Owner apparently does not even know what he's selling. https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/5036657188.html © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap 160 curry rd (google map) (yahoo map) 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 98 odometer: 108000 fuel : gas transmission : automatic title status : clean cylinders : 8 cylinders condition: excellent 1975 Oldsmobile delta 98 . Olds 455 engine with 108,000 miles. Very nice, very clean original car, loaded with every available option. $6,000.00
You see this once in a while from people who aren't paying attention, and, yes, it's wrong. All he has to do is look at the badging on the car. He won't find the word "Delta" anywhere. The thing that always worries me about ads like this is that, if the seller is so clueless as to not even know the model name of the car he's selling, what else doesn't he know about the car? Of course, I wouldn't buy a car without inspecting it myself or having it inspected first, but it makes you wonder how much you can trust his description of anything else about the car.
There are people out there (like my late father, for example) who are/were just not 'into' cars. My dad knew what it was he was driving, but if you asked him specifics about it (engine size, etc.), he wouldn't know or care. Then there are other people out there who are COMPLETELY CLUELESS about vehicles, and wouldn't know a Ford from a Cadillac, or even know how they work. These are sellers you have to watch out for........
It's a Honda, Chevy, Smart Thing, Toyoter. I used to know the make, model, and year when a car came down the road. Now I can't tell a Pruis from a Hummer!
Yeah, yeah, there was the DELTA 88, and the 98 Regency. Big damn woo. That WAS 40+ years ago, gang, sorry if I eff'd up the friggin' Delta.
Back again? And higher priced. Believe it used to be $4k even. https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/5160284543.html
455 'ROCKET?!?' The only effing 'rocket' that engine could be is a bottle rocket! Now, if it had a '69 455, THEN it'd be a 'Rocket' worth wanting!
Interestingly, 1973 was the last year that Oldsmobile put the word "Rocket" on the air cleaner decal on the 455 (I don't know about the 350). It said "Oldsmobile Rocket 455." For '74 through '76, it just said "Oldsmobile 455." 1973 and earlier: 1974 through 1976.
Yeah, I couldn't remember what year they made that change, but I was just harping on the fact it was a '75, and no real guts to them out the factory door.
Yes! And '75 was the year Cadillac made the 500ci monster standard in all of their big cars. Gutless!
If it hadn't been for the fact Bendix made the EFI GM used on their Caddy engines back then, instead using Bosch Jetronic-type EFI, I think they would've made more power while still passing emissions and not melting down the cats. I once had a '75 Seville, and every time I opened the throttle all the way, even if I didn't stomp the pedal open, the cat would just heat right up to about 700* and begin glowing. I know this because the shop I worked at had a Snap-On Ram dynamometer, and we could do quick runups on it without overtaxing it. I was underneath using an IR thermometer.
