Mr. B. Here ! My dad 1957 98 model , then 1958 98 model ! The Super 88 57 & 58 were more or less were the factory hot rod add The J2 well in it’s day what a car . I myself have 58 Super 88 2 door no post 371 cid . Wish I had a J2 ! Still very cool car. 🍸🍸🍸🍸👍👍👍👍
What a beauty. I like the way you've left everything bone stock. It needed no adornments or after market items. To me, that's a big no-no. Leave everything stock and as it came from the factory. They had it right to begin with. Again, a beautiful car.
1957, Olds made both a Golden Rocket & Super 88 in both sedan & Holiday sedan, which came as a pillarless hardtop or coupe. The Golden Rocket/Super 88 Fiesta wagons also had no pillars. Golden Rocket was base, Super midlevel, & Holiday an option for each. Next up were the longer, top-of-the-line Starfire 98 & its Holiday sedans & coupes. All model lines had the Holiday pillarless "hardtop" sedan & a convertible. Base: Golden Rocket 88/Golden 88 Holiday Golden Rocket 88 Fiesta Mid: Super 88/Super 88 Holiday Super 88 Fiesta Top: Starfire 98/Starfire 98 Holiday 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 & J-2-W1 “export engines” 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 or Crane solid-lifter cam & adjustable rockers for clearance. Most multi-carb J-2’s came on the luxurious 98’s or the small, light, & sporty Golden 88 3-speed column shift 2-door sedan (an early Olds Road Runner-type). Then France saw they went too fast & pulled the plug on them anyhow. *Found on web: Cosmetically, the 88s had no front fender namplates. Super 88s had Super 88 nameplates on the front fenders. At the back, 88s have plain tail light lenses, plain panels below the tail lights, and plain bumper ends (unless it has optional dual exhaust). Super 88S have tri-bar ornaments on the tail light lenses, stainless panels below the tail lights, stainless wiper cowl, and bumper ends with faux exhaust ports in them.
Mr. B. Here ! My dad 1957 98 model , then 1958 98 model ! The Super 88 57 & 58 were more or less were the factory hot rod add The J2 well in it’s day what a car . I myself have 58 Super 88 2 door no post 371 cid . Wish I had a J2 ! Still very cool car. 🍸🍸🍸🍸👍👍👍👍
What a beauty. I like the way you've left everything bone stock. It needed no adornments or after market items. To me, that's a big no-no. Leave everything stock and as it came from the factory. They had it right to begin with. Again, a beautiful car.
Great video, one of my all-time favorite cars, such a beauty
1:05 1:12 1:22 they were in a class of there own all luxurious a class act of beauty
These and the 57 Pontiac 347 Tri Power are my favorite 50s cars.....other than a 55-56 Chrysler 300
What the hell are you make like you do not hear the noise when you start the car?
Sweet!
Seriously? What was the loud rattling when you started the engine???
Valve lash
Hahahaha noooooo it’s an electric fuel pump.
Hahahaha. I have that same one on my 53’ Buick. It’s not that loud in real life... only on camera.
Ya the sound started before he engaged the starter
@@bandccoresohio u have no business talking about engines it's the f ing fuel pump which would drive me crazy
An all-american paint arrangement for an all-american car.
Niiiice Dreamcar !
But What is the Difference from the 1957th Oldsmobile 88 and the 98 ?
1957, Olds made both a Golden Rocket & Super 88 in both sedan & Holiday sedan, which came as a pillarless hardtop or coupe. The Golden Rocket/Super 88 Fiesta wagons also had no pillars. Golden Rocket was base, Super midlevel, & Holiday an option for each. Next up were the longer, top-of-the-line Starfire 98 & its Holiday sedans & coupes. All model lines had the Holiday pillarless "hardtop" sedan & a convertible.
Base: Golden Rocket 88/Golden 88 Holiday Golden Rocket 88 Fiesta
Mid: Super 88/Super 88 Holiday Super 88 Fiesta
Top: Starfire 98/Starfire 98 Holiday
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 & J-2-W1 “export engines” 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 or Crane solid-lifter cam & adjustable rockers for clearance.
Most multi-carb J-2’s came on the luxurious 98’s or the small, light, & sporty Golden 88 3-speed column shift 2-door sedan (an early Olds Road Runner-type). Then France saw they went too fast & pulled the plug on them anyhow.
*Found on web: Cosmetically, the 88s had no front fender namplates. Super 88s had Super 88 nameplates on the front fenders. At the back, 88s have plain tail light lenses, plain panels below the tail lights, and plain bumper ends (unless it has optional dual exhaust). Super 88S have tri-bar ornaments on the tail light lenses, stainless panels below the tail lights, stainless wiper cowl, and bumper ends with faux exhaust ports in them.
@@fredcdobbs823 Thank you :)
WHAT IS THAT RAPID TICKING NOISE ???
Ok lo2ooi
No no co
Valves
@@bandccoresohio Well, that definitely needs to be fixed before selling it----at least I would think and hope, Dick!
How do you open the hood? Cause I’m having trouble opening mine
and it still outclasses any crap made today. dad was right,,
And so is your mom
The engine compartment is shy of expected detail for a car of said magnitude and prestige. I'm hearing it crank up now; sounds like a helicopter!!
That's the fuel pump but it would drive me crazy