It was called the Rocket V8, and it enjoyed a prosperous 41-year production run. Introduced in 1949 Marked the first mass-produced high-compression V8 Partly responsible for kicking off the age of the ...

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 was introduced in 1949 and when it stopped being a muscle car is murky. Through the early 1950s, the car remained using the same formula, but after that, its success would be ...

One of the most influential American vehicles of the 20th Century, the 1949 Olds 88 has the pedigree to be one of the most desirable US-built classics, but instead, it's sometimes cheaper than a ...

Before the muscle car wars had names, before Pontiac’s GTO and Chrysler’s Road Runner strutted across billboards, there was the Oldsmobile 88. Back in 1949, Oldsmobile dropped a Rocket V8 into a ...

Oldsmobile was a big name in American cars from its beginning in 1897 until it closed in 2004. Besides making popular American Oldsmobile classics like the Jetfire and Toronado, the brand also made ...

Ransom Eli Olds began working in his father's machine shop around 1880, where he helped build steam engines for yachts. After Karl Benz built the world's first car, the Motorwagen, Olds was inspired ...

One look at Albert Torelli's '49 Olds Rocket 88 and it's obvious to anyone who knows that era Oldsmobiles that this particular fastback has seen its number of modifications from the front bumper back.

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