I' m glad to show you my new Oldsmobile. A friend of mine found it in AR, at the moment it is in the container on its way to good old Germany.
Uwe

 

Good god. A stick car with the standard steering wheel and no radio or reverse lights. Rare piece there, Uwe. Only about 2% of 1960 Oldsmobile production had the three-speed column shift.

Oldsmobile was kinda proud of that HydraMatic thing, you know

 

Very Cool car, three on the tree with no extra's. Hope you enjoy it. Let us know when it has landed and you can take some more pictures

 

Thank you, guys. You are right, this an all original Car without any extras, not even PS. Should arrive around 20th in Rotterdam.

 

some more details

 

Very nice. Have fun getting "Popeye" biceps with it, I know I will with my '61 Dynamic 88 with no options too!

 

Thank you, i could catch a complete ps out of a 60 dynamic, you can see the box with the pump in front of passengers seat

 

very nice car,

but why in Roterdam, and not Bremen or so?

am i missing something? most of the usa cars are comming as US Germany to Holland.

 

via Netherlands there is only 6% duty for cars 30 years and older, via Germany it is 10% duty + 19 % VAT

 

Gotta love the seat and door pattern. Were there other engine colors for '60? was the 371 a different color than the 394?

 

As far as i know the correct color for 371 is gold and for 394 is light green, but i'm not sure

 

I was curious as I have an underhood shot of a '60 from the 2008 Nats in Dearborn, which is the green, but did not want to post it if it were incorrect for this car.

 

I was fortunate enough to own one of purported 2%'ers that came from the factory with a stick. Mine was a Super 88 Holiday SceniCoupe (2 Dr. Hardtop). It also had no power steering or power brakes. What I can tell you is, it would haul!

I can also say that the 394, which mine was, was green, not gold.

 

This will sound like a dumb question, but what are the stick shifts like vs. the hydramatic? Are they faster, do they have enough torque to get up hills in third gear? I am assuming you have sold the car, but did it have the 240 hp engine, or the 260 hp engine. Someday I will see a Dynamic 88 with a stick. My Grandmother had a 98 Sceni-Coupe, which was fun. However, it was an intrepid gas hog.
Jim

 

Are they reasonably quick with a stick? With the 394 and a 4 barrel they must have been quick?
Jim

 

I have no direct experience with that year and model, but in my experience with three on the tree the shifts are quite slow. There's a lot more linkage between your hand and the transmission than with a floor mounted shifter. Other than that they work fine just like any other manual.