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.
Thanks for any info you can give.

Hi 65phantom,

Welcome to TOC.


What do you want to know?

Norm

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).
Hope this helps !!

Hi pauljb6807,

Welcome to TOC.


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.


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.


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.

Norm