Oldsmobile Delta 88 diesel - dailying the delta

[Lacquer Peel]

Where's the cold start video?

[rantingYoof]

I hope it sounds like an old railway locomotive...

 

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[Guest Hooli]

I hope it sounds like an old railway locomotive...

 

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That has to be a good thing.

[junkyarddog]

Does this thing actually do 50mpg???

[captain_70s]

Fitting Moskvitch lights to a diesel Olds to bodge it through an MOT?

 

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AUTOSHITE.

[drum]

Where's the cold start video?

  

Waiting on my broadband to start working.

 

Does this thing actually do 50mpg???

Kmpg

[eddyramrod]

Check out the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.

Early rock & roll, from 1951.

 

Various sources, Youtube, etc.

No mention of diesel though.

There are extremely good reasons for that!

[CreepingJesus]

See also ZZ Top, specifically the song "Goin' Down To Mexico". I would draw attention to the second verse:

 

"A fine and fancy man was he, doing good things for the poor, he gave them rides in his rockin' 88 for free, they could not hope for more..."

 

Now I put it to the court that William Gibbons Esq of Houston, Texas, has set a precedent, which must be followed.

 

[320touring]

I mentioned the rock n roll choon when I saw this in person today.

 

It's ACE!

 

[Guest Hooli]

That reversing beep needs ripping off & throwing off the edge of the world!

[danthecapriman]

I mentioned the rock n roll choon when I saw this in person today.

It's ACE!

https://youtu.be/K2TqKPMR-bo

Haha! Brilliant. The back up alarm is a nice touch!

[flat4alfa]

Back up alarm is fantastic. It was mentioned 'Police livery' - no! What it needs is period DHL livery on the door

 

The old Lucas indicators pulled off a Moggie don't hit my OCD quite as hard as the black rear bumper. Peeled off chrome was it or has it 'rotted out' as heard in Americanese

 

This car is the bomb and cheered me right up this week! Top bombage

[Fabergé Greggs]

Jesus that’s so fine. It’s makimg me really want a yank.... what’s a super simple, not too massive, and cheap option?

[eddyramrod]

WW2 Jeep?  Bobthebeard's Oldsmobile? 

 

Huggy?

[flat4alfa]

Jesus that’s so fine. It’s makimg me really want a yank.... what’s a super simple, not too massive, and cheap option?

The '89 Cutlass on eBay at less than £300 at the mo, that's been someone's daily but now needs to see a sparkly stick?

[Dan_ZTT]

a yank.... not too massive

UR DOIN IT RONG M9

 

all yank cars must be as impractically massive as possible, no exceptions

[alcyonecorporation]

Back up alarm is fantastic. It was mentioned 'Police livery' - no! What it needs is period DHL livery on the door

 

The old Lucas indicators pulled off a Moggie don't hit my OCD quite as hard as the black rear bumper. Peeled off chrome was it or has it 'rotted out' as heard in Americanese

 

This car is the bomb and cheered me right up this week! Top bombage

Why does every old three box Yank have to be turned into a half arsed cop car?

[PhilA]

Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that.

 

I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both.

 

Phil

[Zelandeth]

Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that.

 

I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both.

 

Phil

That was one of the things I really liked about the V6 TD Omega - the gentle completely smooth thrum whenever the revs came off idle was quite unlike anything else I'd ever driven before then.

 

Sadly it drank diesel nearly as quick as the V6 petrol did unleaded.

 

Torque was ace for making the back end slide around in the wet though...

[flat4alfa]

Why does every old three box Yank have to be turned into a half arsed cop car?

It doesn't. It was a joke about the reversing alarm.

[flat4alfa]

Yes it would be BMW M51

[drum]

Nah, that needs to be kept exactly like that.

I've never heard one of these in diesel. It's a one of the nicest V8 diesels I've heard. Normally they're either all turbo whistle or injector clatter or both.

Phil

Yep, it makes a kind of Brougham Brougham noise.

[Jim Bell]

Yep, it makes a kind of Brougham Brougham noise.

 

Is it pronounced Bro-ham, or Bruffam?

 

Asking for a friend.

[drum]

I was thinking bro-um but was wondering that too.

[Lacquer Peel]

Bro-am.

[stonedagain]

V6 diesel omega?

 

Straight six surely?

Earlier ones had the 2.5 straight six BMW diesel engines, later ones had a V6 diesel, Opel/GM afaik

[cort1977]

A passing American informed me it is technically 'Bro-am' but sounded more like 'Brome' when he said it in that weird way they can merge two syllables together, see also 'mirr' for 'mirror'.  Or Yurp.

[twosmoke300]

Earlier ones had the 2.5 straight six BMW diesel engines, later ones had a V6 diesel, Opel/GM afaik

Must admit I’ve never seen a v6 diesel in an omega . Signum yes but not omega

[drum]

A passing American informed me it is technically 'Bro-am' but sounded more like 'Brome' when he said it in that weird way they can merge two syllables together, see also 'mirr' for 'mirror'.  Or Yurp.

Whereas in Scotland we add syllables like 'wurum' for 'worm'.

[PhilA]

A passing American informed me it is technically 'Bro-am' but sounded more like 'Brome' when he said it in that weird way they can merge two syllables together, see also 'mirr' for 'mirror'.  Or Yurp.

Crect.

 

It's a gentle modulation of the glottals to create the change. Took me a while to master it.

 

Phil