1956 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday 2dr Coupe on 2040-cars
Cumming, Georgia, United States
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1956 Olds 2 door post car. Origional 324 V8 4 barrel. This is a solid car that has had an older restoration. I have had the car for 3 years. During that time I have added a front disc brake kit from Scarebird, new master cylinder, new slave cylinders shoes and drums on the rear axle. All new brake lines. The brakes are manual and it stops well. The transmission is a manual 3 on the tree. Not many of these were built. I considered making it an automatic car several times but hate to change the originality of the car. NOTE - this is a manual transmission car and needs some human interaction to shift gears - its not like driving a Chevy Tahoe. 1st gear is not synchronized in cars this old. Its all part of the 1956 experience to me. Not sure of the rear gears but it will cruise on the highway at about 70MPH at 3,000 RPM. The speedometer works but it reads a little faster that what you are actually going. The car has a Vintage Air AC unit and it works well. Just has is vacuumed down and recharged with R134. The windshield wipers have an aftermarket electric motor. They do work but sometimes need help starting. Once you get them going they are fine. Turn signals and gauges work. The fuel gauge will come and go. Not sure where the issue is with it. I had the carburetor rebuilt by RecarbCo, the choke works and it will start fine in cold weather. The starter is a modern light weight unit. The oil filter has been converted to accept a modern oil filter - not the old canister type. The tires are less than 1K miles new BFG Silvertown radials. The doors were converted to door poppers back when the restore was done. The trunk is also on a popper. Chrome and trim is real nice. It could use a new windshield gasket. Its a cool old cruiser I just have too many cars right now so this one is for sale.
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