Here's one... Name the first Oldsmobile model to exclusively feature the 400 ci mil in 1965.

 

I want to say Starfire...

 

No they had the 425, hint...my book says model but it was actually a pkg.

 

Police interceptor?

 

Turnpike Cruiser? Thats as good as a guess as P I? - eh?

 

When did Ohio get annnexed into Canada...............eh?

And no, that's not an Olds trivia question.

 

442

 

1969w3155 is correct! You have the floor. The 442 was the ONLY Oldsmobile model to have the 400 cube mill in '65.

 

I will dig something up later to post..gotta go to work.

 

In what motorsport event did Toronado's place 1,2,3 in the year 1969.

 

Pike's peak hill climb!

 

Right you are! You're up.

 

In 1981, what particular Oldsmobile invention first debuted on the Omega, and became commonplace on a large majority of vehicles in the following years...

 

Ohio is just south of deeee border? Ya'all do know that Ontario is in Ohio - Eh? I learned to speak Canadian in just 2 days too! - LOL

 

abs?

 

transversely mounted engine / drivetrain?

 

neither of those are the answer I'm after....

-Jeff

 

Composite plastic front fenders and body panels, on Sport Omega.

 

intermittent wipers? No idea when they started? first car i had em on was an 83

 

!!!*GONG*!!!

You got it RocketRaider. Thanks for not making me babysit the thread all day!

"1981: Flexible, rust-resistant body panels are used for the first time by an automobile manufacturer. The Olds Sport Omega came with front fenders formed from two resins reinforced with milled fiberglass. The fenders were painted with flexible acrylic enamel."

Up to you to carry on...

 

OK- a trifecta.

1) what year did Oldsmobile's famous 3-bar spinner hubcaps first appear, and what was the last year they were used? Why were they discontinued?

2) what years did the spinner caps use those heinous attaching clips?

3) What innovative wheel design was on the 1971-72 Delta 88 option list? What aftermarket wheel was the model for it, and what company produced them for Olds?

 

I'll bite:

1: '53 Fiesta was the first - '66 Starfire the last (unless you count the 'twin spinners' on the late '60s cutlasses. I believe they were discontinued as a result of some safety concerns with them flying off hurting people.

2: Pretty sure 61 used the clips - maybe 59 and 60 too

3: Alloy wheels - don't know manufacturer

 

Don't know the first two, but the third is the Polycast SS IV wheel make by Motor Wheel, if I remember correctly. The process was later used on the honeycomb Pontiac wheels.

 

Correct. 1953 Fiesta, then all cars in 54. A version was available every year thru 1966. 1967 Fed standards outlawed "knockoff" style spinners. I think they watched too many James Bond movies meself.

59-61 did use them, but other years before and after too. Any more bites?

Joe's got the answer in SSIV and Motor Wheel. MW offered a "revolutionary (their word) new concept in wheel styling" in late 1968, and most of the ads for it showed these wheels on an Oldsmobile. Probably why Olds adopted it for the Delta.

Guesses on what that Motor Wheel was called?

 

I'll let someone else get this. Hint: There was a set for sale here on CO last year.

 

Exeter????

 

Close enough to gain the floor! "Exiter" was the wheel's name. I bought 4 NOS GM small BP ones at a Carlisle meet several years ago. They're on the 74 Hurst, with an 80s FWD SSII center cap that fits like it was made for it.

 

What kind of tree is growing through what kind of Oldsmobile?

 

Looks like an elm in the engine compartment of a 1950 Olds 88 4 dr sedan.

 

WOW. I've seen similar pictures before, but that's a big damn tree. Perchance is the engine/trans somewhere up in the top branches?

Charlie Brown's kite-eating tree got nothin on this.

-Jeff

 

Scot, I thought elm trees had oval leaves? Looks kinda like a cotton wood to me. But since ya got the Olds right and this is Olds trivia not tree trivia, you have the floor.

 

Hard to see the leaves with the pic, I was going by the bark But okay here goes...

In what year was the 7,500,000th vehicle built by Olds celebrated and name the model of that car?

 

62 Starfire coupe

 

Correct.

 

Holey crap! gee, let's leave the car here and dutily cut the grass around it, after all we don't want the place to look neglected.

 

Whay does the A.C. stand for on an A. C. spark plug?

 

Alfred Champion, the same guy who came up with the Champion spark plug.

 

I think it's Albert not Alfred but You're close enough to have the floor.

 

You are right, it was Albert.
How It All Started

1899

Albert Champion bids adieu to France and hits the high seas for America. Albert was a champion bicycle racer, and he used the draft from speedy motorcycles to help him train and set a pace. Once in Boston, Albert makes his own spark plugs and sells them to friends for extra cash. With the help of investors, Albert turns his hobby into a business, The Champion Ignition Co.
1901

Brothers Frank and Perry Remy founded the Remy Electric Co. The Brothers Remy were the first to build dynamos and magnetos, which were used instead of batteries for ignition in early vehicles.


1905
The honeymoon ends between Albert Champion and his investors. The investors pull out of the deal and keep the Champion name. (Ouch.)

1908

Albert Champion, still the competitor, joins forces with Buick Motor Co. The two make beautiful spark plugs together for the AC Spark Plug Division. Guess where they got the name. 1916

Here comes The General. United Motors Corp (UMC). is formed by Alfred P. Sloan - the man who would eventually become president and then chairman of GM. UMC eventually absorbs Buick and AC Spark Plug, and later merges with Chevrolet to form General Motors. That same year, UMC forms United Motors Service Inc. (UMS), to sell and service parts made by the company.
1926
Remy Electric, which had been bought out twice since being formed by the Remy brothers, merges with competitor Dayton Engineering Labs Co. (Delco) to form Delco
Remy Corp.

Aeroplanes to Rockets

1927
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder. AC Spark Plugs are used in Charles A. Lindbergh's transatlantic flight.

1932
AC Spark Plugs are used in Amelia Earhart's transatlantic solo flight.
1935
General Motors Parts Division (GMPD) forms in order to consolidate the automaker's parts-marketing activities.
1969
AC igniter plugs are used to fire the second- and third-stage rocket engines that propel Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin to the moon. That same year, GMPD becomes a separate business unit. It distributes replacement parts to GM dealers.
1971
United Motors Service is renamed United Delco Division.
1974
Guess what? That's right, it's time for another merger. The AC-Delco Division is born with the combination of the United Delco and AC Spark Plug sales organizations.



ACDelco Now


1986
The ACDelco Division is 12 years old. With its teen years on the horizon, GM forms Service Parts Operations, ACDelco's current parent company.
1995
ACDelco's logo gets a new look to reflect the company's continuing commitment to developing new products and innovations. This year saw the introduction of the performance spark plug, RAPIDFIREŽ, and a new extended-life battery, the Delco Freedom 84-Month Battery.
1997
ACDelco launches a new concept, the ACDelco Service Center. ACDelco also christened a new world headquarters in Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA.
2000
ACDelco strives to deliver the highest standards for dependable and quality automotive parts for all makes and models of vehicles. This vision is captured in ACDelco's new advertising theme, "When the right way is the only way."
2002
ACDelco continues to strive to maintain the highest standards in the industry, delivering quality automotive parts for all makes and all models.

 

Where are the camshafts for our Oldsmobiles cast? What was the name of the foundry? (not final machining) hint: the initials are stamped on the end of camshafts.