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1957 Oldsmobile Wagon - Back From The Future

CHASSIS
Frame/Manufacturer Oldsmobile
Wheelbase 123"
Builder Bill Dick (Gilbert, AZ)
Chassis plumbing Stock Bundy tubing and neoprene
Master Cylinder Stock single circuit with Treadle-Vac booster
Rear suspension stock axle, de-arched parallel-leaf springs, and air springs by Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN)
Front suspension stock unequal-length control arms with Air Ride Technologies air springs
Brakes Stock drum (rear) GM calipers and 11-inch rotors (front)
Wheels Boyd Coddington Impulse, 18x7 and 20x8
Tires Kumho Ecsta, 215/45ZR18 and 275/35ZR20
ENGINE
Year and make 1957 Oldsmobile
Displacement 371ci
Alternator 100-ampere by Powermaster Motorsports (Knoxville, TN)
Induction Stock iron manifold with Edelbrock 600cfm carburetor
Air filter 14" chrome, round, with paper element
Ignition stock distributor with re-curved advance mechanism; electronic module by Pertronix (San Dimas, CA), wires by Taylor Cable Products (Grandview, MO)
Exhaust stock iron manifolds with 2 1/4" pipes and packed-type muffles by Hushpower (Santa Rosa, CA)
TRANSMISSION
Year and make 1957 GM Hydramatic
Shifter stock column
BODY
Body style Oldsmobile Fiesta
Paint PPG Diamond Pearl White and '02 Cadillac Crimson
INTERIOR
Climate control heat and air conditioning by Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX)
Seats 1965 Buick Wildcat buckets
Material tan leather
Carpet tan nylon loop pile
Installation Orange Upholstery (Orange, CA)
Seat belts Beam's Industries (Oklahoma City, OK)
Audio Custom Autosound head unit, Boston Acoustic drivers, installed by Jeff White, Snows Auto (Spokane, WA)


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