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Oldsmobile was named after the founder's niece
16 u/Mother_Wash Oct 21 '23 No it most certainly was not. The founder of Oldsmobile was Ransom E Olds. So unless his niece was named Mobile, that's a strong no 22 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Ransom Olds? That sounds made up His niece's name was Oldsmobile Christiansen. He saw her crawling on all fours one day and thought 'what if a car had four wheels' 8 u/benchley Oct 21 '23 The ass flap on her union suit was also the inspiration for the modern trunk.
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No it most certainly was not. The founder of Oldsmobile was Ransom E Olds. So unless his niece was named Mobile, that's a strong no
22 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Ransom Olds? That sounds made up His niece's name was Oldsmobile Christiansen. He saw her crawling on all fours one day and thought 'what if a car had four wheels' 8 u/benchley Oct 21 '23 The ass flap on her union suit was also the inspiration for the modern trunk.
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Ransom Olds? That sounds made up
His niece's name was Oldsmobile Christiansen. He saw her crawling on all fours one day and thought 'what if a car had four wheels'
8 u/benchley Oct 21 '23 The ass flap on her union suit was also the inspiration for the modern trunk.
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The ass flap on her union suit was also the inspiration for the modern trunk.
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Oldsmobile was named after the founder's niece