stuboy Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 they turbo'd?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I so nearly ignored this thread - another boring MPV thing, fuck that! But I saw mention of V8 diesel somewhere and thought, 'Hmmmmm!' so I looked and jolly glad I did. It is LUSH! I once drove a load of friends in a HUGE American super comfort van thing (with windows and velour and more toys than Hamleys) to a night out and it was slow with a capital SLOW but sounded great and not at all like a diesel and I quite like it in a massochistic sort of way. Well bought. I am jealous cpjitservices, eddyramrod, drum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Tremendous. Top darts. You'll be rid of that snow in no time with that microclimate powerplant. drum, AMC Rebel and cpjitservices 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 'Like' button pinged for that Newmobile. And look at that interior! Standing-start quarter-mile when new, 21.2 seconds at 65mph. Zero to 80mph, 38.1 seconds, hold onto your hat. Story linky thing from Trumpshire -https://www.caranddriver.com/features/battle-of-the-diesel-beaters-1982-oldsmobile-delta-88-diesel-page-3 (Scroll back and forward for full story, link starts at page 3, not page 1). dome, garethj, drum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 they turbo'd??Naturally aspirated. drum and cpjitservices 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 That is officially the best thing ever and I am very very envious. The earlier versions were certainly not well received - https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/business/the-saga-of-the-gm-diesel-lemons-lawsuits-and-soon-an-ftc-decision.html http://www.autosavant.com/2009/08/11/the-cars-that-killed-gm-the-oldsmobile-diesel/ (The last line's a corker) Uncle Jimmy, JeeExEll, cpjitservices and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Yeah, I'd read all those tales of woe before I pulled the trigger. Stretched head bolts and lawsuits. But then I have an allegro and a maestro and briefly a P38 and look at their reputations! I even have a Vauxhall. It drives gr8. Can even spin the wheels. It's like being in an episode of starsky and hutch. Just look at the magnificent bastard! clayts450, Tam, mercedade and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Just look at the magnificent bastard! There may be days when that is all you will be able to do. Who cares? Feckin' awesome! AMC Rebel, robinmasters, drum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 This is incredible. Is it rude to ask what something like this costs? drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I KNOW I am going to regret this, but when you get bored with it give me a shout....... Looked at it closely the last few Errol auctions, and kept going back to it. For once, common sense prevailed, and when it sold at the last auction I was mighty relieved, and thought that would be the last I saw of it, so no more temptation. Then it turns out YOU have bought it. Bastard. drum, Datsuncog, cpjitservices and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 If that's the fourth worst, what were the three cars that beat it ? Magnificent purchase. drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great car and an unusual find in the UK to say the least. I bet there are very few on the road even in the US. Worth making some contacts there with other owners. Here is an article from www.curbsideclassics.com that's interesting. Seems the two fixes to keep these running are regular oil changes with the right oil and a really decent diesel filter - of course this may already be done. http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/curbside-classic-1978-oldsmobile-delta-88-diesel-in-defense-of-the-olds-350-diesel-v8/ dome, tooSavvy, drum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Like all cars with a 'bad reputation' its often all down to maintenance and a little understanding - particularly from new tech...or what was new at the time eg Hillman Imp problems etc. mercrocker, tooSavvy and DSdriver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 The other thing that occured would be to keep the tank full of diesel to avoid condensation? I have a HJ60 Landcruiser with the 4L diesel top revs are 3500! drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 That Curbside piece makes 'wise observations', from living with one! Get that truck filter/water trap kit on it! TS drum and DSdriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 How can that be the 4th worst of anything? Surely the 2nd worst.Just discovered there was a V6 diesel as well, was that the worst? Magnificent purchase, rare to see an Olds of any kind in the states these days, never mind a diesel. Had a nosey on Rockauto, most engine parts seem to still be available and everything else is all the usual GM nonsense so cheap as. https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/oldsmobile,1982,cutlass+calais,5.7l+350cid+v8+diesel,1219159 Jim Bell, drum and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 That front number plate needs straightening up. Incorrect. Yank tanks are not my bag, but this one might be the exception that proves the rule. eddyramrod and cpjitservices 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I've been to Scotland, what happens when you meet someone coming the other way driving that? drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 They reverse. robinmasters, chaseracer, timolloyd and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 I enjoyed that article and the comments, thanks for posting it lesapandre.A fuel filter looks like a good idea. Saabnut, I'll bring it to shitefest if it passes its mot. The previous keeper to me acquired the car in 1994 and the previous keeper to him acquired it in 1984. The number of former keepers is 3 on the v5. The mileage on the mot shows how little this olds has done recently. It clicked over 79000 on the way home. It's fab Mrs6C, cpjitservices, D Spares & Tyres and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Check out the uk indicator solution. And a tow bar for chod collecting. The Moog, cpjitservices, robinmasters and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 That's AWESOME/AWFUL!! Well thrown! cpjitservices and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Christ almighty. Those seats look they have been filched from Raymond's revue bar in Soho. Are those power outputs correct? No wonder diesel cars are'nt popular in the US. Continental drift would be quicker. Cap duly doffed etc.... drum, Tam and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 The numbers certainly are impressive. Is there a larger cc production engine that made less power I wonder? drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Marine-grade levels of shite! Can you do us a video of it driving, inside and out? I’m picturing it being all GLAG-GLAG-GLAG-GLAG-GLAG-GLAG-GLAG and black smoke outside, with complete oblivious floaty silence inside. Ok, I’m wanting it to be that. Do we know why the Americans had a diesel option on these? For economy? drum and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Surely nobody would pay actual money to personally import something like that? Id bet it belonged to a US serviceman at somewhere like the old Edzell base and was shipped over by Uncle Sam for someone serving there. When I were a nipper, our primary school used to occasionally go to the Edzell base and play soccer football against the American kids and there was always a load of US vehicles wafting around the place. drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Christ almighty. Those seats look they have been filched from Raymond's revue bar in Soho. Are those power outputs correct? No wonder diesel cars are'nt popular in the US. Continental drift would be quicker. Cap duly doffed etc....It was the 30MPG highway* figure that got people buying them, post-oil crisis and high gasoline prices. Diesel cars were reasonably popular in the US in the 80s. They got all sorts, VW, Audi Peugeot and Mercedes diesels from Europe, domestic cars with Japanese diesels like the Mazda-powered Escort and Isuzu-powered Chevette (the automatic version is much slower than this Olds). The mid size GM cars had a chopped down 4.3 V6 diesel.Briefly Lincoln Continentals were available with a BMW 2.4 diesel. jumpingjehovahs and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great car and an unusual find in the UK to say the least. I bet there are very few on the road even in the US. Worth making some contacts there with other owners. Here is an article from www.curbsideclassics.com that's interesting. Seems the two fixes to keep these running are regular oil changes with the right oil and a really decent diesel filter - of course this may already be done. http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/curbside-classic-1978-oldsmobile-delta-88-diesel-in-defense-of-the-olds-350-diesel-v8/ Christ, I'd no idea they were so bad! Impressive work going from a P38 to something worse. I salute you! drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Wonderful machine. Bosch pump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 It was the 30MPG highway* figure that got people buying them, post-oil crisis and high gasoline prices..... Interesting old resources page drum and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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