A heart stopper beauty! One of the best classic cars around today!
Year / Make: 1949 Oldsmobile 88 sedan
Price: $35,000 Obo
Vehicle Type: Classic American sedan
Engine: 350 Olds
Mileage: 33,033 miles!
Transmission: 3-speed automatic
Exterior: Dark Silver and Black.
Interior: Tan Vinyl upholstery
Drive: RWD
Stock #: C-Thebest
Contact Person: George C.
Contact Phone: (808) 265-7166
Contact Phone #2: (808) 258-8591
Contact E-Mail: Gcorreia@Clearwire.net
More Details: (CLICK ON ANY of the 1949 Olds '88 pics and they will show larger in the top view box.)

One of the best. ( COME TO THE KRUSE CLASSIC CAR AUCTION AT THE HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER, FEBRUARY 13th & 14th TO BID ON THIS CAR!)

(THERE ARE 40 PICTURES OF THIS 1949 Oldsmobile '88. (You can click on any one picture and it will show larger in the top view box.)

The Oldsmobile 88 (a.k.a. Eighty-Eight) was a full-size car sold by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors and produced from 1949 until 1999.

From 1950 to 1974 the 88 was the division's top-selling line, particularly the entry-level models such as the 88 and Dynamic 88.

The 88 series was also an image leader for Oldsmobile, particularly in the early years (1949–51) when it was one of the best performing automobiles thanks to its relatively small size, light weight and advanced overhead-valve high-compression V8 engine originally designed for the larger and more luxurious 98 series but dropped into the smaller six-cylinder Oldsmobile 76 body, creating what was considered the granddaddy of the musclecars of the 1960s.

A large number of variations in nomenclature were seen over this long model run—Delmont, Delta, Dynamic, Jetstar, Starfire, Super, Holiday, L/S, LSS, Celebrity, and Royale were used at various times with the 88 badge, and Fiesta appeared on some station wagons in the 1950s and 1960s.

The name was more commonly shown as numbers in the earlier years and was usually spelled out in the later.

The Oldsmobile Eighty Eight was produced in Wentzville, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; and Lake Orion, Michigan.

Oldsmobile introduced the 88 badge in 1949. It was named to complement the already-existing 76 and 98. The new car used the six-cylinder 76's A-body platform with a powerful new Rocket V8 engine.

This combination of a relatively small light body and large, powerful engine made it a precursor to the muscle car. The Rocket 88 vaulted Oldsmobile from a somewhat staid, conservative car to a performer that became the one to beat on the NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) circuits.

It won six of the nine NASCAR late-model division races in 1949, 10 of 19 in 1950, 20 of 41 in 1952, and eventually eclipsed by the low-slung, powerful Hudson Hornet, but it was still the first real "King of NASCAR."

This led to increased sales to the public. There was a pent up demand for new cars in the fast-expanding post World War II economy, and the 88 appealed to many ex-military personnel who were young and had operated powerful military equipment.

The 88 enjoyed a great success, inspiring a popular 1950s slogan, "Make a Date with a Rocket 88", and also a song, "Rocket 88", often considered the first rock and roll record. Starting with the trunk-lid emblem of the 1950 model, Oldsmobile would adopt the rocket as its logo, and the 88 name would remain in the Olds lineup until the late 1990s, almost until the end of Oldsmobile itself.

Styling changes for the 1950 model include the replacement of a two-piece windshield with a one-piece unit and the addition of the Holiday hardtop coupe to the line.

Also a three-speed manual transmission with column shift became available as a "delete for credit" option to the Hydra-Matic automatic transmission.

The 88 now outsold the six-cylinder 76 lineup, which was dropped entirely after the 1950 model year.

For 1951, the 88 was now the entry-level Olds with the discontinuation of the six-cylinder 76 line, which meant that all Oldsmobiles were powered by Rocket V8s. New this year was the more upscale Super 88 line which included a more luxurious interior than the base 88 and used the slightly larger GM B-body with 121-inch (3,100 mm) wheelbase shared with the Buick Special as opposed to the standard 88's A-body, which would be dropped after this year.

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