Article: Natural Mechanic Made his Dream Come True with the Merry Oldsmobile.(Originated from Detroit Free Press)

Article: Oldies but goodies. (Curved Dash Oldsmobile)
Popular Science;  August 1, 1997 ;     666 words ... ... In 1903, Lester Whitman and Eugene Hammond drove a Curved Dash Olds from San Francisco to New York in 80 days - a trip ... centennial celebration. The featured attraction will be 100 Curved Dash Oldsmobiles, the first mass-produced car in America ...

Article: Rising from the Ashes; 1904 OLDS CURVED DASH ...
AutoWeek;  February 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... investors and one prototype, the Olds Curved Dash Runabout might have been just an interesting ... so with plans and a salvaged gasoline Curved Dash, the firm tried to fill orders in the ... York auto show. It made the trip. The Curved Dash was built through 1907, and with its ...

Article: Steamy tale of Hershey
The Boston Globe;  October 19, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... telephone booth or perhaps the wheelhouse of a small steamer set on wheels. The chassis was the famous Curved Dash Olds, but here the curved dash was a sort of a duckbill protruding from the bottom of the thing. The windshield was two curved-glass ...

Article: GM decided on a Rock to lead Oldsmobile division from a hard ...
The Boston Globe;  November 13, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... produced steam cars at first, then brought forth the Curved Dash Olds in what was for the time mass production -- about 750 cars. The Curved Dash was selected out of disaster -- all the other models ...

Article: Oldsmobile approaches the century mark in August.(Auto Weekend)
The Washington Times;  June 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... the United States. The famous Curved Dash Olds was the first car built on a ... for the auto industry. The Curved Dash Olds sold for $650 (a dollar a ... the roads at the time. The Curved Dash Olds also became the first vehicle ...

Article: A ruling to ponder, Olds' historical exhibit and a Vermont ...
The Boston Globe;  September 30, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... truly mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Olds. "And you thought it was Henry ... decision to mass-produce the little Curved Dash was an accident of history. Olds ... under development, all but the Curved Dash fairly large, but a fire destroyed ...

Article: Where to take your family.
Michigan History for Kids Magazine;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM in Lansing tells the story of the Curved Dash Olds and its creator. Telephone (517) 372-0529. The ... HISTORICAL MUSEUM in Lansing traces auto history with a Curved Dash Olds, a recreated Model T assembly line, a 1920s car showroom ...