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I really enjoy the Olds mail list server group because of the high quality of postings, and how polite we tend to be with one another. The humor from the list, dry one liners, experiences, jokes you can see a mile away, have really brightened my day! We're even polite (sometimes) in regard to that lesser, though more popular, brand.

This FAQ favors Olds' from around the muscle car era, and ignores a bunch of 70's to 90's 4 & 6 cylinder and corporate me-too models. This has resulted from the absense of mail list server postings about these cars.

Thanks to everyone who have made this FAQ possible. Initially I just tossed everything together, and as a result lost a lot of contributor information. I then started to give people credit for posting information. I plan to keep doing this until it turns into a maintenance nightmare. Please let me know if I have included something you posted and your name is not listed. Overall, let's just say that the FAQ is ours. Not mine, but yours, deal?

The people contributing to the mail list server are the knowledge base. I have also contributed certain information, but have decided to leave my name off. My apologies for leaving anyone off this list - I'm sure there are some - there are a few anonymous contributors. Please e-mail me with the appropriate addition!

Remember, this is a member driven project. The more input and information recieved from members, the better the FAQ will become.

Please mail any changes, comments, complaints and/or disagreements to David Brown, and I will respond to you.


And now a little something for the spammers: Permission to use the following e-mail addresses for unsolicited business e-mail is withdrawn as of Sept. 2, 1998. Unsolicited business mail will be proof read, and a $200.00 US charge invoiced to the sender.


The following people have contributed information found in this FAQ, and have made putting it together rather easy.


Tom and Gail Adams
[email protected]
Jason Adcock
[email protected]
http://www.erols.com/adcockjk/
Doug Ahern
[email protected]
www.cosmic.uga.edu/doug.html
George Aigeldinger
[email protected]
http://estimator.camd.lsu.edu/georg/sparetime/olds.html
Eric Aksomitis
[email protected]
http://www.dlcwest.com/~jed
Mike Aldana
[email protected]
Michael Allen
[email protected]
Brian Alling
[email protected]
Brian Ammons
[email protected]
Robert Anderson
[email protected]
Susan Aprill
[email protected]
Donny Arnold
[email protected]
Ed Atlee
[email protected]
Mike Van Auken
Mike Van Auken
Nick Augenstein
[email protected]
Brad Baker
[email protected]
Bob Barry
[email protected]
Thomas Bartee
[email protected]
Without Greg administering the Olds Mail List Server, none of us would have this FAQ.
Peter Berusch
[email protected]
Richard Biebrich
[email protected]
Lou Biggs
[email protected]
Ed Binnix
[email protected]
John T. Blair
[email protected]
Bob Blanchard
[email protected]
Mike Bloomer
[email protected]
http://members.tripod.com/CutlassFreak
Bryan Bodine
Loyd Bonecutter
[email protected]
Frank Boerger
Matthew Bremmer
[email protected]
Paul Brillhart
[email protected]
David Brode
[email protected]
David Brown
[email protected]
Josh Brown
[email protected]
Eric Brubakken
[email protected]
Bruce D. Brumm
[email protected]
Charley Buehner
[email protected]

Edwin Burger
[email protected]
G. Douglas Burton
[email protected]
Mike Burton
[email protected]
Dave Carolfi
[email protected]
John Carri
[email protected]
Jeff Carter
[email protected]
Dennis Casteele
Olds Authority - what else is there to say other than we'll miss him?
Angel Castrodad
[email protected]
Brett Chaveriat
[email protected]
Jim Chermack
[email protected]
Gerald Christiana
[email protected]
Tim Churchill
[email protected]
Pat Clark
[email protected]
Scott Clark
[email protected]
Mike Coccagna
[email protected]
Glenn Connors
[email protected]
Mark Cornea
[email protected]
Ray Costanzo
[email protected]
Gary J. Couse
[email protected]
Brent Covey
[email protected]
Matt Cremean
[email protected]
Dave Cullen
[email protected]
Bill Culp
[email protected]
A big THANKS to Bill for the abundance of interchange information!
Roger Currie
[email protected]
Tim Customs
[email protected]
Todd Daenzer
[email protected]
Danny
[email protected]
Daren
[email protected]
Databook and Price Guide 4-4-2 1964-1986
by R. Perry Zavitz
Charles Dempsey
< HREF="MailTo:[email protected]">[email protected]
Nick DiGiovanni
[email protected]
Dave Dillon
[email protected]
Ian M. C. Dixon
[email protected]
[email protected]
Jim Donoghue
[email protected]
Wayne Drusch
[email protected]
Carl Dudash
[email protected]
George Dumpit
[email protected]
Collyn Eastham
[email protected]
Jeff Easton
[email protected]
Michael Ecker
[email protected]
Ed Ekstrom
[email protected]
Paul Elosge
[email protected]
Derek Esplin
[email protected]
Bobby Etzel
[email protected]
http://home1.gte.net/betzel/BE.html
Mike Evans
[email protected]
Todd Evans
[email protected]
Chris Fair
[email protected]
Sean Fay
[email protected]
Cliff Feiler
[email protected]
Robert F. Feitt
[email protected]
Erik Ferguson
[email protected]
Lloyd Ferguson
[email protected]
Joe Ferrero
[email protected]
Brent Fields
[email protected]
Matt Finholm
Matt Finholm
Mike Fisher
[email protected]
Patrick Flowers
[email protected]
Ron Forsee
[email protected]
John Foster
[email protected]
Michael R. Frederick
Toro Mail List Administrator
[email protected]
A big THANKS to Mike for all the Radio and Speaker tech info! Without Mike administering the Toro Mail List Server, we wouldn't have that resource.

