1950 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight

Here’s an example of a beautiful, early fifties car – a 1950 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight 2-door Holiday Hardtop.

The 88 came standard with a 303.7 cubic inch Rocket V8 engine. This car is equipped with a Hydra-Matic Drive automatic transmission which would have cost the original owner a further $158 on their purchase price.

It’s not surprising this Eighty-Eight looks so great as it’s only done 14 miles since a body-off the frame restoration.

Side view of the 1950 Oldsmobile 88
side view

The interior has been wonderfully restored with re-cushioned seats and new leather and pinstriped cloth.

Beautiful interior of a 1950 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight
restored interior

Of the seven different models in the Eighty-Eight line-up in 1950, there were five 2-doors and two 4-doors available.

There were 1,366 2-door Holiday Hardtops sold with a further 11,316 with the Deluxe option. The 4-door sedan was actually the best selling 88 with a total of 141,111 of them being sold in the ’50 model year

Rear view of the 1950 Oldsmobile 88
rear view

The Eighty-Eight was available in both standard and Deluxe versions. The Holiday Hardtop would have cost $2,162 with the Deluxe option costing approximately an additional $105. For the extra you got: stainless steel gravel shields and extra chrome moldings on the exterior. Inside, the interior seating used foam rubber seat cushions, there were robe rails, a DeLuxe steering wheel and instrument panel that included a clock as standard.

This 1950 Oldsmobile 88 is currently for sale on eBay. (follow the link for more photos)

3 thoughts on “1950 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight”

  1. neat pics these olds never sold in canada until 1952 – the full size olds Hnnn- we had olds on chevy chasses – go figure my friend had one but just sedans- no hard tops or convertible tops at all – i am 12 yrs at the time !!!!

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  2. To give you an idea why this car had so much “grunt” and was usually the winner at the stoplight drags, first gear was 3.82 to one. (Later turbo 400 was a paltry 2.48) Stomp on the gas, and weld the other guy to the start line. Talk about “gone in 60 seconds”, this car wrote the book.

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  3. Absolutely beautiful Olds! Looks so nice with black wall tires and hubcaps. I hope the owner is proud of that restoration. I’m very envious! Just kidding. Thank you for posting it.

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