The 1961 Oldsmobile Starfire combined a 330-hp Rocket V8 with luxury features, creating one of the earliest full-size ...
Despite its 370-horsepower rating from the factory, this old-school muscle car engine was capable of much more than that.
GM's oldest brand didn't just fade out — it was quietly dismantled from within.
As the base model, the Delta 88 was obviously the most affordable configuration in the entire lineup, though few people ended up ordering the car with the monster 455 (7.5-liter) Rocket V8 engine.
When we last left our intrepid, 455-powered '64 Olds F-85, we had patched it together with a few budget bolt-ons to get it running, but it quickly began to show its age. The '64 Olds F-85 body was in ...
If you're not familiar with General Motors engines from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, you might think that the 307 cubic-inch small block engines from Chevrolet and Oldsmobile had a lot in common. The ...
Oldsmobile and Chevrolet pioneered the technology for mass-market cars, but the turbos flopped — and took decades to gain acceptance. By Roy Furchgott In 1962, rival divisions inside General Motors — ...
In fact, it disappeared forever without much of a whimper.
A 93-year-old from Iowa found the wedding ring he lost about 45 years ago in the unlikeliest of places: inside the engine of the 1972 Oldsmobile he sold for parts to a man about 30 miles away, who ...