I finally decided to post some photos of my 65 442. At this time I am collecting the missing or unusable parts but other than that it will sit until the time is right to start working on it. I will put additional photos in my album of it and some of my other rides.

1987 the day after I drove home from El Paso. Talk about a long drive as the piston in the number 1 hole decided that it wanted to melt down. After approx 15qts of oil I made it home.
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1992 shortly before I traded it for a Chevy pickup.
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2008 the day that it came back home.
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Good to see you posting about it. We will keep you motivated to get going on it.

 

Those 65's are a great looking body style!

Hard to tell in a B&W photo,was it originally black?

 

Glad you got it back! Keep us posted on your progress.
Aron

 

That is one awesome looking car. The wheel choice looks excellent too! Gives it a nice agressive / classic muscle look. What color was it? Can't imagine losing it for a Chebby, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Anyone know what Oldsmobile didn't go into truck production? (Not the early days, I know they had trucks in the early days) I'm wondering why Ford, Chev,GMC, Fargo, Dodge, International all had truck lines. Nowadays it's quite common to see Lincoln and Cadillac trucks. So was it just a market thing that GM wasn't willing to try?

I remember back in the 80's when I was looking for a truck, I stopped in at a Ford dealer. I wanted a 4 door and the only one you could get that way was the F350 Crew. Didn't want a F350 though, I wanted a 250. Sales guy looked at me like I had rocks in my head and told me flat out: "Never gonna happen". Right, glad I didn't buy a lottery ticket from him. Anyway, when the truck market took off, why didn't Olds look into truck production?

 

Nice '65 FT. As said, the wheels, stance, and all really sets it off. I would think you'd want to did up a set of those wheel, I know I would!
I especially like that it is a Sports Coupe post car.

Allan, I'm sure Olds didn't get into truck for the same reason the other 3 GMC divisions didn't. GM covered it sufficiently with Chevy and GMC. Probably one of GM's few smart moves. I can't think of any American carmakers that *did* branch out with pickups back then.

 

When I owned it is was black. The original color was Yellow.

 

Thanks for sharing the photos and details. The thought of selling a car in 1992 and getting it back again is pretty amazing! Have you decided if you'll go back to original color or something else? I'll be watching for more photos of your process. John

 

oooooo! Yellow! One of our frequent posters has a pic of his yellow '65 442 in his sig that I think looks awesome! Not that black is bad.

I had my '65 Cutlass convertible for 19 years living in the DFW area (Richland Hills, Keller) from 1985-2004, and I thought I was the only one around "representing" the '65 models. Too bad I never saw your car in person. My '65 and I now live in Indiana.