The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 is increasingly difficult to track down given the time that has passed. In March 2024, YouTube channel Rugged Wrench showed the engine can still run if you find it in good ...

Rocket 88 Trivia Question of the Week: 1. What was the full name of Oldsmobile’s founding father; how was he connected to a famous truck make and what was the ...

The Rocket 88 remained successful throughout 1951 and 1952, but it was eventually eclipsed by the low-slung Hudson Hornet. Overall, the 88 won more than half of the races it entered from 1949 to ...

In short, the 88 had the best power-to-weight ratio of the Oldsmobile lineup. The 303-cubic-inch (5.0-liter) mill delivered 135 horsepower, which may not sound like a lot by modern standards.

Powered by the 303 cubic-inch Rocket 88 V8 transmitting 135 horsepower through either a three-speed manual or four-speed Hydra-Matic automatic, the mid-size 88 was a performance marvel. The ...

Nevertheless, this was a 1957 rocket 88 which came with some pretty cool options including air conditioning, a 371 in.³ V8, ... Abandoned 1957 Oldsmobile 88 Is A Muscle Car Relic .

Read about Ron Finch's 1957 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Hardtop with Flowmaster mufflers, Michelin tires, and a Dakota Digital gauge panel, inside Street Rodder Magazine.

But not the '49 Oldsmobile 88. It's styling was clean, simple, futuristic -- Futuramic , in fact -- and it got the very modern combination of a high-compression V8 (the legendary "Rocket") and a ...

With a compact body, massive V8, and an affordable price tag â J.D. Power puts the 1949 Oldsmobile 88's MSRP around $2,000 in ...

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 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 was a concept car based on the Chevy Corvette for GM's Motorama car show. This copy will soon cross the Broad Arrow block in Monterey.

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 ...