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Oldsmobile Other (1950)
for sale

Price: US $3,000.00

Description:

NO RESERVE AUCTION
This is a movie car used by Fawcett Movie Cars, the ownership history does prove this. I have not checked on what movies it was used in.
Not an original taxi but made for films. Taxi light still works. Meter is available for a fee.
It is still quite reliable and starts with ease. An electric fuel pump and modern fuel cell make starting a breeze. I would have no fear of taking this car on a long drive.
Automatic transmission shifts properly and drives well (new tires for highway speeds are needed)
Could use paint within the next couple of years, make it into a hot rod, rat rod, restore. there are a tons of possibilities when you start with such a solid car.
The interior is quite clean, but there is no head liner. The seats and door panels look fantastic and need nothing. Only minor rust. The car is solid as a rock.
I will assist with shipping and brokering to the U.S. (assuming an American buyer) I do this very often and its quite easy.
Call me anytime David 416-802-9999
SOME QUICK HISTORY
While the new V-8 was all the rage for 1949 and 1950 Oldsmobiles, the automaker still offered its 76 and 88 series, which included the 1950 Oldsmobile 76 club coupe.
In fact, Oldsmobile was on a roll in 1950. And why not? After all it had introduced its new Rocket overhead-valve V-8 for 1949, along with all-new -- and very popular -- postwar styling on its lower-priced series. The result was that production jumped from 172, 852 units in 1948 to 288, 310 for 1949.
Of course, most of the hoopla was lavished on that new V-8, the new styling, and on the new Holiday two-door hardtop in the 98 series.
But lest anyone forget, Olds still offered its time-proven L-head Big Six, enlarged for 1949 to a husky 257.1 cubic inches and now cranking out 105 horsepower at 3, 400 rpm. That year, 95, 556 customers lined up to buy a six-cylinder Futuramic 76, just 3, 720 fewer than those choosing the new Futuramic 88 V-8.
For 1950, Oldsmobile held a steady course, giving its 76 and 88 series only a very light facelift. That meant little more than revised stone shields and side chrome on the rear fenders.
About the only visual differences between the 76 and the 88 was that the latter added a chrome spear on the front fenders and doors and wore a Rocket 88 badge on the decklid, while the former made do with plainer trim above the taillights.
Sales surged for most automakers in 1950, due in part to people buying as a hedge against the possibility that auto production would soon be curtailed or halted. The U.S. military had become involved in defending South Korea, which had been invaded by troops from the North.
Olds was no exception in that prosperous auto market, and output soared to 407, 889 units, a 41 percent increase, and a record for Olds. The 88 did even better, vaulting a whopping 170 percent over 1949, to 268, 412 units.
What then of the six-cylinder Series 76? Alas, output of Oldsmobile's lowest-priced cars skidded 65 percent to 33, 257 units, this spread over 13 models.
The least expensive of them all was the two-door club coupe, which listed at a modest $1, 719, some $311 more than the cheapest Chevrolet club (sport) coupe, or $221 more than Chevy's DeLuxe coupe, which would have been more comparable to the Olds in trim level.
Although the Olds 76 (and 88) shared the same basic bodies with Chevy, the Olds rode a 4.5-inch-longer 119.5-inch wheelbase, weighed 170 pounds more, and boasted a 13-horsepower advantage over Chevy's base Stovebolt six.
The Series 76 standard club coupe found only 2, 238 buyers for 1950, and the $1, 787 DeLuxe version fared even worse -- just 1, 126 units. Clearly, the handwriting was on the wall, and it didn't take Olds long to respond -- the 76 was unceremoniously dumped after the 1950 model run.
Still, the 1950 Series 76 is significant because it was the last of the breed. The standard club coupe is a worthy keeper because it's rare and because it held down the bottom rung of the Olds ladder.
And the club coupe body style deserves special mention because of its short rear side windows and the resulting long rear deck, which gave it a distinctly sportier look than the regular two-door sedan.

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