1965 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan

The 1965 catalog proclaimed that Oldsmobile was "The Rocket Action Car!" and it marked the eighth generation of the full-size Oldsmobiles, which had debuted originally as a 1941 model.

The Ninety-Eight was the larger and more luxurious version of the full-size Olds, riding on a 126" wheelbase, which was stretched a full three inches over that of the more demure 88.

For '65, the Ninety-Eight was available as the hardtop Holiday Sports Sedan, the pillared Luxury Sedan and Town Sedan, the hardtop Holiday Sports Coupe, or a convertible. 

The badge on the C-pillar marks this Provincial White example as a Luxury Sedan, which would have come standard with power windows, an illuminated vanity mirror for the rear seat, and other plush touches.

Under the hood, the standard powerplant was the 425 cubic inch Oldsmobile Super Rocket V-8 rated at 360 gross horsepower, with a 10.25:1 compression ratio necessitating premium fuel. Optionally, the buyer could get the 370hp 425 cube Starfire V-8. Either way the motor was backed with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic Drive automatic transmission. Contemporary tests tended to turn in 0-60 times in the mid nine second range.

This one was photographed in June of 2022 using a Nikon D7100 and an 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR II zoom lens.