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Scott’s Hot Rods and Customs [19] 2009: 1932 Ford Roadster: Harry Willet [7] [18] 2010: 1933 Ford Roadster : Mike Dingman [7] Scott's Hot Rods and Customs [20] 2011: 1934 Ford Roadster: Daryl Wolfswinkel [7] Squeeg's Kustoms: 2012: 1927 Ford Roadster: Bill Lindig [21] SO-CAL Speed Shop [22] 2013: 1927 Ford Roadster: John Mumford [21] Roy ...
The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, which started out as an independent company in 1897 and was eventually shut down due to a lack of profitability in 2004. [1]
The Beatnik Bandit is built on a shortened Oldsmobile chassis. While one source says that it was of 1955 vintage, most believe that the chassis actually dates from 1950. [1] [7] The front suspension is independent with kingpins and A-arms and in the back is a solid axle with trailing arms. Coil springs are used at all four corners.
Oldsmobile (formally the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors) was a brand of American automobiles, produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Originally established as "Olds Motor Vehicle Company" by Ransom E. Olds in 1897, it produced over 35 million vehicles, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan , factory ...
The first Detroit Autorama was held at the University of Detroit Memorial Building on January 31 and February 1, 1953. [7] It featured only 40 cars, and was hosted by members of the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA), which was created only a year before to "organize small local clubs into one unified body that could raise the money needed to pull drag racing off the streets and into a safe ...
The 1954 Oldsmobile Cutlass on display at the 1955 General Motors Motorama. Oldsmobile first used the Cutlass name on an experimental sports coupe designed in 1954. It rode a 110 in (2,800 mm) wheelbase, and featured a dramatic boat-tailed fastback roofline and stock V8. Its platform was similar to the compact F-85 introduced seven years later.
On May 5, 2022, in a secret auction at the brand's museum in Germany, Mercedes-Benz sold one of just two 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupes from its extensive collection of historical automobiles—which dates back to the earliest days of the car in the late 19th century. The sale, to a private buyer, was for 135 million euros ($142,769,250).
It has come with V8 engine as standard equipment every year since 1955 but used the Blue Flame inline six-cylinder engine for its first two years of production. [103] In 2012, Consumer Reports named it the best sportscar available in America. [104] The Ford Thunderbird was introduced in 1955 and remained in production until 1997. Production ...