I know ther are other sites for the g-body olds but more sources of information and help can't hurt. Thanks for your consideration. Mark

 

A Body 78-81
G Body 82-88

The "forgotten" Oldsmobiles

 

oldsgmail.com is one good source of info, but their 'forum' is an old fashioned mailing list.

 

gbodyforum.com is a good site if you can get passed the ls obsessed chevy guys

 

Seriously?

Try getting parts for a 73-77 A-body, or a 61-63 F-85, or any full size Olds.

 

I'm already on gbodyforum.com .. but noticed there are a few people here that aren't there. Just a thought Mark

 

No offense Joe!

It was close to impossible to get parts for my 1965 Delta 88. I can only imagine 61-63 F85.

 

Maliburacing.com is all 78-88 A/G body

 

thanks gearhead78 I'll check it out, as for the older olds that must be terrible not to be able to find parts but just shows how much you care for those cars that you keep going.

 

We have had some requests in the past to re-structure the site and spent quite a bit of time last year on it. I think most people are happy enough with the way it is now. We realize that we can't satisfy everyone's preferences and aren't going to change the site now with more sub-forums. Some already feel it is too complex as it is. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

I really enjoy the site, it was just a thought.

 

www.gbodyolds.com

Started this site to keep all the information I can find about G-bodies in one place.
Never really intended on it being a hangout, just information, which I like.

 

Gbodyforum.com has plenty to offer Cutlass fans, it's hardly surprising the Chevy ls is popular, plenty of G bodies had a Chevy engine under the hood when they left the factory, but the Cutlass was a top seller in its day, and it comes a respectable second behind Chevy.
It also allows a lot more political and other off car topics than here, you can make arguments for and against this, but there is a big pool of knowledge and expertise to help you. Filter out the Chevy guys and enjoy.
It's one of the better forums imo, I still browse it although I sold my G Bodies years ago.

Roger.

 

Have you ever been here?


http://www.78-88olds.com/forum/

 

I've had a look, not a very busy forum. I don't mean that in a bad or good way, just an observation.

Roger.

 

How can you square having a G-body forum with the name of the site being ClassicOldsmobile?



- Eric

 

I would call it evolution. The name was created years ago and the forum has simply evolved. Classic means different things to different people. Don't want to get a big discussion started where people get offended so I am not even going to try to define what a Classic Oldsmobile would be now.......

 

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A few years back I thought the fat-fendered Oldsmobiles weren't prominent enough under the heading "Vintage" since that apparently covered everything from curved dash 1900s up to about 1964-65. In no small part it was due to the fact I wasn't finding much info on my 47 Olds. The leadership at CO said NO for a lot of the same reasons I see recited here.

Well it is their forum since they have stepped up and assumed the work and responsibility of running the site and I respect that.

Nevertheless I determined to dig up all othe 40s Olds owners that I could find and initiated the thread "46-48 Olds How Many Have Them". under the Vintage Olds sub forum. We now have pretty good representation with probably around 30-40 people who have contributed to the thread including people from Europe and S. America. It has become sort of a de-facto sub-sub forum with tech help, parts finding etc. in our little corner of CO. Maybe its possible a mega-thread on G bodies could be established within an established forum?
Just my two cents worth.
Jerry

 

When I joined I told all who cared to read my introductory post that I had an '87 H Body. I was still welcomed and have had a little fun with you, Eric, as well as addressing more serious topics regarding Oldsmobiles..
I also had two G Bodies, one was a Cutlass wagon that I regret ever selling. Before them I also owned a '78 Delta 88, and a '78 98 Regency. Of the ten American vehicles I've owned four have been Oldsmobiles, clearly there is something about them I like.
G bodies are getting thin on the ground now, many have been lowridered or demolition derbied, which may have given them a bad name. But they were among the last body on frame, rwd with a V8 under the hood, cars to be sold in North America.
When did 1950's Oldsmobiles start becoming classics?, or cars from the following decades?.
I think one thing G Bodies certainly have in their favor is that they are affordable, easy to look after examples of the traditional American Car.

Roger.

 

Yes, but driving a G-body on English streets is kind of like bringing an Destroyer to a sailing regatta, isn't it? I mean, as far as all the Polo drivers are concerned, your number plates read "HMS Dreadnought" whether you're driving a G-body or a C-body.


Never, as far as I'm concerned. But I've had this discussion here before, at least twice, and I'll stop now, before I get banned.

- Eric

 

Not so Eric. There are plenty of 4x4 SUVs "Chelsea Tractors", People Carriers and big Mercedes and BMWs that match a G Body in dimensions. One ton commercial vehicles driven by "White Van Man" are ubiquitous here. My wife's Peugeot wagon is taller than my H Bodies.
Plus we have plenty of trucks on our roads, not as big as the rigs I have seen on American highways perhaps but big anyway. A lot of them, particularly near where I live are lhd with European drivers.

We have got used to sharing our overcrowded roads with bigger vehicles, more like MTB's alongside Frigates and Carriers. Sure, they are much smaller, but the pilots are used to dealing with them.

Roger.

 

Ah. It's been a "few" years since I've spent any time "over there."

The last time, three-wheeled commercial vehicles were still common.

- Eric

 

I didn't realise you are so old Eric!

Scammel Scarab three wheeled lorries (Trucks to you North Americans) were ubiquitous in railway goods depots throughout Britain up to the early '70s.
They were ideal for turning and shunting in the narrow confines of goods yards, and for hauling trailers through the narrow streets around stations.
Our rail infrastucture was developed during the era of horse drawn traffic, and railway (not railroad, that's an Americanism) stations were built in or near towns and cities that had been around for possibly hundreds of years.
It wasn't until the '70s that most freight went by road instead of rail over here.

Roger.

 

Not to mention spinster detectives, spies, criminals, and various sorts of nobles.

Seems to me that, from the perspective of the US moviegoer in the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, and even seventies, nothing could happen in the UK without a train being involved, and one with a lot of individual doors, at that.

- Eric

 

In the former Soviet Union or India rail was the only form of long distance travel available for any but the rich.
When I was at school in the '60s half the class I was in were carless families.

Roger.