OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:13:00 PM new
Okay, okay, before you pin me to the wall, I didn't mean car guys who are old...
Just wondering if anyone can help me ID the year of the logo on this Oldsmobile thing. It's 2 1/4" in diameter and about 3/8" thick.
Wouldn't mind some help pinning down just what it is, either. Could be a radiator cap or even a hubcap middle or a steering wheel insert???
I've Googled my brains out and can't find anything specific or even close.
Tx a bunch,
Lucy
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sparkz
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:26:48 PM new
My first car was a 50 Olds and I've had several since then and I've never seen that style emblem before. Is the red area plastic or glass? Also, what does the other side look like?
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:32:19 PM new
There's a car guy I know who reads and posts here sometimes but I don't think it's anything like a regular basis.
I'll give him a holler.
Signed,
Mr. Melvin
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Being denied live help is unacceptable.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:33:16 PM new
I think it may be a grill emblem.
I put word out,we'll see if I get a responce.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:33:20 PM new
Hi Sparkz,
The red part is plastic.
Here's the back:
My Dad had a '58 Olds 98 4-door hard-top with a Continental kit on the back. It was lavender and white. What a car!
Lucy
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:34:31 PM new
Wow! While I was typing my reply to Sparkz you guys popped in with more help!
Thanks!
Me
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sparkz
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:41:50 PM new
I Agree, it looks like it could be part of a grill emblem, but it should have pitting from bugs, sand etc. if it had been there very long. I'm more inclined to think it's a steering wheel insert if the cover is plastic. The backside will be the key if a GM expert shows up here.
BTW...I had a 57 Olds 88 when I was in high school. It could out run a CHP cruiser. Don't ask how I know 
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:44:35 PM new
I think I know 'cuz I know too but mum's the word, right?
(I had a '54 Jag XK120M roadster.)
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sparkz
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:51:59 PM new
Mum is right Lucy. It was easy outrunning those Dodge's. The hard part was trying to outrun the Motorola thst was in them.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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stonecold613
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:56:00 PM new
What you have there is a broken center cap for a mid 80's Oldsmobile locking wire wheel cover. There is suppose to be a spring clip attached where those two round knobs are (the ones verticle from each other). What you have there is worthless.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:57:11 PM new
My one and only ticket in my entire life...
Double-clutched and down-shifted heading into a curve on the old Sepulveda pass. Rear wheels slid into the dirt (just a little tiny bit) and the old meanie LAPD nailed me for 58 in a 35.
He said if I hadn't hit the dirt he wouldn't have stopped me. They took my license away for, oh, I don't remember, a few days per mile over the speed limit, because I was under 18.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 14, 2004 08:59:10 PM new
Thanks, Stone, I 'preciate the help.
Lucy
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Libra63
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posted on February 15, 2004 04:22:07 AM new
I am not an old car guy but my first car was a 57 chevy. Limited edition. Not the one with the tail fin but rather it was, I don't know how to explain it, straight in the back with a look of the 55's. Then I traded that for a 60 chevy Impala Convertable Royal blue with a white top. Loved it. Next, 5 years later I bought one of those cars that Ralph Nader didn't like. yes a corvair and I really liked that car. It was one of the only cars that got aroubd in the great snow storm in Chicago.
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tomwiii
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posted on February 15, 2004 05:09:08 AM new
WOW! We bought a 1960 Chevy Impala with 4brl & some humongeous hp engine -- 350? 400?
What a great MONSTER! We used to summer in York Beach, ME -- right in front of Nubble Light (Cape Neddick). We'd drive from Philly to York Beach, cruising at 100mph!
NO padded dash! NO seat belts! NO ac! NO chance in a crash 
BUT... I loved that monster! It FLEW!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
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max40
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posted on February 15, 2004 07:27:36 AM new
Tom,
It was a 348ci, and yes they flew!
Stonecold,
Is right, it's a wire wheel insert missing the clip.
Life is not a dress rehearsal
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aintrichyet
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posted on February 15, 2004 07:53:27 AM new
MsLucy ... you qualified your question with "...okay, before you pin me to the wall, I didn't mean car guys who are old..."
but in the end, that's mostly what ya GOT here in replies! LOL
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myoldtoy
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posted on February 15, 2004 08:45:38 AM new
hi aintrichyet
..you telling us you not one? if not, congratulations!
..is so, congratulations!
..then maybe you not be a guy at all..if so, congragulations too!
myOLDDDDDDtoy
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OhMsLucy
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posted on February 15, 2004 10:17:46 AM new
Hi Aint,
Somehow I'm not surprised!
LOL
Me
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trai
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posted on February 15, 2004 10:52:48 AM new
MsLucy ... you qualified your question with "...okay, before you pin me to the wall, I didn't mean car guys who are old.
but in the end, that's mostly what ya GOT here in replies! LOL
Sure thing, this will bring out the old farts. LMAO
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sanmar
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posted on February 15, 2004 11:25:33 AM new
Back in the "good ol' days" I had a 1941 Ford. The Iowa HP were driving 1950 Chevy's with that old straight 6. A top speed of about 85, The Ford would bust 100mph, Never got a speeding ticket, but several stop violations for running stop signs.
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alldings
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posted on February 15, 2004 08:21:41 PM new
I agree with stone.. value maybe a buck if your lucky.
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AintRichYet
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posted on February 16, 2004 04:41:41 AM new
"hi aintrichyet
..you telling us you not one? if not, congratulations!
..is so, congratulations!
..then maybe you not be a guy at all..if so, congragulations too!"
myoldtoy and mslucy: out of the words "old car [and] guys", I'm only the "old" part. LOL
Have a great week of fantastic sales, everybody!
Signed,
AintRichYet BUT makin' enough to pay the bills this month.
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