Vehicle Description
1959 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Four-door Flat-Top Hardtop� Two-tone
Cardinal Red over Polaris White exterior (code CLL) and two-tone
gray cloth and ivory leather interior (code 386) Debut year for the
Rocket 394 CID V-8 engine Jetaway Hydramatic four-speed automatic
transmission with 3.42 gearing New tires Power steering, power
windows and two-way power front seat Looking for your own Merry
Oldsmobile? Come by MotoeXotica Classic Cars and check out our top
of the line 1959 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Four-door Flat-Top Hardtop.
This particular example was built at GM's Kansas City, Kansas
factory. This is a very original car overall with a high quality
respray that is show worthy. Finished in Cardinal Red over Polaris
White (code CLL), this car's paint and trim are in overall
excellent condition. The wraparound windshield, backlight and other
windows are all clear and intact while the car's lights present
overall very well, too, with parking lights separating the quad
headlights, European-style sideview mirrors on the fenders and the
torpedo-like taillamps incorporated into the tailfins as part of
"The Linear Look." This car rolls on wide whitewall tires, American
Classics, size P235/75R14 and those tires are wrapped around steel
wheels topped by factory wheel covers that echo the car's "jet age"
style. The bodywork is straight and solid, the engine bay is tidy,
the battery looks fresh and the bumpers are a tight fit. Beneath
that expansive hood is a 394 CID Rocket V-8 engine, in its first
model year. It is mated to a Jetaway Hydramatic four-speed
automatic transmission and a 3.42:1 rear end. Driver convenience
features include power steering, power brakes, power windows and a
two-way power front seat. Inside, the car's two-tone gray cloth and
ivory interior (code 386) is in overall very good condition. The
bench seats are in good order; the rear even sports a folding
center armrest. The black carpet and the gray and white instrument
panel are in similar condition to the seats. The headliner show
some wear but the white, two-spoke steering wheel with its deep "V"
center looks fantastic. The inner door panels, mirror glass and
shifter are all in good condition. Completing the interior is a
factory AM radio and clock, which still ticks! The�Oldsmobile
98�(sometimes spelled�Ninety-Eight�after 1958) was
Oldsmobile's�full-size�flagship model produced from 1940 until
1996. The name � reflecting a "Series 90" fitted with an
eight-cylinder engine � first appeared in 1941 and was used again
after American consumer automobile production resumed post-World
War II. For 1959, the Oldsmobile lineup was completely redesigned.
However, unlike other GM makes, Oldsmobile continued to use a full
perimeter frame, instead of the GM X-frame.�The 98 shared its
appearance with the�Oldsmobile 88. Oldsmobile stayed with its top
series format by offering four body styles on an exclusive
126.3-inch wheelbase. Standard equipment included oil filter, turn
signals, air scoop brakes, Safety Spectrum speedometer, rocker
panel moldings, special emblems, parking brake light, sponge vinyl
headliner, deep twist carpeting, electric clock, wheel trim
moldings, power steering, power brakes and
Jetaway�Hydramatic�Drive. Interiors were selected from leather,
Moroccean or cloth in different colors. The 394�CID, the largest
first generation�Rocket�V-8, was used from 1959 until 1964. The 98
shared its General Motors�C-body�platform with�Buick�and�Cadillac.
As it was the top-line Oldsmobile, the series had the most
technologically advanced items available, such as
the�Hydramatic�automatic transmission, the�Autronic Eye, an
automatic headlight dimmer and�Twilight Sentinel�(a feature that
automatically turned the headlights on and off via a timer, as
controlled by the driver), and the highest-grade interior and
exterior trim. In 1959, Oldsmobile models were completely
redesigned with a rocket motif from front to rear, as the top of
the front fenders had a chrome rocket, while the body-length fins
were shaped as rocket exhausts which culminated in a fin-top
taillight. The 1959 models also offered several roof treatments,
such as the pillared sedan with a fastback rear window and the
Holiday Sport Sedan, which was a flat-roofed pillarless hardtop
with wraparound front and rear glass. The 1959 models were marketed
as "the linear look" and featured a bar-graph speedometer which
showed a green indicator through 35 miles per hour, then changed to
orange until 65 miles per hour, then was red above that until the
highest speed read by the speedometer, 120 miles per hour. Power
windows were available on the 98 models, as were two-speed electric
windshield wipers with electrically powered windshield washers.
Competition to this Oldsmobile in 1959 included Buick's Electra 225
sedan, Cadillac's Sedan de Ville, Chrysler's Saratoga sedan,
DeSoto's Fireflite sedan, Lincoln's Continental Mark IV Town Car
and Mercury's Montclair sedan This car is currently located at our
facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer
shows 53,381 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and
clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! Click here for
our Flat-Top Olds YouTube video! VIN: 599K05663 Note: Please see
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