1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88 on 2040-cars
Sun City, California, United States
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Here are the pictures of the 1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 88. It is a
radio,
heater and clock delete car. It also has a rebuilt Rocket Engine. As I said we are 99% positive this is a California car, it had been sitting behind a factory in Covina for decades, when my friend bought it, when they pulled it onto a flatbed to bring it to Corona, the tires were of course flat, but so dry rotted that they broke apart pulling it from its resting spot. The engine was started and discovered that it smoked, so the heads were pulled and the heads were rebuilt, there was no ridge in any of the cylinder walls, leading us to believe that it is truly a 73,xxx mile car. The body was stripped and primed and painted close to the original colors, the chrome was replated and the stainless has been polished. The interior was gutted (what was left of it) and redone, and as you saw very very nicely done. It has an 8 volt Optima battery under an original style 6 volt case. I have driven it to several shows over the past couple of weekends, and it drives very nicely for its age. It is ready for show and go. The nice part about 4 door cars is they can be used for wedding, and other money making functions. |
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