Vehicle Description
1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Coupe - Rocket 88 324cid/202hp
4bbl V8 - Hydramatic Gearbox - Beautiful Blue and White Color
Scheme - Fresh Engine Tune Up - Stunning Example (Please note: If
you happen to be viewing this 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday
Coupe on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
car due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all the more than 145 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) With go-fast looks and 'rocket'-based marketing, providing
power under the hood to back up the boasts was essential. Of
course, Oldsmobile excelled in this area.... �€" Hemmings Classic
Car, July 2017 The Hemmings writer continued to describe
Oldsmobile's Rocket Power: (The) V-8 that wowed the public with its
overhead-valves and 135 horsepower when introduced for the 1949
models, grew to 324 cubic inches for 1954 and received top-end
breathing enhancements to increase horsepower to 185 with the
'Quadri-Jet' four-barrel and 170 hp with the two-barrel. For 1955,
a higher 8.5:1 compression ratio, higher lift hydraulic-lifter cam,
and improved combustion chambers increased the power rating of the
four-barrel, 324-cu.in. engine to 202 hp and the two-barrel version
to 185 hp. Offered here is a 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday
Coupe--powered by the 324 V8--in ivory and medium powder-blue with
the same color combination featured in the interior. Oldsmobile
advertising people must have loved this combination because it
alone was featured in a full-page magazine ad for the 1955 models.
The car has been lovingly maintained and has amassed just 45,782
miles, fewer than 700 miles per-year on average. This stunning Olds
is virtually guaranteed to steal the show at any cruise-in or
weekend car show. The car's exterior paint-- smooth, glossy, and
even across the entire body-- shows extremely well, and the color
combination is lovely, somehow capturing the free-wheeling spirit
of the Fifties and the style Oldsmobiles were noted for. The same
is true for the many unique style touches incorporated in the body.
From one of the most attractive front grilles of the time with its
individual chrome letters spelling out Oldsmobile, to the stylish
shape of the chrome trim separating the two colors on its flanks,
to the bullet-shaped taillights, the Super 88's uniquely attractive
design is a thing of beauty. The Holiday Coupe hardtop choice is
perfect. Badging and emblems-including the globe-design hood
emblem, map-design trunk emblem, and Super 88 rocket model
designation-are all in place in well-preserved condition. Chrome
bumpers and trim retain excellent shine; the rocket hood ornament
is automotive art. The car has twin spotlights installed, a popular
period upgrade. Lightly tinted cabin glass is free of cracks or
damage; the wraparound windshield is particularly attractive on
this model. Chrome faux-spinner wheel covers and wide whitewall
tires complete the presentation. Inside, treats for the eyes
abound. The exterior color combination graces the car's door trim,
dashboard, and seating. The brocade-appearing seat-upholstery
pattern (in blue and ivory with ivory vinyl here) was unique to
Oldsmobile. All interior surfaces-chrome, fabric, paint, instrument
lenses-show what 66 years of loving care can produce. The driver's
dashboard view is stunning. The world-design Oldsmobile logo in the
center of the steering wheel, the chrome controls, the delicate
column-mounted shifter for the Hydramatic transmission, twin
circular-shaped dash treatments (one housing the speedometer, the
other a clock and radio-speaker grille), the waterfall-design
center panel repeated in chrome facing the front passenger all make
for a beautiful view of still more automotive art, and out the
windshield across the long hood. Powder-blue looped-pile carpeting
covers the c
