Not mine, but not often you see anything for $200:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/4851860969.html

 

Dan, if you've got the space you should be all over that! It may have 10 times that value in parts


John

 

John - well unfortunately I don't have the space, but maybe some other NW CO person will jump on it.

Seems too nice from the pics to part out - assuming someone could sort out the title issue - which would probably just require some patience and, of course, $!

 

i emailed him, hopefully i hear back. im not to far away from arlignton

 

could it be a real 442 with a column shift?

 

I saw this on my facebook page, and it sounds like there is no title and there may be a lien on the car?!? Unsure

 

Hmmmm flagged for removal something my mom used to say if something is too good to be true it probably is.

 

The first thing people do that find a smoking deal on CL is flag the ad so no one else can see it or get the contact info

 

Yes of course. That was the base set up. Floor shift was optional.

 

i believe it

cool, hope he gets back to me

 

"This posting has been flagged for removal. [?]"


THAT is why when you FIRST SEE a nice CL ad, you should COPY THE TEXT and BRING IT HERE and paste it in, with the contact info, for future use.

ALWAYS

pointing to a CL ad url is utterly useless after oh 5 minutes to 1 day.

 

Pity the seller(s) then when people see such a thread here 1, 3, 5 years too late.

 

young olds - good luck

octania - good point. Happen to have the page still open so here ya go. I think it's a legit ad just based on how it sounds, probably flagged for reasons noted by others - but who knows, it's CL! No contact info though:

***** AD TEXT ******
1966 Oldsmobile 442. (This was my Father's Oldsmobile!) I'll be in Arlington only for a short time, so if you want this car for parts, and you can haul it away either on Saturday Jan. 24th or Sunday the 25th, you can have it for $200 OBO. The tires are flat and the cylinder heads have been removed. The body is straight, but hood and trunk are rusted. This car is for parts ONLY, must take ENTIRE car. I have a notarized release of interest, but there is a lien on the title from a bank that went out of business in the 1980's. I haven't been able to locate the bank's successor for them to release the title. You may have better luck, but in the meantime, I want it removed. If you have the means to haul it, please email me your phone number and I will call you back or email. Thanks

 

emailed him as soon as i saw this, only contact info, havent heard back. ill keep you guys posted if i ever hear anything.

 

Good luck, it has a lot of parts you can use.

 

I spotted it yesterday evening right after it was posted and emailed.
Have not heard back.

I would love to score it...

I'm positive thy are getting blasted with emails and offers if its a legit deal.
There are some serious bop parts hoarders around here who buy up stuff cheap then ask a mint for it- I've butted heads with them before on stuff. There is no way this wasn't noticed by them.

Anyway... Would be sweet to have a shot at it. I really would like to get into another 66 even if it was a long term project like this.

-Ben

 

ill trade you mine if you get it

 

I also sent an email on Sunday with my phone numbers attached, haven't heard back. I figure by now that it's bought and paid for if the ad was legit. Hopefully he was offered more for it than his asking price equal to a couple of tons of scrap metal, he deserves it. That looks like a very savable 442, I hope it doesn't get parted.

 

Plenty of photos!

http://www.oldsmobilecentral.com/for...-Arlington.php

 

Yup, and the problem is the guy only used the CL generated email. So since it got flagged, the CL email address is also dead. Only people that sent him a message prior to the ad getting flag with have a chance of getting in touch with the owner. I found this ad and posted about it early Sunday morning and in about 6 hours it was viewed over 1000 times. His inbox should be interesting.

 

I see a restorable 442 with a tilt column

parted out or title issue fixed [fairly easy in MI] it would be a worthy project by far.

I hope someone gets it before the uncaring scrap hauler does.

 

I agree a car worthy of a restoration, factory ac and tilt a pretty nice car to start with really. He has not responded to anyone that I know of. Will be curiuos what happens.

 

I always thought it takes quite few people to get an ad flagged.

 

I've never done it but you just get all your friends to flag it too


Here's the post from Facebook from the guy that ended up buying it:

 

Well at least theres some closure. ;-)

Wonder if he plans to keep it & sort out the title, or part it out, or re-sell it.
Lot of potential value there.

 

It's sounds like he's going to work the title problems out.


He said:

 

Maybe he will show up on CO. That would be cool to get the rest of the story.

 

Definitely nice know know at least the partial outcome of it. Thanks for posting the reference information allyolds68