Oldsmobile Made An Appearance In Fernbank Park

 In 1897 Ransom E. Olds started building automobiles in Lansing, MI and used the company name Oldsmobile. By 1903 and through the following year it was the largest selling automobile in the country. But, in 1904 Ransom Olds left his namesake company following a dispute with other top management. He went on to start another company, REO (yes, they made a Speedwagon and some band out of Illinois used it for their name) and Oldsmobile was drawn into the General Motors umbrella. It did well as a mid-level option from GM but in 2004 the parent company used foreign competition as an excuse to fold Oldsmobile. Still, a good number of examples remain and often show at old car events. The 33rd Annual Rollin' On the River show in Ferndale Park saw a good number of this marque including a rarely seen special edition Hurst/Olds, a 1965 442, a trio of restomod 88s, a 1972 Cutlass, and a 1970 Cutlass convertible.