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04-03-2008, 05:19 AM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
Listening to Paul Harvey on the radio yesterday and they said it was ture. Guess we'll find out.
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04-04-2008, 08:22 AM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
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04-04-2008, 09:10 AM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
GM mismanagement led them to kill Oldsmobile as a sacrificial offering to bean counters. Other GM divisions were given priorities and favoritism. Pontiac brought out the 455 SD in 1973 while the Olds W43 was killed. The Olds had 4 valves per cylinder, pushrod and dual overhead cam versions, etc. 14 mfg. cups, John Force and Warren Johnson, etc. ran under the Olds banner. The Olds DRCE and spin-offs have significantly improved the capabilities of the rat motor. Olds did well in NHRA stock with a basic 98 Luxury Sedan motor that had not much more than a better cam than standard, a nicely balanced street/strip package. Where would we be if Olds had been "allowed" by GM to build a real race engine? We saw some of their thinking in the DRCE.
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04-04-2008, 09:24 AM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
I just is,nt right to use OLDSMOBILE and toyota in the same sentence.............
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04-04-2008, 11:42 AM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
Rocketworks, (Dunlap & Murphy I believe),
I agree, but I got sucked in at first then had a good laugh! So laugh buddy and have a good day. Humor is a great medicine. Are you going to Dearborn for the Olds Nationals? Sam
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04-04-2008, 03:05 PM
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Re: Would you like to see Oldsmobile come back?
Sam, not sure about the dearborn deal, wanting to go to the York Reunion, got DICK GRIFFINS old 76 cutlass wagon in putting it back together as a stocker, we will just have to see how things go. later dennis J/SA GT/MA
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