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Inside the Olds Rocket Circle fraternity

By: Angelo Van Bogart | September 19, 2018 | Comments 0

The Oldsmobile Rocket Circle customer appreciation program Those “Rocket Circle” ornaments on the dashboards of ‘50s Oldsmobiles are more than just another chrome trinket on a flashy ‘50s machine. General Motors’ Oldsmobile division formed the “Oldsmobile Rocket Circle” for the 1956 model year as a type of customer appreciation program. Included...

Peek into GM’s Fairfax, Kansas, plant in 1952 and ’53

By: Angelo Van Bogart | May 8, 2015 | Comments 0

Inside a GM Plant: Fairfax, Kansas, assembly in the early 1950s History tends to get tossed aside too regularly, but fortunately, the past has a few champions. Among them is Doug Howard, who had the foresight to save these rare views of Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile models from inside a GM...

1964 4-4-2 in the spotlight for Oldsmobile Homecoming

By: raustin | June 5, 2014 | Comments 1

The 2014 Oldsmobile Homecoming Car Show & Swap Meet, hosted by the R.E. Olds Chapter, will be held June 14.

1964 Olds Starfire: Just like his father’s Oldsmobile

By: Angelo Van Bogart | May 20, 2014 | Comments 1

Memories of dad’s Olds inspire 1964 Starfire restoration By Angelo Van Bogart When it comes to great cars in your past, you can go back, and sometimes the car is even better the second time around. In 1969, Bryan Hunter’s father drove a 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire as the family ride, and...

Honeymoon continues for 1956 Olds 88

By: raustin | June 4, 2013 | Comments 0

The 1956 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday sedan proudly driven to car shows and parades by Norris and Phyllis Teague is the same car they drove during their honeymoon in the summer of 1963.

1901 Olds replica to cross country for veterans

By: raustin | May 7, 2013 | Comments 0

A 1901 Olds replica built in the 1960s is going to travel 4,500 miles in 90 days to raise money for wounded veterans and their families. Raymond F. Pittam, former paratrooper, will leave May 22 from the Sun Dial Bridge, Redding, Calif., heading to Branson, Mo., with fundraising stops at many...

Original owner’s 1976 Olds 4-4-2 is a lifelong keeper

By: raustin | April 9, 2013 | Comments 1

This 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass 4-4-2 is owned by Clifton Cummins, 53, who ordered the car in March 1976 from the Johnny Kool Oldsmobile dealership in Indianapolis. It was built on April 23, 1976, and Cummins picked it up about three weeks later.

Nationals feature more than 550 muscle cars and Corvettes

By: raustin | January 18, 2013 | Comments 0

Many of the finest muscle cars and Corvettes on the globe were assembled in a “World Class” setting for the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals.

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