GM's Balance Between Production & Dreams: 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Concept Car - Monterey Car Week 2023

Today’s ClassicCars TV feature was one for the dreamers almost 70 years ago: the 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 concept car. With hopeful and optimistic post-war attitudes characterizing the new decade, this relic from GM’s Motorama perfectly captured the zeitgeist of what was to come for the rest of the decade. Utilizing such components as a Corvette chassis, 324cid Rocket V8, and Hydra-Matic Super Drive transmission, the F-88 hit a nice balance between dream and production cars. Though the Olds never achieved production status, several of the F-88’s stylistic elements would appear on production Oldsmobiles in the ensuing years. This Motorama roadster is remarkable in that most concept cars were destroyed when the show season was over.
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[@carlbrown5150]

They should have built it, that car would have sold well.!!🥰

[@billsheets1]

what i have read is the reason they didn't is because they were afraid it would plummet corvette sales

[@billsheets1]

I have read alot about these cars (3 of them) and you didn't touch on much of the history of them

[@glenmallory9982]

Gee it had a v8 whereas the first Vetts were sixes. That should have been produced.

[@donsaunders5348]

Is this the car from/at the Gateway Resort/Museum?

[@richknudsen5781]

THE SATURDAY NIGHT JOKE An Engineer dies and goes to Hell. Dissatisfied with the level of comfort, he starts designing and building improvements. After a while, Hell has air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators. The engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day God calls and asks Satan, "So, how's it going down there?" Satan says, "Hey things are going great! We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next." God is horrified. "What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake - he should never have gone down there! You know all engineers go to Heaven. Send him up here! " Satan says, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff. I'm keeping him." God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue!” "Yeah, right," Satan laughs, "and where are you going to get a lawyer?"

[@kennethwallen5222]

Looks like the vettes bigger brother