[Bonemaker]

Nevermind the last one...just give me a ‘55 or ‘57 Super 88.

[Insigne123]

For 1957, Olds made both a Golden Rocket & Super 88 in both sedan & Holiday 88 sedan, which came as a pillarless hardtop or coupe. The Golden Rocket/Super 88 Fiesta wagons also had no pillars. Golden was base, Super midlevel, & Holiday an option for each. Next up were Starfire & Holiday 98 sedans, coupes, which were longer & high-end types. The Holiday 98 models were top-of-the-line. All model lines had a convertible. Base: Golden Rocket 88/Golden Holiday 88 Golden Rocket 88 Fiesta Mid: Super 88/Super Holiday 88 Super 88 Fiesta Top: Starfire 98/Starfire Holiday 98 This year featured gold-sprayed 371” Rocket 88 engine in both four-barrel & J-2 triple 2V carburetion; no 2V came til ’58 when they capped fore & aft carbs. The J-2 had 3 Rochesters; 1 linked & 2 vacuum-dumped, non-progressive linkage (front & rear gummed up from non-use). They also had a J-2R & a J-2-W1 “export engine” with whatever Olds’ Bill Holt & Pete Estes could get away with as a factory engine part for Lee Petty (Olds gave all their parts a number so Bill France wouldn’t call them cheaters). You may have a thin, high 10-1 compression head gasket which some say were part of the package. Dimpled valve covers mean you have rare, semi-legitimate Isky/Crane solid-lifter cam & adjustable rockers for clearance.

[rickomatic]

Nevermind the last one...just give me a ‘55 or ‘57 Super 88.

With the J-2 tri power option, of course. I had a 1966 442 convertible with the L-69 tri power option in the late 90's that I had bought to restore. Times got tight and I had to sell it for what I paid for it. I'm still kicking myself.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Been eyeballin a 67 Delmont tjat is just wasting away in the rain near me....cool lines and curves....and same car Ted Kennedy drove into causeway.

Kinda wanna buy it, refurbish it, name it Mary Joe