Oldsmobile F-88

The Oldsmobile F-88 was a concept car that Oldsmobile created in 1954, with first sketches by Bill Lange. It was built on the chassis of the Chevrolet Corvette, sharing its 102 inch wheelbase, and like the Corvette and the Pontiac Bonneville Special it had a fibreglass body. Under the hood was a 324 cubic inch Super 88 V8 with a four barrel carburetor, and the rear axle came from the Corvette with a 3.55 to 1 ratio. The console was changed from the 1953 Oldsmobile console with a tachometer added, and its instrument panel was later used on a Cutlass. John and Maureen Hendricks bought the car for over three million dollars, and it is now on display in its own showroom at the Gateway Colorado Automobile Museum. A rumor says a second F-88 was destroyed in a fire between shows.