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Old November 7th, 2020 | 05:19 PM
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Hello all joined a little bit ago... just never got around to posting. Inherited my project from my late cousin. A 1967 Nintey-Eight. Will be posting in the technical forums soon... kind of at a loss with what's left. Glad to see the Olds community going strong and glad to be here. Good luck with all your projects everyone.

Old November 7th, 2020 | 05:49 PM
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Welcome aboard! That's quite a yacht you've inherited!
Old November 7th, 2020 | 05:52 PM
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Thanks 😊 I'm almost there with getting her on the road.
Old November 7th, 2020 | 08:06 PM
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Welcome to the site, all hail the new boat captain.
Old November 7th, 2020 | 10:25 PM
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Nice "boat". Welcome to C.O.
Old November 7th, 2020 | 11:52 PM
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Welcome aboard Moody !

Fantastic car, absolutely enormous. And incredibly powerful. Lets put it this way, you know a vehicle is large when it is luxury orientated and its only two engine options are 365 HP or 375 HP. Measuring out to 223 inches long and weighing 4500 LBS. That length puts you among the largest car models this country has ever produced.

You may enjoy this, https://www.motoringresearch.com/car...american-cars/ They missed your ride it should be around the middle of list... But another even larger Olds (if you could imagine) made the top 5.

P.S. Great handle by the way. (cant get the Moody Blues out of my head now)
Old November 8th, 2020 | 02:56 AM
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Welcome, Moody! Nice 98! Thanks for posting that the land yacht article 69CSHC!! nice read!! I had one of those "top 5" beasts. It was a triple black fully loaded '75 Regency 4 dr. It was one of my all time favorite cars!!
Old November 8th, 2020 | 04:15 AM
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Welcome-Love that car!
Old November 8th, 2020 | 04:30 AM
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Welcome. Enjoy your car. A convertible no less. Huge, I am sure it would not fit my garage. I hope your garage accomodates it nicely.

Wayne


Old November 8th, 2020 | 07:25 AM
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I owned the Delta 88 version of your car from 2009 until January of this year. When I had it repainted, I had it done in red. The yellow was just a little too much for me.







Old November 8th, 2020 | 07:38 AM
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@Jaunty75 wow man that looks awesome.... I'm thinking more black with red pinstripes.... I need to get it road worthy first. Actually just about to go work on it now.
Old November 8th, 2020 | 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Moody
I'm thinking more black with red pinstripes
It would look good, but keep in mind that black is the worst color when it comes to showing dirt. Contrary to gut instinct, most "dirt" (soil, dust) is lighter, rather than darker, in color. That's why white cars always look clean no matter how dirty they are and black cars always look dirty no matter how clean they are.


Having said this, though, here's a good-looking '67 98 convertible in black. Keep it clean, and it will look good!




Old November 8th, 2020 | 02:34 PM
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Welcome to the group... Nice looking 98 ragtop...
Old November 8th, 2020 | 06:14 PM
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Welcome to classicoldsmobile .
Come and join the " Darksiders " (61 thru 70 big cars ) . At this thread ;
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...s-unite-83695/
Old November 9th, 2020 | 07:20 PM
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X2 on what Jaunty said!
Personally I love the yellow, way more unique and eye catching than black or most other stock colors, even red, lol.

Last edited by Cutlass Fan; November 9th, 2020 at 07:22 PM.
Old November 9th, 2020 | 07:50 PM
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Sorry for your loss, but welcome from MA. It should make a very nice cruiser.
Old November 10th, 2020 | 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by rob1960
Thanks for posting that the land yacht article 69CSHC!! nice read!! I had one of those "top 5" beasts. It was a triple black fully loaded '75 Regency 4 dr. It was one of my all time favorite cars!!
Sure thing, awesome cars !

Originally Posted by jaunty75
black is the worst color when it comes to showing dirt. Contrary to gut instinct, most "dirt" (soil, dust) is lighter, rather than darker, in color. That's why white cars always look clean no matter how dirty they are and black cars always look dirty no matter how clean they are.
As the owner of 2 black cars I can attest to that. They often look grey and dusty unless you stay vigilantly on top of them.

Originally Posted by jaunty75
Keep it clean, and it will look good!
Yes, the potentially over riding aspect of black is that it looks good on just about every car.

By the way that red looks great ! I'm not really a red car guy but it really pops vs the muted pastel like yellow.

Old November 12th, 2020 | 11:31 AM
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I like the yellow but totally understand why it would be black. Really nice car.
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