Throughout American automotive history, especially when it comes to V8 engines, it can be argued that the country has been responsible for producing some of the most famous motors in the world. Not to ...

Debuting with the 1949 model year, the Oldsmobile 88 soon became the brand's image leader and most profitable line in the rapidly expanding post-World War II economy. The sleek new lines of the 88 ...

Today most people consider the Ford->ke31 Mustang to be the original muscle car. After all, it did start a revolution of sorts with companies building smaller cars with bigger engines to satisfy the ...

Q: Greg you mentioned Jack Kulp in the article you did on the Tatraplan, the Czech-built automobile that I read in July in our area newspaper. I knew Jack well back in the day as I had purchased a ...

One of the most influential American vehicles of the 20th Century, the 1949 Olds 88 has the pedigree to be one of the most desirable US-built classics, but instead, it's sometimes cheaper than a ...

Lansing, Mich., was considered a major hub for the manufacturing of the Oldsmobile, so the majority of my engineering classes were held in the building named after R.E. Olds. In 1957, after my ...

The song’s bragging, suggestive lyrics, incidentally, pay homage to the Oldsmobile 88, a vehicle whose powerful engine and relatively compact size made it a popular entry-level car in the early 1950s.

Jackie Brenston was a sax player and singer, working with his band The Delta Cats. In 1951 he recorded, for Sam Phillips Sun Records in Memphis, the song “Rocket 88” which is widely credited as the ...

Q: Greg you mentioned Jack Kulp in the article you did on the Tatraplan, the Czech-built automobile that I read in July in our area newspaper. I knew Jack well back in the day as I had purchased a ...