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1957 - Oldsmobile Ninety-eight on 2040-cars

US $23,000.00
Year:1957 Mileage:5000 Color: Red
Location:

Cedarpines Park, California, United States

Cedarpines Park, California, United States

Full frame-off multi-year restoration completed in 2008.  Garage kept and lightly used since.  Car is still fresh and show quality.  There were no deviations from original during the restoration.  This is the correct factory Royal Glow paint with tri-color interior.  370ci/300hp V8 with Olds Hydra-Matic automatic transmission.  Power windows, seat, steering and brakes.  Engine and transmission were totally rebuilt and the car runs, shifts, stops and drives like new.  It is whisper-quiet when running.  All lights, gauges and accessories work, except for the factory radio, but there is an aftermarket unit mounted discreetly under the dash which utilizes upgraded speakers in the factory locations.  Fully detailed engine compartment.  The car comes with a correctly painted, mint-condition continental kit that is currently stored in the trunk.  The 98 Holiday Coupe was expensive when new.  It was Olds' top-of-the-line offering and  is rarer than the lower-priced Super 88 series but the longer chassis provides for a better-proportioned automobile.  A complete photo history of the restoration is available as wells as a folder full of receipts.  This may be one of the best 1957 Olds Starfire 98 hardtops in the world and if you like this color, you will probably never see another one. The only issues are the fuel gauge works intermittently and the lower seat trim is for a non-power seat car, meaning that there are no seat switches.  The seat motor works but you have to manually jump the wires to move the seat.  I'm 5'11" so if you are close to that, you won't have to move the seat. I am a serious car collector with about a dozen nice cars at any one time.  I have bought and sold cars at all the major auctions and actually submitted this one to Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale next month.  As you may know, all cars at B-J are sold with no reserve so the day and time your car crosses the block is a very important consideration in deciding whether to take the risk.   They gave me a Thursday afternoon lot number and I think the car deserves better than that, so I turned them down.

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This Or That: 1980 Oldsmobile 442 vs. 1989 BMW 635CSi [w/poll]

Thu, 09 Oct 2014

The last time I roped a coworker into an automotive debate, I lost. Resoundingly, I might add. Still, 2,385 voters chose to cast their lots for the Fiat 500 Abarth, as opposed to 5,273 choosing the Ford Fiesta ST, and so I can rest easy in the knowledge that at least 30 percent of you, dear readers, see things my way. I still like to think we have more fun, too.
My loss in the first round of our This or That series, in which two Autoblog editors pick sides on any given topic and then attempt to explain why the other is completely wrong, didn't stop me from picking another good-natured fight, this time with Senior Editor Seyth Miersma. Last time, our chosen sides were eerily similar in design, albeit quite different in actual execution. This time, our vehicular peculiarities couldn't seemingly fall any further from one another: A 1980 Oldsmobile 442 wouldn't seem to match up in comparison to a 1989 BMW 635CSi.
How did we come up with such disparate contenders? Simple, really. Seyth and I mutually agreed to choose a car that's currently for sale online. It had to be built and sold in the 1980s, and it had to be a coupe. The price cap was set at $10,000. The fruits of our searching labors will henceforth be disputed, with Seyth on the side of the Germans, and myself arguing in favor of the Rocket Olds. Am I setting myself up for another lopsided loss?

Jay Leno bangs up his own Toronado in GT6

Wed, 11 Dec 2013

Ever since Gran Turismo 4, Jay Leno has had at least one of his cars included in the popular racing simulator (starting with the Tank Car), and more of his machines appears in Gran Turismo 6. They include this nose-heavy, front-wheel-drive V8-powered muscle car. Yes, that aptly describes a 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado - except Leno's is rear-wheel drive. And it has a Cadillac CTS-V race engine modified to pump out 1,070 horsepower.
For the latest Jay Leno's Garage episode, he takes his real Toronado out for a cruise and then drives the virtual one like he stole it, accruing some body damage along the way. Leno also drives the virtual supercar Mercedes-Benz designed for GT6, the AMG Vision Gran Turismo Concept that debuted at the LA Auto Show, along with the real one, which is a 1:1-scale model. The model is radio-controlled and equipped with a small electric motor, sufficient to move it on and off of auto show floors.
Head below to watch the episode, which includes a few words from GT6 creator Kazunori Yamauchi.

GM recalling 8.4M cars, 8.2M related to ignition problems

Mon, 30 Jun 2014

General Motors today announced a truly massive recall covering some 8.4 million vehicles in North America. Most significantly, 8.2 million examples of the affected vehicles are being called back due to "unintended ignition key rotation," though GM spokesperson Alan Adler tells Autoblog that this issue is not like the infamous Chevy Cobalt ignition switch fiasco.
For the sake of perspective, translated to US population, this total recall figure would equal a car for each resident of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, North Dakota, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Wyoming. Combined. Here's how it all breaks down:
7,610,862 vehicles in North America being recalled for unintended ignition key rotation. 6,805,679 are in the United States.