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Oldsmobile produced a straight-6 automobile engine from 1923 to 1950. It was a conventional side-valve engine of varying capacities and at stages was shared with GMC . Although the engines changed from year to year there were basically 5 series of Oldsmobile side-valve 6 cylinder engines over the 27 years of production, 1923 to 1927, 1928 to ...
1946–1949 1.5 L (1,500 cc) ... Porsche 986 engines Vehicle Engine MY ... Engine number Model year Vehicle type Engine type 838 00501>99999 2008 Cayenne S 4801 858 ...
The Oldsmobile V8, also referred to as the Rocket, is a series of engines that was produced by Oldsmobile from 1949 until 1990. The Rocket, along with the 1949 Cadillac V8, were the first post-war OHV crossflow cylinder head V8 engines produced by General Motors .
V8 Oldsmobiles were automatic-only in 1949 as Oldsmobile lacked a manual gearbox that could handle the torque of the new engine.1948 Oldsmobile Futuramic introduction In 1950, Oldsmobile offered a modified Cadillac manual gearbox for V8 models. The 88 now outsold the six-cylinder 76 lineup, which was dropped entirely after the 1950 model year.
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.
1949 VW Super Sport engine design B. With V heads and horizontal cooling fan. Reference drawing 367.10.403 dated June 22, 1949. Based on Typ 115 engine of 1939, which used Kompressor and OHC. 368 2.5 ton Agricultural trailer 369: 1949–1950: VW Super Sport engine design C. With V type valve arrangement, (1.1-liter engine for Type 356/2).
The Series 60 was retired in 1949, the same year the Oldsmobile 78 was replaced by the 88. The Oldsmobile 76 was retired after 1950. This left the two remaining number-names to carry on into the 1990s as the bread and butter of the full-size Oldsmobile lineup until the Eighty Eight-based Regency replaced the 98 in 1997.
The American automobile manufacturer General Motors sold a number of vehicles under its marque Oldsmobile, ... 1949: 1999 98: 1940: 1996 Starfire: 1960: 1966 1974: