1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Reviews

Olds engines were not made by Chevy. They had a higher nickel content and were thus much less susceptible to wear if properly maintained, unlike a Chevrolet engine which often gave up the ghost at the 100,000 mile mark. My original 1971 350 did not burn a drop of oil after 185,000 miles, and when I tore it down after over-revving and cracking a piston, I found out that the oil had not been changed for AT LEAST 20,000 miles, evidenced by the huge amounts of caked oil in the valley and blocked passages. Without proper oil distribution, the thing still delivered great smoothness and performance!

A true testament to the quality of Oldsmobile.

Don't ever get rid of it. Rust can be fixed, damage can be mended, but Oldsmobile will never make another one of these cars.

I have a 1970 Delta 88 custom 2dr with a 455 7.5L rocket. The car is a dream, I love it to death. It's lowered on 15' spoke rims and I'm now totally redoing over the whole car from the frame up, making it into a show car.

It burns no oil, but burns plenty of gas. I've only put premium in it since I bought it back in 2001.

Years ago my family had a 1969 Oldsmobile 88, and it really was a luxury cruiser. It was very plush, quiet, had immense, comfortable front and rear seats that were power adjustable, and loaded for its time. One of the options I remember was the radio, which had a "Wonder Bar" for radio station searches, which was a neat kind of mechanical method of doing what the modern stereos do electronically now. It really was a nice car, and it's still difficult to duplicate that "big car ride" of a boat like this. Funny that you mention the transmission, because ours had a similar problem. It got so it was slow to engage in reverse, and rather than waiting for it to warm up and circulate the fluid, my dad got impatient and raced the motor, and when it caught, something was sprung. I suppose that changing the fluid and filter would have prevented that. Too bad, it was a really nice car, but at that time it wasn't anybody's idea of a classic, just another used car not worth fixing.

My aunt bought a 1970 Olds Delta 88 Custom, new out of the show room. It was a wonderful car. And man did it have the power. That 455 really rolled it down the road. She had to quit driving in 1981 after a stroke and taught me to drive in that car in 1976. She passed away in 1994 and we still had the car at that time. The day it was sold in 1997 it only had 29,000 original miles on it and was still running strong. My cousin sold it before I could get my hands on it. I really miss that car. It was a classic. It was 4 doors, and a beautiful gold with vinyl top.