Hi, everybody!
March 5th, 2013, 08:38 AM
#1
Hi, everybody!
Okay, way too enthusiastic for the morning.
My name's Nigel, I'm from PA and live in Denver, CO, now. Got started with Oldsmobiles while I was in college and I had an '86 Cutlass Supreme Brougham that needed a lot of TLC and coaxing to keep going, sort of like the Millennium Falcon.
A friend of mine in college was a former Marine and had 4 GTOs (I want to say 2 64, 65, or 66s, one as a donor, and a 68 and a 69) and a lot of what he knew helped me out, like when I bent the rear axle. Sadly, I don't have that car anymore, but I've kept all the memories! I still have my Olds logo banner hanging in my closet, although these days I drive a Volvo. Say what you will, but the two companies have a lot in common.
Anyway, my entry to this community is more about my departure from my college dream of restoring a '71 Cutlass Supreme, but you'll see that over in the parts for sale area.
My name's Nigel, I'm from PA and live in Denver, CO, now. Got started with Oldsmobiles while I was in college and I had an '86 Cutlass Supreme Brougham that needed a lot of TLC and coaxing to keep going, sort of like the Millennium Falcon.
A friend of mine in college was a former Marine and had 4 GTOs (I want to say 2 64, 65, or 66s, one as a donor, and a 68 and a 69) and a lot of what he knew helped me out, like when I bent the rear axle. Sadly, I don't have that car anymore, but I've kept all the memories! I still have my Olds logo banner hanging in my closet, although these days I drive a Volvo. Say what you will, but the two companies have a lot in common.
Anyway, my entry to this community is more about my departure from my college dream of restoring a '71 Cutlass Supreme, but you'll see that over in the parts for sale area.
March 5th, 2013, 10:53 AM
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Well, Volvo and Oldsmobile were very technically progressive companies--Olds had the first standard safety belts, Volvo the 3-point safety belt.
They were both very much engineering companies--I like to think of Olds as GM's engineering division because of things like Northstar (OnStar), climate control on the Toronado, FWD (even if it was chain-driven), the safety belts, airbags, etc.
Volvo had their Safety Research Centers for things like safety belts, airbags, crumple zones, the integral "roll cage".
Both have race pedigrees: Olds in NASCAR, Volvo in rally. Both were pretty much unrivaled: Olds until the hemi came along and Volvo had some similar experiences (from what I can recall).
Olds had the "Not your father's Oldsmobile" ad campaign and Volvo had "Not your Uncle Olaf's Volvo" ad campaign (a few decades apart).
They were both very much engineering companies--I like to think of Olds as GM's engineering division because of things like Northstar (OnStar), climate control on the Toronado, FWD (even if it was chain-driven), the safety belts, airbags, etc.
Volvo had their Safety Research Centers for things like safety belts, airbags, crumple zones, the integral "roll cage".
Both have race pedigrees: Olds in NASCAR, Volvo in rally. Both were pretty much unrivaled: Olds until the hemi came along and Volvo had some similar experiences (from what I can recall).
Olds had the "Not your father's Oldsmobile" ad campaign and Volvo had "Not your Uncle Olaf's Volvo" ad campaign (a few decades apart).
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