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1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Coupe For Sale: Video

Bowing for the 1949 model year, the Oldsmobile 88 would become the most profitable of the company’s model lines from 1950 to 1974. The 88 would soldier through ten generations, with production ending when the final Eighty Eight (the name was spelled out beginning in 1989) rolled off the assembly line January 6th, 1999.

Our feature 1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Coupe is resplendent in Panama Blue and Polar White. The paint presents well enough, with a bit of orange peel visible here and there. Chrome bumpers may have been re-plated at some point, or they are remarkably well preserved. There is a bit of pitting visible on the front side of both rearview mirrors. Twin spotlights flank either side of the wraparound windshield. The Oldsmobile globe hood emblem sits beneath the “rocket” hood ornament. Bullet taillights frame the trunk. Painted steel wheels are covered by spinner hubcaps and wide whitewall bias-ply tires.

Inside the Oldsmobile Super 88, the blue-and-white color scheme has been carried over. The bench seats are covered in blue patterned fabric trimmed in white vinyl. The white-painted dash is covered by a blue dash pad. There are some nicks in the dash paint, likely indicating that this is the original finish. A full complement of gauges is arrayed above and on either side of the steering column. The center of the dash is occupied by a large glovebox and a pushbutton AM radio. On the passenger side, there is a clock and speaker. Carpets look to be either new or in exceptional condition for the age.

Under the Oldsmobile Super 88’s hood, there is a 324 cubic-inch “Rocket 88” V8 fed by a single four-barrel carb, producing 202 horsepower. Backing the Rocket 88 is a Hydramatic automatic gearbox. The engine bay is reasonably clean, although poor lighting makes it difficult to make out much detail.

This beautiful Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Coupe has covered just 45,782 miles from new. It is being offered by Garage Kept Motors for $29,900.

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  1. I was all of 6 years old when a neighbor brought one of those home. Dear me, but it was a gorgeous car. Lots of nice GMs in those days; the people next door to the Oldsmobile had one of those 1954 Bel Air hard tops in caramel brown and very light cream two-tone. Up the street was a new Packard Clipper. Those were the days.

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    1. Gentle Grizzly,

      Interesting that you remember the colors. These days it’s like we live in a black-and-white world. Everything is black, white, or some shade of silver-grey. There is little color anymore in the automotive landscape. I know that’s stating the obvious but I can’t imagine 50 years from now someone fondly remembering the arrival of their neighbor’s new silver RAV-4.

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      1. Uncle Frank had one this color. It was fast for its time . He let me sit on his lap and steer. Nice memories.

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      2. Ci2Eye: I had to laugh when reading your comment. Soooo true. I have friends who have heard me say that same basic thing. I just can’t see hardly any cars today being desired like this car.

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      3. We seem to be gravitating back to the days of Henry Ford “you can have any color you wish, so long as it’s black”.

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  2. What a stunning car with class beyond anything offered today. Love the two-tone.

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    1. Boy how did they do that two tone at the factory back then. ?

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  3. Wow, brings back childhood memories. Got picked up for Sunday school in one of these. Two tone black/white. I always liked the center horn button with globe. Owner replaced it with a new black Bonneville in 1965.

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  4. This is when cars were cars.

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  5. With all the computers and electronics in new cars are unlikely to last anywhere near 50 years. Simplicity lasts.

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  6. Nice car ,glad someone loved it ! still on the road a nice car for that trip down the old road all 4 windows down , on a fall afternoon no radio on just the sound of that Oldsmobile rocket v8 exhaust as for today’s cars 5 minutes , can’t think of anything to say or remember 20 years from now ? Did get to see some of the last NA ice v8 cars

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  7. I really like that 55 Olds. Where can it be seen? How much is it? What is the cost to ship it to Albany, NY?

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