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I like 1966 four-door cars
A friend and I (I'm the one on right) at an interestingly named liquor
store in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Notice the 1966 Pontiac Bonneville we're leaning
on. That wonderful car carried us from Tucson to Beaver Creek and
back on a spur of the moment trip.
I sold the car after the water pump went out.
It needed a new upper control arm, a valve job, a carb rebuild, two new
brake drums, coil springs in the rear and shocks all the way around.
More than what I could afford at the time.
The air conditioning worked great. I swear
snow would come out of the vents when I got out on the highway.
One cool thing about this Bonnevile and the Jetstar
I currently own is that the windshield wipers oppose each other when they
run.
Anyone seen this car around Tucson?
I haven't seen her in quite awhile.
My current mode of transportation. A 1966 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88.
Yes it does look alot like a Delta 88 or a Dynamic 88, but it's not.
I have not seen another Jetstar in Tucson yet. I've seen a 66 Dynamic
88 on blocks in a fenced lot, and one Delta 88 cruising around town.
After having an axle get chewed up by a bearing,
if found out how uncommon this car is. Didn't find new or used axle
anywhere, had to have one manufactured. Not even the Delta 88 axles
fit this car.
| 1966 Oldsmobile Production Numbers |
| F-85/Cutlass |
229,573 |
| Dynamic 88 |
95,834 |
| Delta 88 |
88,626 |
| Ninety Eight |
88,494 |
| Toronado |
40,963 |
| Jetstar/Delmont 88 (Delmont in Canada?) |
30,247 |
| Starfire |
13,019 |
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