1962 Oldsmobile Other

U/K

6.5L 6458CC 394Cu. In. V8 GAS OHV Naturally Aspira

Automatic

626a02496

Clear

GAS

The 1962 Starfire is not an average car, and the previous owner of this particular '62 was not your average man. Mr. Pierce bought this car new for $4,683.14, trading in his 1957 Olds for which Lynn Cooper allowed him $2010.29. From Lynn Cooper Oldsmobile & Rambler in Clinton, SC, the Starfire went to Mr. Pierce's hometown of Landrum, SC, where it stayed. My grandfather, Horace "Junior" Nodine, and Virge were life-long friends, and as a child I remember Virge stopping at my dad's body shop with his Massey Ferguson tractor in tow. He'd have a Pepsi and some peanuts, tease me about crashing my go kart or wrecking my bike, and talk to my grandfather about one or the other's garden spots and how we needed some rain. My childhood friend and business partner, Shannon Smith, and I bought the car from Virge's only daughter. We pulled the Olds out of Virge's building, where it had been parked since 1978, just a few curvy roads away from the end of the Appalachian Mountains. If you aren't familiar with Landrum, SC and the wooded expanses at the foot of Hog Back Mountain, affectionately known as Dark Corner, then you may not know of its storied past and the jars of white liquor that made there way out of the thickets of mountain laurel into bustling towns like Greenville and Spartanburg. $2,672.85 of boot was hard to come by in 1962, but if one made good liquor, then the bib overalls probably were never empty. I can't say that I ever had any of Virge's liquor, but by reputation I know it to have been some of the best. My dad passed on his brother, Urid's black, 3-speed, 348 '60 Impala due to a cracked block, but now I know it was my dad's block that was cracked as there is not a family from those foothills with more history and personality than the Pierce's (Ok, well maybe lifelong friends, the Hyder's). We have the original invoice from Lynn Cooper, the shipping order, the pre-delivery and 1,000 mile inspection sheet, and original Certificate of Title. The car is an original paint car. The right front fender was replaced, as confirmed by my father. Even the exhaust is original. Virge had carpet made and installed it over the factory carpet, which as you can see in the photos contains factory vinyl inserts that serve as floor mats - they look new. The tops of the seats had started peeling, so we did minimal upholstery work. We replaced the bias ply tires with radial white walls, but retained original wheels and hubcaps. Our mechanic drained the gas tank, did a brake job, and we were driving the big-block 394 in a matter of days. The power steering is impeccable, and makes me wonder why Detroit ever varied from this model; it literally steers with one finger. We had a high-end detail guy condition the paint and bring back some of the car's original luster. This is a completely rust free car except for a few small bubbles in the fender that was replaced! This car is waiting to be added to a true car lover's collection.