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1940 Oldsmobile series 90, this series was only offered by Oldsmobile for one year
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2024
- Today on what it’s like the year is 1940 we’re gonna take a closer look at what the Oldsmobile series 90 was only offered for one year 1940
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Vegetables by The Beach Boys
Yeah buddy you got it. Congratulations I’m impressed. =)
Is this your first time getting name that tune before anybody else?
Yeah but I have a collection of beach boys records, so I was able to look through them and remember the tune.
Haha beach boys is my favorite band. I love the harmonies.
Hudson
Oldsmobile
1940 was actually the first year for fully automatic Hydramatic. The units used in 1938 were semi automatic.
The Custom Cruiser was still considered series 90 after 1940….that’s where 88 and 98 came from… the 2nd number was how many cylinders.
Awesome choices. Thank you so much for that. Correction, Mark Chandler . =) I need to find a 38 Oldsmobile to do.
The 1040 Olds was a good looking vehicle. What a nice improvement from the '39. Really like the back end treatment.
I love the styling of this one, and the interior, the steering wheel too! I would pick this one in the first scenario, the second is tough, I think they're all great!😎
My friend let me store his 1941 Oldsmobile at my house while he reshingled his roof. It was a hydromatic and a gem to drive. He even allowed me to use it for a wedding. I got to chauffer the bride and groom. That was so cool.
Scenareo 1: 1940 Olds 90.
The Hydra-matic worked pretty well, I've ridden in GM cars of that era with the early automatics, and they automatically shift pretty smoothly. I think they were just two speed if I remember correctly.... Thanks for covering this forgotten classic Jay! 😊
Thank you so much for that correction I totally forgot about them switching it to the four speed
@@What.its.like. - If memory serves, the Hydramatic was a 4-spd. from the start, released as a 1940 option. The 2-spd. job that Chuck mentioned was a semiautomatic planetary unit released in ‘37 which still had a clutch. (IMO, what was the point?!)
The Hydramatic had fluid coupling instead of a torque converter, but it had a very low first gear so it still had a respectable launch.
My first exposure to one was in a ‘49 Olds 88. It worked well, and the new OHV V8 was a joy.
It had 4 speeds. Chrysler Fluid Drive, despite having 4 speeds, was normally driven as a 2 speed.
@@Clyde-2055 The semi-automatic did have 4 speeds, but it operated as such: In Drive, it started out in 1st, then shifted to 3rd, then 4th. In Lo, it started in 1st and only shifted to 2nd, but because of the big gap of 1st to 3rd in Drive, many folks would start out in Lo, then later manually shift to Drive.
1940 was also the first year for the sealed beam headlights that were used for the next 60 years or so. That back seat looks like you could reupholster it and put it in your living room. As always, great video!
Great information =)
Another cool video Jay I’ve heard the same thing about the old straight 8 engines being very smooth and also that they delivered smooth torque from very low rpm’s for the would you rather I’ll take the Packard and the Hudson
Awesome choices =)
Nice Olds needs some TLC, neat if it had the Hydra-Matic.
First choice 1940 Hudson , second 1940 Packard 120.
Awesome choices. This one’s for fresh I should’ve lifted up the blanket to see what condition the seat was in because the back of the seat looked cherry =)
This would be a great driver
WYR: 1940 Olds and 1940 Packard (BIATP). Another great video sir, thank you. I would absolutely love to bring that car home to do a paint correction on it. I would image a weekend of work and that paint would come back wonderfully. ~ Chuck
I think the unmentioned silver items, could be for locking the doors.
WYR Packard 😍👏👏👏
DeSoto would be a good choice ...
Great Episode
Happy Motoring ✌️🤠
Awesome choices =)
Thank you for this video on the Series 90. We know eventually became the Ninety Eight. I also knew about the Custom Cruiser name that was later used on the wagon for decades. Thank for for the detailed review. I would take the 1940 Series 90 for its styling.
