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oldsmobile1915 · 11-28-2007, 01:45 PM

This is an excerpt from AACA's forum "Rare cars... What is rare?"

I get a kick out of this... Some people say "My Camaro is rare because only 742 were this color orange" (and I wonder, how many Camaros were made?)

or

"Only 12,212 Dynamic 88 Convertible were made. That amounts to all of 2.7% of Olds' total 1962 output." I ask myself, “if 2.7% of the 88's were convertibles and there were that many, then a total production of 88's must be huge?!?!” I think these car owners can find parts to keep it running!

Don't get me wrong, these are truly wonderful cars, and great people too. I love what they are doing with the cars and should keep up the great work. I just want to know how is rare defined???

How about a 1915 Oldsmobile Model 42? Only 1,319 Model 42s were ever produced of a total vehicle production of 7,696 for Oldsmobile that year. After 2 world wars, time, rust / rot / neglect... not many survive.

To the best of my knowledge, I believe AACA has 7 known Oldsmobile model 42s registered with the organization. In my research, I know of 10 total left.... Assuming that there are a couple unknown model 42s left in a barn somewhere... that leaves us with a grand total of 12 or so?? It's difficult to find parts to restore them, or books to even describe how to drive them.

So what makes a car rare? or how would you define a rare car??? Please share your views, because I would like to know what you think!

(and from a later post in the same thread, when a guy mentions options as was mentioned here)

I still believe that if there were a bunch made... color or options shouldn't count. the option may be rare, but the vehicle is not.

And just because you have a hard time finding parts for the vehicle doesn't make it rare... many times, if people just pull their head out of their tailpipe, they can find one. It may be expensive - but it's out there.

If you need to have parts machined, panels hand made, and everything custom fabricated, parts cast, or special ordered... then it might be rare.

That's what I think...

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a link to the thread can be found at:
http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.ph...443931/fpart/1

or search AACA's forum for "Rare cars... What is rare?"

What is your take on this????

Joe Ferrero
Geneseo, NY

(3) 1915 Oldsmobiles
1947 Oldsmobiles 76
1948 Oldsmobiles 66

11-28-2007, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
oldsmobile1915 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 21	rare? I dunno... This is an excerpt from AACA's forum "Rare cars... What is rare?" I get a kick out of this... Some people say "My Camaro is rare because only 742 were this color orange" (and I wonder, how many Camaros were made?) or "Only 12,212 Dynamic 88 Convertible were made. That amounts to all of 2.7% of Olds' total 1962 output." I ask myself, “if 2.7% of the 88's were convertibles and there were that many, then a total production of 88's must be huge?!?!” I think these car owners can find parts to keep it running! Don't get me wrong, these are truly wonderful cars, and great people too. I love what they are doing with the cars and should keep up the great work. I just want to know how is rare defined??? How about a 1915 Oldsmobile Model 42? Only 1,319 Model 42s were ever produced of a total vehicle production of 7,696 for Oldsmobile that year. After 2 world wars, time, rust / rot / neglect... not many survive. To the best of my knowledge, I believe AACA has 7 known Oldsmobile model 42s registered with the organization. In my research, I know of 10 total left.... Assuming that there are a couple unknown model 42s left in a barn somewhere... that leaves us with a grand total of 12 or so?? It's difficult to find parts to restore them, or books to even describe how to drive them. So what makes a car rare? or how would you define a rare car??? Please share your views, because I would like to know what you think! (and from a later post in the same thread, when a guy mentions options as was mentioned here) I still believe that if there were a bunch made... color or options shouldn't count. the option may be rare, but the vehicle is not. And just because you have a hard time finding parts for the vehicle doesn't make it rare... many times, if people just pull their head out of their tailpipe, they can find one. It may be expensive - but it's out there. If you need to have parts machined, panels hand made, and everything custom fabricated, parts cast, or special ordered... then it might be rare. That's what I think... _________________________ a link to the thread can be found at: http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.ph...443931/fpart/1 or search AACA's forum for "Rare cars... What is rare?" What is your take on this???? Joe Ferrero Geneseo, NY (3) 1915 Oldsmobiles 1947 Oldsmobiles 76 1948 Oldsmobiles 66 __________________ Joe Ferrero Geneseo, NY 3 - 1915 Oldsmobile - Model 42 www.geocities.com/oldsmobile1915 1947 Oldsmobile - Model 76 1948 Oldsmobile - Dynamic 66