Well I thought I'd join the 90's era and buy a scanner. Boy, is this fun.
Anyhow, I went into the archives and found a shot of my 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88,my first ride!
The car came with a 455 and a two barrel. Lift the hood and the air cleaner and it was like looking at a straw instead of a carb. Anyhow, it was replaced with a Carter 4 bbl. That car had so much bottom end torque, spinning the tires was an easy event.
A few of my buddies and I would take the beast out on Jack Fish Lake west of Edmonton during the dead of winter. We would start off ice fishing, but boredom would soon set in, jam Uriah Heep or Boston into the Craig Power Play 8 track, roll down the windows, and see what the old girl would do. It was nothing to get close to highway speed on the frozen lake, jam on the e-brake and put the massive 2 door into a 4 wheel drift, alot of times, out of control. Hence the crumple on the left rear corner. The interior would get a good shot of snow/ice spray when a good drift was produced, hence the term "Snow-Oldsmobiling" was invented.
The car was traded off for an even larger, heavier two door Chrysler to which I'll share a shot with you on a later thread.
In the mean time, "Snow-Oldsmobiling" only needs to be mentioned with any of those guys that would ride shot gun back then, and they remember what a hi-speed facefull of snow felt like. Ah, to be young (get away with it) again!
It's a great story and photo but are you sure about the 455? Considering they weren't produced until 1970 model year maybe your car had a swaped engine or maybe it was an original 425 2 bbl.
Great story. I had a 66 delmont 88 with a 425 two barrel. That carb looked like a palm tree in a desert. Could burn the tires of the rims it had so much torque. Did the same with snow drifts. Car was lots of fun. Had almost forgot about it , thanks for the memories .
I'm pretty much sure it was a 455. The last year for the 425 was'67. According to Hemmings "Classic Car" Mag, Dec 2009 issue, there were 121,418 Delmont 88's produced, 18,391 Holiday hardtops.
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'68 was the first year for the 455.. My buddy had a '68 Delmont 455 ragtop and the car I learned the power of the Oldsies from and largely why I was later the owner of my '69 and '70 442 Post cars also a '69 Toro and '71 98 Coupe.. We added an aluminum intake and 4Bbl to his Delmont too but although we had lots of winter and summer fun in this car I can't recall ever running the lakes w/ it.. I did get to experience some lake running in other cars in the late 70's specifically the ice roads in Yellowknife including the joy of rolling another buddy's wife's new Fwd car when we spun out at about 100 mph!. This 'innocent fun' is more what kids these days need to be experiencing!.
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Check your remarks on that one Ghost Post. It was great driving experience. We don't have the winters we used to though. I'd really give it second thoughts on going on any frozen lake in the Southern areas of Canada these days. Even in Feb.
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I hadda comment on the " Yellowknife " dayz as that is where i've been hanging my hat for the past 27 years. I've been on ice roads many a time up here. You can get up a good head of steam if there are no fracture zones and the ice has been cleared. I'd recommend not following a B train on the ice as those big boys will clause an underwater "wave" which will clause damage to the ice at islands or mainland turn ups.
A lot of fun . .
Regards
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The last couple of winters I have gone to check on some family cabins in the Kenora Ontario area. I've driven our Buick Roadmaster on the ice roads and most of the time, the roads have been so smooth I've been driving about 55-60 mph. People tell me I'm crazy but I didn't think that it was a problem with a car (even though some people accuse it of being a "boat"!) but more a problem with big trucks.
Am I wrong and should I be slowing down?
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Even in Feb.