1962 Oldsmobile F85 Jetfire Oldsmobile, Classic cars, Cars trucks
General Motors was at the forefront of this new way of thinking, and in 1962, they released the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire. Today, finding a largely original and unmolested example is getting difficult due to reasons that we will cover shortly.
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What Is a 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire Wagon? Don't let all those doors fool ya—this extremely rare little hauler screams "hot rod." View Gallery 9 Photos KJ Jones Writer, Photographer Jul 6,.
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1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire Hardtop Coupe Only 3765 Jetfires were sold in 1962, with a further 5842 built in its final year of 1963. It's estimated that only 30-35 with a functioning turbocharger remain. One of them is this Chariot Red '62 owned by Rich Baughman of Churubusco, Indiana.
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The 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire has a 3.5-liter V8 engine under its hood, with a maximum output of 215 horsepower and a torque of 300 lb-ft. This was essentially the same engine as the F-85 Cutlass, but with this primitive turbo added. This is a rear-wheel drive vehicle that uses a three-speed automatic transmission.
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Considered to be the first production car to be turbocharged, this Oldsmobile Jetfire has been meticulously restored by Eric Jensen.From classics to supercar.
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Throwback Thursday 1962: the Oldsmobile Jetfire explained The Oldsmobile Jetfire missed out on being the first turbocharged production car by mere weeks. In 1962, we detailed this new.
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For Jetfire. harbours a new kind of power under the hood -- the. sensational Turbo-Rocket Engine with fluid injection. Here's turbocharged performance to the tune of. one horsepower per cubic inch of displacement! And for a bonus, Jetfire features bright new hardtop styling. with bucket seats and console as standard equipment.
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On April 20, 1962 Oldsmobile introduced the first Jetfire, a sporty , smaller car powered by a turbocharged, fluid injected aluminum 215 c.i. V8. The 15% boost from the turbo resulted in 215 H.P ("a horse per cube")! This high performance compact was introduced two years before the advent of the Ford Mustang and the Pontiac GTO.
1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire, first turbo charged vehicle
The Oldsmobile Jetfire is a 2 door saloon (sedan)-bodied road car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels. The 8 cylinder, overhead valve turbocharged engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 3.5 litres.
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Oldsmobile Jetfire - 1961. If the standard Cutlass coupe was a bit tame,. An increase in power to 345bhp helped boost sales in 1962 and it carried in through to the end of 1964.
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Oldsmobile sold 3,765 Jetfires in 1962 and 5,842 in 1963, but problems (many of them owner-related) plagued the car. Photo courtesy GM Media Archive. A frequent owner complaint was "lack of power," and a trip to the dealer would reveal that the owner had run the Turbo Rocket Fluid tank dry.
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1962-1963 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire By: the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide When introduced in 1961, the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire was the carmaker's entry in the rapidly growing market for economical compact cars. See more classic car pictures. The stage was set for the development of the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire at the start of the 1960s.
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Noel, founder of oldsjetfire.com, is a critical supplier to the small Jetfire community; he rebuilds the car's complex and much-maligned turbocharger system out of his garage in Bloomington, Minn. "I talk with Jetfire owners […] The mechanic keeping the forgotten Oldsmobile Jetfire alive - Hagerty Media Media Read Topics Auctions
Throwback Thursday 1962 the Oldsmobile Jetfire explained Autocar
Back in 1962, General Motors launched two turbocharged automobiles in the United States. The 1962 Corvair Monza Spyder and the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire were the two cars. Oldsmobile, just like the name implies, is one of the oldest in America, launched in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds.
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Jul 7, 2022 Photography Courtesy Napoli Classics « » Although the Chevy Corvair gets a lot of attention for being one of the first cars fitted with a turbocharger from the factory, there was also this car, the Oldsmobile Jetfire. Based on the Cutlass, the Jetfire took the Oldsmobile 215-cubic-inch V8 engine and slapped on a Garrett turbocharger.
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October 16, 2021 8 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire advertised on ClassicCars.com "First of its kind… and full of surprises," is how Oldsmobile introduced its new F-85 Cutlass Jetfire equipped with never-before-seen automotive power under the hood.