The 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 concept car, the stuff of legends, is hitting the auction block. 🏁
. It’s the 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 concept car, and the only remaining example of this iconic GM Motorama creation. Supplied directly from GM as a knocked-down “kit” to legendary automaker E.L. Cord, it was stored at Cord’s home in Beverly Hills for years before being fully restored. It subsequently became part of the renowned Gordon Apker collection, and is now being offered from the Gateway Automobile Museum Collection.
The history of concept cars is often convoluted, and as with most Motorama models, there was more than one F-88 produced. According to journalist Michael Lamm and historian David Temple, three examples were built: the gold Motorama show car; a second example for Harley Earl; and a third for GM executive Sherrod Skinner. Earl’s car was re-bodied soon after, and Skinner’s vehicle was probably dismantled early on. Famed automaker E.L. Cord saw the F-88 and wanted it.
The car is powered by Oldsmobile’s 150 hp, 324 cubic-inch V-8 engine, which is mated to GM’s Hydramatic transmission.Krueger noted that the original front-fender wells had traces of green paint, which along with the relatively early production number of the V-8 engine indicated that most portions of the Cord F-88 had probably belonged to the original Motorama car.
Featured by Oldsmobile for the marque’s 100th anniversary celebrations in 1997, it then was sold to Gordon Apker of Kent, Wash., to become a feature of his notable collection. The Gateway Automobile Museum, in Gateway, Colo., acquired the car from Apker in 2005, and it became a centerpiece of that rarified assemblage. It later appeared on the lawn of the 2008In 2005, the Gateway Automobile Museum acquired the car, and it was subsequently a centerpiece of that collection.
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