The 1956 Oldsmobile Super Eight-Eight continued to be the company's best-selling vehicle, with 179,000 examples finding buyers. The Super Eighty-Eight was available in five bodystyles, including a 2- and 4-door sedan, a 2- and 4-door Holiday Hardtop, and a convertible. Power was from an overhead valve V8 engine displacing 324 cubic-inches and offering 240 horsepower. Both the Eighty-Eight and the Super Eighty-Eight rested on the same wheelbase platform, while the Ninety-Eight larger at 126 inches.

The Super Eighty-Eight came equipped with rubber floor mats, aluminum door sill plates, sun visors, armrests, bumper guards, lined trunk, rotary door latches, dual horns, cigarette lighter, turn signals, carpeting, foam rubber seat cushions, courtesy lights, and front fender medallions.

By Daniel Vaughan | Mar 2014