I lost out on a 442 today.

[SteveSS]

It was a '76 in pretty rough shape mechanically and body wise. $2,200. This is what they look like fixed up. I think it was this color. Unlike most I like the malaise cars. They can always made to be fast. It was rockin' the swivel buckets.

 

[Don Frelier]

They were pretty sharp looking.

 

[eldubb440]

They were pretty sharp looking.

but that bumper

 

[SlingLow]

but that bumper, grill and headlights

Fixed it for ya.

 

[eldubb440]

Fixed it for ya.

if they just painted it, it would help.......... but yeah, bumpers of the mid 70s were hideous across the board

 

[eldubb440]

a friend had one of these early 80s........ he beat the Hell out of it, couldn't kill it......

 

[eldubb440]

my God.....are all Oldsmobiles butt ugly?

 

[AR67GTX]

I would go for one of these in a heartbeat.

My brother owned a twin to this one in the 70s. It was the best driving, best sorted old Musclecar I’ve ever driven.

 

[eldubb440]

that's better...... but still a little pudgy

 

[WileE]

You HAD to be there. Living in real time through the changes. Seeing great cars morph into crudmobiles. Design-wise, I think 75 was the banner year for the surrender of style, and all subsequent years. Although Chryco did better with the bumpers than everyone else. Ford was horrible, a family could have a picnic on their front porch. But honestly, I think I'd rather have that ^^ Olds before most non-Mopar cars of recent years.

 

[WileE]

It was a '76 in pretty rough shape mechanically and body wise. $2,200. This is what they look like fixed up. I think it was this color. Unlike most I like the malaise cars. They can always made to be fast. It was rockin' the swivel buckets.

In maybe a sick sense, I have a nostalgic endearment for those cars. I do like the Chevy Laguna and the Pontiac Can-Am particularly.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Being in the great salt state of NY, the first thing I hear is those doors dropping when opened. I can also see the grooves worn in the door strikers from the droopy door syndrome.

 

[WileE]

Being in the great salt state of NY, the first thing I hear is those doors dropping when opened. I can also see the grooves worn in the door strikers from the droopy door syndrome.

 

[SteveSS]

My dad had a Cutlass in the 80's. The style that looks like the Buick Grand National. Rear drive, that car sold very, very well for Oldsmobile

 

[eldubb440]

I dated a girl with an Olds 98 4 door

 

[6PKRTSE]

I have always liked/wanted a 70 Olds 442. I almost bought a red one with white stripes when I was a kid. However, it caught on fire while the current owner was driving it and torched the hood and fenders. I never saw it again after that happened.

 

[F4R/T]

I dated a girl with an Olds 98 4 door

I’m sure those extra two doors were beneficial .....

 

[DeltaV]

Unlike most I like the malaise cars.

You're in luck. They'll be cheap forever.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

I have always liked/wanted a 70 Olds 442. I almost bought a red one with white stripes when I was a kid. However, it caught on fire while the current owner was driving it and torched the hood and fenders. I never saw it again after that happened.

The intake runners are so long on a olds they were notorious for running on after you shut them off. Occasionally catching the carb on fire. We found out a thermoquad is a terrible carb for a Olds 455. But the carb did melt completely and put the fire out. It literally could've burned the hole garage down if it wasnt for that.

 

[Ron_M]

Not bad cars, just needs some power and torque.