Just bough a 1977 Omega F-85. The previous owner dropped in a rebuilt 350 and a rebuilt trans with a shift kit. The paint is in great shape, but I have to redo the interior. I'm looking to put in bucket seats up front or maybe get a new bench with 3-point belts and take the back bench out and make it a storage area.

At any rate, thanks guys for being here. I'm not too familiar with older cars and it's nice to find a forum full of Oldsmobile enthusiasts!

 

Welcome to CO.

 

Welcome to the forum, fellow southsider.

I grew up in Park Forest. Don't live there now but have some good memories.

 

Welcome from The Capitol City.

 

Welcome - got any pics?

 

Nice ad This car is the first and only Omega I've ever seen in person, and one of the very x-body cars I've seen before (does the Buick Apollo even exist, or is GM screwing with me?)

I have a picture, but it's from the seller's craigslist ad and I'm not too sure how copyright works with that, so I'll get my own pictures tomorrow.

 

nice to see more guys from the chi town here .

 

Olds isn't too popular out in these particular suburbs. The beater of choice is the Cavalier or Blazer, and the classic car guys have Monte Carlos and Chevelles.

 

My beater is a saturn lol.

 

Yes Buick made a model on the same platform as the Omega and it was called the Apollo. Welcome aboard

 

Thanks for the welcome. I know there was an Apollo and then a Pontiac Ventura. I've just never seen either, and I've only seen 3 or 4 Novas. Maybe it's because I grew up in the era of minivans, SUVs, and FWD? In grade school my dad sometimes picked me up at the end of the day and his beater Delta 88 stood out in the sea of mom-mobiles

 

Nova Omega Ventura Apollo. Coincidental? I don't know how the original 1976 Caddy Seville would fit in there, but it too was based on the X-body.

Buick started calling their X-car Skylark around 1975.

Neat find. The F85 Omega was Oldsmobile's true entry-level no-frills car and is a comparatively rare little beast, mainly because most people wanting a smaller Oldsmobile went a little more upscale. 3918 1976 and 2241 1977 built per Standard Catalog of Oldsmobile.

I'm a little bit of an oddball because I like the 75-78 X-car better than the 68-74. They make tough little street machines.

 

At first I thought when I read that. Then it struck me that I haven't seen one of these cars around here in a long time either. There's a red 76 hatchback coupe that I see infrequently and the kid who has it keeps it fairly clean, but it lives in the hood so I've never really talked with him about it.

My aunt had a 78 Omega LS sedan and she truly loved that little car. It got rear-ended in traffic and the insurance totalled it. She started driving Grand Marquis after that but she said it was hard getting used to a big car again.

 

I like the look of the late 70s Novas better than the older ones. I can't say much for performance because my Omega has a rebuilt 350 under the hood.

 

Here's the seller's picture (I checked copyright rules and this is alright):

 

Ha ha cool, a buddy of mine sent me the link to that car on CL to see if I was interested in it. It looks good, welcome!