Hello from Finland!

I know this is a long shot and may sound stupid but here goes..

So i own a white 1975 olds delta 88 royale conv.
VIN 3N67T5X131990

It came to me 2013 from mr. Jari Pekkanen. Previous owner, as i was told, was an attorney from new mexico.


I'd like to know anything about my olds history in the US. Pics, stories etc..

If you have any information please email me to imatralainen@gmail.com or pm.

I really like my olds and shes not just a car to me.
Shes family.

BigBlock thanks for any information 👍

 

That's a nice history of the car's registration over the years. That's about all you're going to get. Your best source of information about your car is the person you bought it from. He might be able to tell you who he bought if from. You find that guy and get as much info from him. You keep going back in time until you can't find any more information or a previous owner is dead or can't be located or whatever.

There are no databases of old car history you can search. Unfortunately, Olds did not keep specific sales records for its cars until the 1977 model year, so you cannot find out where the car was originally sold and by what dealer, unless you can find a build sheet. The X in your car's VIN indicates that it was made at the Fairfax, Kansas assembly plant, which is good as far as finding a build sheet as it was the Lansing plant that was famous for not leaving them in the car. So if it hasn't already been found and you don't already have it, there might be a build sheet caught up in the springs of the rear seat, taped to the top of the gas tank, under the carpeting, or in any of another dozen possible locations. Most people who find a build sheet in their car find it as a result of doing something else to the car (removing the gas tank to service it, say, or removing the rear seat to replace the carpeting). Removing the rear seat is easy. Dropping the gas tank to see if anything is taped to the top of it is not. Pulling up the carpet is not worth doing unless you're going to replace the carpet, anyway.

Most people have to be content to enjoy their old car without ever knowing much about its history, especially if it has gone through multiple owners.

Your car looks very nice. I owned one just like it back in the 1990s, but it was red. It was also made at the Fairfax plant. I sold it in 2001. That "455" decal behind the front wheel well on your car is not correct, but it looks cool. There should be a "Delta 88" script there on each side. There should also be a vinyl molding strip that runs the length of the car just below the beltline as you can see in the photo below. I've seen many Delta convertibles lacking this trim strip as it is removed if the car is painted and often not reinstalled as it is often in poor shape. The one on my car was a replacement I bought from J.C. Whitney.


Here's a photo of my '75.

 

jaunty75 thank you very much for that information.
I have not found build sheet yet, but fuel tank top is the one place that i have not checked...
Yes i do know that my car is missing a delta 88 decals. There were only holes left and i thought that those 455 dec should do fine until
i get original decals.
I'll keep on digging but i dont expect to find anything cool bout cars history. But it would be a nice "extra"

 

Keep in mind that the "Delta 88" script that should be behind each front wheel is not actually a decal but rather is a metal script.

 

Very cool Olds.

Was Mr. Pekkanen the lawyer in NM, or did he mention he bought it from a lawyer? If you bought it from a lawyer then I'm sure you over payed. Here in the U.S. lawyers and politicians are on about the same level as prison inmates or gang members.

 

Why would anyone overpay if the seller is a lawyer? An overpriced car is an overpriced car no matter who is selling it. The fact that the seller is a lawyer does not blind one to this fact.

 

LIES!

As I mentioned in another post recently, sarcasm is difficult to convey across a keyboard. FWIW, I searched the NM state bar website for Pekkanen and didn't get any hits.

 

Don't tear the car apart looking for the build sheet. There is no reason at all apart from lazy production line operatives that one should be in the car at all. If there was one it may well have been removed by a previous owner.
You might get lucky, but don't bet the farm on it.
Lovely car btw!

Roger.

 

Really? I think that by 1975 the script was plastic and attached with double sided automotive tape. These are not reproduced to my knowledge, and the only way to get replacements as of now would be through eBay.

 

They might have been plastic by 1975, I'm not sure. But this is beside the point. There were no DECALS in those locations.