There's an interesting video on the 1942 Oldsmobile B-44 over at Jalopnik (sorry, couldn't get it to post properly here). It gives a good glimpse into the wartime mentality that was pervasive at that time, and how that filtered down into the marketing of products of that era, such as this car.

It should be noted that the 1942 model year for all cars was cut short due to the fact that factories were converted over to the war effort. Production of cars for civilians didn't resume until 1946, and those cars were really nothing more than just 1942 models with few if any tweaks.

Full story here.

My pick for the pimpest ride at the 2007 SEMA Show is this. It's an ambulance. A 1968 Oldsmobile Cotner Bevington Ninety-Eight Ambulance, and I found it to be a beacon of light in the SEMA sea of strange.

Built by JKR Racing in just 2 weeks, the big Olds features a midmounted 496-cubic-inch big-block Chevy engine with two big carburetors and nitrous oxide. Owned and driven by Shannon Speer, RN, otherwise known as Nurse Ratchet, the ambulance also packs an airbag suspension, a full roll cage, wheelie bars and 9-inch Ford rear end with 4.56 gears. And it's not just beautiful; it blasts through the quarter-mile in 10.9 seconds at 120 mph.

Let's see a Donk do that. -- Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief