1962 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible - Decked Out! Very Nice Car!

Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight 1962 Description

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1962 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible Offered with a reserve.

This very nice example sports new interior, op, nd paint, nd is fully loaded with Cruise Control, /C, ower Windows. Top, nd Seat. The triple Blue color combination is quite striking and fits the period perfectly. With a known history going back many years the car runs and drives without fault and can be driven home without hesitation. The factory Radio is with the car and will need to be reinstalled. A very large 60's convertible, his car has it all!

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The Oldsmobile 98 (sometimes spelled Ninety-Eight after 1961) was the full-size flagship model of the Oldsmobile division of General Motors, roduced from 1940 until 1996. The name — reflecting a "Series 90" fitted with an 8-cylinder engine — first appeared in 1941 and was used again after American consumer automobile production resumed post-World War II. It was, s it would remain, he division's top-of-the-line model, ith lesser Oldsmobiles having lower numbers such as the A-body 66 and 68, nd the B-body 76 and 78. The Series 60 was retired in 1949, he same year the Oldsmobile 78 was replaced by the 88. The Oldsmobile 76 was retired after 1950. This left the two remaining number-names to carry on into the 1990s as the bread and butter of the full-size Oldsmobile lineup until the Oldsmobile Regency replaced the 98 in 1997. Occasionally additional nomenclature was used with the name, uch as L/S and Holiday, nd the 98 Regency badge would become increasingly common in the later years of the model. The 98 shared its General Motors C-body platform with Buick and Cadillac. As it was the top-line Oldsmobile, he series had the most technologically advanced items available, uch as the Hydramatic automatic transmission, he Autronic Eye, n automatic headlight dimmer, nd Twilight Sentinel (a feature that automatically turned the headlights on and off via a timer, s controlled by the driver), nd the highest-grade interior and exterior trim.
For 1961 only, t was renamed Classic 98; nevertheless, ost factory literature refers to the line as the Ninety-Eight. It offered five body styles. The sedan was now called the Town Sedan. The 4-door 4-window hardtop body style was now called the Sport Sedan instead of the Holiday Sedan. A new 4-door 6-window hardtop body style, reviously exclusive to Cadillac and the Buick Electra was now offered and the Holiday Sedan name was transferred to it. This was the first time not all Oldsmobile hardtops were called Holidays.
Standard equipment included padded dash, afety spectrum speedometer, loating propeller, ir scoop brakes, wo-speed windshield wipers, afety-Vee steering wheel, arking brake lamp, ourtesy lamps, il filter, indshield washer, lectric clock, oto Hydramatic transmission, ower steering and power brakes. Upholstery was vinyl, loth or leather. Standard tire size was 8.50 x 14 inches. With the 394 cu in Rocket now standard equipment on the Oldsmobile 88 a higher compression version was made standard equipment on the 98 and Super 88 with horsepower rising to 325 in 1961 and 330 in 1962. Our Ebay Policies:
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