Thank you so much for watching glad you dig this one =)
Thank you for another outstanding video!...enjoyed the ’39 and ’40 model year comparison as you can really see how the ‘30’s body style transitions into the ‘40’s and early ‘50’s style!!...the vent window on the rear doors and the matchstick speedometer needle are too cool!!!...would pick the 1940 DeSoto as most representative of 1940’s automotive styling at its best
Happy you dig this episode =)
Not a bad looking car. Very interesting video with excellent editing. For me, it's the Olds and Packard.
Great choices. Glad you dig this episode. I’m having a hard time coming up with what engine episode I wanna do. lol
This is truly a beautiful car. Luckily I got to see one in person, it looked exactly like the one you’re reviewing same color and everything. It was for sale on a hill in my town but they were trying to get way too much money out of it when it wasn’t in the best condition. I really like the look of the front end, it reminds me of the 39 Buick front end.
This has been a requested one and this is the only one I’ve ever seen in the Wild so I figured I’d better do it. I wish it was more information. A lot of conflicting information there was on this car.
@@What.its.like.I put pictures of it on your facebook
Awesome I’ll check it out
WYR 1: All of them.
WYR 2: All of them.
If the rear doors had been suicide doors, we'd more or less have the car from A Christmas Story.
Haha nice great choices =)
A great video for what was truly a great year in the auto industry, which is why for WYR I would be tempted to name all six as what I would chose given that they are all so impressive looking, but if I had to chose I suppose I would be inclined to pick the De Soto for the first choice and the Oldsmobile for the second choice, but like I said they are all wonderful to feast your eyes upon. 😊
reminds me of the 1940s cartoons where the cars had 20 foot long hoods with 4 spare tires mounted in the running boards.
Thank you for another enjoyable and informative video. You must put a lot of work into producing so many each week. I thought they were just headlight buckets. WYR Olds, Packard.
I do this is like a full-time job for me but I enjoy it it’s all I ever wanted to do =)
Great choices
I'd call the headlight bucket a "nacelle". Maybe that's where the other person got "nucleus"? WYR: De Soto, Packard.
Cool choices =)
Another great review, Jay. I'll take the Oldsmobile and the Mercury 8.
Awesome choices
I was watching an episode of The Highway Patrol and one of the characters was driving a 41 Oldsmobile Two door coupe,the front end styling looked like to me something Nash,or Packard not so much something from GM,or Olds.They smacked up the left side of the front end,which I thought was a shame,seeing that is was a short model year, since they stopped car production for war or weapons production.There are some surviving 41 Oldsmobiles,and I hope to see one in person,the 41 Olds to me has a pretty interesting front end.
This series Olds had the Torpedo body, used in various GM divisions up to and even after the war. Chevy did not get its own version for 40, but an A body torpedo was developed for 41. The Olds used the C body version, as did the top line Pontiac, Buick Super + Roadmaster, LaSalle (52) and Cadillac (62). Given those choices, the Pontia was probably the bargain - stylish new body, not too much more than a Chevy - Pontiac maintained this value proposition for many years, most notably with the Bonneville. Anyway, the torpedo was a much more modern body and huge hit as well as predictive of body development for the industry. Really though, rather than a one year model, this was move upmarket for Olds, and, with a bit of name variation, the 90 (Series 90, 8 cylinders) was essentially the first 98. A little hard to appreciate on this example :) WYR 1) the Olds, 2) No contest, the 120.
1940 was a big year for the industry, and the year of the upgraded car for GM - a new Special DeLuxe for Chevy, C body Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, and the new Series 52 LaSalle, which moved them all upmarket, and the Hydramatic transmission. At Buick, the Special was given more chrome, so it looked like the hot Century instead of a Plain-Jane. Great looking cars.
I love Oldsmobiles from 1949 to the 70s. This one is just a plane Jane, its hard to imagine anyone getting excited to buy one of these. When I see these cars, I think about some Generals, or Admirals, car. I would want the DeSoto, and Packard.
I kind of thought the same thing, too. This one was kind of plain Jane for being top-shelf great choices
That was not considered a Plain Jane car in 1940, it was top of the line and loaded, except for Hydramatic.
Thanks for the video on a car that isn’t in perfect condition. Truly the spirit of What it’s Like.
I’d rather the Hudson and the Packard.
