GN1220

Did Oldsmobile ever offer the fender mounted fiber optic indicators like Chevrolet did?

rocketraider

I know they did starting around 1980 on full-size and Cutlass. Not sure about before then. Buick and Chevrolet had them in late 60s.

CRUZN 66

X2... I had two Custom cruisers with them as well as a few G-Bodies...

edzolz

I bought a new 1985 442 in December of 1984 that had the fender fiber optic system. Both front fenders as well as an indicator in the rear window to monitor the rear lights.

4R5

Chevy was the 1st to offer them in '67, for the full size and then all models in '68. IIRC Buick offered them in '71 & '72 for the full size and the A bodies. These were the chrome pods on the front fenders and the black pod below the rear window.
Cadillac offered there own version (body colored pods) from IIRC '71.
Olds started offering the body colored pods in '80 for the full size and Cutlass. As Cruzn 66 mentioned, the Custom Cruisers up to '90 had them.
I have a set of the chrome pods and am considering adding them to my '71 VC. Yes, sacrilege some would say, but after having 2 '68 Caprices with that option, they are really neat.

matt69olds

Dads 85 Toronado had them. We also had several early 80s B body cars equipped with them.

Depressing. As a kid, I didn’t really care for too many of the family cars we had. As an adult, I would LOVE to have a 71 98 like my grandfather’s, the 70 or 72 vista cruiser, lots of memories.

cherokeepeople

had a 68 impala with em,the front ones on the fenders i never really paid much attention to but the back ones above the rear window at night you couldn't miss.

Koda

The C3 Corvette had them from 68-71, I believe. Showed up in the console.

Olds64

I had a 90 Buick Estate Wagon with the fiber optic indicators on the fender. I actually had to replace the fiber optic line on the driver's side. As I recall, the backside of the headlight bucket has a receptacle for the fiber optic line. It might take some ingenuity to get the system to work on a car it wasn't designed for.

My coworkers were actually giving me a hard time when I told the story about replacing the fiber optic line. Getting parts at the pick and pull and swapping them out is "plebian" compared to fabricating and terminating new fiber optics.