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Message: [QUOTE="Tcuse, post: 87518, member: 358"] 1950 Oldsmobile Super 98 convertible, three speed Turbohydramatic with V8, cream, wheel skirts, power windows, station seeking AM radio , leather interior of course, one of the hotter cars in its day. I got it as a hand me down, had over 100,000 miles, which was a lot of mileage back then. Compression was so poor that to start it when the engine was hot it had to be parked on a hill and you coasted to about 15 or 20 MPH then put it in low. Exhaust was primarily tin cans wired together. The convertible roof and I think the windows were hydraulically operated. under the carpet was a maze of tubing, car always smelled of fluid. Vacuum windshield wipers, when you stepped on it or went up a hill the wipers slowed down or stopped. What great memories of the times we had , and what I wouldn't give to have it now. So far I have the antique vehicle here, maybe I am the second oldest fart [/QUOTE]