1955 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday For Sale
1955 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday
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Up for bid is my 1955 Oldsmobile 98 “Holiday”. It’s a four door hard top powered by a 324Oldsmobile Rocket engine. Thetransmission is 4-speed Hydromatic. Thiscar came from the factory with many options: power steering, power brakes,power windows, Wonderbar AM radio, power antenna, power seat, and an AutronicEye. The car was built with pride at theBoxwood (Wilmington), Delaware GM plant.
The car has a decent paint job on it but it’s not showquality. The rear bumper would need tobe re-chromed. The body is in decent shape with minor rust in some spots. The trunk floor has surface rust and a small holein it. At some point the driver’s floorwas rusted out but it had an amateur repair.The spare tire well has also been replaced but it’s an amateur repair aswell. The windshield and rear window arein good shape. The side windows havesome delamination and the passenger side front window has a crack. All of the exterior lighting works.
Inside you’ll find that the interior needs to beredone. The dash pad cover is in goodshape but the foam under it is hard. Thespeedometer doesn’t work but all of the other gauges work and the dash lightswork. The odometer reads 68,520. When I bought the car I was told this was theoriginal mileage. Because thespeedometer doesn’t work the true mileage is unknown but I was told the cardidn’t move much after the speedometer broke.The clock and radio don’t work.The power antenna was snapped off at some point but you can hear thatthe power antenna motor works. Thewindow motors work but they need a little help by pulling the windows up byhand. The steering wheel is in ok shapebut it does have some cracking. I’m notsure if the power seat work; it has been disconnected since I’ve owned thecar.
The engine runs but it hesitates on acceleration and smokesa little. The front main seal leaks oil.As far as I can tell the engine has never been rebuilt. The heater core and heater control werebypassed before I bought the car. I’mnot sure what type of condition they’re in.
This is thelist of items that have been repaired or replaced:
The gas tankwas repaired and resealed by Moyer Tank Renu and a new tank sender wasinstalled.
The carb(Rochester 4gc) was rebuilt by Carburetor USA (Collingswood, NJ).
The exhaustwas replaced from the manifold back (Midway Muffler, Elsmere, DE).
The mastercylinder and power steering pumps were rebuilt by Fusick.
All of thebrake lines and wheel cylinders were replaced.
All of thefuel lines were replaced.
An electricwiper motor was installed (from New Port Engineering).
A PertronixIgnition was installed and the spark plugs and plug wires were replaced.
The radiatorwas replaced (Cool Craft Components).
The fuel pump was replaced.
New Battery early summer 2017
I have a boxof trim and interior parts. The car has a clear Delaware title and isinspected until 2019. The black andwhite tag is not included in the sale. I’ve tried to represent the car as best as Icould in the description and the pictures, but I recommend you come see the carin person. The car is sold as is withno warranty. The buyer is responsible forshipping. I live close to I-95, I-295,I-495, andSR-141. Thank you forchecking out my auction!
On Jul-24-17 at 11:42:06 PDT, seller added the following information:
24 July 2017: I checked the ignition today and found the distributor vacuum advance isn\'t holding a vacuum. This may be contributing tothe hesitation on acceleration. A rebuilt vacuum advance costs $80 from Fusick (P/N VA8581).
