Volkswagen Thing

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I could see my dad really wanting one of these.

 

That is an Olds Delta 88 Royale

VERY rare to see Diesels in the US

In that condition it is probably still with diesel engine - in US most were scrapped / replaced with gas engine. The engine isn't "so bad" if you use diesel spec engine oil

That Quattroporte is sexy! And with a "real" transmission and with that nice wooden wheel and all that leather, that is a luxury car

 

The Oldsmobile Diesel 350 was know for having cylinder head bolts stretch and eventually break in the 1978-1980 versions, the 1981-1985 version of the 350 diesel was supposed to be much better, but the bad early years and cheap regular gas killed the diesel V8's and V6's that Olds had developed. This could either be a low milliage 1978 that was well cared for, I have read that you can keep an early Olds diesel alive for a long time but you have to treat it really really really nice, or it, since Olds and GM decided to give diesel 350 owners an extended warranty as an act of sympathy, many diesel owners hung on to their cars long enough to get the better 1981-1985 diesel engine as a warranty replacement for the bad 1978-1980 350's.

This car is a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale.

 

Thanks for the great info guys!

My next two threads will have a ton of GM cars so check them out!