I love how this car was finished - factory original, classic jet black with the neutral cloth interior, and most importantly, black wall tires to complete the look. It's so great that someone paid so much attention to the details on a basic family sedan. I agree that the fastback style is uncommon. It looks so nice too. I envy having a drive it! Rolling art-deco sculpture.
My grandparents on my dad’s side bought one of these new in 1937. They paid $900.00 for the car and drove it into the ground before trading it in in 1951. My grandfather used to commute in that car every day to his job at Western Electric in Kearney, NJ.
Not only that, but the father in the Christmas Story was an Oldsmobile Man. That's all you need to know! And he might have been a Gar Wood furnace man as well!!
6 cyl = 95 hp, straight 8 was 110 hp and sold for about $875.00. This one is just above the mid-range model and has the optional defroster vents, unless he added them as a restoration upgrade, very common addition. The three -speed trans was non-syncro 1st, with syncro 2nd and 3rd. "X" box frame with independent front, coil spring suspension and semi-elliptical leaf rear suspension. About 205,000 produced in all models, the best year for Oldsmobile up to that time.