Sweet choices
I love showing different levels of car on here doesn’t always have to be perfect cars
What a beautiful car! I miss Oldsmobile. Its too bad that GM phased out Oldsmobile. Same thing with Pontiac.
I agree. GM SHOULD have taken compacts away from Pontiac and Olds, and Buick and Cadillac as well, and returned them to being only full-sized cars, and left compacts and mid-sizers to Chevrolet, maybe giving Pontiac an upgraded mid-size.
For WYR, it's the Olds, and the Packard.
Old survivor car that has potential. I'm another one who wondered, or hoped, it was a Hydramatic but I'm guessing these were far and few between in 1940.
Great choices I don’t see that many old mobiles from this era would love to cover more
The American sales catalogue for 1940 Olds doesn't mention the Hydramatic, as General Motors were uncertain at the time of printing whether they were in fact going to introduce the Hydramatic in 1940. The Cadillac did not get it till 1941. But strange as it was the Canadian sales catalogue for 1940 Olds has a full page introducing the Hydramatic.
those old car interiors remind me of truck cabs.perhaps its the flat dash & angle of the 2 piece windshield.the dash shown looks kenworth(ish).
All choices are cool.
The ‘39 Olds is my pick between the two of them
=) sweet choices
A fine video. Keep it up.
=)
Great car!
Yep!
If I had to pack a car from 1940 it would be a 1940 Ford Coupe ( Deluxe with both tail lights ) To me the 40 Ford coupe is about the best looking car of all time.
The 40 Willys coupe is nice too but man those cars were about as plain janes as you could get back then . Plus only came with the Go Devil 4 cylinder.
Not a bad looking car. I love when pre 50's cars have radios. This one looks like a good solid candidate for restoration but if I had it I think I might freshen it up a little and otherwise leave it original. WYR I'd choose 1940 Oldsmobile Series 90 in the first but the 1940 Packard One Twenty in the second by a mile!
Sweet choices
Headlight nucleus? Nah. Pod or bucket I'm ok with. I was interested to see the Chev parked next to the Olds, of similar or slightly later vintage. If you do happen to find a Chev and an Olds with the same body style and of the same year, it'd be very interesting to see what the extra bucks for the Olds actually got the buyer.
That’s what I thought too. Trying to get more articulate using better/different words to describe things.
El tambor de contacto lleva por detras una lampara que lo ilumina a traves del espacio de alrrededor,que parece suspendido,lindos detalles.✔🆗👍
I prefer the '40 to the '39, the Hudson and the Packard.
Sweet choices
The 40 had the first ever automatic, for reverse you had to turn off the engine. I know, I got to drive one
Hey guy! Your vids are not bad. But you need to get your licence, so you can take us for a spin. Some wonderful rides.
Haha I have my license, insurance reasons is why I don’t drive all the cars but maybe this summer we could drive a few
I like the 40 olds for my first choice but the Packard wins the second choice
Awesome choices =)
When you refer to the "transmission" tunnel while you are sitting in the rear seat, is that not the "drive staff" tunnel?
Wow 6-2 l did not know that they stacked it that high 😅
Hahaha
WYR... Packard! Ask the man that owns one!
Sweet choices
on rear seat door... what was that silver thing to the right of window crank? I'm guessing the door lock?
I’m guessing a door lock as well but I wasn’t 100% sure I didn’t know anything else it could be but I didn’t want to say it was the wrong thing
I’m usually really good at locating an owners manual, but I can find an owners manual for this car that’s why I didn’t go over all of the buttons switches and knobs. There was a couple more switches that I wasn’t sure what they did.
Hudson Packard
Great video. 1940 Packard or Oldsmobile.
Thank you glad you dig this video =)
WYR: Hudson and Merc.
The Olds had that lobster-eyed look that I never liked.
That ‘40 Merc was a real looker !
Sweet choices
Totally agree with the mercury
Also I talked with the lady there was 1686 cars for sale there when we were there that’s a lot of cars.
Haha yeah they have more for sale than was listed online generally
That was great fun hanging out with you. I can’t wait to do it again. =)
Yeah I had a great time and it adds a new perspective to the videos when I know what they are like in person
I love your channel and videos. But, you need to take a class in auto design nomenclature. Still I love what you do.
