Oh I totally would!!

[Drew Dowdell]

1977 Olds 98 Coupe

1977 Olds 88 Coupe

[Drew Dowdell]

It's kinda amazing to me that even though these are big American boats, they still have an air of sportiness about them.

[Robert Hall]

I've always liked the '77-79 B- and C- bodies, esp. the Oldses...crisp and clean. Love those red interiors.

Edited August 15, 2011 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Drew Dowdell]

This era B-body and G-body is one of the few platforms where I would insist on a coupe and would be unlikely to give a sedan a second glance.

[Justin Bimmer]

This reminds me of a story that my mom loves to tell about my dad. When he went and bought the 1979 Olds Delta 88 coupe without consenting with my mom, they were newlyweds at the time, she got furious with him and told him he should of bought a Cadillac instead.

[Delta Force79]

I saw both of these on Ebay myself and was especially lusting over the Delta 88 coupe. I wish my '79 Delta was in half as good condition as these two are. The 77-79 88 and 98 are actually quite rare to find well maintained. I hope they find a good home, if I had the cash I would have a hard time justifying NOT buying one of them.

[67impss]

Big and sporty are not exclusive of each other Imp SS, FS Grand Prix's, Can Am's or Grand Am's(Colonnades) Executive's, 88's,Wildcats love em all. I like those 88 coupes like you found about the best out of the late mod F/S RWD's The roof line was better than the Impala landau coupe it would be great with the divisional 403cid

[Drew Dowdell]

Big and sporty are not exclusive of each other Imp SS, FS Grand Prix's, Can Am's or Grand Am's(Colonnades) Executive's, 88's,Wildcats love em all. I like those 88 coupes like you found about the best out of the late mod F/S RWD's The roof line was better than the Impala landau coupe it would be great with the divisional 403cid

No, but by this point Big Oldsmobile mostly meant "puff cruiser"

[Sixty8panther]

The only really memorable Oldsmobile I owned was my 1964 Super 88 Holiday.

Given the chance I'd love to own one of these late 1970s or even early 1980s

Oldsmobiles. My first car was supposed to be an '85 Cutlass Supreme 2dr

but my parents junked it & I ended up sharing my mom's '95 Sunfire coupe.

Up here in N.E. it's gotten really hard to find any sort of BOF Olds, never mind a

two door. The ones that do occasionally pop up on Craigslist are usually 75%

destroyed s#!tbox & 25% rust-bucket.

[ocnblu]

Two VERY comely machines. Made when everyone else in the industry followed GM. Gorgeous specimens.

[balthazar]

Too new for my blood, but crisply styled for the era all the same.

[67impss]

I never felt that Olds was the BOAT Division that was the "my son the Dr.'s" Buick. Olds were always tighter more like Pontiac in their handling. That's why I moved to Olds Lux like a Buick handling like Pontiac w/o all the flashieness less money than a Buick better than Chevy(my first love). I realy wish GM would bring the Zeta's to Chevy long & short WB Wagon & Ute add a Vert Coupe. Not everyone wants an appliance in white with a gray interior. The engines even the v6's will be snappy a good size diesel manual or dual clutch auto would make people forget its not a V8(as would the mpg;-).

We harp & moan about this but what do they think will get people who were accustomed to B bodys Lincoln's... that moved on to SUV's while cars got to be smaller FWD & weak (as opposed to truck based products) while the SUV's grew & added all the Lux they wanted in a car. The 1 thing I think that will be hard to wean from these buyers is the height or the illusion there of.

Back on topic GM's full size cars held on to their sportiness after the downsizing while the others didn't though the LTD/Crown Vic was good on the skidpad they just looked quite generic Fullsize in their presentation.

[Oldsnut]

That '77 is absolutely stunning.

[Drew Dowdell]

1981 Toronado Diesel

Albert would murder me.....

[SAmadei]

Five words, Olds: Undocumented Storage Paid In Cash. ;-)

[Drew Dowdell]

I wonder if I could convince him that I got my white one repainted with color changing paint.

I have an apartment building with garage space already... storage is no issue.

[Drew Dowdell]

1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe - 23,240 miles

[ocnblu]

Whoa that's kinda like music to my ears in the note of G.

[A Horse With No Name]

Two VERY comely machines. Made when everyone else in the industry followed GM. Gorgeous specimens.

