Off the top of my head, I want to say Ransom Eli Olds, who of course, built the REO.

 

That's not who [or is it whom] I was thinking off. But you are correct

 

Charles Nash

 

Bingo

You're up

 

LOL on the Higgins from Magnum P.I.

 

What other brand of automobile did Oldsmobile manufacture and sell?

 

Viking 1929-30 Perfect timing for a luxury car.

 

Bingo, Jamesbo. That was a fast reply.
You're up.

 

How many times does the word Oldsmobile appear on a 1969 442 body? for extra credit. How many times does it appear on a 1969 Cutlass body?

 

Aircleaner only...ctlass also has on decklid and glove box

 

Although I don't consider the air cleaner a body part, You're right... nowhere on the 69 442.

However, a 69 Cutlass has Oldsmobile in Script on the hood also.

So my friend, you have the floor w/o the extra credit.

 

What year Olds won the very first Daytona 500?

BONUS: Who was the (legendary) driver?

 

1959 - Lee Petty was the driver

 

correct...and the floor to you!

 

Here's an interesting one I learned not too long ago:

What option offered in 1924 by Oldsmobile became another industry standard?

-Jeff

 

chrome trim?

 

nope.... Try again. :-)

 

I'll take a stab at it... Was it water cooled engines??

 

nope.

Although it does have a little to do with changing an existing part from one naturally grown element to a refined element as a bit of a clue...

-Jeff

 

A reshaped chrome plated radiator instead of the industries nickle plated ones??

 

still not there. I must have picked a tricky one. Let's see if this helps...

1923--> http://www.american-automobiles.com/...Oldsmobile.jpg

1924--> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/...abbd036dc7.jpg

-Jeff

 

Offered Steel wheels as an option

 

Damnit! I replied before you put that link up...geez!

 

DING DING DING! We have a winner!

I thought about posting those pictures or just mentioning something about the Rolling Stones tour, but I figured people here like pictures of cars, so I went with that.

Anyhow... ah64pilot, You have the floor. Give us a good one!

-Jeff

 

Probably an easy one...When AND how was the name "Oldsmobile" concocted as the car name?

 

LOL -- I used to have a '71 Riviera with that option...Buick called it "Speed Alert". Well, my particular car had a speedometer issue which I never could figure out (lubing the cable, replacing the speedometer didn't fix it). When I'd get up to say, 40-45mph, the needle would start fluctuating. by 50mph, it would bounce hard enough to bury the needle.

If you did not want to use Speed Alert, you turn the **** all the way to the right until the pointer moves off the scale. In reality you couldn't turn the blasted thing off though.. So at any speed past 50mph, my speedometer needle would activate Mr. Speed Alert every time it bounced off the scale.

My dash wouldn't just buzz steady, it would buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz.

MADDENING. *It was one heck of a car though*

 

Any takers? I'm going to have to monitor this post until someone answers...Joe? Where are you?

 

1900 :d

 

Ok, got the year...2 part question though;

What about the "How"?

 

At the suggestion of a worker for The Olds motor Vehicle Co.

 

Close enough, REO held a contest to name the car, his timekeeper won the contest with "Oldsmobile". Your floor

 

I can't do this all day today, So I'll give ya an easy one and let someone else have the floor.

What's the most famous 1967 Delmont 88?

 

gotta be Mr. Kennedy's...the one that wouldn't float (too soon?)

 

Correct

You've got the floor,GTG

 

What was the original mission statement / first slogan for the Olds Motor Vehicle Company as set forth at the company's first ever board meeting in 1897?

 

To produce "one carriage in as nearly perfect a manner as possible"

 

correct...and the floor

 

How many 1965 Cutlass Convertibles left the factory with the W-29 (442) option?

 

3468

 

Correctomundo! Yo go Jamesbo