1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Concept
Conceived as Oldsmobile’s answer to the Corvette, the F-88 made its public debut at the 1954 GM Motorama in New York, where it drew attention as one of the most fully realized dream cars GM had ever shown.
Styled under Harley Earl (with contributions from Bill Mitchell and Zora Arkus-Duntov), its two-seat fiberglass body sat on the Corvette’s 102-inch wheelbase, though the overall shape read as distinctly Oldsmobile in character.
The concealed folding top and pigskin interior finished in pearlescent tones gave the cabin a polished, production-ready quality rare for a show car of the period.
Where the contemporary Corvette relied on a six-cylinder engine, the F-88 ran a 324 cu in Super 88 Rocket V8 producing around 250 horsepower, fed through a four-barrel carburetor and backed by a four-speed Hydra-Matic transmission. The car was fully driveable, not simply a static display.
Three examples were built, each differing slightly in detail. The project was ultimately cancelled, and all but one were destroyed.
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