Oldsmobile's 1954 Corvette-Based F-88 Concept Car
General Motors' Motoramas of the early-to-mid 1950s featured one or more show cars from each of the Corporation's divisions. Many were unique, but some others were based on cars currently in production or about to be introduced to the market. An example of a production-derived dream car is the 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 (Wikipedia entry here ). As should be evident from the images below, the F-88 clearly resembles the Chevrolet Corvette. The Corvette first appeared in the 1953 Motorama as a show car, and was in limited production by late that year. As for the F-88, it was likely okayed around that time. Unless otherwise noted, images are factory publicity photos. Gallery 1954 Oldsmobile F-88 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Although the link states that the F-88 was Corvette-based, there are significant differences. The cockpits and windshields look about the same, but the door cuts are different -- the F-88's extends closer to the rear wheel opening, and those wheel ope...