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[twintubdexter]

wall art

Just those photos of the Oldsmobile dashboards are worthy of being printed and hung on the wall. Those cars had flash & flair both on the inside and outside. Thanks for posting.

I loved the interior in my 1984 Buick Riviera. There were lights all along the top of the dash so it glowed softly at night. I liked the "Concert Sound" radio and the opera lights on the outside roof pillars too. The green "Car Is Leveling" light that came on every time I got in helped remind me to stay away from the refrigerator. My late partner hated that car and refused to ride in it. I suppose he thought it looked too "East Side" or too frumpy...but then he went out and bought a new Town Car...who's frumpin who? I gave the Buick to a co-worker when our employer told her she would be terminated unless she had a vehicle to make client calls. She couldn't afford one. I donated that blasted Town Car to the SPCA after my partner suddenly passed away.

I really miss the Riveria, to me it was luxurious. Copied this off of a C-list ad. I have no idea why the parking brake is tied up or what that lever is above the brake pedal...maybe modified for granny.

 

[cuffs054]

More interesting about the 60's GM A/C controls in all but the Chevys is the fact that the A/C controls were on the left of the steering wheel and the heat on the right. I don't remember how the blower figured out which control to comply with. I think the Caddy's with early comforton were the only ones with a single hvac control. The early GM A/C used bypass controls for the freon to control temps instead of the later reheat setup. My uncle gave me his 60 Biscayne with factory A/C (but manual steering!) in the mid 70's. I took it to our local Chevy dealer to have it re-charged. All the young mechanics clustered around it since the A/C system was so "old"!

 

[hydralique]

firedome . . .

I'm pretty sure that Jake's red Toronado wasn't a '68, I recall the nose being rather prettier than that (I don't like the '68 nose). I thought it was a '70 but perhaps could have been a '69. I do recall the little vacuum cleaner inlets under the bumper though I'm not sure of the exhaust, it's been a long time since I rode in that car! Jake bought and sold cars frequently; this one wasn't his from new but had been bought by his next door neighbor so I did see the car brand new, I think they ticked off every option. Jake's idea of a great car was the largest possible car with the most options and the most powerful engine available which is why he bought the Toro off the neighbor - he did tell me the engine was something special. I also recall him having a '62 Bonneville convertible with three carb 389, a pair of '60s Lincoln convertibles and a '68 Mark III, all of which (like the Toro) were daily drivers until he got tired of them. Now that he's old he's moved up to secondhand Bentley turbos.