Vehicle Description
Take a look at this award winning 1940 Oldsmobile Series 60
Convertible brought to you by Caruso Classic Cars. This is truly a
high end build with obsessive detailing evident throughout. The car
has only 23,000 miles on it since the frame off restoration was
completed in 2001. It has won many awards and has been featured in
numerous publications over the years. The restoration began by
reworking the floor and inner fenders to make them solid so the
body could be removed for chassis work. The stock frame was then
Z'd to accommodate Corvette suspension in both the front and rear.
The chassis' anti-roll bar, springs, spindles, steering rack,
brakes, master cylinder, and power booster are all either stock or
aftermarket Corvette products. Budnik cobalt wheels complete the
rolling chassis. The hood as well as each fender was molded and the
head light area was modified to accommodate Mercedes-Benz
headlights. The grille and the sheet metal surrounding it was
redesigned. In the rear, the roll pan was modified to accommodate
custom exhaust pipes and custom designed tail lights were located
in the widened fiberglass fenders. The color is a custom House of
Kolor mix dubbed "Apricot Perfect". The convertible top was
reworked resulting in the roof line being dropped nearly 2 inches.
The top is powered by a custom pneumatic system incorporating the
original cylinders. It can be opened and closed without the engine
running Olds 455ci was located, machined, and fine-tuned. The block
was bored .030 over. The heads were ported, polished, and cc'd. An
Edelbrock cam and lifters were used along with Milodon springs and
rockers. The Edelbrock intake manifold and quadrajet carburetor are
topped off with a custom air cleaner made from three headlight
buckets. The interior features power, heated, leather Cadillac DTS
front seats. The rear seats are from the same Cadillac and were
molded to fit the Olds. The custom carbon fiber dash houses VDO
gauges, a Sony stereo, switches, and the glovebox. It also features
power windows and Air Conditioning. Awards: 2001 Boston World of
Wheels "Best in Class" and "Outstanding use of color" 2001 NSRA
Nationals East "Director's Pick" 2001 Goodguys East Coast "Coolest
Pick" 2001 NSRA Nationals Northeast PPG's Best Use of Color 2001
Crusin New England Super Wheels Showdown 2001 Mohegan Sun Elite
Dream Machines 2004 and 2007 Adirondack Nationals "Favorite 50
Pick" And many more to date. Publications: Featured in Street
Rodder Aug. 2002 Featured in Streetscene April 2002 Featured in the
coffee table book "Great American Hot Rods" by Keith Harman and
Chuck Vranas. Photos appeared in StreetRod builder, NSRA Yearbook,
and Hemmings Rods and Performance. Specs: Manufacturer Oldsmobile 1
of 1285 manufactured Wheelbase 116 Chassis Mods Z'd by Stan Rearend
/ Ratio Corvette, / 2.73:1 Suspension Corvette C-4 front & rear
Brakes Corvette power 4 wheel disc Master Cylinder Corvette
Steering Corvette rack, GM column Front Tires Michelin, 225/4517
Rear Tires Michelin, 275/4017 Gas Tank Steel 17 gals. Wheels Budnik
Cobalt design Engine 1976 Oldsmobile 455 bored, balanced, ported,
polished Pistons TRW Camshaft Edelbrock Alternator 100-amp Radiator
Aluminum Crossflow Heads Oldsmobile, J-ported, polished Induction
Edelbrock Quadrajet Air cleaner Custom made steel Ignition/ Wires
GM HEI / Taylor Headers Sanderson Exhaust / Muffler 2/12 Stainless
/ Borla Transmission GM 200-4R Body Convertible /steel Hood One
piece peaked Grille Custom handmade Billet aluminum, custom front
roll pan Other modifications: V butted windshield Handmade steel
running boards Electric door latches, hidden handles Power widows
including vents Pneumatic power convertible top Power trunk latch
Smooth firewall & insert fender panels Widen rear fenders (glass)
E320 Mercedes Benz headlights molded to front fenders. Custom-made
wrap-around taillights Dashboard Steel, covered in leather with
carbon fiber accent Glove box Gauges VDO Stereo Sony in dash with
CD changer in the trunk Air conditioning Airtique Heat-Defrost
Wiring E-Z kit Seats 2000 Cadillac DTS (neutral shale leather) 16
way power, heat and shoulder harness Carpet Tan wool Paint House of
Kolor / custom apricot pearl Don't miss your chance to own this one
of kind convertible. Additional information is available upon
request.Call Nick at 774-289-5814
