Talk:Oldsmobile/Archives/2015

Deleted Movie References
I deleted the Olds movie references as irrelevant. Are we to include evey appearance of every car brand in a movie? Unltess it's important to the film, or somehow iconic (the Mustang in "Bullitt", say), leave it out. I also deleted the "455 Rocket" reference; it isn't historic, the way "Rocket 88" is, so it doesn't merit inclusion. I'm ambivalent about re-post of the Sam Raimi bit; it's a bit off the wall, but interesting enough to leave in. --trekphiler, 24/11/05
 * Re the Curved-Dash: I've read it used Holley carbs. Trekphiler 20:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)


 * "I'm ambivalent about re-post of the Sam Raimi bit; it's a bit off the wall, but interesting enough to leave in." Yay! I originally posted that ages ago. I'm glad it's still in. -Wunderbear

How Was Olds Acquired by GM?
There needs to be at least a paragraph, if not a whole section, on how GM got control of Oldsmobile. 12.167.240.235 (talk) 17:31, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Immortalised?
Article currently reads in part While Oldsmobile only sold 725 Limiteds in its three years of production, the car is best remembered for winning a race against the famed 20th Century Limited train, an event immortalized in the painting Setting the Pace by William Hardner Foster. (my emphasis and added wikilinks)

Immortalised? I'm inclined to agree, but I note that neither the artist nor the painting seems to have an article at present, the first of my added wikilinks is a redlink and the second links to an unrelated record album. The image currently is used only by this article and two (only) of its more than twenty corresponding articles in other languages.

We need an article on either the painting or the artist, surely? Or perhaps even both? Or, is it better to restate the significance of the painting? Is its only significance that it was extensively used in Oldsmobile advertising? If so, perhaps immortalised is a bit over the top?

I found the article and painting fascinating. I have a soft spot for the Olds, perhaps because my grandfather owned one when I was very young, and one of my early memories is my fascination with its pedal-operated electric starter. I have no idea which model it was, but it had served him well, covering many thousands of miles of roads that would today be considered off-road motoring in his work with the Australian Inland Mission (who were I think the original purchasers of the car). Andrewa (talk) 19:10, 21 November 2015 (UTC)