65 Old 442 400/4bbl 4 speed 3.48:1 gears, I think all OE
other than burning a lil' oil, it ran for ever (280k)
just plugs oil gas & alignments at a buddies shop
It was gold & goldish interior (interioer was mint condition too),
Magnum 500 style wheels, they called something else/Rallye's...
I had problems keeping front tires on it
front of the frame was tweaked/bent a bit, I couldn't get/keep a good alignment,
used to buy recaps for $15 each
good enough to drive
& rears, were because it did great smokey burnouts/donuts, at will...
I had like 3-4 cars & 4x4 trucks at the time, just another car
It wasn't at that time, much value (like 1980) just another used car,
& a gas guzzler, like 8mpg (if you stayed out of it) old worn-out muscle car
& going to do a bunch of work on it or for me to throw money in it...
but;
the thing wouldn't die, it was fun to drive,
but not the best body/paint, she was a lil' rough, all Org....
I got it in trade when I sold a 70 RR 338/tf727 column shift,
the guy gave me the 65 Olds instead of $1,000 of the asking price
I was asking $2,000 for the RR,
I only paid like $500 & an TM7 intake in trade for the 70, for another car...
Now I wish I had it "still", sold it for like $1,800 in like 1985 (IIRC)
I'd do a new frame, or straighten the old one, new suspension
& cleaned it up, repaint etc.
Had a 65 Galaxie 240 straight 6, 3 on the tree 4 dr 'used on the ranch'
it died finally at like 350k, beat to hell, seized up finally got over heated
one to many times...
I got it for $150 from a HS friends mother...
Literally just gas & oil, never did anything to it, a rear shock broke took it off
it was a bouncy ride, had some killer snow tires on it for the mud in the meadows...
