Hey guys im new to the olds car thing...just bought a 71 olds 2dr 52000miles
Hope to learn a few things here.....Great forum!!!
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Welcome

 

Quite a chunk of iron you've got there.

Welcome!

- Eric

 

Nice car, and it looks to be in nice shape. What are you planning to do to it?

 

Would like to get it painted and maybe some new rims and rubber in the future...I might just drive it this summer the way it sits now!!!!!!

 

Congrats. post some interior pics if you have a chance. Is that a 350 or a 455?

 

Its the 455 and here ia a pic of the interior
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Nice! Welcome to our site!

 

Here is a little video clip of the car running!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PffupdqD89I

 

It sounds great! Looks great, too. I especially like your dog in the back seat!


By the way, we can see that it's a Delta 88 Royale 2-door hardtop. That was a relatively rare car for 1971. Olds produced only 8,397 of that model. The only other Royale available that year was the convertible. Compare this to production of the "plain" 2-door hardtop Delta 88, which was 27,031, more than three times as many. The other Delta 88 line available that year was the Delta 88 Custom, and production of 2-door hardtops was 14,067.

Add it up, and you've got just under 50,000 (49,495, to be exact) 2-door hardtop Delta 88s for 1971, and your model accounted for just about 17% of those.

Base price of your car was $4,288, making it the second-most expensive Delta 88 available that year. Only the convertible was more, and that was only $7 more at $4,295.

As I said, it's a very nice looking car. I especially lik the two-tone green with white top. You just don't see two-tone cars anymore, and I think it's really a loss. And you're right, that engine sounds like it needs nothing. Just drive and enjoy!

 

Welcome aboard scooter. So where in AB are you? Your car looks great; really nice to see a 41 year old car in that shape; especially the interior. If you're going to drive it this year, consider coming to the Rocket Roundup in Olds AB in July. Here's a web link to the Northern Lights Chapter Oldsmobile club. They host the event at Hildebrandt Motors there every year. The club is based out of Sh Pk and is always looking for new members btw. www.oldsclub.ca

Also worth your while to have a look at the Wild About Cars website; they have tons of Oldsmobile info there too. As you can see from my sig line, it's free and I think it's a great site (that supplements this one really well).

If you're close by, LMK. Maybe we could hook up and talk shop about our cars?

 

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the forum.