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 ...

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 ...

It is said that the first American muscle car was the Rocket 88, a vehicle that combined high horsepower with good looks and a great engine. Perhaps there is some arguing over if it was this car it ...

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 ...

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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