A 1950 Oldsmobile 88 sedan resting in a forest in IL. The color seems to be original. According to documentation, its named is 'Crest Blue' and the color code is 14C. The photo is ca.20 years old, so it may have been sent to the crusher meanwhile... Sad.

Oldsmobiles with the 'Rocket' engine were automatic-only since 1949. Oldsmobile manual gearbox could not handle the torque of the new engine. Oldsmobile had introduced the 'Futuramic' name in 1948. It offered a modified Cadillac manual gearbox for the V8 models of 1950. The 88 outsold the six-cylinder Olds (76), which was dropped after the 1950 year. Ray Elliot won the 1950 Carrera Panamericana with the 1950 model.

A graphic rendering of a 1950 Olds: