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1957 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Coupe 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday hardtop sedan 1957 Oldsmobile 88 Fiesta hardtop wagon. For 1957 only, the basic 88 was officially named Golden Rocket 88, taken from Oldsmobile's 1956 Motorama two-passenger show car. However, the only badging was an "88" underneath each taillight.
The standard 1965-1967 425 cu in (7.0 L) was called the Super Rocket, and was the most powerful engine option for the Oldsmobile 88 and 98 of 1965-1967. Compression ratios of 9.0:1 at 310 hp (230 kW) or 10.25:1 at 360 hp (270 kW) were available in the U.S.
The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, ... 88: 1949: 1999 98: 1940: ... 1956 Golden Rocket; 1957 F ...
The 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88, created in response to public interest in speed and power, is often cited as the first muscle car. It featured America's first high-compression overhead valve V8 in the smaller, lighter Oldsmobile 76/Chevy body for six-cylinder engines (as opposed to bigger Olds 98 luxury body). [74]
1948 Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine Oldsmobile inline 8 engine at the R. E. Olds Transportation Museum. Oldsmobile produced a straight-8 engine in the 1930s and 1940s. This was the company's top engine choice from 1932 until the 1949 introduction of the overhead valve Rocket V8, and was briefly exclusive to the Oldsmobile L-Series.
As you’re taking your Christmas items out of storage this year, be on the lookout for any collectible items that could be worth more than you think.If you own any of these valuable baubles, you ...
The 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket V-8 with a displacement of 303 cu in (5.0 L) is widely recognized as the first postwar modern overhead valve (OHV) engine to become available to the public. [16] The Oldsmobile was an immediate success in 1949 and 1950, and all the automobile manufacturers could not help noticing the higher sales of the Oldsmobile 88 ...
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