greetings from another newbie

managed to find myself a deserted and forgotten shell of an olds, from what i can gather its a 52 super rocket 88, missing lots of parts but will make a great project for the family to resto together

is there somewhere i can go with the model and serial etc from the body to find out what i'm supposed to have ? the engine is long gone, i found the thing in a farmer's field. luckily most of the chrome is still here, missing the rear bumper though.

how hard will it be to find resto parts for this thing if we want to bring it back to its former glory ?

any help is greatly appreciated - i'll be pouring through the boards when i get a chance.

Welcome to the site! Your in the right place to get a start on your Olds project.

Hi oldsgrl,

Welcome to TOC.


Rocket has nothing to do with the car. The term applied only to Olds V8 engines from '49 to '90. For anything other than advertising, it was/is useless.

A '52 would be an 88, Super 88, or 98.

All three had 303 cu in V8 engines. 88 (145 HP) had 2 bbl carbs. Super 88 and 98 (160 HP) were 4 bbl.


Post it here.


Not as easy as if you had a "belly button" car, but with patience they can be found.

You can download a catalog from Fusick to get started. He sells a repro '52 Factory Service Manual for $60 USD. Best investment you could make.

Classic Oldsmobile was an excellent resource for early stuff until a week or two ago. I hope, when/if the server gets back up it doesn't/hasn't changed.

Regards, Norm

i wish photobucket was compatible with my server.

i posted this on another thread but here's the info i have

plate located on firewall reads:

GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED
MADE IN CANADA
MODEL 36-69D
SERIAL 2366900990
ENGINE CC13102
TRIM 477
BODY SERIAL 813
PAINT 250

the car was/is black with extensive chrome, i'm missing front seats but the upholstry i believe is a light grey

i will try and get the VIN when the car is moved this weekend. thanks for all the help so far.

Yes. I posted in this one before I knew about the other.

Best to let this one die.