Does anyone know the unit production numbers per body style and production dates for the 1964 4-4-2 ?
I remember riding in a "baby blue" 4 door 4-4-2 with 4 speed and light blue bucket seats......."back in the day". I know they existed in 4 doors.
Over the years I have asked around about where the one I was in went to. Maybe some day I'll find it, maybe not.
RALPH

 

From Rocket Science Website

1964

F85
Model ID Number Body/Style Description Production Total
F85 Standard
64-3027 2-dr Club Coupe 16,298
64-3035 4-dr Station Wagon 4,047
64-3069 4-dr Sedan 12,106
F85 Deluxe
64-3127 2-dr Sports Coupe 6,594
64-3135 4-dr Station Wagon 10,793
64-3169 4-dr Sedan 42,237
F85 Cutlass
64-3227 2-dr Club Coupe 15,440
64-3237 2-dr Holiday Hardtop 36,153
64-3267 2-dr Holiday Hardtop 12,822

Of the above, 2,999 F85's were equipped with the B-09 4-4-2 package:
F85 Standard; 2-dr Club Coupe 148, 4-dr Sedan 3
F85 Deluxe; 4-dr Sedan 7
F85 Cutlass; 2-dr Club Coupe 563, 2-dr Holiday Hardtop 1,842, 2-dr Convertible 436

 

The most surprising this to me in your post is that the 4 door had bucket seats. I thought that the 1973 Cutlass Salon was the 1st 4 door to offer front bucket seats but perhaps I am mistaken.


Are you sure you are remembering the bucket seats correctly?

 

I’ve never seen one and was wondering why anyone would have buckets in a four door unless....could this have been how a police car was configured?

 

It didn't - at least not from the factory. Never an option from Olds until 1973, as you correctly pointed out.

 

As with anything, "memory" is subject to error. I was kid in high school at the time. I have some old high school chums I might be able to ask if they remember.
Ronnie Roberts was the son of the owners. They lived on the "east side" of Waterloo, Iowa and I believe it came from Tate Cadillac & Olds. I don't know if it was "ordered". It was a 4 door sedan with the 4-4-2 emblems and no console.
I seem recall thinking it was odd to have bucket seats in a 4 door. I rode "shotgun" once.
This car has intrigued me for many, many years. I'd love to find it, but the odds are against it still existing.
I don't know if there would be a way to do a title search to track it down. Any suggestions ?

Back in 1967 the Waterloo Police Department had an "unmarked" black 4 door with the "Police Pursuit Apprehender package" in a Cutlass with 400 and automatic "on loan" for a couple months. It was FAST ! The police department turned it back in because it was too fast and the old guys couldn't handle it.
RALPH

 

Ralph, I would think that if you distinctly recall the car as having bucket seats, then the Tate dealership must have done the conversion in order to satisfy a customer request. This seems a much more likely explanation than the factory having done it or you imagining the whole thing.

 

It's no big deal to install buckets in a more-door - I did it to the 1968 Vista I used to own. The car was not born with them, however. Of course, the fact that someone installed buckets always begs the question, what other non-original parts (or emblems) were on the car? The four speed WAS factory available in a four door that year.

 

It doesn't sound like it is the case here but in those days a GM Exec could get lots of things that were not on the order sheet.

 

Thanks guys, for the input. It has always made me curious about a 4-4-2, 4 door sedan over the years, never saw another one.
Ralph

 

Nice discussion thread. As a lot of you guys in this Club know, I'm building my own 64 442, livin the dream I guess Depending where the 2018 Olds Nationals are, mamma and I will be there there!!

 

Gettysburg, PA

 

I’m planning on doing that era-appropriate stripe on mine as well in white over Bahama Blue!

 

Also, the base and Deluxe F-85s would have had a cloth patterned interior only, correct or no? What upholstery would have been on the 3127 buckets?

 

Mine's a 3127 and the buckets are vinyl, or whatever Olds called it. No fabric on anything.