i can't talk much about this at this time but i located an incredible barn find. this guy is a great guy and has a heart for Oldsmobile's. it is going to take a long time for us to work out details as to what kind of deal we can do. he is in no hurry and i can't afford everything he has so maybe we can work out a long term solution that will benefit us both. i would like to make a couple bucks from the deal but at the same time this guy is so cool i definitely don't want to see him get screwed by the wrong person showing up or seeing it all go to an auction. if you happen to think these 5 cars are a cool barn find, you haven't seen nothing yet......

i will likely not add to this information for a long time but will fill you in eventually.
till next time...

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Holy Crap....I call dibs on the green one...I like those best. Just kidding very cool find. They all look to be in pretty good shape. Keep us posted on what happens. Good Luck!

 

 

Not much in the pics. Can u get more. Where is all this located?

 

Ill make a serious offer on the red one if it is real

 

Yeah, where? We don't need an address - just the Lat/Long coördinates should be fine - I'll send one of those stealth choppers and pick me up one...

- Eric

 

I will take whatever is leftover!!!

 

AMAZING!! I want one or ahem all!

 

I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking about it. Looks awesome. It's great the owner is cool. My brother found a bunch of great cars but the owner was a jerk.

Chris

 

Way cool Eric! Yes, if you can help him market them and get some benifit for your time that would be fun. Those pictures look like he's collected some really nice cars! How long has he had them? Are you implying he's got a collection of parts too? When your able to share the full story it would be fun to hear how you met him... and how long it took you to breath again when he showed you his collection John

 

the red one is in the worst shape, it don't have the original engine or trans and the body is a little rough. it does have a nice OAI hood and a W-27. the reason i add this is because he said that is the one he would like to keep if he keeps anything.

john, i think the parts he has would bring as much or more than the cars. i don't think any of the cars have original engines other than a 71 SX convertible. the others are 442s and W-30s

 

Nice stash.

I've been trying to get information on a 70 Olds Cutlass in a co workers father's garage, he doesn't know what model but he remembers his father saying there was something special about it, he doesn't think it's a 442 though, maybe an SX?. It's been there since the 80's. I've volunteered to take it off his hands. Even if it's a run of the mill Cutlass i wouldn't mind a second Olds.

 

Cool find. Does he have some exrta Olds motors around. I need a BB for my Burban. lol

 

Excellent! Please update as time permits.

 

Way to go...nice find...they are still out there burried away. Id be nice to just look at them never mind buy them...

 

Cool barn find !!!! Thanks for sharing !!!

 

Some guys just have the luck or the nose for finding these deals. I'm sure not one of them. Great find hope you both benefit from the deal

 

I will take the green 70 if you sell let me know

 

I can haz red convertible?

 

WOW !!! Sit on that deal and bird dog it until you get something worked out. There is a guy local to me, has a 69 Cutlass. Nice blue paint, white vinyl top, good interior. He had rebuilt the 350 and Th350 installed them, then went to do the headers. Said the motor has to come up to get the headers in, got disgusted with it, and it has sat outside now for a couple to 3 years unfinished getting beat up by the weather. He had not even added fluids to the trans or motor. Just sitting. I see it about 2 times a month and I have yet to talk the guy out of it at any price. I beg him to at least get it under a carport if he don't want it in the garage. Just crazy !!! This guy here is much smarter, at least they are out of the weather.

 

the red one is not a convertible, it has a white vinyl top that is coming off. the one on the other side of it is. i think it was blue but it is a 442 non W-30

 

Any update on those cars?

Chris

 

i am going back when i get home from vacation. we are leaving today. we are going to discuss prices and look through more of the stuff. see ya in 2 weeks

 

If that blue one is a '71, put me down as seriously interested in that car.

 

It would be great to see some of these come out of hiding and put back together and on the road.

 

well guys, i just got back from his house. there is stuff there i didn't think was and other stuff i thought i seen the first time but isn't. it is still a great find but after discussing some options i think i will just buy some stuff now and then from him. i tried to talk him into coming here to list some stuff but i don't think he will. i like this guy alot and don't want to see him get screwed but at the same time, most of the prices he knows is from when the economy was better. this will be a long process so please don't bombard me with to many PMs. i have had many of them already.if he does come here he may be upset with me for posting the pictures. i told him about the thread but not the pictures. as for the cars, that will be an even longer process.

 

well, thanks for the update and even more so for trying to get him to list here, that was very kind of you, not often does one run into that many olds items in one place.

 

are you talking about the blue one on the right? it is a 71 convertible SX.
the other blue one i have dibs on, it is a 70 W-30 without the original engine. does have the original OW transmission. most of the good 442 parts are missing on this car.

 

Thank the car gods for not letting the American Pickers find them

 

Just curious...
Is this place about an hour from you and the owners initials are BK ?
If so, I think I know who this is...

 

lol, not even close. i assure you, this guy is not known. but i think i do know who you are talking about. your guy is about 1 hour south of me. has a vista with OAI? and can't get off the phone with him.

 

Ha ! That's him !!
He used to live by me (in Indy) ~ 20 years ago. I got some nice parts and would help him load & travel to swap meets back then.

I once piloted a really ratty Vista that was packed full of parts/junk... had almost no exhaust system... no working dash... like 4 hrs back to Indy...in pouring rain... for him...
Had to keep the windows open to be able to breathe...
Its in this pic..


I tracked him down & talked to him on the phone about 1.5 years ago ....for over 2 hours....

Sorry to derail your thread....

 

lol, i have delt with Bob since the early 90s when his parts were north of indy. me and a buddy just picked up a 68 442 hood from him about 8 months ago. it took us 3 hours to get out of there.

 

This would've been the late 80's...maybe 1990. He used to keep some cars at the place up north, but most of his amazing collection of parts were stored in his small apartment in Indy. IIRC, there were stacks of dual snorkle ACs, heads, intakes, carbs, gauge packs, trim pieces, NOS boxes, etc...all pretty clean & neatly arranged, but crammed into a tiny 2BR apt.

He was a nice guy to me...I got my rally pac setup, a few other goodies, and a lot of helpful info from him back then... Its prolly what made me love my car (& all things Oldsmobile) more than I would have...

I only talked to him on the phone recently...haven't seen him ~20 years....

Good luck with your barn find...& keep us posted...

 

it looks like we are going to be dealing with each other on this stuff for a while. i give him a list of parts i would like to buy as a first batch. he is going to put together some prices for me and we will see where it goes. some of the parts i will be selling for him and i won't be buying. i did buy a set of NOS 70 hood moldings from him already for my Rallye 350.

 

OK guys, i will likely be posting some stuff for sale soon. it looks like i will be mostly selling stuff for him and not buying to much myself to start with. my problem is that i don't know where to price some stuff. that stuff may have to go to eBay but all the fees suck. some of the parts i have never seen sell to get an idea of value. a couple NOS parts that may have to go to eBay will be

dual gate shifter ****
70 W-30 valve springs
OAI hood pin kits and hold downs
70 442 hood tongue (holes pre punched for 442)
70 front bumper
71-72 cut out back bumper

 

How much for the ****? PM me please.

 

i didn't word it very well. these are some of the parts i have no idea what to price them at. they may have to go to eBay to get a true market value. i have had 3 PMs on the shifter **** already. anybody know a good market value on these items? they are all NOS.

 

I say its worthless and you should send it to me . That T- handle has got to go on my car, but from what i have heard you can get 100+ on NOS ones but that is what i heard mind you...

 

Oh and screw the cars how much for the rocking chair