Here comes another one!
July 20th, 2011, 07:02 PM
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Here comes another one!
Hello,
As you can see by my signature my dream car is a 65 GTO, it has to be a convertible/4-spd., (of course)!!!
Well too make a long story short, 23 yrs. ago I was looking for a BOP Convertible, when a "friend" sold a 70 Skylark Conv. out from under me.
Then someone else said I have an Olds Convertible in my barn, I went and looked and it was a 65 442 convertible in really bad shape but it was the
"magic" blue with a white top and interior that I remember from the GTO of my youth. The only catch was I had to buy a package, a wrecked 66 Rambler Classic Conv. and the 442. No brainer, $1250.00 for both.
Fast foward to today.....
The Rambler is long gone and I'm motivated to finish the 442 and sell/trade for that GTO. I have a couple of problem's so here I am.
As you can see by my signature my dream car is a 65 GTO, it has to be a convertible/4-spd., (of course)!!!
Well too make a long story short, 23 yrs. ago I was looking for a BOP Convertible, when a "friend" sold a 70 Skylark Conv. out from under me.
Then someone else said I have an Olds Convertible in my barn, I went and looked and it was a 65 442 convertible in really bad shape but it was the
"magic" blue with a white top and interior that I remember from the GTO of my youth. The only catch was I had to buy a package, a wrecked 66 Rambler Classic Conv. and the 442. No brainer, $1250.00 for both.
Fast foward to today.....
The Rambler is long gone and I'm motivated to finish the 442 and sell/trade for that GTO. I have a couple of problem's so here I am.
July 21st, 2011, 11:23 AM
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Thanks for the welcome Oldsguy.
Hope I'm not coming off as anti-oldsmobile, I love my 65 442 and all BOP's.
It's just growing up my best friends older brother had a 65 GTO Conv. and he took us for rides if we washed it. I've wanted one ever since.
But now that their kind of out of reach (price wise), I think I just might convert the 442 to a 4-spd.!
Hope I'm not coming off as anti-oldsmobile, I love my 65 442 and all BOP's.
It's just growing up my best friends older brother had a 65 GTO Conv. and he took us for rides if we washed it. I've wanted one ever since.
But now that their kind of out of reach (price wise), I think I just might convert the 442 to a 4-spd.!
July 21st, 2011, 12:11 PM
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Well dont be surprised if you end up keeping the 442 after your sweat and blood and you actually drive it! Or maybe you have... If not no-one here will be upset just dont tell us your putting a chevy engine in there!
A guy I know bought a new 65 442 back in the day. I asked him why a 442. He said he wanted a GTO but Olds had more to offer for his $$ and never looked back. He still has the 442.
A guy I know bought a new 65 442 back in the day. I asked him why a 442. He said he wanted a GTO but Olds had more to offer for his $$ and never looked back. He still has the 442.
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July 21st, 2011, 09:19 PM
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Well dont be surprised if you end up keeping the 442 after your sweat and blood and you actually drive it! Or maybe you have... If not no-one here will be upset just dont tell us your putting a chevy engine in there! A guy I know bought a new 65 442 back in the day. I asked him why a 442. He said he wanted a GTO but Olds had more to offer for his $$ and never looked back. He still has the 442.
A guy I know bought a new 65 442 back in the day. I asked him why a 442. He said he wanted a GTO but Olds had more to offer for his $$ and never looked back. He still has the 442.I'll have to dig out some pics from when it came out of the barn. They will show how much much blood, sweat and tears I have invested. And yes, it's been driven, approx. 300 miles in the last 23 yrs.
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