Yes it is! Just thought I 'd show you guys a few pics of my dad's Olds. He's had hot rods, street rods, customs, drag cars, 55-57 Chevs for as long as I can remember. My Nomad in my avitar was our family car back in the 70's. He's 77 now and still working on cars and helping me when needed. He lives right behind me, so I snapped these pics just the other day, when I walked over as he was leaving for a cruise night with my mom. He was driving a '53 Olds when they met almost 55 yrs ago.
A '55 Nomad was the family car! Coolest grocery getter on the block, no doubt. Even better that you have it now. Your dad has gotta be proud to cruise in that Olds, a clean ride for sure!
This is why going to car shows doesn't thrill me like they used to. I'd rather spot this car and your parents cruising down the street, than spend 4 hours walking around a glorified parking lot filled with candy colored, chromed, interpretations of what "cool" is. This IS cool.
Thanks for all the nice compliments! Dad's a cool dude, and I was lucky to grow up in the hot rod world. I'll post some pics of his old hot rods. The Woodward sign is a repop, sold locally by " The Sign Guy". And I actually found our old Nomad in 1998, 20 yrs after dad sold it, at the Woodward cruise on Sat. and bought it on Sunday.
"Not your father's Oldsmobile" as a former (30 years) Oldsmobile employee, I can't express how strongly I detested that stupid slogan. From the day I first heard it, it was 'WTF! this is the death knell of my Division!' Although certainly emblematic of the crap being introduced that was being called 'Oldsmobile' in the '80s. I doubt that they could have came up with a slogan that would have better accomplish the alienation their older, traditional market, and at the same time less impressed that younger generation enamored of cheap Japanese tin cans. No, the 'Oldsmobile's' of the 80's on were nothing at all like my, or my fathers OLDSMOBILES. The doors never, ever fell off any of dad's good old OLDSMOBILE's and never needed to be tied shut with the seatbelts.
Damn, salt in the wound! You have no idea how many times I have kicked myself for selling my 55 Nomad back in the early 80s. Dumbest thing I've ever did. You are lucky to still have the family wagon.
My father had a '52 Super 88 Holiday Coupe and it had the clock in the steering wheel too, just like your dad's - I remember that as a kid in the 70s - of course it was a 20 something year old car then Awesome car - thanks for the pictures
'55 had a '70 LT-1 with a 4sp. Learned how to drive in it when I was 12 or 13. Here's a 34 from 1959, that he sold in early 90's. He still regrets selling it!
"Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man!" Jean Sheppard. My dad was an Oldsmobile man. When I was growing up, he had a '49 76 fastback coupe, a '51 88 4 door, a '53 Super 88 2 door (my favorite), a '55 Super 88 4 door, a '58 Super 88 4 door with a J2, a and finally, a '64 Dynamic 88; (he was getting old by then.) My older brother and I had a great time with the '58 whoopin' a couple of rich kids from school whose daddy's bought them '58 Pontiac Chieftans with the standard engines.
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