Vehicle Description
1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Fiesta Station Wagon
In 1959, Oldsmobile sold 194,102 examples of its newly restyled
"Linear Look" Dynamic 88, but only 11,298 of these were the Fiesta
station wagon, making it the second least common body style. Today,
these wagons are a rarity in any condition, which makes this
multiple traceable ownership history vehicle a noteworthy
automobile.
The current owner claims to have paperwork history on the car
dating to its original owner. Our consignor has owned the car twice
in its history and it has been well cared for, spent some time in
storage, on Nantucket, in Boston and it originated from a
dealership in Ardmore, PA. The original engine remains and has been
rebuilt along with the transmission.
Exterior
From an era when men were men and women were housewives, kids sat
in the back or stood in the hump and families went on vacations and
actually talked to each other and not on their cell phones. This
massive steel slab sided and finned creation has wrap around front
and rear glass, plenty of chrome and is presented in a two tone
Frost Blue and Polar White paint job. A large shaver style grille,
dual headlights, wide bumpers and jet age front quarter ornaments
that create the delineation between the white and blue with an ever
widening contrail as it streaks to the back of this wagon's
tailgate. On the way it passes by 4 doors, a front quarter mid
level trim spear, wide window trimmings and a sleek roofline in
blue. The back of the car is like a wide grinning face with a white
tailgate, tall rear glass and small fins with oval tail lights on
their edges. The grin is a wide red strip that stretches from edge
to edge and has turned down edges with chromed surrounds. Fancy
round tail lights reside in two drops of chrome formed by the rear
bumper as it conforms to the bottom of the rear quarters. Overall
paint has a few chips and some dulling, rust areas in the seams and
doors underlying and scratches. The chrome is slightly pitted, and
also has some scratches, but overall considering its age and the
amount of metal, it presents pretty well. And the design is late
50's wretched excess.
Interior
Sporting its original interior it will need some TLC on this front.
We see blue vinyl for the door panels and these have a white vinyl
streak running through them. Armrests show some splitting and
taping for repairs. The white is soiled on some doors. A full on
front bench is first and this shows with blue and gray striped
broadcloth inserts and solid blue vinyl bolsters. The driver's seat
is ripped and some stuffing is coming through. The uppers have a
white vinyl streak on the top section of the backs and this is also
torn at the seams and very dirty. The back bench is pretty good
with the same pattern showing only not torn or as soiled. It is an
80/20 split configuration. In the back for the "bed" it has worn
vinyl panels and some steel chromed dividers. The vinyl panels are
cracking off. Up front, a sleek white steering wheel fronts a jet
age dash with more two tone blue and white. Lots more chromed edge
trimmings, buttons, levers, toggles, and knobs are abundant within
the instrument cluster and driver controls. On the passenger side
is a neat inset into the dash top where a clock and some star 3D
graphics are inset into. Blue carpeting is covering the floors and
above is a white headliner showing sagging and tears.
Drivetrain
Under the hood looks pretty good I'd say with a gold painted block,
some chromed valve coverings and new hoses and wires, probably from
the rebuild of 4,000 miles ago. We gaze upon a 371ci of V8 topped
with a single 4-barrel carburetor and a Jetaway Hydramatic 4-speed
automatic transmission on back. The rear axle is a 3.08 config.
Some patina for the engine bay but it looks fairly clean
overall.
Undercarriage
Under this long steel beauty we see some light to moderate surface
rust in the X frame and some suspension parts. Floor pans are solid
and fenders are rust free with just some road dirt caked on them.
Suspension is independent coil springs for the fort and leaf
springs for the rear. Drum braking is on all 4 corners. Fairly
simple and some new mufflers are seen under here.
Drive-Ability
The car started easily and ran smoothly. Being a large car it
lumbered around turns and braking was solid and swift. It's a
cruiser and has room for the entire family and then some. All
functions were working.
Not often seen, a relic from the past with some snappy jet age
finned, chromed styling and nifty interior contemporary styling.
Excess but it smells of success!
597W05831
59-1959
7-Dynamic 88
W-Wilmington, DE Assy Plant
05831-Sequential Unit Number
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