy one much ..... so I pencil this one in as missed opportunity 57823499.



Lamp monitors would have been a nice too.

I always felt the 80+ cars look much better with them when sitting at the helm looking down the hood ... as I kind of prefer the raised center section of the 77-79 hood a bit better.

Lars

i want your car electra, she's beautiful.... what are you asken? did i say BEAUTIFUL! i'll take care of it and not donk it out.

electra483

I will send you a PM... Don't want to get off original topic, and hijack the thread!
Paul.

eric66

Please take a look at my delta 88 In my album eric66 .Thank you.

Lars

I goto ask here to, are the 2door and 4 door frames the same???

electra483

yep.

gplk23

Hello to all..I just bought 1984 delta 88 coupe black red interior..Its got a good story behind it..here are some pics...

gplk23

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