Several comments on my '68 Toronados:
"TANK"
"Is that a Oldsmobile Torondo?"
"Are those 16" wheels?"

"Did this car come with a four speed? (MANUAL)

"Is it a new car?"

"Looks like a "small" car" (from a 3/4 view)

"What? A front-wheel drive musclecar? NO WAY!"
"Front-wheel drive Torino"

"Nice Riveria"
"Nice Eldorado"
"Awesome Ford Torino"
Sweet Cadilliac"
"Hot looking G.T.O"
"Man that "thing" must get 5 miles to the gallon"

 

A 1968 Toronado, W-34 or otherwise, will do 18 mpg on the highway

 

Is that a Chevelle or a 442 ,what did you pay for it! Do I no you?

 

I got my first piece of a__ in a car jut like that about 30 years ago.

 

Worst = "Daddy, is that the General Lee?"

Best = "Guy to his 8 or 9 year old son - "Billy, check out this big orange can of whoop-***"

 

This came from this forum: "ButtlessCutlass" referring to my Salon

 

Mile/Kilometre on the speedo gag:
at one show i have my Olds parked next to 1.6 liter well preserved Ford Escort late 70-s model, one kid running towards our cars shouts:
Look at that big black convertible, It must be fast!!!!
The other one compared our speedometers and replyes:
No, it;s a piece of ****, is'got a max of only 120 on the speedo, compaired to the Ford, that one has 200 on it!!!
It brought a smile to our faces

 

I think this is a credit to whoever devised the sticker pattern:

"Is that real wood?!"

You want to reply,

"Yes, it's from the rare Plastic tree that can be sawed into two-mil layers so that it DOESN'T STICK UP ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING SHEETMETAL!"

But you don't, because they're a teenage girl, a nice old lady or some other person that equates driving a station wagon with being tomfoolery-free, leaving you no choice but to be gracious.

[Then again, there's always the "Did the maker of YOUR car outfit it that way as standard or did you have to order the Complete Piece of **** package?" reply. But never from me. I drive TWO wagons... ]

 

my wholesale reply to any questions, comments, remarks about my Olds. is: "you don't give a s**t about this car".

 

my 56 olds gets nice 57 chevy all the time.and i got into a slight argument with a older gentelman because he was sure my olds was a 55 bleair and couldnt understand it wasnt lol......john

 

lol..but you can Smoke them out..just put it in neutral and rev it up a few times.. smokes like wild fire...I know. I have 3 Oldsmobile diesels right now...lol

 

I had a young fella at the service station ask me how much to fill my 66 delta 88 so i told him fill it up and I'll pay inside the store, so i grab a few things i pay for my stuff he's still standing there, (uhh sir i don't know where u relocated your gas cap and spout on this wicked old car) lol, poor youngster i guess i shoulda told him he had to flip the rear lisense plate bracket down to access the nozzle. he was shocked to learn that was how most early 60 - 70's cars were.

 

Haha LOL

Well time to chime in from germany....

Every muscle or us car from let me say mid 60`s to the mid 70`s have to hear: "wow nice mustang....."

When we were at the car shows last year, you will see at least 50% mustangs of all ages, i tell you!

The funniest thing ever:

5 Years ago, I visited my best friend in town (the gas station)with my 71 Supreme, to fill up the gas....
The biggest SUV you could get back then, ( it was a cayenne, guess?!), came by, to fill up, too....
A guy stepped out of the car, walked over to my cutty.....
He was an Italian Mafia look a like with big gold chains round his neck and watches bigger than my gas cap....
He said " wow, this is a 67 fastback with 351 isnt it?!?!"
I said: "no, its a 71 olds cutlass"
"Are you the owner of the gas station??? How much gas does it take for 100 km????"
I get a bit nerved and said:

Hmmmmm, when i drive reallly economic and much highway driving i will come below 45 liters a 100 kms.. (5 mpg)
This guy dropped his jaw, turned and walked back to his cayenne ( which will take at least 12 mpg, i thought back then)

Torsten

 

Well and many 80's cars as well at least early 80's.I have a 84 bonnie that is rear fill as well.Thats the crazy thing I wonder how long it takes some people to get used to a vehicle once they buy it.One will have the filler on the left or driver side.One will have it on the right or passenger side.Then you have the many but few with the rear fill.That simple fact of were the filler is on the vehicle creates some interesting sights at the gas station.I guess it doesn't help that people have no patience.

on a side note I think I am going through olds withdrawl and want winter over I miss my 67.

 

My 88 Caprice had the rear license plate, up to 90 which was the last of that style Caprice and the last of the real steel bumpers. I didn't have to slow down much to drive through the snow that the plows left at intersections.

 

My grandson was driving our '92 Camaro Z28 'vert, had to slow down to let a car coming the opposite way past a perked car. Young punk (maybe 14) comes by & says "wow! cool Viper!"
Another one I get all the time w/ the 442 is "what does it use?". I just say GAS!

BTW: which shows do you go to? We're going to one in Luxembourg tomorrow, then probably Dr Mustang in Oberhausen & maybe the 1-day thing in Mannheim.

Ralph

 

I've gotten all the standard ones. Is that a Pontiac/ Buick? Nice Chevelle. does that have the 442 in it? Whats that gauge on the console for? I did have one guy ask me if my car still had the original paint. I found this humorous because it was painted a fews years back and its ready for a repaint but I would have thought the 4" cowl scoop would have given it away.

 

Best comment about my 67 442 by a "looker" that I have had: -- That sure is a nice lookin 72 442 buddy!! ( see pic to see why he may have mistaken the 67 for a 72)
I'm really sorry that the 72 tag is the only one I saved from the original car!! Really, buddy, I'm truly sorry!!! BTW -- the cops dont know model years of these cars either!! I found that out first hand too!!! LMAO!!

 

While showing my 55 Olds a while back a elderly gentleman approached me and remarked,I bet you have more in that car than it cost new. Me knowing he had no idea what a restored car can cost ,but respecting his age and ignorance I replied, I have more in the front and rear bumper chrome than what this car cost new.I doubt if he believed me but it is the truth... Tedd

 

I came out of a gas station to find a guy actually sitting in my car. When I asked what he was doing, he simply looked at me and asked "can I drive it?" My reply was "No, but the police will be glad to give you a ride in a fast car if you don't carry your a$$ outta mine."

 

"Fast? That thing can't catch a cold!" someone once said about my '71 Cutlass as he rolled up next to me at a light revving his little SBC. All that turkey saw from his POS '85 IROC-Z was my tail-lights... Should have seen his face at next light. Didn't even make eye contact. punk a**! LOL!

 

We were at the Gratiot Cruise last Sunday, and a group of guys come up to my car, looking it all over. One of them comes up to me and ask's "This is a clone 442 right?"
I said, yes it is, I bought it this way. He then says loudly to his friends, "See, I told you guys it was a clone", he then looks at me and says, "See, I know my cars, man this is a nice '77 Cutlass."


I said, 'No, it's a '71.' He looked down and walked away without saying another word. LOL

 

I get all those comments too. I've also heard a few say " I used to have one of those, but mine was much nicer. It was blah blah blah in color. I never should have sold that car"

Why is everyone else's car "much nicer?"

 

On my first trip to my local gas station I had a guy ask "hey man what year is that GTX?? a 67'??"

me: "It's a 65 Oldsmobile F-85 (Cutlass)"

"Really?....an Oldsmobile......wow" lol!

 

had a guy pull up next to me a bmw m3 this past friday i had my windows down and my car has a choppy lope at idle and he say's to me "you shold really get that thing checked out it sounds like sh*t" i look at him with a blank stare and rev it up he revs his car and we all know what happens next needless to say he finally caught me at the next red light he didnt wanna look over but i shouted out "hey you should trade that thing in for a faster car" his lady friend in the passenger seat was laughing

 

i had a local guy at a campaign event yesterday tell me he had a Rallye 350 just like mine but it was blue with silver stripes. i didn't have the heart to tell him they were only available in yellow.

 

This isn't Oldsmobile related.... But, back in the 1994 I was with my girlfriend at Moroso Park Fl. at a Super Chevy show we looked a bunch of cars, saw the racing and were on the way out. I saw this Ford Rancharo displayed in
at the Super Chevy show, and saw the owner with his Ford shirt on , And said to my girlfriend look it's a "Ford El-Camino". This guy came out of the wood work and walked straight at me SCREAMING at me "THIS IS A FORD RANCHARO not an ElCamino" as he was turning redder & redder I laught at him and told him I knew it wasn't a Ford ElCamino & that I was only joking with him. I wasn't trying to be an %#&* jerk, I just though why would you bring a ford to a SUPER CHEVY show, thus the name SUPER CHEVY...Well we got into my smal block 400 '79 ElCamino and left.

 

i went to hot august nights on friday. i saw one of those rallye 350's, the wheels didn't come with trim rings(?). cool lookin' car.

