daves62

At the risk of sounding stupid. What makes a car a holiday. Ive seen this tittle attached to a lot of cars.

bigoldscruiser

Olds made it a Holiday at the factory. Several years had a Holiday model in their production line. In 1966, the 98 Holidays were the hardtop models, both 2 door (Holiday coupe) and 4 door (Holiday sedan). I am not as familiar with other years but be sure there are others on this site who will help you understand.

f-85

from 77-85 holiday pretty much was just different badges, bucket seats, and a floor shifter instead of the regular column shift and bench seat.

lowdynamo

I think the 62 holiday's are a bubble top vs. the post of the dynamic.

mike's88

1 of the things that designated a "holiday" was that there are no side window posts, whether it's a 2 or 4 door.

daves62

So would that make my starfire a holiday since it has no posts?

lowdynamo

yeppers!!!

Danny Wiseley

Actually, I think that would be redundant, since no Starfires had posts, did they?

rocketraider

It is simply Olds-speak for a 1949-76 hardtop body style (no B-post between side windows). With a few notable exceptions, a Holiday Coupe is a 2-door hardtop, a Holiday Sedan is a 4-door hardtop.

daves62

Thanks Guys

Olds64

My 71 Oldsmobile 98 is an "LS" or "Luxury Sedan." It has no B pillars. I believe Bob's is the same only it had a vinyl top originally. 4 door hardtops are AWSOME!

rocketraider

Depending on the year LS could either be post or hardtop. 63-64 Luxury Sedans were six-window bodies with no center post and shared the high-top C-body with Cadillac and Buick. 65-68 Luxury Sedans had B-posts, but frameless door glass. 69-70 they could be either a Luxury Town Sedan (B-pillar, frameless glass) or a Luxury Hardtop Sedan which was a true hardtop and was the only one to get 60/40 front bench seat. 68 also offered an upgraded "Royale" black knit cloth interior.

Until the advent of the Regency in 1972, LS could be identified by its rear compartment vanity mirror console.

Since the 1971-76 C-body was not offered as a 4-door post sedan, LS became the entry or mid level Ninety Eight, and the Regency sat atop the pile at the same trim level previously offered in the LS.

mike's88

Rocketraider, since you bring this up, back in 1979 or 80, I bought a 1977 98 2 door that had the "LS" emblems behind the side windows. I thought that kind of strange, since I'd always thought of sedans as 4 doors.

rocketraider

That started after the Regency was introduced, and LS became the base Ninety Eight for coupes and sedans.

Have you ever seen a Regency Brougham LX? They raided the Cadillac trim bin in 78 and 79 for those. There was one here that the lady owner waffled on selling for three or four years. Twice, money was about to change hands and she backed out on me.

Then she sold it to some brozam who promptly dubbed it out, which was both a hurt and an insult, esp as long as I'd been trying to get that car because I knew what it was. It looks like pure warmed over hell now. Reinforces my opinion that certain types of people can ruin a car in less time than it takes to complete the DMV paperwork on the sale.

88 coupe

A Coupe has 2 doors.





A sedan can have 2,





or more.





Traditionally, the difference was: More trunk capacity, and less seating space, in the Coupe.

Norm

joe_padavano

At the risk of getting slightly off topic, am I the only one who finds it grating when new car manufacturers use the term "four door coupe"? Mercedes started it with their CLS, and now many other manufacturers have jumped on that bandwagon. I guess it's like calling a station wagon a "crossover".

citcapp

When I was but a lad the Coup was refered to as a "Salesman Coup" because most of them came without a back seat. The salesman stored his sales case there and kept the rest of his goods in the trunk.

88 coupe

Correct term was "Business Coupe", as opposed to its "Club Coupe" brother, with the rear seat.

They were relatively common into the early fifties.

Norm

88 coupe

You are not alone. Misuse of any terminology rubs me the wrong way.

Might be a good topic for a new thread.

Norm

mike's88

Was this LX a rare edition? Never heard of it before now. What trim from cadillac did they use?

rocketraider

It had the full length belt reveal and wide windowsill mouldings from the Fleetwood Brougham along with an LX emblem on the roof sailpanel. The one here had the N98 chrome wheel option and full leather seating.

Unfortunately it is now a ghetto king, and would take a lot to put it back right. It was a very deep maroon with matching vinyl roof and white leather gut. It is now some loudass tangerine orange metallic with requisite 20" wheels.