This was on Bring A Trailer this AM! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1947...889423879394174&_qi=RTM759771&forcev4exp=true
Beautiful wagon and all, but it's a bit of a odd step-child to me. The exterior and interior look great, but I see absolutely no need to install a supercharger in it. Also think the modern red-painted anti-sway bars are out of place.
Painting them red was quite odd. To have left them black would have made them look like an original part of the vehicle. Oh, I don't know. I myself wouldn't mind a supercharger on a $45,000 car. But, for that money, it should be fuel-injected, instead. The price is right, though. He should get paid for his artwork. Subtracting what he paid out for parts, paint and other supplies, he probably would have made more hourly money flipping burgers at White Castle's, if you figure ho much time he spent on it
Beautiful car, cosmetically, but the modern 'upgrades' detract from the old girl. Based on prices we've seen from other woodies, he has cost himself a LOT of money to lessen the value of the car. Somehow, this does not add up to good business practice.
I dunno, I think it's pretty cool. Based on the responses here I was expecting to see a chromed out big block Chevy with a polished Weiand 8-71 on top or a centrifugal. That is kind of weird how far out the tail lights stick out on that.
I think you might find that the tail lamp housings are actually hinged, so that they can be seen when traveling with the tail gate in the 'down' position. This was common on wagons back then.
That was one of the last sober-designed Oldsmobiles, before they started designing cars to look like vehicles used for space travel I would agree with you totally, if he had not have kept the original engine or, at least, an engine whose design was based on the original, such as that 4th generation "Rocket" he had dropped in there which appeared in 1957 and reached its horsepower peak the following year. As long as there are still enough 100%s left for museums, I don't see anything wrong with limited modifications such as those undertaken
What a beauty!! As much of an engine freak as I am and my need for speed....I would have liked this car even better had it all been original. You aren't going to find many of these out there anymore. As Patrick points out...everything could be changed back, but, as it sits, I think the wrong kind of person may end up with the car. Unless a deep pockets guy buys it and lets it sit in a garage, it could end up with a rich hot rodder that will drive it like a rod rather than cherish it. I don't know any of those things for sure....all I know for sure is that I wish it was all stock. It's a beautiful and rare car.
Sitting in a garage isn't good for a car either. It has to get taken out and driven regularly. Not necessarily hotrodded. But, driven, in any case. I'd be afraid to take it out of the garage at all, for fear of some reckless idiot wrecking it for me
