Starting in the late Sixties, Seattle City Light began an electric vehicle program to try to get the city and the city’s residents to switch from their internal combustion vehicles. According to Seat...
455-powered 1975 Oldsmobile 88 four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1975 Olds is a true sleeper, because under the hood lies the big 455ci Oldsmobile engine, ...
In 1968, the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indy were recorded for a documentary produced by Hollywood’s Documentary Productions Inc. Not only is the hour-plus film an amazing capture of what drag racing was...
A little more than a decade ago, a certain Olds 442 was spotted for sale in Hemmings Motor News . Turns out, it was the long-lost ’70 442 “Goodyear Grabber” that none other than James Garner campaign...
When I first moved from the East Coast to California, I paid attention to the whispers of “hi-riders” I kept hearing at car shows in the East Bay region of the Northern California San Francisco Bay A...
1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sport Sedan. Image via The Old Car Manual Project. It seems like every time we write about a car, we find something to love about that car–even if its nothing we’...
Unrestored 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Offered for sale is a stunning all original 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado Limited Edition. Painted in brown wit...
Restored four-speed 1961 Oldsmobile F85 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The result of a recently completed 3 yr. professional rotisserie, every nut and bolt restoration. Orig...
Rust-free 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado and 1970 Toronado GT for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Very clean, rust free car. 455ci V8, P.S., P.B., power windows, AC (not working), AM/F...
1953 Chevrolet Bel air (top; image by the author); 1954 Plymouth Belvedere (bottom; image by Jim Donnelly). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a f...
Photography from the Hemmings archives. The tachometer’s significance beyond simply serving as an add-on accessory to instill a sporty image and enhance dealer profit was manifested in the muscle-car...
Still image from video below. In this vintage television ad, two young boys wearing space helmets experience from the backseat of their parents’ new Ninety-Eight what the redesigned ’59 Oldsmobile ha...
Older restoration 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Restored in 1987, the stock 455 was bored out to 462 cu. in. and was rebuilt with mostly ...
The last Oldsmobile built, a 2004 Alero GLS Final 500 Collector’s Edition. Photo by Joe Ross. Sometime after 9:30 a.m. Eastern this morning, a Dark Cherry Metallic 2004 Oldsmobile Alero GLS sedan wil...
1982 Buick Grand National Regal (top); 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo SS (bottom); images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that...
Solid 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Your Attitude Adjustment Vehicle 307 V-8 , 4 speed automatic. 105,000 miles Power Steering, Brakes, Wind...
Image via Google Street View. Kristi Schwartzly still recalls the morning she came to work at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum to find that a roof leak had flooded the executive director’s office....
Photos courtesy R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. Storage, Mark Memmel said, wasn’t kind to his Oldsmobile Cutlass. Rust ate up about half of the car while it sat, so he ultimately decided to restore ...
Photos courtesy Dragone Auctions. Most TV shows get at most one chance to introduce a cool hero car: the A-Team van, KITT, and the Batmobile all pulled solo duty on their respective shows. Not so wit...
Photos by author. A guy walks into a car show’s invitational display building with a pocket full of cash and a craving to buy a Hurst/Olds. He’s immediately greeted by a pristine example of a ’72, a ...
Unmodified, lightly restored 1953 Oldsmobile Super 88 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: We had plans to drive and show this car on a regular basis, but sometimes life has other...
Photos by Thomas A. DeMauro. There are great spouses who accommodate your car hobby and then there are great spouses who actually facilitate it. As any car person who reads this story will soon attes...
Der Teufel im Detail Was da in den vergangenen Jahren in den USA mit dem amerikanischen Fahrzeugen passiert ist, mutet für Europäer seltsam an. Da werden für eine Corvette fast 4 Millionen Dollar bez...
Former Pure Stock Drags 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I have owned this 4-4-2 since 1986. This car is equipped from the factory with power seat, remot...
1969 Hurst/Olds 455 (top); 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables ...