Description
Oldsmobile 88 – Full color 9 1/2″ x 12″ ad has a drawing of a Red Oldsmobile 88 Four-Door being driven by a smiling, well-dressed couple. Over the top of their car flies a rocket with another couple holding on for dear life. The ad headline asks you to “Make a Date with a ‘Rocket 8‘!” and describes some of the reasons that you will enjoy this car. It says that it is “Smooth…smooth…superlatively smooth is the wonderful “Rocket” Oldsmobile! For only Oldsmobile has the velvet action of new Whirlaway Hydra-Matic Drive. And only in Oldsmobile will you find Futuramic beauty and glamour to match the “Rocket’s” flashing performance. Fleet, easy-flowing lines! Interiors, smart and trim and tailored for comfort and luxury. Visibility, better than ever with the “88’s” new one-piece windshield! This is Oldsmobile…and you’ve got to drive it to believe it! Make your date with a “Rocket 8”…at your Oldsmobile dealer’s today”. It also claims you will experience “A Sensation on a Demonstration!”.
Source: May 22, 1950 Life magazine.
