1905 Oldsmobile Light Tonneau

Offered by Gooding & Company | Amelia Island, Florida | March 2025

The Curved Dash Olds was still around in 1905, but things had started progressing at the company, and more conventional-looking motorcars were appearing with what Olds dubbed the “French front” design.

Gooding calls this a “circa 1904” with a hint that you could fool someone on letting you into the London-to-Brighton Run, but it’s thought that most of these were delivered in 1905. In addition to the CDO, Oldsmobile offered a Touring Runabout, a Light Tonneau (which was the rear-entrance tonneau), and a Side-Entrance Touring, the latter of which was their first two-cylinder offering.

This car is powered by a 2.3-liter horizontal single rated at 10 horsepower. Total calendar year production for 1905 for Oldsmobile was 6,500 – or 36 cars a day. It was their final year as America’s top automobile manufacturer. This car cost $950 when new and now has an estimate of $90,000-$120,000. More info can be found here.