Hi everybody, I'am Hunor from Hungary, Budapest.

I have a 1980 Ninety Eight Regency for 3 years. This is my first US car.
The car is mildly modified by the previous owner and I decided to move on with this but in my way.
The car has a 455 engine, and is in fair general condition.
I've done a lot of things on it, but still a lot to do.
I'am a member of the biggest American car fan site in Hungary called V8cars.hu
You can check my car there if you are interested:

http://v8cars.hu/vehicle.php?vehicle=5354e7c764c9f

I hope I can get some help from here to get a few body parts, since it is not really easy from here.

Greetings!

 

Welcome to the site, nice car. Post a list in the parts wanted section.

 

Thanks, already done.

 

Welcome and thanks for posting the picture of your car. My daughter spent several months in Budapest during her college years. She really enjoyed her experience and treasures it to this day.

Keith

 

Having a 455 in a 1980 is major modification. Congratulations on your Oldsmobile. If you need parts this is a good website. Shipping will be costly though. Good luck.

 

It's so cool see people from all over the world sharing an interest in this great hobby of ours. I am looking forward to seeing pictures of your awesome Oldsmobile in the even more awesome Hungarian cities and country side.
Welcome to the site.

 

Welcome to Classic Olds Forum ,and Congratulations on your American Car Club. These were and still are very amazing cars. You certainly found a forum for friendly folks who are ready to answer questions about any problems that might arise. Good luck ,Larry

 

Thanks guys!

Running an american car as a hobby in Hungary is really difficult due to the bad circumstances, (high gas prices- double of the american price level, buying parts are pricey due to shipping cost and high import and VAT charges, and the stupid restrictions of registering a car coming from outside the EU. It is impossible to import a US car older than 6 years since the car has to meet EURO5 emission standards.
The only way to get an older car if you pass a very strict Old Timer examination, but the car must be at least 30 years old.
So cars between 6-30 years are banned. Sux....
This is why cars in this age are really valuable, even if they are trivial models.

Anyway I love to drive and tinker my car, and happy to be here.

Some pics about my ride:



In the beginning.



Fresh look after 2 years



455 rules....


Almost unmolested.

 

Hello and welcome there.

Nice to get more Europeans, as always. Btw, 95E costs here 80HUF per litre more than in Hungary

But im with you on costs of parts, if you order some parts from US, postage + taxes usually doubles the price of item you bought...

But, welcome, and have fun with your car! I like that colour-combo you have.

 

Picture 12 on your car club site showed some serious rust issues underneath the vinyl top,bet fixing that was a pain. Vinyl tops were very popular in these years of American cars ,but proved to be very problematic as they aged. Good job ,keep up the good work. Larry

 

Thanks!

Picture 12 is actually a page (along with the others) you can enter by clicking on it. There are several pictures inside.
I decided to terminate the vinyl top, since it needs almost the same work as an ordinary paint job plus the cost of installing the new top.
And after a few years it goes bad again.
Paintjob is cheaper and lasts longer, even if it's not factory look.

You have a really nice ride as well. We have very few cars from the '50-s due to difficult restoration (getting parts) and high prices.