Al's 1988 Olds page

Photos are of the backup 1988 Indy pace car.  They were taken in August of 1988 (on the way to the OCA convention) in the museum in the infield at Indy.

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	First shot.  This is an awesome looking ride.  Note the rims.  These were not available on any 1988 production cars due to the length of time required for stringent GM testing.  They first appeared on the 1989 I-Series (minus the Porche looking paint scheme.  That showed first up with dark silver rather than black in 1991).
	The front air dam is a bit different from that used on production I-Series cars.
	Note the logos on the seats and rollbar.  These details are quite different from the ones in the 50 convertibles built for consumers.  These cars were the first production cars ever built with a heads-up display (HUD) as found in fighter aircraft.  My dads/brothers '89 I-Series was equipt with this and it was pretty cool.  I ordered it on my '90, but they were "out of stock" when my car was built and they left it out.
	Notice the integrated rear headrests that blend into the rear deck.  These cars might not be really called "convertibles", since they didn't have a top.  I understand that they did have a drop on hard-top for foul weather.  You can see the Delco/Hughes (as in Hughes Aircraft) HUD on top of the dash.
	Here's the engine I wish they had actually released for us lowly consumers.  Turbocharged and intercooled 2.3 litre Quad 4.  How about 250h.p.!
	Here is the only replica hardtop I've ever seen.  I understand there were supposed to have been 200 of these built.  This was a zone car in the infield of the '88 Miller 200 at the Milwaukee Mile.  Two members of the Wisconsin chapter have managed to come up with original convertibles.  There were only 50 of those built.  They had all been recalled by GM and ordered scrapped and/or donated to schools for shop classes.  I can't seem to find any pictures of those, but talk about rare cars...

This page last updated on July 18, 2004.