1967 was smack in the middle of the sixth generation of Oldsmobile's 88, and received a mid-cycle styling refresh like the rest of its General Motors B-body stablemates. They continued fiddling with various trim levels and names, with the Delmont 88 at the bottom, the Delta 88 in the middle, and the Delta 88 Custom at the top. The Dynamic 88 and Jetstar 88 nameplates went into the dustbin of history.
The convertible body style was only available for 1967 as a Delmont 88 or a Delta 88, with the faded (but otherwise remarkably straight) Spanish Red example declared to be the latter by the badges on the aft end of the rear fenders.
Under the hood would have been one of several flavors of Oldsmobile's 425 cubic inch Super Rocket V-8, ranging from a tame 2-barrel with a 9.0:1 compression ratio rated at 300 SAE gross horsepower to a snarling 365 horsepower 4-barrel that needed premium gas for its 10.5:1 squeeze.
This one was photographed in September of 2017 using a Leica D-Lux 3.
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