My father had an 88 of this era when I was in High school, many fond memories of riding around with a young female in the passenger seat....

FANTASTIC cars, olds...seing these made my day.

Sadly, we have devolved quite a bit in car styling since these beauties were built.

[Robert Hall]

I have fond memories of riding around w/ buddies in high school in cars like these...one buddy had a dark red w/ red velour interior '81 88 4dr, another had a sweet bright red w/ white top and white and red interior '76 Buick Electra 225 coupe...huge interior. Another had a triple silver '80 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Dated a girl that had a silver blue w/ dark blue velour interior '81 Bonneville Brougham 4dr, another w/ an '84 Caprice Estate wagon..

[Camino LS6]

These cars used to be everywhere...

[Drew Dowdell]

1979 Custom Cruiser with 27k miles

[Robert Hall]

Interesting...the 88 and 98 2drs have squared off wheel well openings while the wagon of the same generation has round ones...different front fenders on the wagon.

[Drew Dowdell]

the 4-door in Delta Force's sig has squared off openings too

[knightfan26917]

1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe - 23,240 miles

I wouldn't mind either of those first 2 Oldsmobiles you posted, Drew, but this '87 CS is what I want!!!!!!! Ohh my goodness.

Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | * CruiseNites_2011_Chi.IL *

MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort

"The curves around midnight aren't easy to see" __ Rosanne Cash __ 'Runaway Train'

[Delta Force79]

Interesting...the 88 and 98 2drs have squared off wheel well openings while the wagon of the same generation has round ones...different front fenders on the wagon.

Stick a 98 front clip on a Caprice wagon and you have the Custom Cruiser. Also of note, the 77-79 Custom Cruiser used the '77 98 front clip for all 3 years, while the '78 and '79 98's had amber marker lights wrap around the fenders and year specific grilles.

Edited September 3, 2011 by Delta Force79

[A Horse With No Name]

1979 Custom Cruiser with 27k miles

Personally, I wish I had the garage space...

[ponchoman49]

My favorite of the B-bods would be the 77-81 Delta Holiday coupes with rally wheels, bucket seats and sport exteriro mirrors. You could get any engine on the roster and even upgrade the suspension and steering wheel to the sport leather wrapped type as used in the Cutlass Calais. The other is the Bonneville coupe with bucket seat option, 350 V8, rally wheels and suspension upgrade. These were simply the best full sized cars of there era and I still lust after a mint example today.

[Robert Hall]

My favorite coupes of that era are probably the '77-79 Caprice coupes w/ the neat rear window and the Le Sabre Turbo Coupe..haven't seen one of those in a loooong time.

[knightfan26917]

My favorite coupes of that era are probably the '77-79 Caprice coupes w/ the neat rear window

*grins*

Me, too. I wish I could've found a coupe, instead of the sedan I have for my winter beater.....

Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic

CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.models.RadioShows.legos.HO.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort

"I think I finally know just what it means" __ Mac Davis __ 'Texas In My Rearview Mirror'

[Drew Dowdell]

Because I'm a "sporty" guy....

1980 Oldsmobile Toronado XSC

[Robert Hall]

Saw a really clean taupe (kind of a tan-purple-gray) '79-85 Eldorado Biarritz in traffic this morning. Haven't seen a nice Riv or Toro from that generation in a long time.

[A Horse With No Name]

Because I'm a "sporty" guy....

1980 Oldsmobile Toronado XSC

Nice looking car....too bad you can't add it to your fleet....

[A Horse With No Name]

Tocay at the pic and pull

[Drew Dowdell]

aw, that poor eldog.....

[A Horse With No Name]

yeah..it was nicer than the pics would indicate..wish I could have driven it out of there!

[67impss]

Wish we had a Pick & Pull here

[A Horse With No Name]

Come to Columbus, and we'll go to the pick and pull together...and then to a couple of other cool yards and places. I'll gladly buy lunch...

Wish we had a Pick & Pull here

It is a decent place for parts...but we have a couple of other yards that are much better.

[Drew Dowdell]

Would you do me a favor and let me know the next time you go to a pick-n-pull? I have a couple of obscure parts I am looking for.

[NeonLX]

These things handled pretty well--and would scoot with a 403 under the hood. I love that Custom Cruiser!

On edit: I'm talkin' B anc C bodies from the downsized era here...I think the 403 was available 1977-'79, right?

Edited December 13, 2011 by NeonLX