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This 1969 4-4-2 convertible is a nicely refurbished car with an older lacquer repaint (1994) in its original cameo white that still shows quite well. All the mechanicals were redone/rebuilt in the 2016-2017 time frame. I based my previous asking price of $63K on the buyer's guide "average" price for the '68 4-4-2 convertible published in the July 2023 HMN issue (I know, I'm selling a '69 but I figured it would at least be comparable - they made 847 fewer convertibles in '69 than they did for '68). Originally purchased from Van Ness Oldsmobile in San Francisco at the end of May 1969, this car has spent all of its life in California, Washington, and then Oregon. It is almost completely numbers-matching, particularly under the hood (block, heads, intake manifold, exhaust manifolds, transmission) and all the periphery engine equipment (carburetor, alternator, water pump, starter, distributer, coil, A/C compressor, etc.). The interesting thing about this car is that it has some rarely seen factory options for its year, including front shoulder belts for a convertible, cruise control (it works), power disc brakes, and the AM-FM stereo radio (first year offered in A-body and it works). It also came with and still has the seemingly rare SSI wheels (LY code) for disc brakes which I believe were available only for the last 4-5 months of the production year. Other options include power windows, floor mats front and rear, A/C (it works), console/floor shift, THM 400 transmission, 3.23:1 differential with the anti-spin axle, custom sport steering wheel (it's sticky and needs to be cleaned on occasion), rally pack, pwr trunk opener, door edge guards, tilt steering column, pwr antenna, W36 hood stripes, and the dealer accessory passenger side mirror. All of the glass in the car (except for the convertible top glass) is original to the car. Somewhere along the line, someone installed a passenger reclining seat back so the seat backs for both buckets are from '68. The odometer reads 99,892 miles as of this writing and I believe it to be original miles. The car does have a few issues: rear view mirror needs to be resilvered (has a working map light in it), the speakers need to be re-coned (OK at lower volume but start to make noise when turned up), the windshield washer pump might need to be rebuilt (I've never had a need to use it), it needs a good lug-centric wheel balance (no one where I live here does that - you only get a hub-centric balance), and the outside weatherstrip on the driver door window needs to be replaced). The interior was installed in 1994 and still looks fresh. A new top was installed in August 2025. The car has never been in rain and has always been garaged when not in use since I've owned it. Sale will include the original protect-o-plate with the owner's manual and associated literature in its original plastic holder, a nicely legible Product Information Manual (aka assembly manual), the Chassis and Body Service Manuals the Cruise Control System Manual, any historical data that I found in the car during my ownership, and a few 1969 coins that I put in the glove box. This car is a nice, clean driver and winner of local car show awards but could be upgraded to be a beautiful show car someday. I have a document that shows all of the part numbers and date codes that I could find that I can email to interested people.











Randy C.

 

That's a beautiful car Randy. Good Luck with the sale!

 

That’s a beautiful car Randy, I’ve always admired your 68 442 more, I’ve always been partial to the 68’s because it was my first car. My 68 Cutlass was also white with black top an interior. You don’t see many with that color combination. GLWS

 

I'll be sorry to see you leave the ranks of '69 owners, Randy. Best of luck and let us know what happens. It's a gorgeous car.

 

Yes, the '68 has to stay. My parents bought it "new" (it was a demo with 8K miles on it and a year old when they bought it but they were the first private party owners). It's been in the family now since March 28, 1969. I even have the original window sticker for it. Plus, I went neck deep into its restoration to make sure everything was "perfect" (in my mind, anyway!). It is nice to have the two years side by side to compare, especially for differences. One thing I recently noticed - the hood release on my '68 looks like someone punched a not-even-round hole through a piece of metal for the hood release pull to pass through. And the hood release pull looks like a piece of coat hanger that someone bent to fit the purpose. The '69 hood release is a nicely sculptured release with a handle (that looks like the emergency brake release) that passes through a 9/16" hole with a "retainer" so the hood release isn't bouncing around.
Randy C.

 

what a beautiful car GLWS

 

It seems that when you finally decide to do something, the feces hits the fan! As soon as I put this up for sale, the battery went dead (OK, so it was a real old battery to begin with) and the top tore. So I replaced the battery and we just got the car back yesterday from the upholsterer with a new Robbins top. It's getting so you can't get 33 years out of a convertible top anymore! In any case, the car is back to full health again (as far as I know) and I'm busy getting it set up on Facebook Marketplace and Bring-A-Trailer. We'll see what happens.

Randy C.

 

ttt - note new price!!

 

Finally sold on BaT. My reserve was $48K and the highest bid came in at $47K. When I listed the car, BaT said that, if the highest bid is under, but "close", to the reserve, that BaT would make up the difference. Apparently, $1000 is "close" because BaT is going to send me a check for $1000. I was very happy in BaT and all they did to get the car posted for auction. They helped out with picture taking (I took my own pictures), staging, and doing the write-up. Their follow-up "verified check-out process" with a company called "Caramel" in handling the money and title and so forth, wasn't good. Signing in was a challenge but somehow I was able to get started with it. But then it asked for follow-up information (pictures of my driver license) and no matter how many pictures I submitted of it, the pictures weren't good enough and that system asked me to take and submit another picture. I gave up after doing that 3 times. And the buyer, well, he never made it into the system to begin with, no matter what he did. So the buyer and I decided to do our own check-out process, and it worked nicely. There was a certain degree of trust on both sides but after getting things going it moved right along. In the end, I was very happy with the sale as was the buyer with his "new" car. And I'm still here with the car my parents bought when I was a senior in high school!

Randy C.
'68 4-4-2 convertible

 

Thanks for the update/post-mortem, Randy. Good to get some perspective from one who's been through the process, as many of us may be considering marketing cars sooner or later.

 

Congratulations Randy! I'm glad you were able to get what you wanted for the car. Beautiful car! I'm sure the new owner/caretaker will treasure it! John