Took my car out to Biff Buzby cruise night and i was talking to a guy and he said that his buddy has a 68 442 with basically the mopar spoiler on it. Then he proceeded to tell me that was built with that on it and that there was only 2 made.... is this true or is someone waving the BS flag!

 

That would be a huge BS flag. Never heard of that. Ask him for some proof or a pic.

 

No, no, NOT a picture!

 

I would suspect that the second fabled winged Cutlass was in his garage at home.

 

no he said it was in a museum LMAO

 

Oh, it must be the same museum that has my 1942 442

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that top ad is at the cracker barrel in town on there wall lol. but i think it was a yellow one.

 

Its one of them custom made stroller's we see now and then.

 

Gee, he sounds really sincere. I'd like to meet him so he can have a look at my original 1972 Cutlass with a one only produced 692 silver turbo Rocket Interceptor engine. It's quite rare you know and I'm the only one in the world who has one. It's only purpose of creation was to out perform any 68 Cutlass with a big *** mopar style spoiler.

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Lmao ^^^ :d:d:d

 

 

Ran into the guy today on my ride home. He claims this is 1 of 30 cars that were made and it came factory with the wing.

Its like an Indy edition with the Hurst/Olds package(but just the scoop)

 

Tom, get your car as far away as possible before the ghetto mod crew takes over and jacks up your ride! That is some spoiler...and look at the HID's where the bug shield would be...man, they sure were looking ahead when they built that one.

"442 Indy Special Edition 442" - if you have to have a sign on your car to tell everyone what it is, then it isn't.

You should've ask him if he's got family in the area that you can call...he needs to get back to the old folks home ASAP!

 

Darn - He must have emptied the plywood aisle at Home Depot!

 

Yup, Built right alongside the mopar Superbird and the big wings....I call BS on it. If that was a production car, it would be one of the widely known holy grails of the modern 442 era.

Does this wing look familiar???

 

OH come on guys! Am I the only one that knows the history of these cars?! They were made specially to chase the wild Jackalope. Back in 69, there was a great Jackalope infestation. They stole all the blinker fluid from detroit as well as the midwest's supply of muffler bearings! They rounded up all the cars after the Jackalope were killed and they are stored in Area 51 with all the other space ships. This is a rare but true sighting just like the UFOs that fly around.

 

O my! that poor Oldsmobile

 

You guys are cracking me up!! It's a good thing that wing was under 13'6" so he could get some gas

 

WOW!! Somebody sold him a real line of CRAP!
Or, he's been telling that story for so long, he believes it himself!
Tell him you looked into it, and the other 29 were destroyed in car washes, and they also had the extended hood and bumper, for aerodynamics!
And he didn't get the 442 cutouts for the same reason!

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!

Nice wing, so large it needs it's own zip code....

 

Poor Oldsmobile??!!! How about "poor Bob Vila!!"

"This Old Wing" (his new show)

 

Well I'll be durned. It's true as you say. I guess I owe that 69 an apology (not) I understand they also saved a herd of Jackalopes for future posterity

 

OMG you could hang your laundry on there while your heading down I75 ! be dry in no time !or you could put a swingin chair for the kids to keep them occupied while ya cruise the streets looking for Pinto's and AMC Pacer's to race!

 

No, the wing in this picture looks moderately stable and professionally crafted. The wing Tom posted looks more like one made out of particle board and zip ties skillfully crafted by the Hunchback of All-be-Damned while he was "drankin a foe-ty" and smokin the dolja!

 

Was it built late in '68 because it has '69 taillights?

 

pay no attention to the title lol... the guy i talked to at biffs knew nothing lol

 

Is there any chance that there was once a platform on the deck lid? I can almost see a race track or special event like a Gran Prix buying a 442 convertible and having it customized or "ordered special" for them. The drivers or pretty sponsor ladys could have stood on the platform during introductions.





The rest of the odd ball customizations I will not comment. My mommy taught me to be polite. I think he's full of something, hopefully just hot air .


Adam

 

Adam, who was the model who did the Hurst stuff back then? She looks ummm pretty dang hot!

BTW, came up with a suggested name for that 'ultra spoiler' on the black 442. I think I'll call it the 'Wail Tale'.

 

It was Linda something. She is also in the movie Gumball Rally. Her character is named Plan "B." Her job was to distract the other racers so they would miss a turn in a Cannonball Run type road race.

The Wail Tail has me wailing from the headaches it causes.

Vaughan! That's it, she is Stevie Ray Vaughan's sister!

Cheers!

 

What!?! Linda Vaugn ring a bell? Mrs. Hurst Golden Shifter! Hello? What kind of Oldsmobile fan are you anyway lol!

 

LOL, thanks guys. I just wasn't sure if Hurst went with a different model after they didn't get MOPAR support. She sure has a nice set of ...... eyes. Yeah, and boots. Hmmm, Body by Vaughn may have influenced some very curvy Oldsmobiles...

 

You guys are not aware of Hugh Jass's styling efforts? Really?

He's most famous for the Hugh Jass spoilers, but also dabbled in lift kits, wide tires, and of course engine transplants.

 

This is the closest Olds ever got to something that retarded looking in 69




As far as Linda, she is one of the sweetest southern gals you'd want to meet. She has a remarkable memory and you can tell by talking to her she cherishes all the experiences she's been able to put in her scrapbooks because of her stint as Miss Golden Shifter.

 

Now DAT's funny!

 

I see JC Whitney is still around. Anybody check to see if they offered that wing for the 73 Pinto Runabout?

 

You should ask him where he got his stats from as you found another one, so now there's three.

 

OMG!
That poor car. Did you have to post a picture!!! I know we LOVE pictures, BUT my eyes are still burning.

Allan, Allan, Allan!!! Who was that model ?? I can't believe you don't know who she is.
Sorry 3 points off your Oldsmobile mechanic of the year score card. Back to 4th place. Gonna take a LOT of quality posts to get back to where you were? Start taking something apart and post picture , gonna need at least 6 good threads.

Arodenhiser almost blew it but got a great save at the end. Now if he had spelled her name right he would have moved up one notch.


Mike

 

Sorry Mike. I have no excuse. I guess I'll have to start working on those 'quality' threads you're looking for. Hmmm, I sense a disturbance in the Force coming on.....

 

That looks horrible. I wouldn't want it even if it was legit and super rare

 

No legit car company in the world would make something like that.

Mike