55 Olds 88 Central Coast California
March 15th, 2014, 08:44 PM
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55 Olds 88 Central Coast California
Hey there i recently bought my first Olds a couple weeks back. Its a 55 4 door 88. The guy I bought it from said the original owner was some Vegas casino owner back in the day, and it was in some movie I cant remember the name. Kinda some cool history if its true. Anyways look forward to going through the posts to learn as much about these things as I can.
-Jimmy
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March 16th, 2014, 07:41 AM
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Welcome aboard, love those 55's. I'm a north central Ca. guy myself hope to see you at a show someday, what are your plans for your car , drive,customize, restore,hotrod? Lots of information and good help on this board should you need it.....Lost in the fifties ...Tedd
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March 16th, 2014, 03:43 PM
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I plan on restoring the car as best I can with few minor changes here and there. I did upgrade the wipers to electric and re wired the whole car already. I looked up the original paint code and it was caspian cream and Juneau grey, I haven't been able to find any in this color combo to see if I will go back to it or not. One of the previous owners shaved the rear door handles. If I can find the handles cheap enough I will probably change them back, if not it doesn't look too bad and at first glance it kinda confuses people. As for now it's gonna be my driver while I accumulate parts and save some money for the restoration.
March 17th, 2014, 06:33 AM
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Welcome, There are some pictures of a couple of '55's with Black and Caspian listed if you Google 1955 Oldsmobile Images. The Juneau gray was usually two toned with Polar white.That was a fairly common color combo in the 98 series. Larry
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