With only a few hours left, this gorgeous 1971 Oldsmobile 88 Convertible is for sale in Buford, Georgia. The car can be seen here on eBay and has been bid to $15,000. The reserve has not been met. The two door convertible appears to be in remarkable condition with a stunning white exterior and perfect black interior. The odometer reads just over 56,000 miles.
The black interior shows the car is equipped with air conditioning, automatic transmission, AM/FM stereo, tilt steering, power locks and power windows. Being an Oldsmobile, the car is luxurious with power bench seat Comfortron climate control and cornering lamps.
The Eighty-eight is powered by an Oldsmobile 455 cubic inch V8 engine. The L31 455 cubic inch motor delivered 365 horsepower in 1970 and over 500 lb ft of torque. It was replaced mid year by the L33 455 cubic inch engine. The engine compartment looks clean and well maintained.
The car is equipped with Super Stock IV wheels that I have not seen on an Oldsmobile but look great. They are just the right amount of sporty but reflect class. So, if you hurry, you can still bid on this beautiful Oldsmobile convertible.
Beautiful. Yes, a re-paint and the seller discloses that and doesn’t play the original paint game nonsense. These are fabulous driving cars. Great panel fit. Well optioned. Can someone lend me 20k? Please.
My Bonds will mature in twelve years if you can wait….lol
I had 71 Delta 88 green leather interior green roof pearl white over ca dy green paint when I had it 455. This car looks so much like it. If it was ever registered in Boca Raton Florida it was mine back in the 70s
Those wheels were a factory Oldsmobile option. Very rare and tasteful. Very stunning example I would consider owning.
I think those rare rims make it all that much easier to sell. You never see those anymore and they really set it off.
I had a 72 88 coupe with those wheels. Really set it off.
If I had room for it in my garage, I would pay anything to have it.
A true Olds.
This would be fantastic as a 2 door hardtop. I have been looking for one and they are just about unfindable now with a 455. Convertibles seem to come around all the time. Still a beautiful car though…
I seem to see these things all the time. They are almost always red convertibles. I can only surmise that they built a ton of them and their owners treated them kindly.
I had a 73 Delta 88 Royale convertible. Low compression 455 but still ran darn good.
Burgandy with a white top and interior. One of my favorite cars.
The SSlV wheels are fantastic looking. This is a “Polycast” wheel, designed to simulate an aluminum wheel. They were also Polycast wheels used on Pontiacs and Chevrolets. My 73 Trans Am had the honeycombs, I loved the look, but they were really, really heavy.
First car I owned was a ’71 Delta 88 Coupe. Medium to light Blue, 350 engine that WAS a little old school teachers car. Think it was 12 or 13 years old at the time with about the same mileage as this. ONLY gm made vehicle I would EVER own again. First thing to do is swap out the timing gear set with a real metallic gear set. Dang near ruined my engine when the fiber-toothed cam gear grenades! If only I had the cash and good storage today.
With the black and white combination, those wheel are perfect. Just the right amount of bling. Love it!
I have a ’73. Yes, I’d like mine to be as loaded, though it’s got enough. Know what really impresses me? The faux wood veneer insert on the steering wheel (as well as the wheel) looks excellent. The “veneer” on the dash looks good too. Mine looks great, but so many I’ve seen are faded & look awful. Hard for me to imagine that mine is worth close to what this one got.
With the color scheme being black and white, those wheels are the perfect answer to give it the perfect amount of bling. Looks great!
So here’s a whole lot of information you never wanted to know: That Polycast wheel was originally created by Motor Wheel Corporation in 1970, and marketed as the “Exiter”. Motor Wheel was an OEM supplier, noted for the “Magnum 500”, a version of which was seen on just about every car line, and the Spyder, a popular aftermarket rim seen often in Junior Stock racing, and some pro stockers like Eddie Shchartmans’s 70 Cougar.
Anyway, Motor Wheel shopped the wheel around as an aftermarket option, (they were on the Challenger pace car when it hit the press bleachers at the 71 Indy 500) until Oldsmobile picked it up as a wheel option on the 71-72 Delta 88’s. They are the 3rd example of Polycast technology I can think of, the first two being the Pontiac Honeycomb and the 70 Z/28 5 spoke and were very heavy. I think the wheel was discontinued after 72, but GM continued to use Polycast technology through the end of the 70’s, they last I recall was the 80 Camaro Berlinetta lattice wheel.
Sold at $17,200.
Grand theft auto.
Good price for that car, and I think it was worth the money. I’ve had many 71-72 B-Body Convertibles but this is the one I always wanted. Very, very cool car.
This beauty with major power and great look sold for half of what that Pontiac with 200hp guy wants, I would take this convertible all day long. That’s just me.
Sold at 17.2 – great car at that price. I’ve never seen one so heavily optioned out, in fact I never knew Night Watch existed, and I like to think I know everything! The new owner is about to indoctrinate himself to the joys of owning a scissor top car, or a convertible with black interior. But man, I’m jealous.
Sold at a (IMHO) reasonable price before I could convince the wife that I REALLY NEED this car. Gorgeous. Even at 10mpg tops.
Love the look of that car, and the options, including “Nite Watch”. Cool stuff.
Awesome car. What this 71 has over the 73 and later cars is properly fitted bumpers. This really matters in my opinion. As a kid I almost died as how ugly american cars got with mandated 5 mph bumpers.
This one works, and works well!
Just checking barn finds and read this
Is it still for sale ?
I will pay $18,000
I’m located in Aust down under
was this “the last amer convertible”? Or the caddy El D. Britz? I remember for awhile the car writers were sayin “no more after this due to…” May B it was safety? But it seemed for abt 5 or 10 yrs the co.s stopped makin convertibles…
I had one with less options and in nice shape but much higher mileage than this one. Very powerful boat and fun to drive. Had a hard time selling it, though, most people want the A bodies.