This popped up on the AACA forum today. Cowl tag decoders will note that this is a 1966 Olds Delta 88 Holiday Sedan (four door HT) with a factory installed M20 four speed (the "L" in ACC Group 2 indicates the floor cutout for the shifter). Very cool. Awaiting further photos of the car.

 

Cool. That was probably some gearhead that had a wife and kids. I wonder how much effort it took to talk his wife into that one. Anxious to see pictures.

 

He was making sure his wife wasn’t gonna use the car.

 

There's a correlation between wives that can handle a stick, and wives that like to handle stick, if you know what I mean.

 

Now you made me blow Mt. Dew out my nose.

 

Cool find. 4 door, 4 speed? Gotta be 1 of 3.

I applaud the specificity of the build, but boy, this is more than a little whacky…

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Additional photos of this car. Yes, the SS IV wheels were added.

 

Thanks for sharing Joe, I wonder how many of those were ever built?

 

Considering less than 500 total 65-66 Starfires and Jetstar 1s got a four-speed, and generally accepted estimates of 2% of full-size Oldsmobiles had a clutch pedal, not many.

 

A rare one for sure. Good looking body on it. ya gonna buy it Joe?

 

Perhaps this car had a three speed if it was a option. The trailer hitch is a good clue, Cars I have had which were bought new for towing have had standard shift a few times over the years. Still a 1969 Cutlass four door three on tree 350-310hp available to me locally bought new to tow a boat.

 

The cowl tag specifically has the 2L ACC code for the M20 floor shifter as noted in the very first post. All full size three speed cars were column shift.

 

Joe continues "....The cowl tag specifically has the 2L ACC code for the M20 floor shifter as noted in the very first post. All full size three speed cars were column shift...."

Ok I always did and still do understand the "L" letter designates the floor hole cutout only and is silent on which floor shift transmission is specified, as you concur in your first post. I never knew the M-20 was the only option for big car four speed and then column only for three speed. The "L" again doesn't indicate any of that specifically, even if one determines the transmission choices with option paperwork subsequently.

Thanks ~

 

In the 1966 model year, the M14 Dearborn top loader three speed was the base equipment trans in the Delta 88 line. It was only available with a column shifter. The only four speed manual offered was the M20 wide ratio Muncie and it was the only floor shifted manual trans available in the Delta 88 model line that year.