Americar is the biggest German online mag for US cars. My '65 442 is car of the week!!!

Link: http://www.americar.de/autoderwoche/...id=806/start=0

Greetz, Ralph

 

WoHoooo! Congratulations!

 

Congrats! Great Pics!!

 

Congrats! Very exciting.

 

Cool deal, now post the article in english for us please as some of us arn't smart enought to speak a second language

 

Very Cool

 

I agree with Pat some of us can barely speak english.
But it's a nice car and a picture is worth a thousand words.
Or so I'm told!

 

I'm fully aware that many can't understand German, but I think the General drift gets across. I may be bilingual, but due to time constraints (& just not feeling like it!) I probably won't translate it.
I just posted the link to show that Olds got some media coverage in Europe!

Greetz,

Ralph

 

I got the general drift ,Still very cool to be over there in Germany and have your American car featured

here's a translation

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate...rUrl=Translate

 

Yeah, I liked it a lot. Took a quick look @ the translation. Isn't perfect, mostly understandable. Can't really expect more from software, even after all the years they've been trying, I'd give it about midway between 1/2 & 3/4-@ssed!

Ralph

 

Great article & a great car. Man that sure is pretty. Something to be proud of. The english is good enough for this country boy.

 

LOL
well the 5/8 @ssed translation would be better than me writing in German, I don't remember much past ,"my name is" . You think the tech college I went to would've had German classes since we are a very German area, but now I am getting off topic

Congrats again

 

Beängstigend!!!!

 

Seig -Heil!

 

Das is gut ...

 

That was over 60 yrs ago. If you think that's what Germany is about today, you haven't learned anything about Germany (or Europe, for that matter!) since. If you know better, then it's just very poor taste & has nothing to do w/ this thread!

Ralph

 

I would just hope that goodoldsguydougie repeated a phrase from an old movie he once saw without knowing what he said or what it implies. My dad was posted at 4-wing in France from 1959-1963 and I learned to walk and talk there. It was about 8 km from the German border and we always went into germany to go camping. My parents made friends with a German couple and even though they spoke different languages they would get together often to play bridge. even after moving back to Canada they always exchanged christmas cards and letters. One of our neighbours here had been posted to Germany and married a German girl so she always translated. Today only the wives survive but still send cards. German people are are warm and hospitable and they seem to love coming over to Nova Scotia to buy land and build summer homes around lakes here. I have run into a few since my camp is on an island at waterloo lake and one complete side of the lake is German owned. Cool people but they don't get over enough.

 

I'd hope so, too, but, having lived in Germany for 38 yrs (18 yrs in the military), working for common goals (esp. during the cold war), knowing the language & culture & being married to a German, I just couldn't let that "term" stay without a comment!
I'm still considering asking site admin to delete the entry!

Ralph

 

I wondered why you took such a stance on this issue. It looks like you need to be carefull over there and could end up in trouble. We hear it every day on the history channel. I googled the word and came up with this. We take The good old USA and our freedom of speech for granted and maybe shouldn't.

Today in Germany, using the greeting in written form, vocally, and even extending the right-arm without the phrase are forbidden.[1] It is a criminal offense punishable by up to three years of prison (StGB, section 86a).[2] The same is true for expressions that might be mistaken for "Sieg Heil". Usage for art, teaching and science purposes is exempt from punishment.
Dave

 

Freedom of speech has it's limits , for example you would not want to go into an african-american neighbourhood and start using the "N" word especially if you are white. To me it should not be used by anyone at all.

 

Getting back to the article, I was well impressed to learn that your car came equipped with a 2-Rohr-Auspuffrohr and a 4-Gang-Schaltgetriebe...


Seriously though, congrats on the article, that's pretty cool!

 

Yeah, like I said, they got MOST of the info right! What they were trying to say is "dual exhaust & 4-speed transmission"! BTW, it's got dual 2-1/2 in duals w/ H-pipe, Hooker headers & Flowmaster Super 40s!

Ralph

 

It sounds awesome but I bet it sounds even more awesome in person. Congrats on the article

 

Yep!!

When I get on it, it sounds sorta like "I'm bad, get out of the way-- or else!)

Ralph

 

Been to Germany twice both very nice times. Heck people dont know jack about much of what they spout off about. I was worried about all the rude French people when in Paris. Never noticed any ! Been there twice also.
Florence Italy differant story Back to Oldsmobiles...................

Love those dog dish caps ! Great car you have there !