Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Growing up, I admired old cars. In Chicago, on the South Side, people didn’t have the newest cars, but one thing I always noticed was that they took good care of their cars. It was a pride thing. Even if you had a funky Oldsmobile, you kept it clean. —Jabari Parker
Oldsmobile automobiles were first manufactured by the Olds Motor Vehicle Co. in Lansing, Michigan, a company that was founded in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds. In 1901, the company produced 635 cars, making it the first high-volume gasoline-powered automobile manufacturer in tthe United States.
How I Made this Shot: I photographed this classic Oldsmobile while testing the Canon EOS Rebel T3i using Tamron’s Zoom Super Wide Angle SP 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Di-II LD Aspherical (IF) lens (at 11mm.) Amazon has used copies of this lenses for under $100. I made this photograph at the annual classic car show in Castle Rock, Colorado. For some information about this year’s show, see below. The exposure was 1/1250 sec at f/8 and ISO 200
Some time around 1903–1904. Oldsmobile became the top-selling car company in the USA, but…. In 1904 Ransom Olds left the company because of a dispute with sales manager Frederick Smith, who was questioning the company’s production techniques and wanted Mr. Olds to certify that each car that left the plant was free from defects. Mr. Olds then formed the REO Motor Car Company, which went on to have it’s own soap opera story that’s worth a future blog post.
Car Show Upcoming
The 9th Annual Classic Rock Cruise‐In Car Show will be held Saturday, June 14, 2025, on the Saturday before Fathers Day. The show is organized and produced by a partnership of the Vintage Car Club and the Castle Rock Downtown Merchants Association and transforms historic downtown Castle Rock into a showplace for all kinds of cool cars, hot rods and trucks. The main streets are closed for the day so that more that 270 entries can be displayed by their proud owners and admired by thousands of spectators.
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