This
is the car that in 1954 might have 'killed' the Corvette.
So,
Chevrolet, being GM's big sales and profit division, campaigned to GM to 'kill'
this car.
Wh
en Chevy was coming out with its 6-cylinder sports car with its 2-speed
'powerglide' transmission and side curtains, there was a sports car from Olds
with a big old V-8 engine with power windows.
So,
GM said, 'no' to Oldsmobile on building this car.
The
world's rarest automobile: a 1954 Concept Old's Rocket F88 - the only one in
existence.
John
S. Hendricks (Discovery Communications founder), paid in excess of $3 million
to acquire this 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Convertible Concept Car.
After
spending decades as a collection of parts stuffed into wooden crates, the F-88
was reassembled.
In
1954, the F-88 was a Motorama Dream Car, and was one of only two (or an
unconfirmed possible three), ever created.
The
F-88 seen here is literally the only car left of its kind and was sold to John
and Maureen Hendricks at the prestigious Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in
Scottsdale, Arizona , for an unbelievable $3,240,000.
This
acquisition made automotive history and is in the cornerstone of the Gateway
Colorado Automobile Museum , in its own special
room in a rotating display, worthy of the F-88.
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