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The 1937 "coffin-nosed" Cord, only front-wheel-drive car in America in its day
The Cord's electric/vacuum shifter
What make did this hood ornament adorn?
Keep scrolling — you'll find the answer.
The owner poses with his 1911 Model T Ford
The Model T's simple 4-banger
There was no excuse for going hungry at the show
The hood ornament a few pictures back was DeSoto's trademark, the car named
for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, first European to discover the Mississippi
This is the 1937 edition of the DeSoto
Jumping ahead a few years, this is the 1950 DeSoto —
Chrysler dropped the DeSoto brand in 1960
1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II
This 1937 Cadillac is in regular use as a wedding limousine
by Christopher Limousine of Walpole, Massachusetts
Another Christopher Limousine limo — this one's a 1937 Packard
When you get done reading this side...
...you can read the other side — don't hurry — I'll wait
Weltzer Modified
1960 Ford Galaxie — at over 81" wide, it exceeded the width limit
on passenger cars in some states
1920 Locomobile
The Locomobile's mono-block 6-cylinder engine
1934 Plymouth
1953 Pirsch
1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
Oldsmobile was founded by Ransom Eli Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars.
When General Motors phased it out in 2004, it was the oldest surviving American automobile brand, and
one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler and Peugeot.
1948 Oldsmobile with automatic transmission —
Olds had the industry's first automatic in 1940
A rather bulky 1954 Oldsmobile
In 1962, it became much sleeker, like this Starfire
1966 Oldsmobile 98 — I owned a '66 Delta 88 convertible, a very nice car
The 98's dash
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, America's first front-wheel-drive car since the '39 Cord
A later edition of the Toronado — this one's a 1977Return to Vintage Cars
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