Alan Friedrich
[email protected]
Marvin Friesen
[email protected]
Wes Fujii
[email protected]
Art Fuller
[email protected]
Stefan Gadecki
[email protected]
Don Gatrell
[email protected]
Gene Gatti
[email protected]
Bruce Geiger
[email protected]
John Gene
[email protected]
http://www2.cybernex.net/~gene
George
[email protected]
Andy Geeting
Scott Geiger
[email protected]
Randy Geisel
[email protected]
Mick Gillespie
[email protected]
http://home.sprynet.com/~mgillespie/oldspage.htm
Gene Gilpin
[email protected]
Glenn's Oldsmobile Tune-up and Repair Guide 1955 -1974
by Harold T. Glenn
Copyright 1974, Harold T. Glenn
Bill Gochenour
[email protected]
Ed Gonfindini
Frank Gonzalez
Bill Goodnight
[email protected]
Spencer Grant
[email protected]
Andrew C. Green
[email protected]
Rich Grega
[email protected]
Daniel A. Gulino
[email protected]
http://ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu/~gulino/rides.html
Pat Hadwin
[email protected]
Bob Hale
[email protected]
Michael R. Hall
[email protected]
Todd Hall
[email protected]
Tim Hammerlund
[email protected]
Bob Handren
[email protected]
Glen Hankins
[email protected]
Steve Harrison
[email protected]
Jim Harrell
[email protected]
Steve Harris
[email protected]
Paul Hartlieb
[email protected]
Roger Heath
Dennis Heinle
[email protected]
Kurt Heinrich
[email protected]
http://www.442.com/heinrich.html
Henry's Garage
[email protected]
Randy Hermsen
[email protected]
Jeff Herndon
[email protected]
Roger Hitson
[email protected]
Jim Hoekendijk
[email protected]
Luke Hogan
[email protected]
Kevin Hoopingarner
[email protected]
Stephen Hoover
[email protected]
Everett Horton
[email protected]
Kurt Horton
[email protected]
Howard Hosenbold
[email protected]
Peter L. House
[email protected]
Gerald Hughes
[email protected]
Jeff Hunter
[email protected]
Jim Hurd
[email protected]
The Hurst Heritage, High Performance History
by Robert C. Lichty and Terry V. Boyce
Copyright 1983, Dobbs Publications Inc.
Esko Ilola
[email protected]
JJ
[email protected]
Ernie Johnson
[email protected]
Dennis Johnson
[email protected]
Sam Johnson
[email protected]
Samuel Johnson
[email protected]
Mike Jones
[email protected]
Greg Kalkhoff
Toro FAQ Administrator
[email protected]
Thanks to Greg for creating the Toro FAQ!
John Kreitzer
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Ray Kelly
[email protected]
Steve Kenny
Brothers Automotive
[email protected]
http://www.oldsparts.com
Denney Keys
[email protected]
Clif King
[email protected]
Doug Kitchener
[email protected]
Aaron Kollsmith
[email protected]
Scott Kozhill
[email protected]
Kerry Kroger
[email protected]
Mike Krumwiede
[email protected]
Jason Labay
[email protected]
A big THANKS to Jason for the abundance of 442 information!
Don Lacey
[email protected]
Robert Lavey
[email protected]
Peter Landowski
[email protected]
Robert Lawrence
[email protected]
Trevor Lee
[email protected] http://www.mergetel.com/~lee/cutlass
Tom Lentz
[email protected]
George & Joan Lesperance
[email protected]
Rob Lewis
[email protected]
Brian Lorway
[email protected]
Gregg Ludlam
[email protected]
Jar Lyons
[email protected]
Lance Mackey
[email protected]
http://www.3rdplanet.com/~lamackey/hurst_hp.html
Lisa Madsen
[email protected]
http://exo.com/~jht/olds/
Rob Malland
Dan Mann
[email protected]
Margaret
[email protected]
Paul Martin
Thomas Martin
[email protected]
Scott Martindale
[email protected]
Matthew Mayer
[email protected]
David McDougall
[email protected]
Cliff McFarlane
[email protected]
Jim McKeague
[email protected]
Sean Meldrum
[email protected]
John McMenamin
[email protected]
Travis McWaters
[email protected]
Michael
[email protected]
Chris Miller
[email protected]
Tom Millard
[email protected]
Tony Molinaro
[email protected]
Mondello Performance Products, Inc.
1103 Paso Robles Street
Paso Robles, CA 93446
http://tcsn.net/mondello/
John Monnin
[email protected]
Ray Moriarty
[email protected]
Todd Morris
[email protected]
Scott Mullen
[email protected]
Jeff Mullenix
[email protected]
Jaakko Mustakallio
[email protected]
Flynt Myrick
[email protected]
Mat Nadrofsky
[email protected]
George Nenadovich
[email protected]
Aaron Neumann
[email protected]
Bob Newbegin
[email protected]
Brad Nicholson
President, Capitol City Rockets
[email protected]
Frederick Nissen
[email protected]
R. Kevin Noon
[email protected]
Chuck Noppe
[email protected]
Erik Nowacki
[email protected]
David Nye
Kevin O'Brien
[email protected]
Steve Ochs
[email protected]
Oldsmobile, Division of General Motors
http://www.oldsmobile.com
