Rally green 442 W-30

[Pulnaway]

Does anyone know what happened to the Rally green 70 w-30 that was on e-bay a yr or two ago? Did anyone ever get to see this car in person?

[Postsedan]

I`m not sure of a 1970 Rallye Green, but there was a 1969 Rallye Green W30 Post Sedan at this years MCACN. It was in the 1969 display.

Dan.

[mockingbird812]

I think Scott is talking about an Olds color called "jade" or something like that. Real neat history sold by original owners and I believe the father was quite ill.

[70 Forest Green Zee]

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I`m not sure of a 1970 Rallye Green, but there was a 1969 Rallye Green W30 Post Sedan at this years MCACN. It was in the 1969 display.

Dan.

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Dan....actually that was a W31 which is not a 442. The W31 packs a Ramrod 350 and is a very cool and rare car. And being a post sedan, it caught both of our attention! Here's a couple pics...


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/tn_DSCF0693.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/tn_DSCF0694.jpg

[Pulnaway]

Sam, I think we are talking about the same car. The guys uncle purchased the car new if I remember. I thought the car was a -- paint and the guy stated it was rally green? I think he was also selling a Corvette...maybe a ZR1?

Wow, That 69 is very nice. I love the rally green color. Its nice to see others cars in such a cool color.

[Ziggysdad]

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I think Scott is talking about an Olds color called "jade" or something like that. Real neat history sold by original owners and I believe the father was quite ill.

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Sam

Check your PM

[grantprix]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/231082/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

[Pulnaway]

Thanks for the tread. I had done a search, but came up empty. Looks like the color is Jade, not rally green as I had thought. Does anyone know who purchased the car? Any pictures?

[al8apex]

the huge thread and there were no pictures ...

[Pulnaway]

My whole reason for this post is the color. I was going through some of my old mags and came across a green 1970 W-30 conv. Green on green auto. It does not state what the color is, but I think it might be the same color as the 70 cp. (Jade green). Its in my April 88 Muscle Cars mag on page 48. I was wondering if the two cars were the same color?

[442w30]

Haven't looked at my collection, but I remember the car in the magazine and I think it was more of an Agean Aqua - certainly not Jade Green.

However, check this out . . .

[70 Forest Green Zee]

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Haven't looked at my collection, but I remember the car in the magazine and I think it was more of an Agean Aqua - certainly not Jade Green.

However, check this out . . .

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You're wrong....the car's color was called Ming Jade and I believe it was a Cadillac color that was special ordered on this car. I remember seeing pics of the car when it was on Ebay and it was definitely Jade green.

[grantprix]

Found this.....

http://www.carpictures.com/vehicle/06DOM004606480.html

[Pulnaway]

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Haven't looked at my collection, but I remember the car in the magazine and I think it was more of an Agean Aqua - certainly not Jade Green.

However, check this out . . .

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You're wrong....the car's color was called Ming Jade and I believe it was a Cadillac color that was special ordered on this car. I remember seeing pics of the car when it was on Ebay and it was definitely Jade green.

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442w30 was refering to a car we have seen in a magazine. not the cp. Read his post before you say he's wrong.

442W30, Afer looking at the now posted pictures I can see the diff in the two colors. How rare is the Agean color?

[70 Forest Green Zee]

The color of the car that 442W30 and in the link that Grantprix posted is Ming Jade. I believe this is actually the car you were looking for.

[442w30]

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442W30, Afer looking at the now posted pictures I can see the diff in the two colors. How rare is the Agean color?

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Thanks for rushing to my defense. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Agean Aqua was one of 4 extra-cost colors, but I don't think it's rare. Of course, there's no keeping track on the originality of cars you see in this color, but I think there are rarer combinations than that.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9184/p9160275.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/p9160275.jpg/)

[old5.0]

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http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/tn_DSCF0693.jpg

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I'm in love.

[StealthBird]

Wow, looking at that Ming Jade Green W-30 car, it's a shame they didn't sell it for $201K back in 2006. It's an auto trans, and a hardtop, which would be worth about $40K today, add in the low mileage and the special color, it's probably worth about $50K-70K now. The owner is probably kicking himself for not cashing in back in 2006 or 2007. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[442w30]

He didn't cash in because he was smoking crack at the time, judging by the price. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Pulnaway]

He was trying to get enough money to pay for his fathers surgury. If it had not been for that, I dont think they would have sold the car.

[STF455]

Not that it has much to do with this thread..
For quite a few years I owned the Rally Green '69 W-31 a few posts up; it's been restored since I sold it in the mid-90's. Really fun car with M-21, 4.33 gears, manual steering and brakes.

[Pulnaway]

Wow! How did you ever let it go? That thing screams cool! <font color="green"> </font>

[STF455]

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Wow! How did you ever let it go? That thing screams cool! <font color="green"> </font>

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All the usual excuses apply; bought a house, trying to fund another resto, bought a new Z28, needed $$$, etc. Thankfully, I wasn't able sell my other '69 W-31 that I had for sale at the same time, and I still have it.

Attached photo shows how the RG W-31 looked while I owned it.

[442w30]

What color/model is your other one?

[STF455]

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What color/model is your other one?

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Diego, it's a '69 "S" hardtop, black exterior/silver stripes/black buckets.

[442w30]

What color were the stripes originally?

[agtw31]

i thought the rally green w31 went for 25k a couple years ago on ebay

[STF455]

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What color were the stripes originally?

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The hood stripes were originally white on my black '69.

I don't know if the Rally Green '69 had stripes at all, originally. When I got the RG car it had Chevelle-style stripes on the hood and decklid, and white '69 H/O-style stripes on the sides. The car appeared to have it's original RG paint, except for the LF fender and quarter panels, and the white stripes were a poorly executed later addition.

[STF455]

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i thought the rally green w31 went for 25k a couple years ago on ebay

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Yup, it sold on Ebay in '06, and it's changed hands a couple times since then. It sold somewhere in the twenties on Ebay, but I don't recall exactly how much.

[70 Forest Green Zee]

The car also went through the Mecum auction in the fall of 2006......here is a couple pics of it sitting in the waiting tent.


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/tn_DSCF0088-2.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/tn_DSCF0091-1.jpg