Merry Olds with a backward look (Upd. Pram factory!)

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We hesitated whether we would publish this as a PostWar article or a PreWar one. Hesitation because this is not a 1901 Oldsmobile production line we are looking at, but one that was set up in 1959! These fakes were produced by the Starts Manufacturing Co. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and they had big plans with them. Called the "Rollsmobile", a production of 50 units per month was started. This was to be doubled in the foreseeable future as a hotel in Nassau had already ordered fifty Rollsmobiles to be used by their guests. From these pictures it's difficult to see whether they are perfect copies of the Oldsmobile or if there are well-to-spot differences. Have you ever seen such a Rollsmobile? Can they be mistaken for a real Curved Dash Olds? And can you tell us what became of this company?
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