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1957 Oldsmobile 'Golden Rocket 88'
YouTube (3-1/2 min) ^ | Jan 5, 2011 | RK Motors

Posted on 05/30/2021 7:36:41 PM PDT by ETL

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1 posted on 05/30/2021 7:36:41 PM PDT by ETL
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spectacular!


2 posted on 05/30/2021 7:42:40 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Oh, man, that is so cherry, I’d be afraid to turn the key! That isn’t a car, it’s a work of art......


3 posted on 05/30/2021 7:47:20 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When's the appeasement party start? I brought enough white guilt for everyone! [/sarc])
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1957 Oldsmobile Fiesta Wagon




4 posted on 05/30/2021 7:50:09 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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Nice!


5 posted on 05/30/2021 7:50:34 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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The late 1950s. The golden era of automobiles.


6 posted on 05/30/2021 7:50:36 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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Drop dead gorgeous!


7 posted on 05/30/2021 7:51:36 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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An Oldsmobile--perhaps a '57 Golden Rocket--smokes a hotrod in an illegal speed contest at night.

The Last Drag--The Voxpoppers (1958)

8 posted on 05/30/2021 7:52:46 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Drop dead gorgeous!

I am flattered that you think I'm gorgeous. But why are you telling me to drop dead?



:)

9 posted on 05/30/2021 7:56:37 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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Station wagon. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and I occasionally geeze out, but there’s nothing like having a car so big, you can swing a cat around by the tail inside it and not knock it silly.......


10 posted on 05/30/2021 8:10:05 PM PDT by Viking2002 (When's the appeasement party start? I brought enough white guilt for everyone! [/sarc])
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Beautiful car.

1957 is the year the Soviets launched Sputnik.

11 posted on 05/30/2021 8:11:55 PM PDT by blam
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Pffft! :)


12 posted on 05/30/2021 8:13:03 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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Who shrunk the steering wheel on the wagon? Ugh.


13 posted on 05/30/2021 8:15:27 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Where do comic book heroes and villains get their doctorates?)
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1957 is the year the Soviets launched Sputnik.

More importantly, it was the year I was born! October 1957.

:)

14 posted on 05/30/2021 8:18:41 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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In September 1954, my parents purchased a ‘55 Olds 88 2-door sedan, light blue & white 2-tone paint. No power steering, brakes, or windows No A/C. Four wheel drum brakes. Automatic transmission. Drove like a truck, but solid, reliable, and powerful for the time. The first new post-war car they were able to buy. Was the primary family transportation for 13 years, then my father’s commuter car for another 4+. Great vehicle.


15 posted on 05/30/2021 8:22:00 PM PDT by twister881
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Oops, 2-door coupe, not sedan.


16 posted on 05/30/2021 8:25:36 PM PDT by twister881
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1955 Olds 88








17 posted on 05/30/2021 8:26:45 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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Who shrunk the steering wheel on the wagon?

Although the exterior appears to me to be fully stock/original, the interior is "resto-mod".

18 posted on 05/30/2021 8:38:02 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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My grandfather had a 57 Olds 88 with the standard 371 V-8. 4 door family car. White over sky blue. Not a rod by any measure, but it was fun to ride up and down Union Avenue in Memphis way back in the day.
19 posted on 05/30/2021 8:41:00 PM PDT by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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1955 Oldsmobile Super 88 Convertible








20 posted on 05/30/2021 8:46:00 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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