1953 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight

VIN: 539M37898

$132,000

Sold

1953 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
1953 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight

Seller details

  • Auction

    RM Sotheby's

  • Location

    Hershey, PA; USA

  • Event date

    Oct 5 - Oct 6, 2017

  • Lot

    153

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    539M37898

  • Body style

    Convertible Coupe

  • Transmission type

    Automatic

  • Engine Type

    V8

  • Horsepower

    165

  • Induction

    4bbl

  • Interior Color

    Blue

  • Exterior Color

    White

  • Generation

    1948-1953 Oldsmobile Series 98

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Automatic, power steering and brakes, pushbutton radio, power antenna, power windows, skirts, continental kit.

Condition

Good paint, chrome and interior. Uneven door fits and a big touched up scrape on the back edge of the passenger's door. The underbody is still in ancient undercoat and has not been restored. Paint chips at the front right hood corner. What can be seen under the hood is fresh and clean, what can't be seen is old. An auction car.

Market commentary

This was a largely original, solid car when offered at Auburn Fall in 2002 witha reported high bid of $73,000. It's had a repaint and new interior since then, some freshening up under the hood and added 469 miles to the odometer (which was stated as original miles in '02) bringing the total to 72,170 but it is far from the 'immaculately restored' car described in the catalog. The continental kit is truly ugly and all that road-hugging weight hanging off the rear must make it handle like an overweight oil tanker. The result here is truly generous for a superficially redone Fiesta.

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