They tell us that spring is on the way and Joe Sonderman has come up with this neat photo proving it. The photo shows us an Oldsmobile sedan pulling a Chamber of Commerce entry in a local parade, with a novel way of going fishing on the roof.
The photo was taken in Camdenton, MO., at the junction of US 54 and MO 5, near the Lake of the Ozarks. We will let our readers date and tell us what model the Olds is.
The photo is courtesy of Joe Sonderman who has a Route 66 photo collection (scroll down) that we have been posting in a series. He has written many interesting books about Route 66, one covering Arizona you can see here.
For reasons that I can’t explain, the 1949-50 “88″ models are the definitive Oldsmobile for me. If it was the same for others, that may explain why the marque went under, folks couldn’t shake the image of a sturdy yet dowdy old warrior. Or maybe not, because I have the same feeling about the early ’50s Buicks, and that company is doing OK (in China).
Andy, Thanks…..
Thats a ’49 Olds 88. The first series Rocket 88 was also produced in 1951 in smaller numbers before the larger 88 & Super 88 came out.
Nice photo.