Surprise inside Olds!

[petek]

Charlie, from the rear the Imperial is very bat utiful..LOL.
They really ruined those Imperials in the late 70's when they went to that awful awful imho 5th Ave squared monstrosity with the over puffy upholsterys that looked like you were riding around in a casket. I think they also went for the record in seeing how many places they could find in and out of the car to advertise it as a 5th Avenue. But that must be me.. because they were HUGE sellers around here and you still see quite a few of them. There was a nice black 4 dr 75 NYorker for sale at the Chrysler dealer here a few weeks back when partner and I were out truck hunting, didn't have a price on it and I haven't been back. Appeared to be in pristine condition too. Chryco's aren't my fave either.

 

[goatfarmer]

Build sheets are always a treasure to find. Unfortunately,many times,the line workers disposed of them as the car was built,so many cars don't have them.
Not sure about Olds,but this place can decipher just about any Pontiac ever built.

kennyGF

http://www.phs-online.com

 

[frontaloadotmy]

My 65 98

Got this just about 20 years ago and have only managed to
"preserve" rather than restore. It is definitely ready for a major overhaul.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

I have never looked for the build sheet

here it is frontally

 

[rickr]

Nice to see a couple nice 65 Oldsmobiles! The 1960's GM cars were really nice.

 

[air-waycharlie]

65 Olds Convertible

Darrel,

That Holiday Coupe' convedtible is definately keeper! I really like the lines of the 65's and the convertible was one of the prettiest.

The antenna on the passenger rear fender is so much more attractive than on the front passenger fender like the Town Sedan.

Thanks for the picture and hang on to her!

 

[kevinpreston8]

Misc thoughts

Darrel...get that glovebox out and see if your build sheets are there ASAP. If your Olds was a South Gate Olds, perhaps they put them there in yours too. Hurry before they crumble.

I think I have pretty much preserved vs. restored all my cars too. I have yet to paint one in all these years. The AMX and the Starfire need it the worst! The others I can live with for awhile.

Pete--I find it interesting that in Canada, there were slightly different versions of the GM cars. For example, you could get a very similar Pontiac wagon to what I have, but with a 6 cylinder! That is trippy. And there was a Nova, but it was called an Acadian. The full sized Pontiac was a Parisienne, a name which we actually used in the States much later for a full sized Pontiac.

Charlie, your Imperial's "fuselage" styling (curved panels extending down to rockers) seems to have predated that styling direction for all Mopars for the 1971 model year. Interesting. I also did not know they had sequential turn signals.

You may remember from a previous posting that I have a 1957 Imperial that is pretty much a restorable "basket case". The car creeps me out so much that I have never SAT IN IT. That is right, owned it for 11 years and never sat in it. Reached in it, yes. Sat in it, no. Never did anything with it but have it in my garage. When it was flatbed towed to this house, the tow guy just reached in, tied the steering wheel straight, and winched it onto his truck. We rolled it off and pushed it into the garage it is in at our new house. Silly huh.

I find it interesting and really coincidental that at least four of my friends here have 61-65 Olds. I count RickR, myself, Charlie and Darrel. Geez, with a few other people I know, we could re-create a 60's Olds dealership!