very cool pictures !!!!!! Keep them coming!!!!!!!

 

VINTAGE PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE INTERNET. OWNER ADVISED THIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT MANY YEARS AGO AND CLAIMS VEHICLE NO LONGER EXIST. PASSENGER SURVIVED.

 

Amazing what can be found with some searching.I always enjoy this as much as enjoying the vehicles them selves.I was disapointed when olds was cut off in 04.So much potential for the brand was still their.Just needed the rite people to make it happen.Just imagine a new culass or 442 RWD with all the power you could want.Maby even with a vintage or retro look like some other vehicle brands have done.To anyone that likes buicks sorry ahead.But I think gm should have gotten rid of buick and at least kept olds.I mean they have caddi why do they need two luxury brands.I used to have pictures around of old cars but would have to search for them and see if any of the newpaper clippings are still around.But thank you to all of you that have added pictures to this cool thread.You help keep the history and past of olds alive.

I know i can find pictures of a delta we had years ago not sure of any dealer pics though.

 

GM has been selling large numbers of Buicks in China (more cars than in the USA), one of the biggest, fastest growing markets in the world.

stolen from the net .....

BEIJING — General Motors and Ford captured four spots among China's best-selling passenger cars in 2011, with the Buick Excelle commanding top spot with sales of 253,514 units.
The performance is even more remarkable considering that the entire Buick brand sold only 177,633 units last year in the United States, where Buick is just launching a version of the Excelle sedan, rebadged as the Verano.
The Chevrolet Cruze was another popular model in China, with sales last year of 221,196 propelling it into 3rd place. The Chevrolet New Sail ranked 7th, with sales of 197,874, while the Ford Focus moved into 10th place, with sales of 188,961.
Volkswagen placed four cars in China's top 10 last year, including the Lavida, Jetta, Bora and Santana. The remaining slots were occupied by the Hyundai Elantra and the FAW Xiali — the only Chinese domestic brand to crack the top 10.
The BYD F3, which had been the country's best-seller the previous two years, tumbled to 11th place, as sales plunged 30 percent to 183,832.
Inside Line says: Buick's popularity continues to soar in China.

 

Too bad Olds and Pontiac couldn't ride it out long enough to sell in China. Of course everything is cookie cutter now days anyway- badge engineering. We all know Olds used to sell a millon cars a year in the US from 77-79 and intermittedly through 85 and 86. Thanks to the rear drive Cutlass Supreme that once could sell over 500,000 units a year.

 

I guess buick is here to stay with that kind of selling numbers.I have never owned or drove a buick.Nore have I driven a caddi.I did like pontiacs but they flushed that line down the pooper.The stinker is they dropped olds first.

I always prefer rwd or 4x4 not a fan of fwd.I know some of the fwd's get good mpg's.But at least 90% of those fwd's have no frame other than around the engine it's self and some of them are a real pain to get the plugs out.I agree on the badge engineering in the 80's they made several version of wagons.Parts were much the same on maibu wagons the olds version buick version and I think they had a pontiac version as well.I could turn my 83 chev malibu into a olds wagon by changing a few things and it has been a thought.I have to change the motor in the car anyway since the one in it needs to be rebuilt.But it is just as easy to find a olds wagon then change what I have.I have three olds now and at one point was looking at another but decided against it.I need to finish the two projects before getting into anymore.I just hate to see a good or one with potential vehicle get crushed because someone does not want it anymore.

 

Lansing Car Assembly 1973

 

In its last few years, Oldsmobile out sold Buick, but Buick was marketed in China, Olds wasn't. I saw a few Regals driving around Beijing when I was there last.

It would have made more sense to me to keep Chev, Olds, and Cadillac. I would have kept Pontiac too but if only three could be saved, then the above makes more sense to me. Chev is entry level, Oldsmobile is mid level and Cadilliac is High or luxury level.

The way it is now, Chev is entry, Buick is luxury level and Cadillac is luxury level. It's not balanced. That's why I'm looking right now at a Volkswagen Passat CC Highline. Without Oldsmobile, I don't feel any particular brand loyality to GM. I have even been looking at Fords.

 

True, but what I read was that Olds's problem was that it was a larger operation than Buick and therefore needed to sell more cars than Buick did to break even. So comparing Olds sales to Buick sales isn't really the issue. You have to compare each division's sales to its break-even point.

Did Olds division make money? No. Did Buick division? Yes, or at least it didn't lose as much at the time and was considered to be in a better financial position and/or easier to rescue and therefore worth keeping. Part of that better financial position, or at least better financial potential, was the the China sales you mention.

I also remember reading back at that time that simply shipping some Oldsmobiles to China to capture some of those sales that Buick was getting wasn't so simple. The Chinese were a bit eccentric, and they saw Buick as having the reputation, like Cadillac, of being a classic example of American big-car luxury and extravagance. That was not their view of Oldsmobile. We all know over here that Olds was every bit the land-yacht maker that Buick was, but markets, especially foreign ones, can be peculiar.

