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The New Olds: 1927

San Francisco, 1927. "Oldsmobile roadster at Golden Gate Park." Latest listing in the Shorpy Catalogue of Jaunty Jalopies. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

San Francisco, 1927. "Oldsmobile roadster at Golden Gate Park." Latest listing in the Shorpy Catalogue of Jaunty Jalopies. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

 

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The 30 X 5.25 inch tires indicate that this Olds was built in or after January, 1927 and included four wheel brakes as standard equipment. Surprisingly, there was no price increase with this new safety feature.

The car shown is the Model 30-E roadster, and they could only be ordered with the deluxe trim package which included the front and rear bumpers, a locking motometer and dogbone radiator cap, and the option of body-colored steel disc wheels or wooden spoke wheels. Olds produced 2,474, including the 132 exported, it weighed 2,317 pounds, and it was priced at $975. All of the open cars made had black pebble grained leather upholstery. Unlike the coupes, the golf club door on the passenger side was not a standard feature.

The standard colors for the 1927 Deluxe Roadster were Sea Fog Gray for the main body color, with Ocean Blue fenders, hood and the top of the body, and Burnt Orange striping. Other colors were optionally available. Late in the model year other paint variations were offered including an extra wide stripe at the top of the doors.

The images below are from factory photos and a color image from a Oldsmobile brochure. Note the interesting side curtain shape needed, and the small covered area built-in to it where you could stick your arm and hand out to signal turns.

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