Tractors Dynamic Duo

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The attachment grows deep, as this pair of gorgeous 1958 Oldsmobiles proves.

By the time you read this, Frank Signorelli will have owned his two 1958 Oldsmobiles for a combined total of 81 years. The first wasn't a huge investment: In 1962, he picked up a four-year-old Dynamic 88 for $750 to use as "speedy, fun transportation." It was his second car, and until 1970 served to take him tens of thousands of miles up and down the East Coast, never once stranding him on the roadside. "This car really shines at highway speeds and higher," he said. "With its 3.08-geared rear differential and four-speed Hydra-Matic, it only turns 2,400 RPM at 70 MPH and will return 21½ MPG at that constant speed. That's with J-2 head gaskets, which boosted compression to 10.5:1."

Frank didn't start out looking for the controversial 1958 model; in fact, he wasn't even a fan. He vastly preferred the '57 model and when, as a teen, he saw a picture of the 1958 Oldsmobile, his first thought was that they'd ruined it! He was then driving his first car, a 1954 Ford Victoria, and was dissatisfied with Y-block speed, but really liked a fast '54 Oldsmobile a neighbor had. When he mentioned to his father, Frank Sr., that he was thinking of swapping engines, Dad told him it would be more trouble than it was worth--if he wanted Olds power, they'd go looking for an Oldsmobile.

To check out the pics http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2012/02/01/hmn_feature1.html
 
 
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