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 ...

When it comes to classic cars, the term "time capsule" is used to describe fully-fledged survivors. However, we've seen it applied to vehicles that aren't 100% unaltered (repainted or with engine ...

1949 was a big year for Oldsmobile. The company introduced the 88, which combined the slightly shorter body of the 76 with the V8 engine of the flagship 98. The 88 became the company's fastest vehicle ...

What did the 1949 Oldsmobile inspire? Read on for the answer. Meet Nick Skidmore, a senior at West Genesee High School who knows where he's going. He's going to graduate this month and then he's going ...

Remember the kid in American Graffiti with the black 49 Olds coupe? Thats right, there wasnt a guy like that or a car like thatnot in the movie, anyway. But if youd been in that place at that time, ...

Paul White has been involved in the hot rod and custom scene since the early '60s with plenty of cool builds to his credit. Having been a fan of late '40s and early '50s era Oldsmobile convertibles ...

Many of the cars released in the years immediately following the conclusion of WWII were lightly massaged prewar models. But not the '49 Oldsmobile 88. It's styling was clean, simple, futuristic -- ...

Someone had already removed much of the front bodywork before I got to this Olds, though I couldn't tell if that happened before the car arrived at its final parking spot. The interior is ...

The "88" on the Oldsmobile 88 was the name given to the car when it was launched in 1949. Positioned in the lineup between Oldsmobile's base model 76 and its largest vehicle, the 98, the car followed ...

The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 hit showrooms in 1949, and might have been a fairly unremarkable car had Oldsmobile’s engineers not decided to shoehorn a powerful V8 motor, originally destined for its bigger ...

The second half of the 20th century was dominated by the V8 engine in the American automobile industry. Nearly every American make offered at least one model—if not an entire range of them—with an ...