I recieved a call one day from a local Olds Afficianado who owns a Rallye 350 Post 4 speed and a '68 W30 4 speed. He had stumbled upon a 1971 Olds W30 Rag Top and he knew that I was looking for one.
The second owner had purchased the car upon the recommendation of his Brother-In-law, back in 1984. He is also a diehard Olds Guy with two '69 HOs in his collection. The car was known by the local Olds cummunity ,in Minnesota where it was for sale.
NOS parts were still readily available at that time, so the necessary parts were gathered and restoration started a few years later. The second owners Job took him from Illinois to Kansas back to Illinios.
Once the car was restored he drove the car regularly as a fair weather driver until it develpoed a mysterious miss.
He parked the car untill his wife came across a local gas station, which had a Flame Orange Cutlass SX Convertible on the premissis. She recognized the body style and stopped in to see if the owner could recomend a competent repair facility, for her husbands W30.
It turns out that the Owner of the gas station was a competent mechanic and the W30 was brought there for repairs.
While there for repairs, my friend inquired if the car might be for sale. The owner of the Gas Station called the owner of the W30,who said, that since he didn't drive it any longer and that since his son and daughter were not into old cars, that he would consider selling the car.
He came up with a price and I agreed. Ironically I had travelled many miles and been on a few wild goose chases prior,for a W30 rag. This car was located only 2 miles from my office.
As is, the older restortaion is showing its age especially since the car was driven. The Color combo is original as is the numbers matching drive train. A few options were added during the restortaion, so now it is loaded with equipment.
