1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-matic 4 Barrel Survivor on 2040-cars
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Up for auction is a very nice mostly original 1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 door sedan.Kind of a long winded description but wanted to put a description of the many hours and $ that were put in to the car on the mechanics.This area is high desert and salt has not been used on the roads.It was the very basic model for the 88 except the owner upgraded to the almost bullet proof optional 4 speed Hydra-Matic transmission and a Rochester 4 jet 4 barrel carb. I ran the #'s to make sure that the carb came with the car and everything matched up. Most base models came with a 2 barrel.These 324 Oldsmobile Rocket motors with the Hydra-Matic and the 4 jet carb were hard to beat performance wise in the day.Back then as now, it was a sought after for a Hotrod. The car has always been here in this area and I knew the family that had it when I went to high school in the 60's.The car was bought by a local man in 1991 and in the Late 90's started restoring it and died not long after painting it and sat in a shed until a few months back.It has had the 1 repaint back to the correct colors which are # 43 Frost Blue ( Robin Egg Blue ) on the bottom and # 41 Panama Blue ( dark matalic blue ) on the top and wheels.The paint still has very good shine and is in good shape with the exception of a few very small chips and a couple of very small bubbles ( pictured ) that I believe was caused by something under the paint.The interior of the car is very nice except a small tear on the top of the seat panel behind the drivers side and the old rubber floor mats are showing their age.The headliner is nice as are the door panels.The window and door handles are nice except for 1 missing knob on the drivers vent handle.The windows all roll up and down nice and the doors all close like butter with just an easy click.No slamming these doors.The hood and trunk open and close the same way as the doors.All the body and door lines are excellent.The glass is all original and in perfect condition except 1 small chip in the windsheild that could be made to disappear.It has all 4 original hubcaps in very good condition .All in all very very nice cosmetically. I looked at the floors in the front ,back and trunk and all are nice except some rust through under the drivers feet that had been amature repaired with a piece of metal. The car had a number of vacuum leaks including the intake manifold so had to pull the intake off and beings we were that far along, opened up the motor pulled the rockers , pushrods , lifters , and cleaned the motor completely and made sure all oil passages were open and pumping oil. We dismantled the rocker arm assemblies inspected and cleaned them making sure that oil would pass , cleaned the pushrods , dismantled and refurbished the hydrolic lifters. Here is a lift of everything that was done to restore the mechanics.
Pulled and restored the distributor and installed new wires,points,condenser,cap and rotor and bench set it's like a new one new ignition wires new coil new intake,valley,& valve cover gaskets new belt and hoses rebuilt dual action fuel pump refurbished vacuum wiper motor and they work great with the dual action pump backup new transmission mounts pulled the driveline and inspected all components replaced sway bar bushings both sides drained transmission and inspected cleaned and put in new gaskets & seals and adjusted radiator pulled cleaned and tested checked and tightened underneath of car front to back Pretty much went over all the mechanics and made a nice driver that I wouldn't be afraid to drive anywhere The power brake system had been redone when them man was restoring it but we inspected drained & bled the system.The brakes work very good It also had a new water pump on it All the wiring is in very good shape,still supple from spending it's life under cover and all the lights work as should including backup lights, under hood and trunk lights. All in all a very decent old original car The tires have plenty of tread and not checked at all but are the tires that were on it Please contact us within 24 hrs of auctions end to let us know how you will be completing transaction . We want a $1000 deposit by PayPal and the remainder to be paid by cash or bank to bank wire transfer Feel free to contact me at 208 353 1972 Don On Oct-10-13 at 09:24:40 PDT, seller added the following information: Forgot to add that the car would be kept inside under cover and stored for a reasonable amount of time The shipping will be up to the buyer but I will assist any way that I can Nice time of year for a trip , so if you decide to fly in and drive it home , I'll be glad to pick you up at the airport I also forgot to add that the heater control valve was replaced with a manual valve and has to be turned on and off by hand.Heater works good. The glove compartment liner was damaged and not put back in. PLEASE IF YOU ARE 0 FEEDBACK BIDDER CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING OR YOUR BID WILL BE TAKEN OFF BECAUSE OF THE SCAMS OUT HERE IN THE WORLD Also all the stainless is in show condition On Oct-12-13 at 12:52:14 PDT, seller added the following information: Also wanted to add that this car is for sale locally too , and I reserve the right to end the auction early. Should someone reach the reserve and contacts me I iwon't take it off the auction I had someone email and ask me if it would make the 500 mile drive to their home I have spent a very large amount of time on the mechanics of this car and feel very confident of it.If you read my description it gives a list of all that I have done to restore the mechanics That being said it is a 1955 Olds almost 60 years old and I would want to have a basic tool kit and basic mechanical skills to take a long trip. I would not hesitate driving it anywhere. Like I also said, the tires have good tread and I see no sign of any cracking or damage but they are the tires that have been on the car. The driving that I do is in a 100 miles round trip and it drives nice on the highway and I don't worry. |
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