[1] The third generation was marketed from 19801984 in a front-wheel-drive, as a variation of the Chevrolet Citation. I gave it to my son in Murfreesboro, TN, to restore. Since GM had the sharpest divisional setup and the most single brand dealerships, their only way to ensure those single brand dealerships remained viable businesses was to give them a the same product slightly differentiated and renamed.
Cohort Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Omega - X Marks The Spot 1973 Oldsmobile Restoration Parts Door Seal Kit - Rear - 12-251D in. Cant remember the name of the color but it was basically metallic orange and had a white painted roof, dual exhaust w/glass packs. 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday coupe. The rear-wheel-drive Omega was pretty much an also-ran throughout the 1970s. CC Effect strikes me big time. Again, California may have been different, but my rusty 35 year old memories tell me that these Nova variants were pretty popular here. Always liked the Olds. Up until the late 1990s perhaps. Specifications . and ran great all the way through 212K to where I sold it to a young family struggling to get a family car. $19,500 (OBO) Dealership CC-1487446 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado, all original survivor, low mileage, nice original interior, full power V8 .
Oldsmobile Omega Classic Cars for Sale Indianapolis, IN. its Over 4 weeks ago on Americanlisted. . 1973 Oldsmobile Omega - 66K Miles Original Car manual Original plates & tags Historical tag 350/350 HP built by Kammer Racing Forged crank TRW pistons Roller Tappet Rockers 490 Lift Camshaft (Elderbrock) New fuel pump, oil pump Elderbrock intake Hooker Headers Coated By Aesthetic Finishers Holley 670CFM Street Avenger Carburetor However, they would have all rusted out only in larger quantities. Approved Used Vauxhall Adam Cars in Innerleithen We have 390 Used Vauxhall Adam Cars listed for Sale, so come and find a competitively priced Vauxhall Adam Innerleithen.
Search Results | OldsmobileCENTRAL.com Used Vauxhall Adam Cars for Sale in Innerleithen | CarSite.co.uk Of course, once there, the salesmen would undoubtedly try to upsell the potential customer to a Cutlass (just as, in 1972, they would have tried to upsell someone seeking a six-cylinder F-85 to a Cutlass with a Rocket V-8). 15,998 1973 Oldsmobile Omega gasoline green automatic This 73 omega is the same platform as the 1968-74 nova. Wow, the haterade came out for this one. No Cadillac version ! Reply. A pollo. Omegas first came out as RWD Nova clones in 1973, but could be had with Olds 350 4bbl V8. Had one of these. . I remember seeing these up close when my Mom was car shopping in 1974. Ask any dealer if they wanted to try and sell the Omega, and Ill be the answer was no. It was a great first car until the rear axle snapped. Accessory brackets are different & only a few pieces will interchange due to the differing deck height. Well, there will be some upholstery work to do on the drivers seat but the rear seat looks great. Door Seal Kit - Rear . This Olds is located in Sherwood, Ohio and is available, here on Facebook Marketplace for $1,500. 1974 GTO hatchback image with hatch open. . Great technician had it running after close to thirty years. This one could be saved tho. Irregular In 1974 a high school classmates dad bought him new Omega 6 cyl with a 3 spd on the floor. Had to replace the cam at a little over 60,000 miles.
Oldsmobile Omega - Wikipedia Entirely Rebuilt engine at 91,000 miles Engine 454 Rocket. The Seville shell would have been more appropriate for an Olds or a Buick, as they traditionally used a different (bigger) shell to the Chevy or Pontiac. This Olds is located in Sherwood, Ohio and is available, here on Facebook Marketplace for $1,500. Here in SoCal, so many cars are still on the road Im somewhat dull to the effect. This means that worn out door hinges on these cars cannot be repaired without some sort of torch and chisel action. The thing to do, then, if the dealers wanted compactswas to let them host more than one brand. theyll make it! cars. In smaller towns, such as the one where I lived, it was not uncommon for one dealer to carry several GM brands on the same lot. . 1973 Olds 442 with factory V-Code 455 and Muncie M20 4-speed. Here are the Oldsmobile Omega Four Door Sedan Family Tree. 01 LS1 engine. The best part is, our Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Door Lock Motor products start from as little as $51.23. 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale convertible. Buicks Insurance paid $3k and I went down and put a down payment on a 1980 Ford Mustang..an original Ford Deadly Sin.
Alaska's List : 1973 Oldsmobile Omega For Sale Just doing brakes, fuel and exhaust. Buick and Pontiac came out with their version as well. It was very strange to see one of our local Chevy dealers go with a Toyota dealership on the same lot, back in the early 80s. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. As far as this Olds I like it over the other GM badged X cars, if I had to chose the Pontiac or Olds a tough call but I would have to say GM should have kept the Olds lineup. This Olds is a nice change from all the Novas.
1975 oldsmobile omega hatchback - $5500 (grand blanc) In such-sized cities it was common to have a Chevy dealership, followed by a Buick-Pontiac-GMC house, and then Oldsmobile-Cadillac. Each of the GM X-body compacts both 2- and 4-door rode on a 111-inch wheelbase (only one inch less than the A-body intermediate coupes and the 1961-63 F-85/Tempest/Special senior compacts), while Ford used wheelbases of 103 for 2-doors and 109 for 4-doors for Maverick/Comet and Chrysler built its compacts on wheelbases of 111 inches for most Dodge Darts, Plymouth Scamps (and all Valiants from 1974-76) and 108 for Plymouth Dusters, Dodge Demon/Dart Sport and all Valiants through 1973. Has the "Rocket 350" V8 automatic. This turns out to have been a prescient move, because OPEC turned off the oil taps in October of . IF they had given the 4drs a longer wheelbase ( like Ford did with the Torino and Maverick) I might think differently. Lehighton, PA. Worlds quickest Photoshop mashup I give you the Novallac or the Nova de Ville, or the pre-Cimmaron. It was the 70s; as Olds knew all too well, coupes reigned Supreme. Delivery was NOT accepted, Dad made several loud, impolite observations about the dealers parentage. O ver Drove it offa typical WVa hill w/2 telephone poles fora lift (horizontal, buried in the cliff) 4, 5 of us scrambled around under & un-bolted (top 3 or 4 hardest as under the cowl) & lifted in 1 frm junk yard. I have seen badging on the Novas and Venturas by the rear side window that would say hatchback if it was a hatchback model. Had to go with some costume parts. No Customs, No Duties, No Hassles Beginning in 1982, the Chevrolet high-output (130 horsepower) 2.8L V6 became available on ES models. Scottsdale, AZ Scottsdale, AZ 5 years at classiccars.com. That makes me think they want to get this car to get as far away from them as possible. 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass For $9,900. Yes, that is the nice part is that there are many parts interchangeable with the Novas, just last week I got this coolant overflow tank from Classic Industries who carries Nova parts. I dont get the justification for making a new buyer (or the original owner, for that matter) should have to pay the cost of the licensing fee for any period when the car was stored away and never saw the streets. 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale (Brochure). Perhaps because of them being so unpopular? The Dart and Duster/Valiant are loved, but no one compains that they look alike. 1973 Oldsmobile Omega $15,490 49601, Wexford County, MI 1973 21,400 Miles 1973 Oldmobile Omega. Transmissions were the 4 speed manual or the TH125 3-speed automatic. The V and A became S and P for Skylark and Phoenix.
Oldsmobile Omega - 1973 thru 1979 Landau Vinyl Tops E very CC-1683248. It was off to the Pontiac dealer for a Luxury LeMans. Engine choices were the standard Chevy-built 4.1-litre (250 cid) I6 with a 3-speed manual transmission standard, with a 4-speed manual or a 2- or 3-speed automatic optional. They dont make em like that anymore. . And a Rocket 350 :thumbup: I dont remember seeing too many of the mid/late 70s Omegas around and saw a fair amount of the early 80s Omegas back in the day.
1973 Oldsmobile For Sale Used Cars On Buysellsearch The list of upgrades on the motor, transmission and suspension is impressive. This car was the top of the X-body line along with Buick's Apollo and Skylark, having more luxury trimming, more noise insulation, rear anti-roll bars, and other features not found on the Chevrolet Nova. You had to shop around, and maybe you would see this by accident or otherwise, in a magazine or advertisement or whatever. You nailed it regarding the GM door-handle. Rather have Pontiac back than Olds however. Year 1973 . Like the wheelcovers. E ngineering O mega I just cant say anything bad about this car other than the gargantuan rear bumper. There are no leaks, smoke, overheating or unusual noises. That 350 V8 would have had around 180 hp, not much for a Rocket V8, but those were the times, unfortunately. it was my first insurance claim. For those of you who are still scratching your heads at both Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs demise, if you had to choose only one, which one would you rather still have around: Oldsmobile or Pontiac? A lot of real good comments here, interesting car too, although I dont believe a 4 speed would have been standard in 1973 or any year for a lower price transportation car like this. Just pulled my moms 1973 Omega hatchback from her garage. The exterior of this, what appears to be an outside dweller, looks like it has experienced some Mr. Magoo parking by feel.
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Oldsmobile Omega Parts - Classic 2 Current Fabrication I just realised this, and Ive been known to be wrong before, that if anyone in the US was supposed to build cars that beat the foreign competition into submission, it was GM. Hatchback excluded of course. Garage kept, 90%. 455 engines installed in Cutlasses had special notched valve covers to clear the A/C box. 1973-74 Red Polyurethane Control Arm Bushing Set with 1-5/8" O.D. Now I read the write-up, comments I guess its the motor~. Werent the struts that held these hatches up really long coil springs encased in a tube? As the resident 71-6 B-body & 73-77 A-body dork in this community, I can attest to the loss of structural integrity that coincided with the loss of the classic handle you are speaking of. Summary: My twin daughters will own this with pride, as I did with the remodeled Camaro my dad helped me with. and Volvo 240s. That just seems like really bad engineering. Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Repair Parts Showing 1-20 of 324 1976-1979 Oldsmobile Omega Gas Tank without Filler Neck - 21 Gallon - 39-5/8" x 21-1/4" x 10-1/4" SKU: 54-73-111 1976-1979 Oldsmobile Omega Gas Tank without Filler Neck - 21 Gallon - 39-5/8" x 21-1/4" x 10-1/4" $200.21 $180.19 Clearance 1 available. For the most part, these were very reliable cars, and like any 70s cars . In the end, all the legacy American brands simply had too many dealerships. the car) fees are up a bit over $20 now and getting worse each year.