Essendon were known as the " Same Olds " ( as in " the same old Essendon ") in order to distinguish the Essendon VFL side ( that played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground ) to which this article refers, from the separate and unconnected Essendon VFA side ( that played at what was then the Essendon Cricket Ground ), which existed from 1900 to 1921.

In the absence of the VFA team, there was no need for the " Same Olds " distinction and, by 1922, the other nicknames " Sash Wearers " and " Essendonians " that had been variously used from time to time were also abandoned.

Later that year he founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, which became the Oldsmobile division of General Motors in 1908, and he was also the founder of the REO Motor Car Company in 1904, both headquartered in Lansing.

Ransom Eli Olds ' home, which once overlooked the factories along Washington Avenue, was displaced by I-496.

REO was initiated by Ransom E. Olds during August 1904.

Originally the company was to be called " R. E. Olds Motor Car Company ," but the owner of Olds ' previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by consumers.

By 1907, REO had gross sales of $ 4. 5 million and the company was one of the four wealthiest automobile manufacturers in the U. S. After 1908 however, despite the introduction of improved cars designed by Olds, REO's share of the automobile market decreased due in part to competition from emerging companies like Ford and General Motors.

Two years later, Olds claimed he had built the best car he could, a tourer able to seat two, four, or five, with a 30 – 35 hp ( 22 – 26 kW ) engine, 112 in ( 2845 mm ) wheelbase, and 32 inch ( 81 cm ) wheels, for US $ 1055 ( not including top, windshield, or gas tank, which were US $ 100 extra ); self-starter was US $ 25 on top of that.

It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897.

) After Olds sold the company in 1899, it was renamed Olds Motor Works and moved to a new plant in Detroit.

* Oldsmobile Delta 88 ( 1965 – 1989 ) While the " 88 " series of Oldsmobile's date back to the 1940s, and were offered in a variety of trim levels, the introduction of the Delta 88, which superseded the Super 88 line as Olds mid-level full-sized vehicles, was a watershed event for the division.

The division's last car built was an Alero GLS 4-door sedan, which was signed by all of the Olds assembly line workers.

The most notable event was the Destruction of the Four Olds, which had major consequences for pottery, paintings, literary art, architecture and countless others.

* Ransom Eli Olds, was a pioneer of the American automobile industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and Reo brands were named.

R. E. Olds was not a particularly well-liked man.

The Olds Chair was similar to the Adirondack chair, and it was sold throughout the United States.

Renamed Oldsmar Tractor Co., Olds was hoping they could devise a machine to cut through the palmetto roots.

It wasn't until 1935 that the last of the property owned by R. E. Olds was finally sold.

Ransom E. Olds, the founder and head of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company that was the foundation for the later establishment of Oldsmobile by General Motors Corporation, built a grand summer estate on Elba Island in 1916, which caught fire due to electrical mishaps in 2005, however was restored by the current owner and still stands today.

Olds served as president ( until 1925 ) and later chairman of REO.

In June 1939, President Roosevelt appointed Leland Olds to the FPC, who served as chairman from January 1940 until 1949.

Legendary fighter pilot Colonel Robin Olds also served as an assistant coach to Blaik.

They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck Doughty had studied in transportation history, and the initials are those of its founder Ransom E. Olds.

Descendants of Robert Olds, who arrived from Sherborne, Dorset, in 1667, include automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds, Copperhead Ohio politician Edson Baldwin Olds, his great-grandson USAAF General Robert Olds, and his son, iconic USAF fighter pilot Robin Olds.

There were only a handful of settlers in the area in 1913 when Ransom Eli Olds decided to purchase on the northern tip of Tampa Bay from Richard Peters in what is the present-day Oldsmar.

Olds named Gim Gong Road after a Chinese American horticulturist from DeLand, Florida.

William Logan and his wife settled in the vicinity of Weiser in 1863 building a roadhouse in anticipation of the opening of Olds Ferry west of them on the Snake River across from Farewell Bend.

In 1863, Reuben Olds acquired a franchise from the Territorial Legislature and began operating Olds Ferry.

Olds ferry business did well ( as did Logan's ) as it diverted much of the traffic from the old Snake River crossing point at Old Fort Boise.

In 1975, the headquarters of Stemilt Growers was moved from nearby Stemilt Hill to Olds Station, Wenatchee.

The article continued: " Walt Woron of Motor Trend enjoyed the ' quick-flowing power ... that pins you to your seat and keeps you there until you release your foot from the throttle [...] Olds dominated the performance landscape in 1950, including wins in the NASCAR Grand National division, Daytona Speed Weeks, and the 2100-plus-mile Carrera Panamericana.

During a summer break from NYU, Jerry starred in the feature film Calendar Girl alongside Jason Priestley and Gabriel Olds.

In 1899 he started his own bodybuilding company, with orders from Ransom Olds, and then Henry Ford.

Pash's command comprised his executive officer Captain Wayne B. Stanard, four Counter Intelligence Corps ( CIC ) agents, four interpreters, and four scientists: Dr. James B. Fisk from the Bell Telephone Company, Dr. John R. Johnson from Cornell University, Commander Bruce Olds from ONI and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), and Major William Allis, originally from MIT although then serving on the War Department scientific staff.

A bigger 400 cu in ( 6. 6 L ) engine was included with the 442 option, based on the newly introduced 425 cu in ( 6. 9 L ) engine from the full-sized Oldsmobiles while the Oddfire Buick V6 and Olds 330 cubic-inch Jetfire Rocket V8 were carried over from the previous year with increased power ratings for the V8 options.

Commissioner Dave Olds, District 4

* District 5 – Todd Olds

Although he lived and worked in Calgary, his first cabinet was composed mostly of southern members ( McLean represented Lethbridge District, Marshall represented Olds, and Mitchell would soon be elected in Medicine Hat ), so Sifton had Archibald Campbell resign his Vermilion seat and sought election there.

In 1912, the government announced the creation of agricultural colleges in connection with three of these farms ( all of them in the ridings of provincial cabinet ministers: Duncan Marshall's Olds, Claresholm in Archibald McLean's Lethbridge District, and Sifton's Vermilion ).

The Olds Motor Works was bought by General Motors in 1908.

The first factory on site opened in 1902 as part of Olds Motor Works, and became part of General Motors when they bought that company out in 1908.