1957 - Oldsmobile Ninety-eight on 2040-cars
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 2014The 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 2013Ever 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.
Ferrari FF pitted against Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in crazy Generation Gap comparison
Thu, 13 Nov 2014The folks behind Generation Gap have lost their minds with this latest video. The goal here is to determine the ultimate family cruiser, but the choices are what you would least expect, with a heavily modded 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser going up against a 2012 Ferrari FF.
You might anticipate an over-40-year-old Oldsmobile to pale in comparison to any modern Ferrari, but this wagon has a ton of secrets under its skin thanks to Lingenfelter. First, it packs a supercharged LS3 V8 with a claimed 650 horsepower and a six-speed manual gearbox. That big upgrade in power is further helped with air suspension and massive Wilwood disc brakes. The result is nothing short of deafening, with blaring yelps whenever the driver even nudges the accelerator.
The alternative sounds just as good, albeit in very different way. The Ferrari's 6.3-liter V12 pumps out 651 hp and 504 pound-feet with a part-time all-wheel drive system. While the FF lacks a lot of the hauling ability of the Olds, it makes up for the deficit in handling, luxury, and in many eyes, simply by having the famous prancing horse on the grille.