 

I was crouched behind my 70 cutlass putting gas in it when a guy walked by and told me that I had the nicest GTO he had ever seen. I didnt even respond.

 

On my 70 Cutlass, i converted from my auto column shifter to a dual gate console shifter. I still have my shifter lever on the column so when i go to local meets i have a lot of people looking inside my car they see 2 shifters. They always asked me why do i have 2 shifters? I tell them that i have 2 transmissions. The one on the column controls the left wheel and the console controls the right wheel. If i want to spin both wheels all i have to do is to put both shifters into drive and i have a posi rear. If i want to spin only one wheel i just shift either the column or the console. I told them this is what 442 stand for. 4 barrel 455 eng and 2 shifters. You cant believe how many people believe this story. I also tell them that it only comes in 1 year. They looked at me with big eyes and wide open mouths.

 

Delta:

kid at gas station:
"Huh, sir, where do I put the gas?"

"That's a BBC in there"
me "no it isn't"
"yes it is"
me "did you build the car?"

Kid at drive thru
"Wow! I've never seen a car like this before! What year is it?"
me 1985
"Wow! This car is older than me!"

Alero:
"Why do you waste money on that car? Get a real car like my (V6) Mustang"
(for those that don't know, even if the Alero was 100% stock, it could beat a V6 mustang all day long)

"Is that a Toyota?"

At the track
"HA HA HA It's a f***kin Alero"
"Yeah but he just kicked Tommy's ***"

"I didn't know Aleros came in red"

 

The mechanic in my body shop ( a guy aged round about 60 ) saw my 57 Olds and said to me : "That´s a real beauty ! I used to work on these 12 cylinder engines for years, back then............. !"

 

After an engine swap from 350 to 455 I had a guy ask me "if you were gonna do an engine swap why didn't you go with a big block?" I said "I did go with a big block, it's a 455." He said "no it isn't, big blocks have wider valve covers...you've got the small ones, it's a small block." I then said "Damn, you're right...well, we can still run them and see how it turns out!"

 

This is about my 70' F-85 W-31 since showing it around the USA since last July, 2010.

Ok, here goes:

I did not know they made an F-85 chevelle?

What is an F-85 GTO?

I had a Cutlass hardtop just like this (it an F-85 W-31 post)

I had a Torino just like this

What is a W-31 ? Only heard of W-30.

Neat looking 442!

Why doesn't it have red fenderwells, therefore it must not be real

It's not real, they only made W-30 s

It is a clone, they never made a car like this

What is a dash dash on the Fisher plate

How come it does not have bucket seats

How much did the black stripe(s) decals cost and where did you get them

It must be a fake as it does not say "442" on the shifter handle

How come you do not have the "cut out" bumper

How come there are no vents in your dash

My favorite is: What a nice Mopar!

and the list goes on !

 

two shifters and transmissions in one car, no wonder oldsmobile went out of business.

 

Is it for sale?

 

Finally found a 455 car that actually drove and was not falling apart.Proudly backed it into my shop, loving the sound and feel of my new purchase.Couple of neighbors were standing around eyeing up my new purchase.I finally shut the motor off and got out ,thinking that they would be full of questions for me about my find....
The first thing out of my neighbor's mouth-WHY did you buy THAT? -the paint is peeling off!

 

Once, after a couple drinks, I kinda whipped my '69 442 with new Dunlops, through a 'S' turn intersection in Des Plaines -[busse hwgy+ dempster] no tire noise, but heard tires squeeling from the car behind me - a State Trooper!!
As I used to work on that street as a teenager, was sure the speed limit was 40, and proceeded as such - then noticed a 35 sign - THEY DROPPED IT!!
Figured what was the cop gonna do for 5 over? Stayed at 40! Then she stopped me!!
Asked me the speed limit, advised they'd changed it 5 yrs. ago, asked me what engine was in the car, said " I really like it, but take it easy, or you'll get a lot of tickets in it", let me go, and drove away!!
Never did get a ticket in that one!
Stopped in my '86 2+2 Grand Prix by a County Mountie - "Never saw one before, had to have a look"!
Gas station attendant about my '65 Chevelle 2-dr wagon "You did a real good job filling in the rear doors"!!
Same car - different State Trooper - "Clocked you over 75, and you were about 100 ft outa the booth - what the hell is in that thing?? Let me go - still don't know how he caught me 3 blocks down on a ramp!?!?!

 

Lmao!!!!

 

One common one we've all heard is how they had one EXACTLY like it (except different model, color, year, options, engine, transmission, wheels, etc.)!