mmurphy77

Yes it IS a real W-30 and it can be yours if you're the high bidder at Barrett-Jackson in January.
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=403&pop=1

tomsw31

It may be "real" but just looking at the engine bay, how many things are incorrect?

w-30dreamin

Cool! a whats wrong with this picture thread,I usually learn alot from these types of threads.

Here's what i see or think I see incorrect,

pcv valve/breather system incorrect
is it missing the engine lift bracket
reproduction oai foam seal
generic hardware store bolt for upper radiator hose support
incorrect plating on alternator fan/wrong pulley
missing emmissions decal on radiator support

joe_padavano

The thing that would worry me is the repro red inner fenders. But who am I to argue the "indisputable" factory documentation...

sicky olds

man that is the dream car of mine. Demolition man was THEE movie that got me hooked on 442's/olds. now if i had 100k sitting in my bank lol

firefrost gold

headers

firefrost gold

not saying your wrong but how in the he ** can you tell they are repro from
That small shot I could only see the headers and the pvc but that was already mentioned

Red Delta

Enjoy my sig pic.

firefrost gold

I like the green 442 on that boxing movie with woody harlson and the car is sand lot two

cutlassjoe

Here we go...It must be getting close to the Barrett Jackson Silly Season...I enjoy watching it, but sometimes you just want to scream when you say or show something you know is just wrong. Nice car, but I don't know enough about them to see what is correct or not. Thank goodness we have guys who do.

coltsneckbob

It is a little difficult to tell from the pics, but the fenders are also incorrect for a 70. The inside lip of the fender I can see seems to have the little crumple ridges in it. A 70 would be completely smooth..

coltsneckbob

Also, aren't the seats incorrect. I don't have my car here, but there look like too many buttons and a button on the thigh area that seems wrong. I also think the door panels with those ridges are incorrect.

Red Delta

This statement tells me that the car was modified in the 90's.

" Oldsmobile modified this car for the movie with performance options not offered to the public."

jensenracing77

it would take me some time to find it but the JWO done a write up on this when the movie came out. i don't know where they got the info for the artical but i think it said that there were three cars for the movie and only one made it to the end. also said they were made from cutlasses and had chevy engines in them. it has ben many years ago but i think that is what it said. also the red finder wells definitely look like the old repop ones that look terrible. i need to dig up the old JWO.

joe_padavano

Funny, because that statement tells me that whoever wrote the ad copy is full of it. The movie studios have many small shops that modify and prep movie cars for them. Oldsmobile did NOT modify the car "with options not offered to the public", and they ESPECIALLY did not modify a 1970 car in 1993.

That sound you hear is the BS detector going off.

Red Delta

The BJ site said it. It must be true.

aliensatemybuick

This is what I recall as well, esp. the bit about the Chebby engines, not sure if I recall this from a JWO article or not, but dead on what I remembered....

mmurphy77

I think this particular car has merit and desireability simply for appearing in the movie (an AWESOME representation of our beloved Oldsmobiles I might add) and not for it not being a concours correct car. The car got pretty trashed in the movie IIRC so it's unsderstandable it has incorrect and repro parts on it. As an Olds lover it is a truly memorable movie scene.

cwracer

This car was part of the GM collection and loaned out for the movie production. You would have to learn more about the car's history, but there is a chance this car is somewhat unusual if it has belonged to GM since new. It was sold off when GM became Government Motors and was forced to sell off a portion of their extensive Heritage collection. If you watch the movie you will see that this is one of the very few futuristic movies where almost all the future cars are concepts. Even the police cars where fiberglass copies of a GM concept 100mpg carbon fiber car. Most other future movies simply use production cars with body kits or something from France. Demolition Man is unique by using actual futuristic cars in the future.


Other concepts used included:
Sting Ray III
Cadillac Voyage
Cadillac Solitaire
Cadillac Aurora
Lean Machine
Pontiac Banshee
HX-3
Oldsmobile Aerotech II

spf1410

Regardless if the car is correct, or not- I think it would still be VERY cool to have in the garage due to the movie provenance!

firefrost gold

I would take it to funk master flex and put some tv's in the dash and head rest's
and play the movie on it in a loop well maybe not.

joe_padavano

No, ONE of the three cars used for the movie got trashed. Typically a studio will have stunt cars, driving cars, and one for closeups that looks really good.

sicky olds

i would def put this car under my poster and card set along with the VHS copy i have for this movie lol. too bad no one has the taco bell cup anymore. i remember that cup being so freaking sweet!