Oldsmobile's 1950 Seventy-Six Holiday hardtop — a steel roof welded onto the convertible body — was the only time the brand ever paired its upscale hardtop styling with a plain six-cylinder engine, and barely 538 were sold.
Lead trim: Seventy-Six 257 cu in I6
Oldsmobile Series 701949–1950
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FactOldsmobile's 1950 Seventy-Six Holiday hardtop — a steel roof welded onto the convertible body — was the only time the brand ever paired its upscale hardtop styling with a plain six-cylinder engine, and barely 538 were sold.
The all-new postwar Futuramic styling that debuted on the C-body Oldsmobile 98 in 1948 was brought to Oldsmobile's 1949 A-body, shared with Pontiac and Chevrolet. The new name Seventy-Six, with the numbers now spelled out, became Oldsmobile's entry-level model with the discontinuation of the Series 60; its wheelbase grew to 119.5 in (202.0 in long, 75.2 in wide) and it was available only with the Oldsmobile straight-six of 257 cu in (4.2 L), the straight-eight 78 having been retired with the 1949 introduction of the overhead-valve Rocket V8 88, which absorbed its A-body platform. In 1950 the final Seventy-Six continued to offer the DeLuxe trim (also on the station wagon) and briefly offered a Holiday hardtop coupe, made by welding a steel roof onto the convertible: only 144 standard coupes and 394 with the DeLuxe trim were sold at a list price of US$2,108, the only time Oldsmobile offered an upscale hardtop body style with a six-cylinder engine.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventy-Six 257 cu in I6 | 1949–1950 | 4.2 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Oldsmobile's 1950 Seventy-Six Holiday hardtop — a steel roof welded onto the convertible body — was the only time the brand ever paired its upscale hardtop styling with a plain six-cylinder engine, and barely 538 were sold.
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