I've never seen old style valve covers like that on a 455, factory covers are ten bolts around the edges. How did they get them to fit?
I'm mostly a Ford/Merc. guy, but, I love those 50 Olds'. VERY NICE...now throw some Star Fire wheel covers & white walls on there & "pow" !, you got the KOOLEST Olds in the world! mike
WOW!!!!!!! If it were mine (you know I have to do this lol), I'd scrape those Edelbrock stickers off the carbs... I would also lower it a little and paint those steel wheels black with chrome lug nuts.. Hopefully there not those dual lug pattern wheels.. Real nice car that somebody did a lot of first class work to..
I love 49-51 Olds cars. Got a buddy in a neighboring town who used to build olds' This is a 50 coupe he built with the early experimental V/8 engine...can't remember the cu. in. but it was a little smaller than a 303. IIRR it had a manual transmission and the see-through hood sold to dealerships. Extremely nice car. I think the brown rag top was his too. He once built a KILLER olds sedan delivery using an Olds 4 door and a chevy delivery....couldn't tell it wasn't factory.
IF Van Nuys Bob built the car I don't think the PCV would be sticking out the top of the valve cover.
What a beauty! I would love to see a walk around video while its sittin there running with those duals rumbling, A wicked takeoff showin what that 455 would do in that little olds would be nice too
50 Olds fastback, for me its lust! … I totally concur with your (Like”) as you put it, of this period Oldsmobile. I still have an original 1950-52 Oldsmobile NOS Accessory Self Winding Clock Steering Wheel Assembly that I bought over the Dealership Counter in 1958, such nice guys they even included the showroom poster. I bought all this to put into a period Olds that never came about. I’ll include some photos. .
Hells yeah! I stop and see him a few times a year out at Wahoo but he's slowed down with building 49-51 Olds cars.
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