It was all-change for Oldsmobile in 1961, with GM’s oldest brand once again taking the role of innovator, leading the US styling evolution away from the fins and chrome era of the late 1950s into a newer epoch of square-edge styling, slab sides and more powerful engines.
The new-for-’61 Super 88, Dynamic 88 and range-topping Starfire 98 were the first of the square-nosed Oldsmobiles, the latter of which was offered only as a convertible until late 1962.
This is one of the original 1961 batch – one of only 7,800 Starfire 98 Convertibles ever made, and thus a rare car in the USA, let alone the UK.
It was brought into the UK by the vendor around seven years ago, having been purchased from a musician living in the South of France. He carried out quite a lot of work on the car – a project to share with his father – but following his dad’s passing the car has seen very little use over the past 3½ years and is now ready for a new home, where whoever takes it on has a 90% finished and fully road legal project that they can finish to their own tastes. It’s a great car, needing only very minor fettling to finish it off.
The Starfire 98 is a car that comes from a glorious era of American car design, where every time you look at it, you discover a new design detail.
It’s a fantastic-looking car and the great thing about this one is that all it really needs to finish it off is some fettling and detailing – all of the hard work has been done and it’s perfectly usable and enjoyable as it is. Sort out the wiring and the last few cosmetic details and you’ll end up with a show star – a car in wonderful condition that’s already an incredible head-turner.
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1961 Oldsmobile Starfire 98 Convertible
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