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Holiday or Celebrity
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Some info you may or may not want…
In Oldsmobile vernacular A Holiday (coupe or sedan) indicates a HARDTOP (no B Pillar) and starting in the later 1950’s a Celebrity (coupe or sedan) refers to a SEDAN (B Pillar from roof to floor). The F/85, Cutlass and 442 pillared coupes have also been referred to as Sport Coupe.
In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s GM introduced Hardtop Convertibles (fixed steel roofs with the B pillar cutoff at the belt line like a true convertible). Cadillac called their Hardtop the Coupe Deville, Pontiac had the Catalina, Olds had the Holiday (88 and 98), Buick had the Riviera (Roadmaster and Super) and Chevy had the BelAir. Later these names became models of their own except for the Olds Holiday. Starting in 1955 GM applied the same designations to the four door Hardtops.
So you could buy a …
Cadillac Coupe Deville (just “Deville” for the 4 door)
Chevy Belair
Olds 88, Super88 or 98 Holiday
Pontiac Starchief Catalina
Buick Roadmaster or Super Riviera
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1966 Ninety Eight Convertible - 425 Tri-Carb, Factory Dual Exh, Switch-Pitch THM400, 3.54 Posi.
1966 Catalina Wagon - 421 Tri-Power, M21, 4.11 Saf-T-Trac, 8 Bolt Wheels
1989 IROC-Z - 5.7TPI
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