Pick a Rocket to fit your Pocket !!!

[toploader55]

Let's start a fun Thread about Great Cars.

I'm going to start with the Oldsmobiles growing up in my life.

The first is the Super 88 "Rocket"

What has inspired me to start this thread was the 1958 Plymouth Wagon.

C'mon Boys... Let's see some Fins and Chrome !!!

 

[toploader55]

NEW !!! for 1958

Rockets... Don't cha just love 'em ???

"Dynamic 88"

Gawd... I love the Olds design...

 

[toploader55]

This makes me Cry with Joy

Remember the sounds ???

When Cars were made with Pride and had Power ???

 

[toploader55]

New for 1957 !!!

Good Lord.

My Sinuses are filled from Crying...

Just look at this one.

3 Two Barrels

 

[toploader55]

New !!! for 1959

Ford Galaxie "SkyLiner" !!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!! Fender Skirts !!!

 

[toploader55]

1959 Thunderbird

Who Knew ???

Yeah, It's snowing and ya know...

 

[toploader55]

1962 T Bird

Gawd !!!

 

[toploader55]

Fun, Fun, Fun...

Till the Daddy took the T'Bird away

Or Thelma and Louise

 

[whirlykenmore78]

I'm going back to 1997

and my 1992 Pontiac Bonneville SE.  What a wonderful car!  GM really got it right with the 3800TPI engine, full size front drive platform and 4SP electronic tranny.  The combination made an awesome ride and the throaty sound of the SS exhaust told you the car had a 3800 engine.  Just the thing to get me to the Minneapolis Airport Marriott to run my Hobart flight dishwasher!

WK78 

 

[tolivac]

Not a car---but at the site here they are having 3 older transmitters painted "French Racing Blue"!Expect those 65 yr old transmitters to revup and takeoff-will ask if they should have candle apple red racing stripes painted on them-the contractor doing the painting does normally paint cars.He is doing a great job,though.

 

[rp2813]

Some Expensive Toys

If you can't afford the real thing.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/220...th=10&MR0_category=list&MR0_currency=USD&m0=0

 

[frigilux]

My first car: 1969 Olds Delta 88. God, I loved that car.

 

[countryguy]

This '57 T-bird sold for $330,000

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1053&aid=525

 

[tomturbomatic]

Daddy had a blue and white 59 Super 88. I loved that cast handle on the trunk. It was like opening a chest freezer or something appliance related. I remember how wide the trunk looked when you were looking out the rear window. The '63 Wildcat had that wide trunk lid also, but no handle.

 

[MikeS]

1976 Chrysler New Yorker

I had a '74 Dodge Monaco, but I love this Chrysler (formerly Imperial). Not to mention the commercial pitch. It truly was the talk of the town!

 

[MikeS]

New Yorker Encore

One good Jack Jones pitch deserves another!

 

[countryguy]

My first car was a used '77 New Yorker that I bought when I was in 2nd year university. It had all the options, leather interior, green colour inside and out. The tufted leather ulphostery made it look so luxurious.

Gary

 

[firedome]

here's one of my old '58s...

back in the mid 80s we had 2 Olds convertibles, both Dynamic 88s, '56 (White and Rose) and '57 (Gold) and at the time I strated the Blue & Gray Chapter of the OCA.
Also always have loved Chryslers and had this one at around the same time:

 

[firedome]

also had a '57 300C convert...

but it was a basket case that I sold on to someone who finished it. Here's another shot of Black Beauty, the '58 NYer convertible, had Spruce Green (turquoise) interior and Kelsey Hayes real wire wheels... this car is now in Sweden. Shoulda kept this one.

 

[firedome]

our current '58 being worked on...

by me... 1958 Chrysler Windsor hardtop, no rust New Mexico car, finished color yet to be determined, pink & gray a strong candidate. No black here!

 

[firedome]

rear driver side...

'58 Windsor. Ths car has 354 Polyspherical V8 and TorqueFlite push button automatic.

 

[firedome]

In the previous pic...

that's our '64 Dodge to the left of the Chrysler. Will be my next daily driver, not quite as flambouyant as the '58, but less rare and more practical.

Here's the '58 DeSoto we had just before the Windsor... this also went to Sweden. They love fin cars there!!

 

[firedome]

Olds correction:

I must be getting old - my '56 + '57 Olds converts were both Super 88s...Dynamic 88 didn't come until 1960.

 

[toploader55]

I Love the Older Cars.

I think 1972 was the last great year for my taste in cars. Once they started to put those "5 mile an hour bumpers" on the cars, I lost interest and found them ugly.

Tom, we also had the Blue and White Super 88. Definately falls into the "Land Yacht" category.

The pics are not the one we owned. but the same model and features.

Ironically this one is from New Jersey. That's where I grew up.

 

[toploader55]

All that Steel...

And Metal and Chrome.

 

[toploader55]

No Padded Dash Yet.

Actually No Seat Belts

I always loved the Instrument Cluster on this Olds. With the Speedometer that turned different colors the faster you went.

Love the White Painted Steering Column

And don't forget "Summer Ventilation"

 

[warmsecondrinse]

Those '70's Chryslers.........sigh.

I tried to get my dad to buy a '76 or '77 Newport (less expensive version of New Yorker) but I failed. :-(

He did buy a 1974 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (built on the 98 chassis). 127" wheelbase, 455 4bbl carb, 233' length, seated 9 with 3rd row facing forward and still had room behind for luggage. It had a clam-shell glide-away tailgate and window. It got 10-12 mpg. The record was 15.....once. Driving it in and around suburban Boston during and after major snowstorms? 8mpg, yes eight miles per gallon! To be fair, it was unstoppable in the snow. Driving it you'd swear it had AWD. It was that good in the snow. Here it is, in the color we had, too!

 

[warmsecondrinse]

My absolute favorite car was my grandparents' 1963 Pontiac Catalina. 4 door sedan (not hardtop) with a 421 4bbl V-8. No power steering, no power breaks, and NO SEAT BELTS! Transmission selector ran P-N-'D-D'-L-R. 'D was 'drive'. D' was 2nd, L was 1st. The owner's manual (which I have, somewhere) specifically states that L and R were deliberately placed next to each other to make it easier to rock the car effectively when stuck in snow. I think it also provided specific instructions on how to do so.

Here's a pic of a 2-door coupe version. It's the same colour as my grandparents', though.

 

[frigilux]

My parents drove me home from the hospital in one of these: A 1959 Chevrolet Impala.

So many beautiful cars pictured in this thread. Most of them wouldn't fit in the downsized parking spaces of today's grocery store parking lots.

 

[rinso]

We had a rather docile-looking 1957 Olds gray 2-door sedan. Only a small J-2 logo gave away what was under the hood.