Well, they sort of originated everything in this FAQ!
Oldsmobile Muscle Cars
by William Holder and Phillip Kunz
Copyright 1994, Phillip Kunz
Jim Olson
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Brad Otto
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other
A special thanks to those people who I cannot identify!
Joe Padavano
[email protected]
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John Pajak
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Jonathan Parke
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Scott Parker
[email protected]
Paul Pate
[email protected]
Dave Paulison
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Steve Paulson
[email protected]
John Pajak
[email protected]
http://members.tripod.com/~JSPajak
Trond Jarle Trond Pedersen
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Larry Pegg
[email protected]
Phil Penketh
[email protected]
Frank Evan Perdicaro
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Roger Peterson
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Clayton Pierce
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A big THANKS to Clayton for proof reading the FAQ!
Ken Pilidis
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Brent Pinkstaff
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John Preston
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Mark Prince
[email protected]
Fernando Proietto
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Greg Pruett
[email protected]
Randy in Oklahoma
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Steve Reed
[email protected]
Bill Reilly
[email protected]
Rod Rickenbach
[email protected]
http://www.voicenet.com/~rinacker
Bruce Roe
[email protected]
Dave Rogers
[email protected]
Greg Rollin
[email protected]
Mike Rothe
[email protected]
Ken Rotten
[email protected]
Gary Rubrich
Gilbert Russell
[email protected]
Ryan
[email protected]
Curt Salada
[email protected]
Blaine Sanders
[email protected]
Dave Van Sant
[email protected]
Robert Schinkel
[email protected]
Mike Schlottman
[email protected]
Chad Schwartz
[email protected]
Rich Scott
[email protected]
John "Shoe-Man" Schumacher
Drew Senko
[email protected]
http://members.aol.com/drewinva
[email protected]
Ron Setran
[email protected]
Setting the Pace
Brian Shankle
[email protected]
Kurt Shubert
[email protected]
Cliff Simpson
[email protected]
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~csimpson/TheOldsZone.html
Laurence Simpson
[email protected]
Slant/6 Web Site
http://www.bev.net/people/dreistadt/sl6/oxy.html
Peter Sliskovich
[email protected]
Peter Slisz
[email protected]
Cecil Smalley
[email protected]
Chris Smetana
[email protected]
Dave Smith Engineering
P.O. Box 607
Corona, CA 91718-0607
Thomas Smith
[email protected] http://www.crosswinds.net/~smithtp/olds/LaunchPad.htm
Ken Snyder
[email protected]
http://www.chasinracin.com/racers/ksr7
James Stafford
[email protected]
Sherry Soball
[email protected]
Jeff Stanish
[email protected]
Stephani
[email protected]
Steve
[email protected]
Graham Stewart
[email protected]
Thomas Stoner
[email protected]
Schurkey Swanke
[email protected]
Rob Thomas
[email protected]
Igor Todorovic
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Mark Tupper
[email protected]
Mike Turley
[email protected]
Shawn M. Twomey
[email protected]
Rob Turner
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Chris Urban
[email protected]
Mike Van Auken
[email protected]
Bob Valentine
[email protected]
Al Varhus
[email protected]
Delvin Vogle
[email protected]
Dave Voorhis
[email protected]
Butch Vosburgh
[email protected]
W1Sleeper
[email protected]
Tony Waldner
[email protected]
Todd Wallin
[email protected]
Mark Weinberger
[email protected]
Jack Wendel
Jon Wessel
Director, Hurst/Olds Club of America
Scott Wheeler
[email protected]
Robert Whitaker
[email protected]
Warren Whitmore
[email protected]
David Whittemore
[email protected]
Tony Williamson
[email protected]
David Wilk
[email protected]
Dan Williams
[email protected]
Brett Wilson
[email protected]
Chris B. Witt
Rocket Science
[email protected]
*the* Rocket Scientist
A big THANKS to Chris for the abundance of engine information!
Kevin Wong
[email protected]
Ray Woodward
[email protected]
Scott Woodworth
[email protected]
Dave Wyatt
[email protected]
Dorian Yeager
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Chuck Zallow
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Ali Zalzala
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http://www.flash.net/~texas442
Jeff Zeilmann
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