Featured Art & Inspiration Let's see your 1949 to 57 Oldsmobiles

Here is my new to me 50 Olds, let's see everyone else's Olds. With a 58 J2 engine!

 

This is not mine, but it causes my heart to flutter.

 

This was mine 10 years ago

 

my stalled 50 g***er project.

 

This was mine 10 or so years ago.

 

My old '51 that is now in Southern California...

 

Jean Shepard said it best : "Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man."

My old man was the best. When I was growing up in the fifties, he had a '49 76, a '51 88. a '53 Super 88 2 door, a 55 Super 88, a '58 Super 88 WITH the J2 option, and last , a '62 Dynamic 88. That's why I love these cars. Keep 'em coming.

A '53 Super 88 2 door was probably the hottest American car that year. And probably right up there with the Europeans, as well.

 

Nice to see Oldsmobiles getting some love....they deserve it!!

 

@BJR very Olds,congrats!!

 

Only 7 Olds on the Hamb? I'm surprise.

 

my 53 that will one day get a nascar Olds engine

 

Not my Olds but it looks like my uncle Fred was an Oldsmobile man. This was in our family photo album dated 1956. The Olds is a 55, it would have had hand controls because my uncle Fred lost both legs in WW1. Looks like it was a four door Hardtop??

 

I believe that's a 56 Olds.

 

What part of Missouri?

 

You are right, I guess I should stick to Pontiacs
By the way, your new 50 is beautiful!! I love tri-power.

 

Near Wentzville

 

My 55 Olds I had about 20 years ago

 

two I had and sold years ago.

 

'50 wagon cost $55 & 3 days yard work. It's a 3 speed. The granny lady I got it from was in her 80s, ran a tiny cafe from 5am til 3pm & smoked those short Kools . She outworked me in the yard ...

 

'50 DHC with a '52 98 eng/trans. my buddy rebuilt senior year '66. He stuck it in a '50 convert, & never drove it. I pulled it out, stuck it in the hdtp. 3 weeks after getting it together a carload of drunks smacked it. Got it in prime & traded it.

 

My '54:

My dad's '58:

 

My ‘50 Olds as a street car & later as a nostalgia racer.

 

My right hand drive ‘54 & my new bride in 1975, still have the bride the Olds went long ago.

 

Not Mine, but I couldn't get enough of this '57 seen at dead man's curve this past Labor Day in NJ. It was one of my favorite cars there. BTW----one of my bucket list cars is a '49 / '50 olds coupe...

 

Congrats on the Olds!

 

Can anyone out there think of a worse screw-up "face-lifting" one particular model than Oldsmobile did from '57 to '58? The '57's are sublime; the '58's so garish that they stand out as an extreme example of '50's excess.

 

I don't think that's true at all. For 1958 GM opted for a design ethos that allowed most makes to share distinct shapes, but with unique trim and features to stand out. The 1958-59 Cadillac is far more garish and excessive, and the I'd say the same for 1958-59 Lincolns.

I'd further propose that of the BOP makes the Olds was the most Conservative of the 1958 Front ends:




I suspect your personal preference is simply for 1957s and that's ok.

 

I suspect it may be more than a personal preference...

BTW, your dad has a beautiful '58, which, given my background, I would be proud to own. I think however, that that may be shading your opinion.

 

Isn’t all of what we do in this hobby personal preference?