 

 

There's a quick history of Buick in China here:
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us...a_Overview.pdf
But there's a lot more to it. When GM was trying to open a plant in China in the late 90's GM wanted Cadillac. The Chinese were emphatic that the plant be Buick. Buick has been a sign of luxury in China since early in the 20th century. Somewhere there's a really good story about GM and their ties to China which revolve around Buick but I couldn't find it.

We own a Buick Enclave. If my wife didn't like it so much I'd have bought an Acadia or Traverse. It's just a polished version of the other two.

 

I had no idea woody allen and his brothers worked for olds thats awesome



an

 

 

Mace Olds 1967.

 

 

Thanks for postin'... great ones. Funny, 'cause the fancier and more glamourous they make the dealerships now, the less exciting and fun they are to go to. Everythings so pasteurized and homogenized looking. Don't hold a candle to a little mom & pop operation in Slippery Rock, USA, with paper covering the picture window 'cause the new models had arrived! <goosebumps>


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good stuff

 

How about the '70 Barris "X" Toronado

 

"These pics were culled from old high school yearbooks. Dig the 69 W30 and W31."

Shooot, you can see three of those any any Homecoming....

ck out that '68 4-dr hardtop [no post]
Now THAT'S rare!!

Thanks so much for finding and sharing, you are THE MAN!

 

Sweet Jesus, please warn us before posting something like this. Now I gotta go brush my teeth to get the vomit stink out.

 

 

 

Painting a Rallye 350 Bumper

 

AlbertsonBrosOldsmobile.jpg
RaymondPScottOldsmobile.jpg
TempletonOldsmobile.jpg

 

I spent a lot of time on some State of Michigan websites, historical centers in Lansing, and was referred to the MSU library, and have come up empty on University Olds pics. I don't know how you do it! I installed super adblocker, and am getting those damn dodge pop up ads anyway on this thread!

 

1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sports Coupe
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1966 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday Sedan
1966OldsmobileDelta88HolidaySedan.jpg


1966 Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser Station Wagon
1966OldsmobileVista-CruiserStationWagon.jpg

 

my dad with his then new '71 cutlass supreme conv.


me with it when i graduated high school in '94
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me and my daughter with the car two years ago
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Hey Jasen (TK65) how about those pice I sent you some years ago of my driveway in 1965. If you still have them, they would be good ones for this thread. If at all possible, please scan them here and give everybody a good laugh. I especally like the one ofmewith the station wagon!!!
Thanks and stay well.

 

1965OldsmobileCutlassSportsCoupe.jpg
1965OldsmobileCustomVista-Cruiser.jpg
1965OldesmobileNinety-EightLuxurySedan.jpg

 

1912OldsmobileDefender5-PassengerTouring.jpg
1912OldsmobileAutocrat7-PassengerTouring.jpg
1912OldsmobileAutocratTouringRoadsterTourabout.jpg

 

1941 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser 4-Door Sedan
1941OldsmobileCustomCruiser4-DoorSedan.jpg

1941 Oldsmobile 4-Door Special Sedan
1941OldsmobileSpecial4-DoorSedan.jpg

1941 Oldsmobile Special Club Coupe
1941OldsmobileSpecialClubCoupe.jpg

 

Here is a slide show of Bob Brown Oldsmobile in Portland, OR.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbthegf...97898929/show/

 

1941 Oldsmobile Special Series Two-Door Sedan
1941OldsmobileSpecialSeriesTwo-DoorSedan.jpg

1941 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Four-Door Sedan
1941OldsmobileCustomCruiserFour-DoorSedan.jpg

1941 Oldsmobile Dynamic Cruiser Club Sedan
1941OldsmobileDynamicCruiserClubSedan.jpg

 

Cool time line! Subaru??? Did these dealers take on other brands when times were tough...?

Ted

 

1950 Oldsmobile "88" 4-Door Sedan
1950Oldsmobile884-DoorSedan.jpg

1950 Oldsmobile Rocket Engine Plastic See-Thru Hood
1950OldsmobileRocketEnginePlasticSee-ThruHood.jpg

1950 Oldsmobile "88" 2-Door Sedan
1950Oldsmobile882-DoorSedan.jpg

 

Lesher-Muirhead Olds, San Francisco CA, c.1960's
Lesher-MuirheadOldsSanFranciscoCAc1960s.jpg

 

Pretty neat commercial Oldsmobile was always ahead of the pack

 

Olds Limited Racing a Train 1910


"Remodeled" Oldsmobile Limited circa 1912


'54 Starfire


'49 Olds


"Remodeled" Oldsmobile Speedster built from a 5 passenger Olds




Art Deco Oldsmobiles