[rocketraider]

GT, if you're gonna work on this car yourself, make your life easier and buy a 1959 Oldsmobile factory shop manual. Unlike Ford, each GM Division pretty much went its own way on a lot of things and there's not much crossover until about 1970.

You can find the parking brake strut on any 1949-64 full-size Olds, not that there are many left in the scrapyards. If you want to try finding a NOS part, grp. 5.150, p/n 553738, parking brake operating lever strut 1949-64 except F85 and Jetstar 88.

Keep in mind that in Olds-speak, F85 is the generic term for any F85/Cutlass model. Jetstar 88 used Chevrolet brakes as a cost-cutting and weight-saving measure.