When and where did you realize you couldn't live without your own Olds...

[oldsdroptop]

For me it was in 1980 and my buddy drove a 1972 Olds 442...it was stunning after his dad painted it white in polyeurothane paint...I will never forget the shine of that car...however it was a 350 car...he got rearended and the car was totaled...he bought a Chevy Monza at that time after I bought a Buick Skyhawk but it was shortlived when we both wrecked them within 8 months of buying them....I bought a 71 Monte Carlo (which I still own to this day. He bought a crappy brown 1970 442 hardtop that came from North Carolina and was clean and solid. The 455 crapped out 6 months later after the timing chain sprocket nylon came apart at about 135,xxx miles( sun the main bearing) He pulled the engine and went through it added a holley and and an intake. It had a column shift which sucked for positive shifts. He painted it matador red and redid the interior. He would send me to the corner store to get cigs in it and I was hooked right then and there. Now I have 2 convertibles with 455's. I was 19 at the time and it took me about 15 years to get the money to start buying and owning my dream cars. I would never sell them now. Hope I'm never forced to make that decision. Let's hear how you guys got your Olds addiction and how you satisfied it.

[bittersweet71]

I was 14 years old and saw a black 1967 442 convertible on the showroom floor of this used corvette dealership. My dad acted interested so the owner of the dealership started it up. I never heard such a good sound. I was hooked! Later that year I took my yard mowing savings and bought a rough 69 442 hardtop. When I was 17 dad helped me buy a 69 Cutlass S convertible that was really nice. I had to sell it to finish college. I wept as the guy drove away in it. Last spring I found a 71 Cutlass convertible and fulfilled the promise to myself I made when I had to sell the 69.

[daves62]

the moment of conception
loved my car every since I can remember.
it was a treat to wash it for grandma when I was a kid

[jensenracing77]

i was 13 (1987). me and my dad was looking for a 77 cutlass for him to drive back and forth to work. one car we looked at, the owner had a 71 442 W30 that he was repainting. my dad told me that he had a car just like it that he got new in 71. the hood was off of the car and i fell in love with the red finder wells. then he showed me the hood and i was hooked ever since.

now i like all Oldsmobile's big, little, old and new. well the newest ones you can get. i have not had anything older than 62 but i will someday.

[Willidog]

When I paid over 10,000 dollars to store it for 13 years while I was overseas.

[gearhead1218]

Originally Posted by Willidog

When I paid over 10,000 dollars to store it for 13 years while I was overseas.

For me it was when I paid about $15000 more than I sold it for 6 years previous.
I blame my wife. She kept telling me how much I would regret selling it. Turned out she was right, and because of that regret, I wasn't given too much of a hard time repurchasing it.

[csstrux]

Originally Posted by gearhead1218

For me it was when I paid about $15000 more than I sold it for 6 years previous.
I blame my wife. She kept telling me how much I would regret selling it. Turned out she was right, and because of that regret, I wasn't given too much of a hard time repurchasing it.

Sounds like a keeper of a wife. I hope mine turns out that way.

[daves62]

wow mine was mad when I bought mine the first time.
when we were dating I told her that if the starfire was ever for sale I was going to buy it.I reminded her of that when I pulled the cash out

[gearhead1218]

Originally Posted by csstrux

Sounds like a keeper of a wife. I hope mine turns out that way.

Thank You, and she is.
We've been married 20 years this coming September. I think she's still thinking of throwing me back though.

[csstrux]

going on ten for us in June. She has only been introduced to this whole culture recently though. Have been busy trying to build a life, and a business for some time now. I just let go of a 67 Lemans to pay off some bills before she showed up. Other than my dads toys, I have an old supra stored in her dads barn, and my dad and I stuffed a small block chubby in an S10. That's all she has seen. Luckily she is supportive...sometimes I wish I had kept that Lemans though had everything but the GTO badging factory and low miles to boot.