Well unlike most here I was not a born OLDS man.. iwas a poncho fan, I mentioned before i had a long list of ponchos, my favorite was my 69 convertible 4 speed, well I got tapped in the drivers fender pretty hard ( other guys fault) and it got towed, i was assured insurance would pay for the storage, I was young and I guess stupid, needless to say i never did see that car again, and to this day i miss her, I got 200 bucks from the guys insurance company, ( this was over 25 years ago!) well Ibought the car for 600 from the original owner LOL... seemed ok..
well then I built a 67 nova ss, sold that car and was determined to find another 69 gto... for some reason there were none around in my price range, or they were convertible and auto or 4 speed and hard top, so I waited and waited, say an ad for a 69 442 convertible 4 speed, I knew nothing about oldsmobiles except the bellhousings fit a poncho, went to see the car, and it was shiney, black with a gold interior, big old hurst shifter hanging out of it, posi rear, but starngely a 350 and a 2 barrel?
guy said it was a rare "highway" edition, I like the halfwit I am believed him, so layed the money down and drove her home, then started falling in love with the car, I remembered when i had my goat the only "street" car I ever lost a traffic light battle to was a 442, hmmm , anyway made plans to change the motor etc etc but she was my only transportation and never got around to it, but I started to research the car, made trips to the carlisyle swap meet in pennsy, etc etc sold the keystone mags and boat 15 x 7 rallyes etc and researched the car, turned out to be a cutlass s but the motor, tranny, posi etc are all numbers matching and correct.. a little bummed but what the heck, had a blast with the car, and when i finally painted my wifes 72 buick skylark custom ( a year of body repairs) I said I can freshen up the olds in no time.... then I went overseas ffor work, and everytime I cam home did a little, pulled the car apart, lefted the body off the frame, redid the front end stripped the frame, stainless steel lines etc etc
then I traveled again, money always seem to go someplace else, and well, time goes by, I guess she has been in the garage over 12-13 years now, and now she will be put back on the road or sold off.... better on the road...
man like a book.... well here here is a pic of me screwing around, and a pic of a Katana I built and painted when I was overseas, (it was my daily TPT)
Hey anybody else hear snoring????
