1908 Oldsmobile Series 20 for sale - Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Description:
Interior Color:
Black

Exterior Color:
Maroon red

Description:
1908 Oldsmobile Series 20 4 Passenger Touring Sedan A brief history of Oldsmobile: 1864: Ransom E. Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio.  His family moves to Lansing when he is 16.1887: R.E. Olds develops a steam-powered car. 1893: Olds\' steam-powered car becomes the first American car sold abroad – but the ship sinks on the way to India and the car is lost. 1896: Olds builds a gas-powered car and starts motoring around Lansing. 1897: Olds and Lansing business people start the Olds Motor Vehicle Co. and build four cars.  The Lansing-based manufacturer is the first company organized specifically to produce cars in quantity. 1899: Olds\' second company, Olds Motor Works, moves to Detroit. 1900: The Oldsmobile name is first used. 1901: Detroit plants are destroyed by fire and Olds returns to Lansing. 1905: The Curved Dash Oldsmobile is immortalized by the song In My Merry Oldsmobile. 1908: Oldsmobile joins the newly organized General Motors Co. as one of its first two operating divisions. The other is Buick. 1916: Oldsmobile uses the first V-8 engine. 1927-29: Olds employment grows to 7,000 with 12 new buildings. 1935: One millionth Olds is built. In 1908 Oldmobile joined the newly organized General Motors Company and assumed operations from Ransom E. Olds on Nov 12th 1908.  At that time GM introduced the Series 20 model, which was essentially a 1908 Buick Model 10 that incorporated a stretched wheelbase and minor interior changes.  For consignment, quality restoration for this 1909 Oldsmobile Series 20 tourer and this car presents well in maroon red with a black canvas top for accenting.  In an era when cars were still more like carriages, this car shows as such and is in excellent condition.  A convertible top gives you the option to drive in bad weather albeit without front doors or side coverings, and acetylene lamps give you light to travel at night, not often done in 1909.  Our consignment is a real fully restored piece of early motoring history. Note: While we believe this to be a Series 20 from 1909, the vehicle is titled as a 1908.  Please research proper titling procedures for your country, state, province, county or local municipality. Exterior Beautifully preserved steel painted in snappy maroon red makes up the undulating bodywork of this early automobile.  An abundance of brass is on from the radiator surround to the lighting, horn, and on back for a tail light.  The lighting comprises a pair of acetylene brass headlamps, cowl mounted brass oil lamps and a single brass oil fired tail lamp.  The headlamps are fueled by a carbide generator on the left running board.  Maroon painted undulating fenders hang off of either side and have a black rubber covered running board to connect them.  With a cowled hood, walnut firewall and no front door design, the exterior shows nicely curved metal seat surrounds on top of a styled box if you will, much like a sleigh or buggy of the day.  On top is a nice black canvas convertible top which moves up and down with ease.  On the driver\'s running board is a tank for the acetylene gas to power the lighting on the exterior and a small tool box is on the passenger\'s running board.  Beautiful 34-inch wood spoked wheels are painted maroon with some brass hubs and are wrapped in like lightly dry rotted 34x3 1/2 rubber.   Interior Simple but beautiful harkening back to the carriage days, the seats are upholstered in diamond-pattern black buttoned leather.  They have dual curves for the back supports and padded rounded over seats.  A large wood rimmed steering wheel with brass spokes reaches for the driver via a polished brass column.  It fronts a brass trimmed walnut stained wooden dashboard which houses what looks like the control panel for a furnace rather than a car.  It has brass gauges with white face dials, one of which is an eight-day clock and the other the speedometer.  A square varnished wood box resides here as well and covers the mechanicals for the brass Re