I hate to be a spoilsport of sorts, but this Oldsmobile Delta 88 has already been sold off. I know, because I was privy to the whole thing from beginning to end. Kevin from Junkyard Digs had been eying this particular car for a bit and he had some grand plans for it…like “is my life insurance up to date?” levels of plans. What else would you do with a $300 Oldsmobile that’s sitting in someone’s backyard for the taking? Sure, we like our GM B-bodies around here, but there is a limit, and that limit ends with whorehouse red interiors, sagging headliners and a bug deflector the likes of which we haven’t seen on a vehicle since…oh, probably about the time Kevin was born, if I had to hazard a guess. Spending a couple hundred dollars on a car and praying that things go right is always a crapshoot, but there is a bit of fun and some risk and reward in that program. In this case, the risk was minimal…they weren’t fast, but the 1977-90 B-bodies were if nothing else reliable tanks that could tolerate abuse of just about every form. So seeing that the Olds 307 fired off with minimal frustration isn’t a shock. Seeing that the 88 can one-wheel-peel on a rainy street isn’t a shock. Seeing the car drive home is a nice touch.
But the nicest touch is what you don’t get to see in this video. Right about the time I went out to Utah last year, Kevin was making a trip to Tennessee in this very same pillow barge. With very minimal cash input, he drove this sled cross country without any real problems. It’s probably for the best that meeting didn’t happen…otherwise there would have been a good chance that I would have adopted the Olds. Parking this thing next to the Caddy limo might not have worked out in my favor in the end…
