holy cow! guess what i found/saw??? OT

[claybill]

yesterday i was talking with a local farmer about 'the old days' when we were kids..!!! the story was he had the fastest car in the county....."do ya wanna see it?" we plowed thru ravines, woods, dried up creekbeds and cow plops..there it sat, over the axles in mud and years of weather...1957 olds 98 holiday coupe, v8 triple carb, standard shift on column!!! matching numbers, leather interior.???? he wants to be buried in it!!!!

i wonder what the production #'s were on a rare car like that?

claybill

[Plymouthy Adams]

wrong car..Burt had the 55 in the movie..

[Norm's Coupe]

Don't know the production numbers off hand. Would have to look it up in the books. But.........how old is that guy now. If that car is sitting in mud up to the axles, I doubt there will be enough left of it when it's time to bury him. I looked at a 55 Olds 2 door hardtop before buying my coupe. The woman only wanted $500 for it. Body looked great until you opened the door. The underside was almost completely gone. That one was also buried up to the axles in mud. Would need a crane to get it out of the mud.

[spartanbilly]

I believe that triple carburetor option was called "J2" and to be coupled with a standard transmission on an Oldsmobile 98 would have been rare indeed. From what I have read, the J2 option was rather trouble prone as it was commonly ordered on "loaded" cars by older people. Since they seldom put their foot to the floorboard, the front and rear carbs were seldom utilized (progressive linkage) and would gum up from lack of use. Don't know if this was true or not, just read it in some Oldsmobile history book.

[Dennis Hemingway]

I went over to see the guy that I bought my 48 Plymouth from last night and he could not wait to show me the car his grandson just bought. (Sorry I did not have my camera with me) It is a 1942 Oldsmobile, now that has to be a rare car.

Dennis:eek:

This car looks like it's in about the same condition.

[Young Ed]

Bill what a cool car that was. Ashame he didnt park it in a barn instead of letting it rot outdoors.

[Normspeed]

I recall seeing just one car like that 57, back around 1966. A guy came into the little town where I was working in a gas station, he was flat broke and needed some gas money. A kid I worked with had an olds and he worked a deal where he got the tri power setup, and he installed the single carb and manifold off his car, and gave the guy a few bucks. Unfortunately my buddy wrecked his car shortly after the swap so it went to the junkyard.