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1955 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday hardtop coupe 1955 Oldsmobile 88 Coupe The 1955 models were heavily facelifted with new grillework, taillights and body-side chrome. Horsepower for the 324-cubic-inch Rocket V8 increased to 185 for 88s and 202 for Super 88s.
The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, ... 1954 F-88; 1955 88 Delta; 1956 Golden Rocket; 1957 F-88 ...
The car used a 324 cubic inch (5.3 litre) Super 88 V8 engine with a four-barrel carburetor with a small, flat air cleaner. The Corvette-derived rear axle had a ratio of 3.55:1. The console was modified from the 1953 Oldsmobile console with a tachometer added and customizing the fascia of the gauges. The instrument panel of the F-88 was later ...
Oldsmobile Delta 88 (1949–1999) While the "88" series of Oldsmobile's date back to the 1940s, and were offered in a variety of trim levels, the introduction of the Delta 88, which superseded the Super 88 line as Olds' mid-level full-sized vehicles, was a watershed event for the division. Better trimmed than the low price Dynamic 88 range, but ...
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.
Upholstery was vinyl, cloth or leather. Standard tire size was 8.50 x 14 inches. With the 394 cu in (6.5 L) Rocket now standard equipment on the Oldsmobile 88, a higher compression version was made standard equipment on the 98 and Super 88 with horsepower rising to 325 in 1961 and 330 in 1962. It was dubbed the "Skyrocket" from 1961 to 1963.
1947 Buick Super Woody [5] 1951 Oldsmobile 88 [5] 1951 Buick Super 8 Special [5] 1953 Buick Skylark [5] 1955-57 Buick Century [5] 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88 Convertible Coupe [5] 1957 Pontiac Star Chief [5] 1958-1966 Pontiac Bonneville [5] 1960 Oldsmobile Super 88 [5] 1962-1966 Pontiac Grand Prix; 1964-1970 Chevrolet Impala [5] 1961-1973 Pontiac ...
The 1955 model upped the compression to 8.5:1 for 185 hp (138 kW) and 320 lb⋅ft (430 N⋅m) in the 88 and 202 hp (151 kW) and 332 lb⋅ft (450 N⋅m) in the Super 88 and 98. For engines built during the first part of 1955, the 324 skirted pistons had a reputation for failing due to the cast aluminum skirt separating from its steel interior brace.