UPDATE – This good-looking ’55 Olds 88 Holiday Coupe was featured here on Barn Finds back in July and has been listed for sale again. It’s still residing in Omaha, Nebraska with the same asking price of $28,500. The seller is still open to hearing reasonable offers and isn’t interested in trades unless it’s a short bed Chevy, Dodge, or Ford in nice shape. You can find its current listing here on craigslist and thanks again to Mike F. for sending this classic coupe to us again. Hopefully this time around it can find a new owner. It’s one of the nicest driver-quality ’55 Olds 88 Holiday Coupes we’ve featured here on Barn Finds.

FROM 07/29/25: If one were looking for an automobile to represent the record-setting sales year of 1955, then this Olds 88 Holiday Coupe checks all the boxes. A classic 50’s two-tone color combination (turquoise and white), tasteful styling – especially being a sporty hardtop coupe,  just enough chrome trim, a colorful turquoise and white interior, cool wheel covers, and a respectable V8 engine under the hood. The ’55 Olds also checked a lot of boxes for car buyers seventy years ago as a record number – 583,179 units – were sold and earned the division fifth place overall in sales. The 88 Series was the entry level Olds in ’55 and of the 222,361 Series 88’s built, the most popular model was one like we’re featuring here. Nearly 86,000 of these desirable 2-door hardtop Holiday Coupes found new driveways or garages and it’s easy to see why. They were just great looking, comfortable, and peppy cars.

The color revolution was really rolling in 1955 and Oldsmobile was no exception. Customers could select from 19 attractive paint colors, and given the styling of the ’55’s, most were ordered in two-tone color combinations. Looking at the photos, the Polar White and Turquoise paint is shiny and very presentable and the chrome bumpers, oval grille, and all of the cool 88 rocket-themed trim looks great. I’ve always liked Oldsmobile’s “knife-blade” side trim as well as their fender skirts that accentuated the flowing shape of that distinctive side trim. And those super-cool “spinner” wheel covers helped to give these hardtop coupes a bit of a sporty look.

Like practically all car interiors of 1955, this 88 has a colorful cabin displaying a tasteful blend of turquoise and white (with shiny chrome and stainless trim). The seller says that the only negative are the fabric “wrinkles” on the front seat. I also spotted some on the door panels. This 88 has the factory clock and radio and there’s a photo of a modern AM/FM/CD player unit that’s mounted in the glove box. The seller is also including a cool salesman’s binder for the ’55 Olds that would let customers flip through to pick their car’s options, colors, interior, etc. You don’t see many of these since they were for dealership use only and were rarely saved.

The engine is the 324-cubic-inch Rocket V8 with 25,500 miles on the odometer (which I’m assuming has a “1” in front of it). It’s most likely the standard 324 that generated 185 horsepower at 4000 rpm that’s mated to the optional Hydra-Matic Super Drive automatic transmission. The seller says “This car runs and drives as good as it looks and cruises nicely at 70-75 mph.”  The seller also apologetically confesses that he has too many cars and is selling the Olds to make room in his garage for his next project.