70’ w-31
May 28th, 2021, 10:22 AM
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The car is very well documented. The problem wit it is that the engine was replaced sometime in the late 70's. Other than the obvious aluminum intake, there is no way of knowing if the other key parts, carb, distributor and harmonic balancer got swapped over too. The seller does not mention it in his listing.
May 28th, 2021, 10:25 AM
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The car is very well documented. The problem wit it is that the engine was replaced sometime in the late 70's. Other than the obvious aluminum intake, there is no way of knowing if the other key parts, carb, distributor and harmonic balancer got swapped over too. The seller does not mention it in his listing.
May 29th, 2021, 04:05 AM
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May 30th, 2021, 09:25 PM
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I dig his story, his 243k mile W-machine, AND his 8-track collection... Steppenwolf, Stills, Zeppelin, Clapton, Jimi, Traffic, Derek... and JT, Barbra and Carole. 1970s AOR FM, plus some top 40. Awesome
May 31st, 2021, 07:26 AM
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May 31st, 2021, 01:03 PM
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Yes and no. The JO coded cover is correct for a W-31 Automatic, but the cover is removable. Looks like a very Kool W-31.
June 1st, 2021, 09:35 AM
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The seller reached out to me a few months back when he first acquired the car from the original owner. The car baked inside of a storage container for awhile. The pictures I saw showed cardboard underneath the car with every fluid leaking similarly to the Exxon Valdez. The seller thought the car would fetch $28k-$30k. If you look closely, you can see one of the fenders has been replaced as the spacing of the emblems is entirely off. Cool color combination and a post coupe is always unique! I hope we see that the car ended up with someone from the Olds community.
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June 5th, 2021, 01:55 PM
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That is frustrating for the seller Quite a few people do not honer there word anymore You must understand it is a 51 year old car it will need love
Hopefully second time is a charm for the seller
Just my 2 cents
Alain
!970 red W-31
June 5th, 2021, 09:16 PM
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June 5th, 2021, 11:21 PM
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The winning bidder said that he bid by accident, according to the e bay listing. How do you enter a $19k bid by accident?
*Please Do Not Bid If You Are Not 100% Sure On If Your Ready To Buy A Car!*
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I Dont Like Receiving Emails After Auction Saying You Bidded On Accident"
June 6th, 2021, 08:50 AM
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I don’t know the seller, but I’d be skeptical as the next highest bidder would have been $100.00 less than the high bidder........did he back out too?
It is a rare and desirable car, in a unique combination, but no doubt a “labor of Love”
It is a rare and desirable car, in a unique combination, but no doubt a “labor of Love”
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