Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile
OLDSMOBILE EIGHT (1938-39)

4-door touring sedan, 2-door touring sedan, convertible coupé, club coupé.

A new grille for '38 (a squared angle type with fine lined chrome bars) and the option of GM's new auto transmission, but otherwise as per 1938. Model renamed the 80 for '39, still on a 124ins wheelbase frame, but using, like the 70, Pontiac De Luxe/Buick Special bodies sans running boards. With its dual choke carb aspirated engine, good for 90mph.

Technical Specifications
Engine
4213cc (S8 SV)
Configuration
Front engine, rear-wheel drive
Production dates
1938 to 1939
Number produced
37,171
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