1926 OLDSMOBILE D30 DELUX TOURING for sale in Hemet, CA
Nearly 100 years ago.
just as the 1920s were in the midst of a roaring good time and President Calvin Coolidge was quietly going about his business in the White House.
this Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line in Lansing.
Michigan.
It was one of 53.
015 automobiles built that year by Oldsmobile.
the company's largest total to date.
Known as a Model 30-E four-door DeLuxe sedan.
it was a well-built and well-engineered automobile; reliable.
durable and affordable.
Oldsmobile's slogan.
'Beauty.
Performance.
Price.
Not one.
but all three.
' targeted those redeeming qualities.
promoting everything that was special about these handsome.
conservatively styled automobiles.
The engine is a straight-six flathead displacing 185 cubic inches.
With a 27/8-inch bore fitted with cast-iron pistons and a rather long 43/4-inch stroke.
the cast-iron engine is fed by a single-barrel Carter updraft carburet.
just as the 1920s were in the midst of a roaring good time and President Calvin Coolidge was quietly going about his business in the White House.
this Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line in Lansing.
Michigan.
It was one of 53.
015 automobiles built that year by Oldsmobile.
the company's largest total to date.
Known as a Model 30-E four-door DeLuxe sedan.
it was a well-built and well-engineered automobile; reliable.
durable and affordable.
Oldsmobile's slogan.
'Beauty.
Performance.
Price.
Not one.
but all three.
' targeted those redeeming qualities.
promoting everything that was special about these handsome.
conservatively styled automobiles.
The engine is a straight-six flathead displacing 185 cubic inches.
With a 27/8-inch bore fitted with cast-iron pistons and a rather long 43/4-inch stroke.
the cast-iron engine is fed by a single-barrel Carter updraft carburet.
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