The 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire was a personal luxury van designed to compete against the Ford Thunderbird. It featured a Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, competence steering, windows, Chauffeur's seat and brakes, electric Watch, brushed aluminium trim, optional tilt-away steering rotate, windscreen washer and 14-inch wheels.Under the Hood
The 1964 design was equipped with a 345-horsepower 394-cubic-inch Rocket V-8 that generated 440 pound-feet of torque, the twisting exaction the engine generates to dish out it hauling effectiveness and get-up-and-go from a dead control. A 260-hp anecdote was offered that generated 430 pound-feet of torque. The 10.25:1 compression ratio allowed the engine to bound on popular petrol.
They were pricey for the date, selling between $4,100 and $5,000, on the other hand didn't suggestion another amenities than the Pontiac Grand Prix, which sold for $600 less, according to Oldride.com and Conceptcarz.com.
Specifications
The 1964 Starfire was offered as a coupe and convertible. It sat on a 123-inch wheelbase, measured a benevolent 215.3 inches extensive and 77.9 inches Broad, with an overall heighth of 54.7 inches. Curbside weight was rated at an ample 4,179 lbs., although the weight was reduced from 4,305 lbs. from the 1963 example.
Features
The Starfire was equipped with bucket seats, which could be ordered in pigskin trim, and a centre console with a tachometer mounted on top along with a floor shifter. It could never benefit a foothold in the luxury automobile bazaar due to the Thunderbird was firmly entrenched as a chief in the mart on account of 1955, and the wildly common luxury-oriented Buick Rivera, which debuted in 1963, siphoned off all the more of the Starfire's sales.
Origins
The 1964 Starfire was bite of the 1961 to 1966 day Starfires and is vastly at odds from the unrelated 1954 to 1957 Oldsmobile Starfire convertibles and the subcompact 1975 to 1979 Olds Starfires. The 1960s versions were a latest breed of Oldsmobile that combined luxury, sportiness and bent in the equivalent container.The V-8 besides featured a chrome-plated air cleaner, a four-barrel carburetor and custom-style valve covers and oil filler.
Production
The 1964 Starfire started at about $4,100 for the base model coupe and upwards of $4,700 to $5,000 for the convertible. Overall sales dipped for the 1963 model by 38 percent from 1962. Sales further fell in 1964 with the production of coupes dropping by another 36 percent and convertibles by a staggering 45 percent. In all, only 13,753 coupes and 2,410 convertibles were sold for the 1964 model year. It was a far cry from Starfire's 1961 debut model year when a total of 41,988 units were produced.
