The Starfire's sporty and luxurious hardtop coupe and convertible embodied the personal luxury cars for Oldsmobile with leather bucket seats, sport and special luxury trim. Arguably this was the first muscle-car from Oldsmobile since it combined a very powerful engine in a small, compact body. The Oldsmobile Starfire was easily distinguishable from its Super 88 counterparts by the addition of brushed aluminum side panels.
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This particular model comes complete with Four Seasons Air Conditioning, power equipment including power drivers seat, factory tinted glass, console tachometer and reverb rear speaker. Power was from a 394 cubic-inch V-8 engine that offered 345 horsepower and 440 pound-feet of torque, courtesy of a Rochester four-barrel carburetor, 10.5:1 compression, a revised camshaft profile, an efficient combustion chamber design and a free-flowing dual exhaust system.
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Priced around $4,000, the Starfire Hardtop Coupe was equipped with all the features found in the Super Eight-Eight plus brushed aluminum side panels, a sporty cockpit featuring bucket seats, leather upholstery, floor console and power-operated front seats. The Starfire returned for 1962 to include a hardtop variant.
It was a high performance, high style, luxury automobile that was true to the company's rich performance history and offered a host of distinctive features. Oldsmobile introduced the new Starfire in mid-1961. The list of standard equipment included a more powerful V8, Hydra-matic drive, sports console with shifter, tachometer, courtesy lamp package, two-speed wipers, power brakes, power steering, brushed aluminum trim, dual exhausts and leather trim. The Starfire was Oldsmobile's entry into the personal luxury market built on the Super Eighty-Eight's 123-inch wheelbase frame.
West Coast Classics are proud to present a great example of this very desirable 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire 2 door Hardtop coupe 'Bubble Roof' with the 394/345HP V8 engine with factory options including: Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, power drivers seat, electric clock, courtesy lamps, soft ray tinted glass, Wonderbar AM radio with power antenna, console with shifter, tachometer and with rare factory added option of air conditioning and outside rear mirror.
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