Chrome Sport Wheels

I'm picturing these with new RWL Radial T/A's and Olds Rocket center cap decals...

These are really close to me, right bolt pattern, and I've liked these since I saw my first SS454 pickup. I think they look good on wagons and would change the look just enough to make it seem less grandma-ish...

I'm close to nabbing these this weekend....really thinking about it....

http://killeen.craigslist.org/pts/3315990916.html

I think these would look cool on my Cruiser!

Agree!Buy them now,dont wait until the weekend.How far from south austin are you?
Jim

Flasheroo wrote:

Agree!Buy them now,dont wait until the weekend.How far from south austin are you?
Jim

Payday is Friday Jim. We do what we can with what we have.

On the upside there are two more sets for sale up in Dallas if these sell. Lots out there.

I've really been debating...I like the stock Olds wheels, but want to change the look of the car. I really don't want to go aftermarket, Olds SSII's do not fit without adaptors, and I would go with Impala SS wheels, but....I've done that already. Want something different.

I like the chrome...shiny is good. We'll see if he still has them Saturday.

-Mike

I keep seeing Ford Vans and thinking they have my Olds wheels on them....





I do not want to be associated with Ford in any way.......

-Mike

I love ss truck rims. i also like the astro wheels, as you may recall i came very close to picking up a set for my wagon, then the cragars popped up for a good price and i jumped! those should look awesome on your OCC!

dont want anything to do with ford eh?? nice window sticker mike!

You're in trouble now Benn!

they are truck rims. you have a wagon. its your wagon, and if you want the poor highschool kid with grandma's old wagon look, who am I to try to stop you

81X11 wrote:

I do not want to be associated with Ford in any way.......

-Mike

you got a nice white toyota wagon there mike!

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/oldsmobile-returns-car-news

That tree at Wagonfest is famous. I have seen it in more pics than I can remember. I parked there when I attended. My neighbour on the other side of the tree was Jarrod.

what a lovely tree

buy 'em you want them, I liked the red caprice you shared a photo of, I thought they looked good.
Pat's just pissy cuz he doesn't have any cherry coke.

I got lots of cherry coke, in the fridge and even have an un opened case.....

benn wrote:

I love ss truck rims. i also like the astro wheels, as you may recall i came very close to picking up a set for my wagon, then the cragars popped up for a good price and i jumped! those should look awesome on your OCC!

dont want anything to do with ford eh?? nice window sticker mike!

Just wrong in so many ways.....

buickestate wrote:

I got lots of cherry coke, in the fridge and even have an un opened case.....

Hey they're not truck rallys! Very few people know what those chrome wheels are or where they came from.

I like the chrome!!

Oh and keep in mind I'm married with children....high school kids have more money than I do.

-Mike

81X11 wrote:

buickestate wrote:

I got lots of cherry coke, in the fridge and even have an un opened case.....

Hey they're not truck rallys! Very few people know what those chrome wheels are or where they came from.

I like the chrome!!

Oh and keep in mind I'm married with children....high school kids have more money than I do.

-Mike

Better taste too!

Flasheroo wrote:

Better taste too!

And just who was in trouble earlier?

poor mike. why are we so hard on him? jealousy??

benn wrote:

poor mike. why are we so hard on him? jealousy??

Shoot I'm jealous of all the LT1 guys! It's amazing how much I miss that motor.

You know what I'm going to do....I'm going to fix this OCC up just the way I want it, get it in nearly perfect cosmetic and mechanical shape....and then sell it for less than I have in it. I always do this.....get a car really nice and then something else comes along I have to have. An LT1 Roady wagon or 96 Impala SS will show up that I HAVE to buy, and the For Sale sign will go on the OCC.

For now I'm having fun with the OCC, and will save everything I take off in case the next owner wants to go back to stock.

-Mike

You could always buy a wrecked LT1 car and transplant the drivetrain into the OCC. Best of both worlds for you then.

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

You could always buy a wrecked LT1 car and transplant the drivetrain into the OCC. Best of both worlds for you then.

Yep I've considered that.

I've got to find an OBD 1 scanner and find out why the Check Engine light comes on in this car. Autozone and the local oil-change place only have OBD II scanners.

The mileage is really bad compared to what I got in my Roadmaster with the LT1. I KNOW it's a 350 with a towing rear axle, but I thought with the TBI it would get similar mileage to the LT1. I'm thinking there has to be something wrong somewhere. It runs great most of the time, but on occasion it seems to lurch when I let off the gas, and sometimes the idle stumbles while sitting at a light in gear. Other than that it's smooth with lots of power.

I'm going to change the oil, flush the cooling system and install a new thermostat this weekend, followed by a big under-hood detailing job...and I have to finish the 4-note horn conversion still.

Projects!

-Mike

You do have an OBD 1 scanner but you just forgot about it:



I have an occasional EGR related code that trips the light every once in a while. Code 32 I believe.

I did forget about that trick.

Next time you're in AutoZone, bring them a paper clip and tell them that you're donating an OBD1 scan tool.

How about these?



Astro 15x7's. He just refinished them for his OCC but had to sell it. These would look AWESOME on your car. Even with RWL's...

Oh, and dibs on the OCC. ;-)

How about this look?

the polycast olds wheels from the 70's, that's cool

http://lansing.craigslist.org/pts/3258192533.html - Anybody near Lansing that can pick these up for me?

they might look nice if you were to paint em to match the cladding.....

Never seen those before. And man... Are they UGLY!!!! And oh so cool.



EDIT: And I know a guy, lives in Flint.

toomanytoyz wrote:

Never seen those before

what you mean is you've yet to own a car with those

81X11 wrote:

Yep I've considered that.

Gaaaaak! Say it ain't so, that poor wagon is a baby!

81X11 wrote:

I've got to find an OBD 1 scanner and find out why the Check Engine light comes on in this car.

Good luck with that. A proper OBD I scanner seems to be properly expensive as well. (...though if anyone knows differently with a true off-the-shelf scanner, I am listening...)

The paperclip trick is wonderful and I see someone beat me to suggesting it. Have a notepad handy, as the blinks go by kind of quickly. Or at least they do for me. Each digit of the code gets repeated three times. "12" is the initial code and indicates that the computer is alive. Each subsequent code is then replayed depending upon how many times it was stored.

I've noticed that these particular GM systems are sensitive to exhaust leaks just about anywhere.

81X11 wrote:

The mileage is really bad compared to what I got in my Roadmaster with the LT1. I KNOW it's a 350 with a towing rear axle, but I thought with the TBI it would get similar mileage to the LT1. [...] and sometimes the idle stumbles while sitting at a light in gear. Other than that it's smooth with lots of power.

What is the mileage? I know you posted the complete specs of the wagon, but what is the rear axle ratio?

When I had the major exhaust leak on my own wagon (also a TBI 350), and not long after it become much much worse, the car would sometimes stumble at idle or when I gave it gas while in gear. I think you might want to put some oxygen sensors on your list.

And oh by the way, since I am such a nice guy...if that wagon should ever become too much of a burden, just dial up the board and shoot me a PM. Have wagon, have extra drivers, will travel, and will rescue unwanted whales. (I know this isn't going to work and am mainly posting it for a laugh, but I sure can try at least!)

i dont know how to describe those olds wheels...ugly, yet awseome? the astro 15x7s would look killer also.

Didn't you say when you first got your occ you didn't miss the lt1 power?

The 350 has plenty of power, the LT1 just seemed smoother and had MORE power. Plus I miss the dual exhaust and the LT1 with 2.93's got better mileage than this OCC with 3.23 rear. I'm getting under 20mpg on the highway and far worse in the city.

I could go two weeks on a tank in the Roady but the Olds only gets me a week-and-a-half, max. BUT I've done nothing to the engine yet, and the Check Engine light comes and goes, so hopefully I can get up in the MPG with some tweaking.

It's funny, on the trip back from North Carolina, the first tankful was the best mileage of the trip...was in the low 20's. It dropped the rest of the trip...but I do think those first few miles I was babying the car....

Anyway we'll see. Other than the overheating issue on the way to San Antonio the other weekend, the car has been reliable as the sun.

-Mike

Oh and no new wheels this pay period. Did bills....have way too many.

-Mike

Well yeah the LT1 has more power, almost 100 hp more. The 350 is only 180hp. The LT1 is what, 270?

With the bad MPG's I'd just go in and give it a full tune up, plugs, wires, cap, ICM, EGR and a new O2. I did that over the summer and it was like a whole new car.

you know you want em.......

what are those?! COOL!

you know you want em

Cadet57 wrote:

what are those?! COOL!

hard to find early to mid 70s olds poly cast sport wheels for the full sized olds 88 holiday coupes, convertibles and even on the customcruisers.

it's a standard 15X7 5 on 5 steel wheel with a poly cast resin insert bonded to the rim. same material used for them flexible fender extentions and front facias on camaros firebirds corvettes and gto's. they are hard to find cause in the south they dry rotted and cracked then fell apart, and in the north the rim would rust under the poly resin cause gm used raw unpainted steel since the poly cast would bond better.

GM had poly cast wheel on monte carlos, fire birds olds and a few others, ford had some too.

I love them, but with my luck they'd fall apart after one summer in Texas!

These are the Pontiac Polycast wheels.

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

Next time you're in AutoZone, bring them a paper clip and tell them that you're donating an OBD1 scan tool.

A tool that doesn't work on the OBD1 LT1 cars, sadly.

As for the MPGs on the OCC, Mike. You need to do a complete tune up. Wouldn't surprise me if the parts currently on it are original.

94Woody wrote:

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

Next time you're in AutoZone, bring them a paper clip and tell them that you're donating an OBD1 scan tool.

A tool that doesn't work on the OBD1 LT1 cars, sadly.

As for the MPGs on the OCC, Mike. You need to do a complete tune up. Wouldn't surprise me if the parts currently on it are original.

Previous owner spent over $1000 at the local Buick dealer in South Carolina doing a tune-up...and a ton of work that wasn't needed.
It was less than 8K miles ago, but in 2008.

Am I the only one that thinks that RWL tires on wagons looks terrible?

81X11 wrote:

94Woody wrote:

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

Next time you're in AutoZone, bring them a paper clip and tell them that you're donating an OBD1 scan tool.

A tool that doesn't work on the OBD1 LT1 cars, sadly.

As for the MPGs on the OCC, Mike. You need to do a complete tune up. Wouldn't surprise me if the parts currently on it are original.

Previous owner spent over $1000 at the local Buick dealer in South Carolina doing a tune-up...and a ton of work that wasn't needed.
It was less than 8K miles ago, but in 2008.

Heck, a grand at the dealer would probably cover the plugs and wires, lol.

jayoldschool wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks that RWL tires on wagons looks terrible?

No, no you are not.

i like RWL on wagons...