Current Auction: Arizona in January 2016 on January 28th, 2016
375
Lot #:
375
Year:
1957
Make:
Oldsmobile
Model:
Super 88
Body Style:
Hardtop
Exterior Color:
Copper/Creme
Interior Color:
Copper/Creme
# of Cylinders:
8
Engine Size :
394
Transmission:
Automatic
# of Speeds:
3
Description:
1957 OLDSMOBILE
GOLDEN ROCKET EIGHTY-EIGHT
2-DR HOLIDAY HARDTOP
TO HONOR GM’S UPCOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY, OLDS PICKED 1957 TO TAG ITS BASE SERIES THE GOLDEN ROCKETS.
THIS 2-TONE CUTLAS BRONZE METALIC AND ALCAN WHITE, WITH VERMILLION STRIPE, UNDERWENT A FRAME-OFF RESTORATION 5 YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN IN AN ARIZONA COLLECTION SINCE.
IT IS POWERED BY THE ROCKET 88 V-8, 371 C.I. 277 H.P. WITH 9.5 TO 1 COMPRESSION RATIO, DEVELOPING 400 FT. LB. OF TORQUE. IT HAS THE OPTIONAL JETAWAY HYDRA-MATIC TRANSMISSION. OTHER OPTIONS THIS 88 HAS ARE: POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, DELUXE RADIO, HEATER, DEFROSTER, ELECTRIC CLOCK AND WINDSHIELD WASHERS. THE RESTORER REPLACED THE 14” WHEELS AND HUB-CABS, (ORIGINAL HUB-CAPS ARE WITH THE CAR), WITH 15” WHEELS AND RARE 15” DELUXE FIESTA SPINNERS CAPS. THIS BEAUTIFUL 2-DR HT OLDS HAS THE 3 PIECE 1 YEAR ONLY REAR WINDOW
