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Oldsmobile & The Korean War
By the time
the 1953 Oldsmobile model year rolled around, Oldsmobile had been
doing its part for the Korean War. The company turned out bazooka
rockets, 90mm cannon, and, as a subcontractor to Buick, components for
the new Curtiss-Wright J-65 jet aircraft engine, a job that prompted
construction of a new Lansing factory simply called the Jet Plant.
Interestingly, the engines with Oldsmobile-supplied components
outperformed other J-65s by several hundred pounds of thrust.
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The 1953 Ninety-Eight ragtop offered
plush open-air motoring. |
General
Douglas MacArthur, though recently relieved of his command in Korea,
visited the Jet Plant and other Oldsmobile facilities on May 15, 1952.
He received a hero's welcome from a good many former GIs who'd served
under him in World War II.
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