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65phantom
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: 1959 dynamic88 2 door sedan |
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Is there any information on this body style, 1959 oldsmobile dynamic 88 2door sedan? found nothing on the web, and "Old Car Price Guide" doesn't even list this car. :confused:
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88 Coupe
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:36 am Post subject: Re: 1959 dynamic88 2 door sedan |
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Hi 65phantom,
Welcome to TOC.
Quote: Is there any information on this body style ........
What do you want to know?
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pauljb6807
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 dynamic88 2 door sedan |
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Found on Wikipedia:
All Oldsmobiles were completely restyled for 1959 with a longer, lower and wider body on the basic GM B-body, which for the first time was used on all of General Motors' standard-sized cars from the lowest-priced Chevrolet to the most-expensive Cadillac. Styling highlights for the new models, promoted as the "Linear Look," included six-window styling on four-door pillared sedans, glassy semi-fastback rooflines on Holiday coupes and flat-blade rooflines with thin windshield and C-pillars on Holiday sedans which created a "fishbowl"-like effect. While many 1959 model cars featured bigger and sharper fins, Olds featured more subdued "oval" fins and far less chrome than the '58 model for a much cleaner look. Wheelbases on 88 models increased by one inch to 123 inches (3,124 mm) while Ninety-Eights stayed at 126 inches (3,200 mm).
A larger 394 cubic-inch Rocket V8 with four-barrel carburetion and rated at 315 horsepower (235 kW) was standard equipment on Super 88 and Ninety-Eight models. The lower-priced Dynamic 88 series was powered by 371 cubic-inch Rocket V8 carried over from 1957-58 rated at 265 horsepower (198 kW) with two-barrel carburetion, or optional four-barrel version rated at 300 horsepower (220 kW).
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88 Coupe
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: Re: 1959 dynamic88 2 door sedan |
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Hi pauljb6807,
Welcome to TOC.
Quote: Found on Wikipedia: ........
Not the most reliable of sources.
In the past, Oldsmobile technical information, on that site, was "copy and paste" from 442.com/Oldsfaq. I understand much of it (on Wikipedia, not 442.com) has been corrected, but to what extent, is unknown.
Quote: ........ A larger 394 cubic-inch Rocket V8 ........
4.125" x 3.6875" = 394 cubic inches.
For '59, this was a new casting that spaced the cylinder bore centers farther apart, in order to accommodate the ⅛" bore increase. The cam was lengthened because of a similar valve spacing issue. Only a few parts will interchange with the 57-58 engines. Water and oil pumps, but not fuel pumps, for example.
Quote: ........ 88 series was powered by 371 cubic-inch Rocket V8 carried over from 1957-58
The 59-60 371 was a 394 with a ⅛" less bore diameter.
Undoubtedly, the common bore/stroke (4.000" x 3.6875" = 371 CI) contributed to the myth.
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