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1949 Oldsmobile 88 - Star Fire
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Albert Torelli
Springfield, Pennsylvania
1949 Olds 88
| CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | Modified stock | | Wheelbase | 119.5" | | Modifications | Fat Man Fabrications (Charlotte,
NC) front subframe, custom
crossmembers | | Chassis plumbing | Stainless | | Rearend / Ratio | 1970 Ford 9-inch / 3.00:1 | | Rear suspension | Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN)
Olds sway bar, Monroe shocks | | Rear brakes | Ford drum | | Front suspension | Fat Man Fabrications Mustang II,
Air Ride Technologies air bags,
Monroe shocks | | Front brakes | Disc | | Master cylinder | '85 Chevrolet Astro Van | | Steering | Mustang rack & pinion | | Wheel covers | '56 Lincoln | | Front wheel make, size | Ford, 15 x 7 steel | | Rear wheel make, size | Ford, 15 x 7 steel | | Front tire make, size | Goodyear, 205/75R15 | | Rear tire make, size | Goodyear, 205/75R15 | | Gas tank | '69 Mustang, stainless steel | | ENGINE | | Make | Chevrolet | | Displacement | 355ci | | Assembly | C. Kocher, Malvern, PA | | Crankshaft | GM Performance Parts | | Camshaft | Hydraulic roller | | Water pump | GMPP | | Cooling fan | 16" | | Radiator | Custom copper/brass | | Alternator | 160amp | | Heads | GM aluminum | | Valve covers | Modified Olds | | Manifold / Induction | GM aluminum / Edelbrock
(Torrance, CA) 600cfm | | Ignition / Wires | GM HEI / 8mm | | Headers | Stainless, block hugger | | Exhaust / Mufflers | Custom / Flowmaster (Santa
Rosa, CA) Hushpower | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | 700R4 | | Converter | 30- Series Hughes (Tucson, AZ), | | Shifter | Lokar (Knoxville, TN) | | Driveshaft | Custom | | BODY | | Body style / Material | Club Sedan / steel | | Body manufacturer | Oldsmobile | | Body mods | 3" chop, windshield sunk & laid
back 5-degrees, custom
headlight brows, rear quarters
stretched 8", rear flush skirts
fashioned from sections of '58
Caddy roof | | Hood | Pie cut 2 ½" | | Grille | Steel mesh | | Bodywork | D. Meyers, Jimmy Hines - Paoli
Auto Body (Paoli, PA) | | Paint type / Color | PPG / Nissan Sorrel Green | | Painter | Chris Judeikis - Paoli Auto Body | | Headlights / Taillights | '49 Olds / '48 (glass lens) Olds | | Outside mirror | Studebaker Avanti | | Bumpers | Front, modified stock with '53
Merc Dagmar's, Rear, '53 Olds
grille bar | | Other body items | Tunneled and modified hood
ornament, custom fabbed
eyebrows over headlights,
reshaped the front wheel
openings, extended rocker
panels, added '51 Packard
moldings, custom-molded deck
lid by Dan Meyers | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | Modified stock | | Insert / Gauges | Custom by Dan Meyers / Classic
Instruments (Boyne City, MI) | | Stereo / Speakers | Kemwood KDC-135CR / Kenwood | | Air conditioning | Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX) | | Wiring | Centech (Perkiomenville, PA), by
Dan Meyers | | Steering wheel | '49 Olds | | Steering column | '49 Olds | | Interior mirror | Olds | | Seats | '92 Olds | | Upholsterer | Bob Sapp, Milford, DE | | Material / Color | Ultra Leather / Mystic Green &
Cream | | Carpet | Bentley pile, Sage Green | | Seatbelts | 3-point |
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