1956 Oldsmobile Ninety-eight Holiday 2 Door Hardtop!!! on 2040-cars

Year: 1956
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Ninety-Eight
Trim: Holiday
Drive Type: Rear
Power Options: Power Windows
Mileage: 62,153
Exterior Color: Brown
Interior Color: Brown
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty

Condition: Used: A 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. ... 

I am selling my 1956 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight 2 door Holiday hardtop. I am the third owner of this car, I purchased it from the second owner who had owned it since the early seventies. This car is in great condition, it is very solid and runs and drives excellent down the road. The car has a fresh rebuilt 324 V8 and transmission that both have less than 10,000 miles on them! The interior is done in a tuck and roll pattern that give the car a cool retro look. The family who owned it before me had spent a bunch of money on it in the late 80's getting the interior and paint done on it. When they painted it they had most of the emblems and some of the trim "shaved" off the car for a more custom look to go with the tuck and roll interior. In the early 90's the car got a rebuilt motor and transmission and was driven for about a year before being parked due to the father dying. Fast forward over twenty years and I bought the car from the family and it was still sitting in the exact spot where they had parked it. I took it and rebuilt the carb since in had been sitting so long, I also dropped the tank and cleaned it out and installed a new fuel sending unit and pickup. I also changed the oil and turned the motor over by hand with some mystery oil in each cylinder to make sure I had fresh lube in the system. Once I got that done the car fired right up and ran so smooth, no smoke, no knocks, it just hummed. After that I rebuilt the entire braking system, it has a completely rebuilt master cylinder(including re-plating the rod) I flushed all the lines out, installed new wheel cylinders all the way around, and also installed new brake shoes. I also replaced all of the drums due to most of them being out of round. While I was in there I replaced and repacked all the wheel bearing too. Once all that was done I took the car for a spin, the car goes down the road so smooth and runs very well with tons of power. I have been cruising it around since fall and it always fires up and works great. I have all the trim pieces for the car that were shaved off of it since I had big intentions of restoring it back to factory condition. The motor is the factory Olds motor but when it was rebuilt someone painted it orange, I was going to re-detail it and paint it back to the correct color. The car will need some paint, it is old and faded, there are some spots where you can see bondo that is cracking where they shaved the emblems. The power windows didn't work when I got it so I pulled the front door panels and cleaned and lubed the tracks and now they work great. The same thing would need to be done to get the rear ones to work. Also the speedo and fuel gauge aren't working but I haven't had a chance to look at it, it should be something easy. I have spent about $1600.00 on the car since I got it doing all the things I listed and as sad as it makes me, I am selling this car, I had every intention to restore it back to original and keep it forever, but sometimes plans change. This is a solid nice runing and driving car that could be used as is or restored back to original. Cars like these are getting very hard to find especially in the 2 door Holiday hardtop. For those of you that know these Oldsmobiles you know what these ninety-eights are worth, now and completely restored. I have driven this car about five hundred miles myself with one trip being almost fifty miles, I would trust this car to take me anywhere; and everyone looks at it as you drive it!! Email me or call 208-589-9783 with any other questions. Thanks John