http://jalopnik.com/5885728/how-the-...piece+by+piece

 

Been posted several times on this and other Olds sites. The ultimate dream Olds

 

Sweet ride

 

This F88 would have killed the corvette.

 

I have a 1978 cutless it has two badges on it one says hurst equiped & the other says u f o ultimate from olds can anyone tell me anything them

 

Pictures? The Hurst Equipped emblems are either metal or plastic and were supplied by Hurst- more of an aftermarket thing. Never heard of a U.F.O. emblem.

 

And this has what to do with the original post? Besides having the word ultimate in a reply? Start a new thread.

 

It would be nice if a company could turn this into a kit car, like the cobra.

 

True. Here's the website that came from if you're interested. Has a few nice high res photos. http://www.supercars.net/cars/3100.html

 

And once again, just like in the other recent thread about the F-88, we see incorrect information.

Gotta love this quote from the article in the link:

"Christo Datini, lead archivist at the Heritage Center, said rumor has it that the F-88 was intended to be on par with the Corvette, but never went into production because the Chevrolet Division didn't want the competition. Neither he nor anyone else can confirm the tale, but Datini doesn't care."

Yes, just blame Corvette. Yeah, that sounds good.

The F-88 was NEVER intended for production. If Corvette sales had taken off, then perhaps by 1956 GM would have considered additional 2-seaters for the other divisions. But Corvette sales didn't take off, and the Buick Wildcat, Pontiac Bonneville, and Olds F-88 dream cars were just for the show circuit.

Also, in the second link Allan posted, the information is outdated. The author states the F-88 was the highest price ever paid at Barrett-Jackson. Within two years of that 2005 auction, two other cars eclipsed the F-88 in price, a Shelby Cobra ($5.5 mil) and a the GM Futerliner "Parade Of Progress" bus ($4.3 mil).

 

Charley, the UFO was what was called a Marketing Group Car and I believe was out of the Chicago sales zone around 1975-1980. I have seen the ads for them but cannot remember what UFO stood for.

The Marketing Group Car was option Y76 and included some specific trim pieces and a couple years had different grilles and header panels.

But yes, you'd probably get a wider response by posting a new thread.

 

I didn't post the link to be controversial about what $$$ the BJ high dollar was - it was to access the pics. A LOT of websites don't keep their info updated, so I'm not surprised by what you commented. second link? ahhh, you mean the 'excerpt' in the quote box....that was and still is a true statement.

 

Allan, agreed.

I was just pointing out that the second link was about 6 years old, and a few cars have eclipsed that F-88 price tag now.

I think that F-88 is in a way out of the way museum. The guy that bought it seems to think it's worth $3 million or more, but in reality, it's probably worth about $1 million today.

Anyone remember the Disney movie "CARS"? I picture this F-88 sitting on a rotating pedestal, and there's no one around to see it. I wish it had gone to the Petersen Museum or the GM Heritage Center. Still far from Texas (for me) but at least it would be viewed more often.