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[TheEldweebo]

Didn't Jerry Lee Lewis shag his 13 year-old cousin in the back of one of those Olds convertibiles?

[hanksnow82]

That was my fathers Oldsmobile

[HOLYWOODANGEL]

nice very nice

[FURY1958]

I need an Oldsmobile in my life right now.

[juanlmesl]

i cant believe that even today it looks good.

[6sen]

64 feet?

[spuzzlightyeartoo]

OMG THE DENNIS THE MENACE PLAYGROUND. All of those things look insanely fun... and of course, insanely dangerous.

[nixthetiger]

Yep. OSHA would lose its collective mind.

[phatboy249]

@spuzzlightyeartoo Yes, I live right next to Monterey and sadly, everything but the train has been replaced by those cheap plastic prefab kits.

[74LesPaul]

Is that the old Charles Manson ranch?

[351460]

The J-2 option denoted a 394 cubic inch (6.5 liter) engine equipped with 3-2 barrel Rochester carburetors on a progressive linkage. In 1958-Ford would use a similar setup (with different carburetors) to build the worlds first 400 horsepower production car--the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser.

[billjhyt]

What a car, what a ride!

[squeet48]

More chrome!!!

[1400deadwood]

kool!

[Nokorola]

Be his guest for a J2 Rocket Test!

[frogboytim]

Ha. Dad looks like Bowie's Thin White Duke.

[fromthesidelines]

These were filmed commercial "intermissions" seen during the 1957 Academy Awards ceremonies on NBC, when Oldsmobile was the sole sponsor of the television broadcast that year. Bob Lemond, who was Olds' spokesman on the syndicated "PATTI PAGE SHOW" in 1955-'56, also "pitched" the new models here....