There were 262 70 W 30 Sports Coupes built.friend of mine has a 70 442 w30 coupe. Not a hardtop. I would guess there are only a few of those.
There were 262 70 W 30 Sports Coupes built.friend of mine has a 70 442 w30 coupe. Not a hardtop. I would guess there are only a few of those.
thanksThere were 262 70 W 30 Sports Coupes built.
When I was a kid I had a '70 W31 post car. I was told told 113 were built? Wish I never sold it...There were 262 70 W 30 Sports Coupes built.
I have seen this car driving nearby where I live, but haven't met up with him yet. It's giving me project ideas for my 72 Polara.....I'm an Olds guy if you can't tell. LOL
AlanProbably in the minority here, but I like it! Very cleanly done.
Alan
I have seen this car driving nearby where I live, but haven't met up with him yet. It's giving me project ideas for my 72 Polara.....
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You have a very rare and valuable car my friend. Reminds me of a tri-power GTO. Isn't it great not being a Chevy guy? BPO all the way!
I bought the car in 1988 it was literally in a barn. I knew the guy who owned it, he bought it from a college student who had straight water in it and the block froze and cracked. He put a 1971 Olds 350 with a Quadrajet in it and had it in pretty good mechanical shape. The interior was in the trunk, still had bias ply tires and the top was bad. About 5 yrs. later I bought a 65 442 400 engine out of a hardtop along with the 2-spd auto trans and the original 442 air cleaner that fit the Rochester 4 jet which of course was missing from the engine. Flash forward to today the 71 350 is still in the car with the original 2-spd auto but it does have a new interior, convertible top, paint and radial tires among lots of other things. Maybe someday it will be a semi original numbers not matching car....The 65 442 Rochester 4 jet was a special carburetor. It had removeable plugs in the front of the carb so the jets could be changed without taking the air horn off. A very hard unit to find.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with preserving such a car matching numbers or not. The only way you can have a matching number car before 1968 is to have the protecto-plate or other documents with the engine ID number on them. Olds didn't put the car vin # on the engine till 1968. Finish it and enjoy it.I bought the car in 1988 it was literally in a barn. I knew the guy who owned it, he bought it from a college student who had straight water in it and the block froze and cracked. He put a 1971 Olds 350 with a Quadrajet in it and had it in pretty good mechanical shape. The interior was in the trunk, still had bias ply tires and the top was bad. About 5 yrs. later I bought a 65 442 400 engine out of a hardtop along with the 2-spd auto trans and the original 442 air cleaner that fit the Rochester 4 jet which of course was missing from the engine. Flash forward to today the 71 350 is still in the car with the original 2-spd auto but it does have a new interior, convertible top, paint and radial tires among lots of other things. Maybe someday it will be a semi original numbers not matching car....
Was your car a Sports Coupe or a F-85?When I was a kid I had a '70 W31 post car. I was told told 113 were built? Wish I never sold it...
The same body style as the 4 engine wagon master, cool find, I didn’t know about NASCAR version, thanks for sharingI purchased this on eBay a while back...the Medical Director's car from the 1972 indy 500
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