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scuncio
10-17-2020, 04:02 PM
Sounds like the original owner owned this one until a couple of years ago. Worthless description and pictures, but there's enough info here that I'd be reaching out to the seller if I were in the market. Sounds like a really nice, well kept car, with the exception of that parts-store master cylinder which is triggering my OCD....

Link to 1968 Olds 442 Convertible auction (https://ebay.to/3j4dNSR)

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CFEAAOSwRoVfg0yM/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/XqgAAOSwHfpfg0yM/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yTcAAOSwRO9fg0yM/s-l1600.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yJsAAOSwCU9fg0yM/s-l1600.jpg

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RSSSfan
10-19-2020, 05:46 PM
Is that a factory color on those cars, or is it another example of the ubiquitous "resale red"?
Bill Pritchard
10-20-2020, 04:49 PM
My guess is resale red.
scuncio
10-20-2020, 05:44 PM
Agreed, or the white balance is out of whack!
MosportGreen66
10-20-2020, 06:28 PM
I have to check the VIN... this could be my former 442 which I purchased from the original owner. Sold it because a Vette became available I had been chasing. It was a red/black (original green/black) 3 speed manual convertible. The guy I sold it to fluffed the engine compartment and sold it months later.

Dan
69biscayne
10-20-2020, 06:34 PM
https://classiccarsbay.com/for-sale-1968-oldsmobile-442-in-milford-city-connecticut-29682

Listed here. Beware. New Ebayer, and the pictures don't look like any place I have ever seen in St.Paul, mn
72-SS-L48
10-21-2020, 02:50 AM
I have to check the VIN... this could be my former 442 which I purchased from the original owner. Sold it because a Vette became available I had been chasing. It was a red/black (original green/black) 3 speed manual convertible. The guy I sold it to fluffed the engine compartment and sold it months later.

Dan

Confirmed it is our old car.

It's an excellent driver (at least it was at the time when we owned it). Not the original colors and some other upgrades I recall that the original owners family wanted to make while the car was in "restoration".

Hope the next buyer does their research and the seller is honest.

Best,
Dave
72-SS-L48
10-21-2020, 02:53 AM
Here's a pic of the car circa 1968 with the original owners.

Best,
Dave
Xplantdad
10-21-2020, 02:16 PM
Dave-that's cool! Congrats on YOUR recent marriage, too! :beers: :biggthumpup:
Bill Pritchard
10-21-2020, 09:26 PM
Love the lettering on the side of the car in the 1968 picture :naughty:
RSSSfan
10-22-2020, 05:03 PM
I wonder how hard it was to get that shoe polish off the paint? :D Awesome picture!