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The Starfire name was first used by Oldsmobile on a one-of-a-kind dream car that was shown at the 1953 Motorama auto show. Named after the Lockheed F-94 Starfire jet fighter, the original Starfire was a 4-passenger convertible that had a fiberglass body, a 200 hp (150 kW) overhead valve Rocket V8 engine, bucket seats for all passengers and a wraparound windshield.
1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Celebrity Sedan, rear view 1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 interior. An all-new body and chassis with perimeter "Guard Beam" frame and all-coil suspension replacing the previous leaf springs highlighted the 1961 full-sized Oldsmobiles, which were joined by the new compact F-85. All full-sized Oldsmobiles were now powered ...
The Roto Hydramatic was used in all full-sized Oldsmobile models including the Dynamic 88, Super 88, Ninety-Eight and Starfire from 1961-1964 as well as the compact Oldsmobile F-85 from 1961-1963.
Steve Knott identified the car, “without a doubt, a 1961 Oldsmobile Super 88 or perhaps a 98 two-door hardtop.” He said the removal of some chrome made a positive identification a challenge.
The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, ... 1961: 1999 442: 1964: 1980 1985: 1987 1990: 1991 ...
They would share the same body shell and lightweight engine. Oldsmobile designer Irv Rybicki began work on the Olds model in 1957. It finally went on sale in 1960 as a 1961 model. The Oldsmobile F-85 shared the new "Y-body" platform with the Buick Special and Pontiac Tempest, using a 112-inch (2845 mm) wheelbase and still-novel unibody ...
1961–1963 Buick's Dual-Path Turbine Drive; 1961–1964 Roto Hydramatic — Compact Hydramatic-based 3-speed used by Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Holden, Vauxhall and Opel; 1962-1972 TempestTorque — Powerglide-based 2-speed with "Split-Torque". 1964–1969 Super Turbine 300 — 2-speed (aka Buick ST-300, Oldsmobile Jetaway, Pontiac "Automatic")
For 1961, and 1961 only, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was renamed Classic Ninety-Eight ; nevertheless, most factory literature refers to the line as the Ninety-Eight. [15] A fifth body style was added to the four offered since 1955: a 4-door 6-window hardtop, previously exclusive to Cadillac and the Buick Electra.