I agree I need to work on articulation as well
The Hudson, and Packard.
Sweet choices =)
Didn’t the next year became the 98 😬hydramatic was given to Cadillac I 41’, Pontiac in 48’! Buick trued in 38’ didn’t work out till 48’ 😳
That is not so. Body-wise, it was also offered in 41, and while it soon became known as the 98, it was still a series 90 car, which was offered well into the 90s.
According to this, these were the 41 models
classiccarcatalogue.com/OLDSMOBILE_1941.html
Here are the advertisements for 1941 Oldsmobile
www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Oldsmobile/1941_Oldsmobile/1941_Oldsmobile_Prestige_Brochure/dirindex.html
No series 90 but the 98 name does show up
@@What.its.like. "98" means Series 90 with 8 cylinders. Olds started adding the number of cylinders to the model name in 41. There was a 96 model in 1941 and 42, but it sold poorly, as this was a big heavy car, too heavy for a 6 cyl of 230+ cubic inches. The 41 Olds 98 was still a series 90 car, so no the 1940 was not the only year.
The Olds 90 is nice, but when life according to J is full of options that Desoto looks nicer to me though it might not be the quality of an Olds, and that 1940 Packard is a beauty, i am liking what seems as a shorten sized grill maybe compared to earlier years - i think YT has me on bad boy status, for no other reason than i have some different ideas about some things than they do, you know the magic word narrative, as in not matching theirs, so they are always correct 🤨 . . . :>/
But the DeSoto was 6 cyl only.
1940 Olds 90 and 1940 Packard 120
De Soto, Packard 120
Sweet choices =)
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Scenario 2: No brainer; 1940 Packard. :)
Sweet choices
It looks kinda rough, but maybe original?
Bloody brilliant I reckon. I'd pay the $13990 asking price easy ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿 (its a lot in NZ money) 😊
@@stevelee5724 that's too much here in the U.S. way less than 10,000 ! Maybe 6,000.
1940 DeSoto electric wipers
Good vibrations by the beach boys?
You’re on the right track. It’s a beach boys song but not that song around that time frame though.
40 Dash
Oh, it may cost one a fortune to get out of that place, depends on what you take home...
40 DeSoto
40 Merc
Hahaha yeah true
Sweet choices
Not bad you funny looking buggar 😅
Hudson, Packard
Sweet choices
No performance figures?
They were there
1940.
car designers were transitioning from vertical grilles to horizontal grilles. also cars were showing beltlines where the top was separated from the body of the car. headlights were being integrated into the fenders. 1940 was a transformative year in car design.
Hi Hay. The 40 in black is choice, but there's something special about the 39 mate. A 39 in black please bro. Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿
=) sweet choices
Beatles Sargent peppers???
It was vegetables by the beach boys
This one needs some spiffing up,In my Humble Opinion ,Gave Me a Creepy Vibe though,Thanks for review ,Couldn’t drive this in Modern Traffic,Bet it’s slow
Hemming said an article saying that that owner drives his 70-75 miles an hour hour keeps up with traffic just fine I couldn’t find any information on the engine if it’s full pressurized then you shouldn’t have any issue at all but if it’s a splasher you can’t go forever at that speed
@@What.its.like. The Olds engine was full-pressure, but Hudson engines were spashers, as were Chevy engines. Hudson offered Overdrive though, which lowers RPM just like tall gearing does, but without the performance penalty.
This one shows its age, like me. I like that. But maybe I should get a facial. 🤔
I like showing different levels of cars they don’t all have to be pristine =)
@@What.its.like.
Yes, thanks.
You do a great job but the state of that vehicle sucked. I'd rather see no vehicle than one that is in that bad of condition. Could not finish video.
I'm only 63 and I look that rough! Maybe original?
Like to show cars in all conditions sometimes it’s cool to see what these cars would look like aged =)
@@What.its.like. Cannot see eye to eye on this one. If I wanted to see broken down interiors of old vehicles I can go bum around the junk yard. Just gonna skip the videos of the bad ones.
De Soto and Packard
Sweet choices
Hudson Packard
Sweet choices =)