1952 Oldsmobile 98 on 2040-cars
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
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Its a 1952 olds 98, 4 door. the car is complete except for the power steering pump, missing 2 pieces of rear fender trim and the keys. Right now the car is disassembled as i was starting to restore the body on it. the only bad rust that was on this car was the drivers side floorpan, it has been replaced but not finish welded.
The engine ran when i pulled it its a rocket 303 that has a 3 speed hydramatic trans behind it. The engine has 67,000 original miles on it. The engine is torn down as i was going to send it to be rebuilt. So far i have stripped and primed the hood, trunk lid and 1 rear fender. there is no major body damage on the car, the worst part of the entire body is 2 holes 1/4" dia and a dent from where the previous owner "nailed" on a not for sale sign on the passenger fender. The majority of the body still has the original enamel black paint on it. It has an original trunk mounted 6 volt A/C unit in it. The car was parked in 1975, brought home, changed plug wires, oil and battery, had it started and driving in just a couple of hours. It has a trunk mounted A/C unit that was installed in 1952 in the trunk with the outlets pointing forward in the rear window tray. All of the glass is intact, and like i said i have all the trim, bumpers except for 2 pieces at the rear sides of the car. The engine, trans and shell of the car is in a storage building, all the other parts, fenders, chrome, etc. are here at my house. If you would love to have a family car consider taking your late model chassis, drive train and putting this body on it.... something very different and modern reliability. |
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Head below to watch the episode, which includes a few words from GT6 creator Kazunori Yamauchi.