Rocket 88

Dean · Dec 29, 2018

Folks, the war was over. We had won, and the future looked bright.

It's time for new music.

Dean
Boozin and Cruzin Along

olgentdc · Dec 29, 2018

Hiway Patrol

M-MAN · Dec 29, 2018

Now that's a memory. My best friend in high school had a 52 Rocket 88. Light green like the one near the start of the clip. Not fast on take off but she would cruise smooth.

rusty6 · Dec 29, 2018

Bettie Page, MMhhmmm.

Dean · Dec 29, 2018

She was a honey, Rusty.

She sold lots of steering wheel spinner knobs.

Dean

Philip d · Dec 29, 2018

My Dad had a 1949 4 dr Rocket 88. Had a 303 V8 with the Hydromatic transmission. They really enjoyed driving that car.

rustred · Dec 29, 2018

I still have the 1964 olds super 88 , 394 rocket engine I drove to school. that was like 44 years ago.

D beatty · Dec 29, 2018

My first car was an Olds dynamic 88 with 371 V8. It was the same color as one in picture but didn't have rear fender skirts.

Dean · Dec 29, 2018

Looks like a 1960, D.

My father bought a 1958 Oldsmobile 98 with 312 HP, 371 CI J2 Tri-Power engine and 4 speed hydromantic transmission when I was in the 7th or 8th grade. It had PS, PB, PW, power seats, Wonder Bar radio and everything else that was available in 1958. It was also the first air conditioned car that I had ever seen.

He still had it when I got my drivers license a few years later.

What a ride!

Dean

D beatty · Dec 30, 2018

I bought the car in 1967 from a chevy dealer for $800.00 and it only 36,000 original miles.My dad worked with guy that traded in for a custom van. I ran it for a number of years and gave to my sister that was going to college and see ran it the four years in college. We sold it when sister got new car for a gradation. We sold it with 120,000 miles and guy that bought it used it as a work car for another 6 years that we know of.

37chief · Dec 30, 2018

My Dad had the same car. It was a maroon color. Stan

UncleTom · Dec 30, 2018

My dad had a 58 olds also. He use to pull into a gas station and just wait for the station guy to come and ask him where to put the gas in at. It had a pretty neat hidden filler in the tail light. The whole taillight would lay over and expose the filler.

islandgreen · Dec 30, 2018

My first car was a 1966 olds delta 88 conv with 425 hydromatic.Wish I still had it,it was fast.

Ellis Kinney · Dec 30, 2018

What memories, I had that exact car, color, except mine was a 2 door. Ellis

sotxbill · Dec 30, 2018

(quoted from post at 10:17:39 12/30/18) What memories, I had that exact car, color, except mine was a 2 door. Ellis

me too, except is was blue, two door , lots of chrome, big engine, and oh, it was also a ford.

NEKS · Dec 30, 2018

The folks had a 51 light green rocket 88. Drove it to high school a few times. It would out drag what anybody else had at the time. Next town over a guy had a 55 Olds and it was hard to beat.

Texasmark1 · Dec 31, 2018

My first car was a '51 2 door sedan. Bought it in Altus, Ok. in 1960, my first duty station for about $65 I borrowed from my grandpaw......and never paid back.......a lesson to be reversed later on in life when my turn came. Made many trips to Houston to see my high school sweetheart. Have a picture of them in the albums somewhere around here.

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