1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-matic 4 Barrel Survivor on 2040-cars

US $7,500.00

Year:1955 Mileage:116000 Color: Blue /
Blue

Location:

Boise, Idaho, United States

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 1

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 2

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 3

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 4

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 5

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 6

1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 Door Post 324 Rocket 4 Speed Hydra-Matic 4 Barrel Survivor, US $7,500.00, image 7

Transmission:4 Speed Hydra Matic
Body Type:Sedan
Engine:324 Rocket
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller

VIN: 557M2794 Year: 1955
Interior Color: Blue
Make: Oldsmobile
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Eighty-Eight
Trim: Base
Drive Type: Hyra Matic
Mileage: 116,000
Exterior Color: Blue

Condition: UsedA vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Seller Notes:"Few chips on paint small area of paint bubbling rust hole on drivers floor board small tear on top corner of front seat"

Up for auction is a very nice mostly original 1955 Oldsmobile 88 4 door sedan.It was the very basic model for the 88 except the owner upgraded to the 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

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