1970-72 OLDSMOBILE ADS: CUTLASS 442 DELTA 88 98 TORONADO VISTA CRUISER W30 RALLYE 350 HURST OLDS
1970-72 Oldsmobile Ads and brochure pages along with some factory photos, a couple of factory sponsored drag cars, and a few magazine photos from these years where you will notice the Michigan plates dated 70-72. As with our 64-69 Olds ad video I can now spot at least two ads that were mistakenly left out: A variant of the blue 71 Vista Cruiser and an alternate red 72 Cutlass S from Ebony magazine. Regretfully some ads or pictures are lost or overlooked in shuffle from the photography to the uploading. The closing shots shows John Beltz who was Oldsmobile’s chief engineer in 1964 and one of the prime movers of the Toronado project. Beltz was promoted to Oldsmobile general manager in 1969 when Harold N. Metzel retired. Beltz passed away in 1972 from cancer. According to legend John Beltz and his staff led Oldsmobile through undoubtedly its best years and the Oldsmobiles from 1949 to 72 define Olds as the Rocket division of GM. Beltz is posing with some experimental Olds engines mostly different 455 versions that never saw production. Here are descriptions of these engines not neccesarily in the order of appearance: 1. The 0W-43 all aluminum 455 with 4 valve per cylinders, four overhead cam Weber engine. With a redline of just under 8500rpm it was originally conceived for CAN AM racing. At 3000rpm it put out 300hp and at 6000rpm registered over 600hp. The top output recorded for this engine in the Lansing dyno facility was 700 real hp at 6800rpm. Tests were run with both …
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VERY ENTERTAINING, I even remembered a few of the ads. A joy to watch again, thanks for posting.. I have 3 car related clips on my channel (just a suggestioin) 1: cruisin’ in coldwater…..2: capri mustang 40th….and 3: parade of oldsmobiles at 100 year………never been a fan of newer cars. Classic is where it’s at!
I have that same car at 4:54 Lol @ the number when the picture showed up in the vid.
I had the chance to buy one like at 0:14 in Walterboro,South Carolina But i bought a 1973 Olds 442 instead for $500.00 from a lady that wanted a VW
Very Nice! My first Car the 72 Olds 88 Delta Royal in Royal Blue. Everyone thought I was a spoiled 16 year old. I saved and paid $900 for it in 1977. Sold it 2 years after for $1500. and bought a 73 Cadillac Fleetwood for $1700. Now I was spoiled haha. Spending $70 a week for gas in 1978 was crazy. At 17 years old I was always driving in the car. And commuted to work 40 miles a day. Wish I still had both those cars now. Great memories.
my grandfather had an Oldsmobile 442
I had a 73 Cutlass – 4 dr and then a 77 Cutlass Supreme – 2 dr. …followed by an 84 Delta 88 …
Awesome vehicles ….I really miss the 77 Cutlass Supreme.
beautiful and fascinating, thank you
Ive actually got 61-74 Olds commercials originally on VHS now have been burnt to DVD. $10 plus $4.00 shipping. Descent video quality from non remastered source tape. See this same youtube channel for 68-72 segments. Does not include the light green 71 W-30 roadtest.
nice!! I miss my 1973 Olds 98… shame this cuts off in 1972…
Oldsmobile made the very best cars
in them days
Nice vid. I miss my cutlass…. : (
Great vid! Thanks for helping to keep the memory of the great Oldsmobile brand alive.
Well that Olds on your channel can prove them wrong.
i like oldsmobile
but many ppl says chevelle its better 
that was my dads first car a 64 cutlass 442 yellow with black stripes thats a hell of a car
i own one that color a couple of years ago revuilt the engine and blew it up put another won in and sold it well thatd life mine was a white vinyl top with colunm shift and bench seat i wsh i would have just kept it just stupid
awsome,Awsome,AWSOME!
Hard to believe 1988 was 20 years ago.
Memories of the past, keep us going to the future!!!
8:09. Good comparision, you really see why a Custom Cruiser weighed around 5000, and a Vista around 4000 (3900-4300 depending on year and options–from blueprints from GM posted on NASCAR website) making the Vista’s weight managable to still go very fast with a big block thats built.
PS–I’ve always loved the “evil” lookin front ends on the large 71 and 72 Olds’s. I like how it comes to a point in the center of the hi beam and low beam head lamps.
Great color pics, lots of work, VERY nice job. Very clear pics, I’d never known they were from a magazine if I’d not seen the magazine fold on some of them.
Thanks for sending/sharing everything, been too busy to get back to you. I loved the Linda Vaughan stuff too in the other vids, somewhere I have a magazine from 1988 with her pictured again in 1988, next to a 68 Hurst Olds….20 anniversary, man hard to believe that’s now 40 years ago.
i loved those bench seats in the delta 88′s they were like sofa’s!
Well Oldsmobile is sorely missed, they represented America well and built great cars and too advanced for their time. Thanks for keeping the Oldsmobile legacy alive. I enjoy all of your vids of Oldsmobile. Keep on posting.
Thank you for your kind words.
You are a very ambitious and devoted Oldsmobile enthusiast!