1956 Olsmobile Super 88 "Hollywood" Holiday Hardtop - 93K Actual Miles-Restored

Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight 1956 Description

1956 Oldsmobile Super 88

“Hollywood” Holiday Hardtop Coupe

93,000 Actual Miles

Fully Restored Cosmetically and Mechanically

This gorgeous Tuxedo black and white, 3,000 actual mile, 956 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday Coupe is a crowd pleaser at local car shows, ruise-ins, vents and rallys.

Having been completely stripped and totally cosmetically restored about 12 years ago and finished in beautiful black and white exterior with matching black and white tuck and roll original style interior, nd even more recently with less than 1,000 miles has been thoroughly mechanically restored with an upgraded and completely rebuilt 394 cubic inch engine and rebuilt original 4 speed JetAway transmission. This Oldsmobile 88 is road ready for fun, riving and showing off.

The quality of workmanship is quite good and clearly of professional quality. The car starts, uns and drives impressively. It has a powerful throaty exhaust tone with lots of power and drives super smooth on its NEW Coker wide white radial tires. This is a reliably built car you can feel comfortable taking anywhere, nytime.

• · 394 CI Super Rocket 88 Engine (less than 2,000 miles since build)
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• · 4 Barrel Option with Edelbrock Carburetor
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• · 12 Volt Generator System
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• · Jet-Hot Coated Exhaust Manifolds with New Exhaust System
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• · Auxiliary Electric Cooling Fan
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• · Optional 4 Speed JetAway Automatic Transmission (less than 2,000 miles since build)
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• · Factory Power Brakes
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• · New Gas Tank and Fuel System
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• · Triple Set Engine Gauges
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• · New Dual Exhaust
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• · Spinner Hubcaps
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• · Original Red Steel Wheels
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• · NEW Wide White Wall Coker Radial Tires
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• · Factory AM Radio
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• · Factory Clock
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• · Black/White Vinyl Tuck and Roll Interior
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• · NEW Matching Black and White Tuck and Roll Trunk
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• · New Carpet
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• · New Padded dash with Rocket 88 Plaque
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• · Dual Chrome Rear View Mirrors
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• · Front and Rear Seat belts Installed

This Olds 88 starts right up at the flick of the key, uns super smooth and drives extremely well just as you would expect this car some 60 years ago when new. This Super Rocket 88 is a fun and reliable classic to drive.

This Oldsmobile 88 is in impressive condition overall as the interior condition is immaculate and the engine appears to be as pristine as right off the factory assembly line. The full restoration is not a Concours restoration and it does have a few flaws. While the paint is quite gorgeous, t is about 12 years old and the paint does show some minor wear and tear from all the events and enjoyment that it has been subject to. While the clock and radio is inoperative, nd the gas gauge does not seem accurate, his is a car that was very well restored and then taken out, riven, njoyed and very well cared for.

This Oldsmobile Super 88 “Hollywood” Holiday Coupe will impress you.

It’s GORGEOUS !

PlEASE < href="https://youtu.be/sQswK3aUdwE">WATCH THE OLDSMOBILE SUPER 88 VIDEO HERE !

https://youtu.be/sQswK3aUdwE

This Oldsmobile is being sold as-is. We have tried to describe the car as accurately as possible. If you have to ask permission to buy this car please do so before you bid on it. Please DO NOT bid on this car if you do not have the money to buy it. I will expect you to purchase the car if you are the high bidder. I have a very reasonable Reserve but know it is worth much more. Winning bidder must make $500 nonrefundable payment within 48 hours of end of auction. Full payment is due within 7 days of end of auction. If you do not complete 48 hour payment or final payment I will relist car for sale. Payment options include:

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If there is anything that I can do to make this auction a more pleasurable bidding experience please let me know.

Thank You and Happy Bidding on this wonderful car !

On Jul-06-15 at 14:33:53 PDT, eller added the following information:

Clarification:
It is my intention to provide interested buyers with the correct and accurate information regarding this 1956 Oldsmobile. I will try to clarify below the vehicles componenets so that you may know exactly what I know. I have also provided additional pictures to help support that and answer other questions that you might have. I am not representing this car as an ORIGINAL car. There have been upgrades for driveablity, eliably and convenience during its restoration. I will be happy to pull any numbers that you like from the car.
Vehicle
The 1956 Oldsmobile 88 has a Code # "7" on the VIN which I believe indicates it is originally an 88. The engine was upgraded from the original 1956 Olds 88 324 CI engine to a 1960 Super 88 394 CI, husly the "Super 88" notation in the listing. See engine information below.
Engine
The engine is a 1960 394 CI 4 Barrel engine from a 1960 Oldsmobile Super 88. I have attached a picture of the "D" Code engine stamping and the decode in the pictures showing a 1960 Super 88 394 CI. Plus you can clearly see in the pictures it is a modern 4 Barrel Edelbrock carburetor and original Oldsmobile 4 barrel intake manifold. Please see attached pics.
Transmission
The transmission is believed to be original to the car and was rebuilt recently as stated. The transmission is clearly a 4 speed transmission that has a side pan on the drivers side and a lower pan. My understanding based on all the online research and Oldsmobile information is this transmission is the original transmission and called numerous names by Oldsmobile such as "Dual Range Hydra Matic", Control Coupling Hyda Matic", P Type" and "Jetaway". All this per Wikipedia and numerous Oldsmobile websites. Please see attached pics.
Drivetrain Build
The engine and transmission has approximately 2,000 miles on them since total rebuild and installation. I did mistype "1,000 miles" in the body of the listing but in another location it is correct at "2,000 miles".
Glass
The glass is very good however the original windshield in the vehicle and it does have a couple of old rock chips in it. Just not really bad enough for me to want to replace it.
Video
The direct video link is below:

On Jul-06-15 at 14:56:52 PDT, eller added the following information:

 

On Jul-06-15 at 16:02:58 PDT, eller added the following information: