Oldsmobile 1948 - 1954 custom & mild custom

elle était à vendre sur ebay.com celle-là y a pas longtemps je crois ...

Jerry.D a écrit:
j'etais sur que tu nous lirais !!!

tu m'étonnes ! là ou y a de la olds, y a du Jul

Predicta a écrit:

trés jolis et etonnament discret les feux packard

-Original rebuilt 324" Olds Rocket V8, Edelbrock 4 barrel carb, rebuilt generator and starter, custom true dual exhaust with glasspack mufflers. Almost all bolt on components have been powdercoated.

-Original rebuilt automatic transmission (4 speed Hydramatic).

-Front Suspension:
Completely rebuilt (all parts are powder coated), New front springs (lowered by cutting 1st coil off), all new/rebuilt steering components other than steering box, idler arm and draglink rebuild (idler arm and draglink rebuild kit is included with the car), all new brakes (master cylnder, wheel cylnders, lines, shoes, springs etc). Drum brake residual valves installed, new rear brake drums, all wheels have been powdercoated and wrapped with Diamondback wide white radial tires including full sized spare.

Rear Suspension:
Original Olds rearend, air bagged with Slam Specialties 6" bags. The compressor and 1 gallon reciever tank are from Air Ride Specialties. The rearend is attached using 36" boxed radius rods with greasable chromoly rod ends and located side to side with Competition Engineering panhard bar. The frame has been c-notched and boxed after the dog leg allowing the car to sit with the rear bumper 2" off the ground with the bags deflated.

Body:
Sanded to bare metal and repainted in 2006. There is no body filler in the car other than in the drivers quarter panel, seriously. Nosed, decked, shaved rear door handles and trim holes (doors finished in lead). Comes with fender skirts (not installed).

Replaced the floors and relieved transmission tunnel and rear seat area to allow drive shaft/radius rod travel when car is lowered. Completely restructured trunk area with custom storage boxes built into the sides allowing a Summit Racing 15 gallon poly fuel cell with new fuel lines to mount underneath the car. I have insulation cut and ready to install on the floors and in the roof.

Car has been completely rewired using an EZ wiring kit (all new wiring and fuser block). I have installed a Newport Engineering electric wiper motor, Auxilary electric engine cooling fan, Autometer gauges (oil pressure, volts, water temp and fuel level), CD player.

If you're any kind of fan of Gene Winfield and the style of customs he developed-a look that inspired many customizers who followed-you may recognize that style in Robert Bennett's '54 Oldsmobile.


Robert says that he was one of those many customizers influenced by Winfield's smooth and clean body mods. When he began making plans for his own project, he knew he wanted to build "a fun, late-Fifties traditional custom" that would be "fast, loud, and dependable."



Robert is a GM guy, but he didn't want anything earlier than 1954 because he liked the longer-looking lines of the later models. And he didn't want a '55-57 Chevy because he'd seen plenty already. The search didn't take long or lead too far. A friend's dad had purchased this completely stock, but really rough, '54 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 hardtop, which had previously been sitting forgotten for decades. After extracting the engine, transmission, rearend, and steeringwheel, the man had no further need for the car-but Robert did.



Although the complete build took 10 years, Robert wasted no time getting started on the Olds, driving and showing it in the meantime. He said the car evolved though three phases during that decade. The first stage saw the top removed as the hardtop made its transformation toward becoming a roadster, some trim stripped, and the headlights frenched. During the second stage, the cowl area was smoothed and filled, the basecoat was sprayed, and the car picked up a few dings and even some bullet holes. It went back into the shop for the third stage, where the interior was finished and fresh paint and clear were added.

During those years, Robert was constantly on the lookout for the pieces he needed to build the car. He found them the hard way, spending years hitting swap meets from San Diego to Sacramento. It wasn't always quick or convenient (the steering wheel and the horn ring were two years apart), but it fits his traditional philosophy: "If all you do is open a catalog, you're not really customizing."



He also got a lot of items, and a lot of information, from Fusick Automotive Products in East Windsor, Connecticut, which specializes in OEM parts for muscle car-era and earlier Oldsmobiles. And he got encouragement from his fellow members of the Lifters car club as well as the Illegales car club.


When he was ready to recover the interior, Robert insisted on "real" tuck 'n' roll-the kind you could only get in Tijuana back in the day. But a trip south of the border revealed that the old shops were gone; however, he was able to locate a retired Mexican upholsterer in his own area who was willing to do the job. To do it any other way just wouldn't have been right. That uncompromising approach was applied to every corner of the Oldsmobile. "If I couldn't get it done, or they didn't do it, I found a guy who could do it," Robert said.


Probably the most amazing part of this custom is the part that isn't there. It took some serious ambition to want to turn a Holiday 88 hardtop into a genuine roadster, and some serious skills to pull it off this well. Robert performed the preliminary surgery on the top, and professional builder Jeff Dodge did the windshield chop and handled the sheetmetal work to complete the transition.


Since it's been done, Robert has continued to drive the Olds as much as he did when it was in progress-and participates in a lot of car shows, providing spectators with a look at a remarkable custom that carries on the traditional tradition.



article original: http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/featuredvehicles/0906rc_1954_olsmobile_holiday_88/viewall.html#ixzz2MMoEk5y9

la 53 de Tobias Andersson

Elle est superbe, mais perso je trouve dommage le frenchage des phares qui enlève le chromes d'entourage si beau et si caractéristiques des Olds de ce époque.

une ninety eight club sedan de 50

You a looking at a 1949 Olds 88 Fastback. The coolest thing about this car is that while has been modified, it is largely stock. Here si what has been done:



- The car has the original V8 engine which has been rebuilt by a professional shop. It now has a two barrel intake manifold and two carbs but they are all parts from 1949. VERY cool looking!
- The car the original rear end and transmission which have also been rebuilt by a professional shop
- The interior is new and in perfect condition
- The body is in excellent condition with not visible rust. There is one small paint crack above the tail light area on the drivers side.
- The paint is fantastic!
- The chrome and stainless trim are all fantastic


The Modifications:
- The car has an Air Ride Technologies system with separate ride height for the front and rear.
- All door and truck handles have been shaved and use remote pops hidden on the car and/or the key chain to open them.
- 1959 Cadillac tail lights have been molded into the body and the normal Oldsmobile tail lights and trim has been eliminated
- The car now has power disc brakes using the original pedals
- The car has Rack and Pinion (non-powered) steering
- New steel belted wide white wall tires
- There is also a hidden CD player in the car and a subwoofer has been placed in the trunk is a custom fit box.

1953 OLDSMOBILE HOLIDAY 88


400CI V8 CUSTOM HOT ROD

400 TURBO TRANSMISSION W/HURST FLOOR SHIFTER

VERY RARE 2DR COUPE "NO POST"

AUTOMATIC

POWER STEERING AND BRAKES

*****AIR CONDITIONED*****

PROFESSIONAL PAINT

ELECTRIC CURRENT RED WITH MOTHER OF PEARL WHITE


~Shaved Door Handles ~Electric Door & Trunk Poppers ~Frenched Head & Tail Lights ~Nosed & Decked ~Louvered Hood ~Custom Grill ~Tinted Glass ~Electric Current Red & Pearl ~400 Chevy Motor ~400 Turbo Trans ~Hurst Shifter ~Air Conditioning ~Power Steering ~Modified Holly 750 ~Dual Exhaust ~Interior Rolled & Pleated ~Padded Dash ~Guage Pack ~Fully Customized,

BODY
..RARE OLDS 98, 2 DOOR FASTBACK, HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN?
..OLDER CUSTOM LOWERED, LOW RIDER, CRUISER
..HOOD NOSED WITH VERY NICE TRIM FILLED CENTER RIB
..DECK LID TRIM REMOVED WITH REMOTE LATCH
..EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES REMOVED WITH ELECTRIC LATCHES
..HIGH QUALITY OLDER WHITE PAINT WITH A FEW TOUCHUPS REQUIRED AND A GOOD WAX JOB
..NEWER RADIAL WIDE WHITE TIRES WITH CHROME WIRE WHEELS
..EURO HEADLIGHTS


DRIVETRAIN
..305 CHEVROLET V8 WITH 4 BBL AFB CARBURETOR
..OLDSMOBILE VALVE COVERS
..HEI IGNITION
..GM 700R AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH OVERDRIVE
..VINTAGE AIR CONDITIONING WORKS GOOD


INTERIOR
..LATER GM STEERING COLUMN WITH CUSTOM WHEEL
..UNDERDASH GAUGES
..DARK BLUE CLOTH INTERIOR
..CADILLAC POWER BENCH SEAT, NEEDS HOOKED UP
..HIDDEN STEREO