2blu442

I know this car has been discussed before, but this auction has a lot more pictures of it and it claims to be a no reserve auction. Its located North of me, up near the Willamette Valley guys. If you've not see this yet its worth skimming through the pictures. One really nice car!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oldsm...8935%2522%257D

Eric Anderson

It's baaack... I love that car

mmurphy77

Nice!!

svnt442

I was in just a bit of shock when I saw the color combo listed as original. I had no idea they ever did that from the factory. Mine just ended up this way because I was too lazy to take the top off when I went to Maaco to get the car painted.

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z11375ss

I think this is the best presentation of a car I have ever seen. Covers everything. Great work. Looks wonderful. Hat's off to the owner.

Diego

I saw a similar comment you made on another board, and I thought you were being facetious. What made you think they didn't do that from the factory? Black matches anything, so a customer could order any paint color for the top.

Lady72nRob71

John, you need this car!!

RALLYE KID

Very nice car rare color combo !!!

jensenracing77

you could order most any combination of colors they offered. my dad had a sebring yellow W-30 with light blue stripe and interior with documentation. yuck

Diego

Your dad's car is a different circumstance.

Black/gold was a recommended combo. Yellow/blue was not. That was something that had to be special-ordered, and sometimes the factory would double-check with the dealer to make sure that was what was intended. On Mopars, they have a code that stands for "V08 trim waiver" for those purposes.

GAOldsman

Nice X2

w-30dreamin

This would be a great car to own,very nice!

except I really hate to see modern maintence free batteries in the more desirable older cars.

svnt442

I just haven't seen a black car with any color other than black for a roof unless it was a convertible, and even then it's not a gold/tan color.

GoodOldsGuyDougie

its one fine very rare car but its not a great color combo at all.

Diego

It's a reminder that just cuz you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's not in the realm of normal.

I work in the creative field, so I work with art directors and graphic designers. Hence, my sensibilities when it comes to the color wheel are rather sharp. It surprises me that the "regular" guys on the street don't realize what matches and what doesn't, but I guess I've had some training, right? Black will match everything, as will white. Then you have things like Richard Petty's colors, which don't really match but it works. And I have seen a few Corvettes that were blue with red interior that work too. . . hell, even one of the blues for the 1968 4-4-2 had red as one of its stripe recommendations.

Otherwise, to another quote:

Oh, I beg to differ! Black/gold is such a FINE combo! If you don't believe me, maybe you should argue with Burt Reynolds and see what he has to say!

Dan K

x2. Reading ebay listings with the seemingly never-ending over-stated / mis-stated claims on cars has almost become a hobby for me. Better than the funny papers.

The car is only three hours for me... If one of ya'll buy it I'd be happy to store it until you can arrange shipping... at no charge!

Looks like a legit no-reserve price... any predictions on the sell price??

2blu442

It's been offered before, I can't remember what the final bid prices were. If I had a lick of sense I'd sell off most of the clutter I've collected and look for one nice car like this. But then again... turning wrenches and the excitement of finding rare but much needed parts is half the fun

Blue Oval Ranch has sold a lot of really nice cars. I used to live in Salem but have no idea just where they're located???

oldspackrat

Not ******* the car in anyway, it is very nice, but I have to wonder why it has the 2 groove pulleys & the front sway bar is completely gone? I did notice it has the cool safety sentinel speedo (speed minder) speedo.

svnt442

I never said black and gold didn't go together. As a matter of fact I have more than 1 1970 that was black with gold stripes and I LOVE that combo, I just have never seen a black car that was a hard top and have either a gold painted roof or a viny l top that color.

Diego

In that case, neither have I! :-)

However, I have seen the inverse combo, which doesn't seem to be as unusual.

1968Cutlassfallbrook

Did they offer either painted or vinyl top like it shows I would of thought with the moldings it would of been a vinyl top and wouldn't the inner fenders be red instead of black?

Diego

I am not sure what you're saying.

Otherwise, only W-30s got the red plastic fenderwells.

oldspackrat

I think I know. The stainless thin moldings on the C pillar look like vinyl top moldings, but if they are like the '70-'72 cars, those moldings were also used if you got a painted top. I've seen some cars like this that were untouched from the factory. I "think" they used these two tone painted cars out west with white painted tops to try to keep the heat down some in the car. They didn't use vinyl because the sun would shred it pretty quickly in states like Arizona. I'm sure others on here can add to this info.

Diego

In that case, the trim piece common on vinyl top cars was also used on two-tone cars. This is pretty typical for most, if not all, brands.

Also, two-toning was simply a matter of style. It had nothing to do with being an alternative to vinyl tops.

oldspackrat

I was going off rumors about the painted tops & didn't know for sure. I know I've seen them though, & I thought the rumors might be plausible.

Diego

It's not really a rumor as much as "someone talkin' out of his/her ****." :-)

If it were true, why did they make so many vinyl top cars? From the two- and three-toning of the 1950s it evolved to just being a different colored roof, and the style gradually became less popular as the decade wore on. It was more popular on family cars than muscle cars, and I have numbers for some Mopars like a '70 'Cuda and they only made 100 two-tone cars. And, if memory serves correct, only 11 1971 GTXs were two-tone. I think they tend to be more common on post coupes than hardtops for some reason - maybe a poor man's vinyl top? Certainly there were much more combinations available with two-toning.

oldspackrat

I've been known to use that method of communication myself at times.
I didn't say I believed it to be true, just that I wouldn't be surprised. I am shocked at how little I really know sometimes. I have read about some C.H.P(cop) cars coming with white steering wheels to keep the heat off the coppers hands. So I thought maybe some western car dealers might have ordered some cars with white painted tops to keep the heat down a bit?? Like you said, maybe on post cars with no AC.

Diego

I hear ya . . . never thought you were making that claim. But there are people who spin some yarns, especially when it comes to "my dad used to have a factory 454 Nova."

Otherwise, all I know I learned from bathroom reading.

1969w3155

It sold for $24,700.

2blu442

If it really sold for that (not a buddy bidding on it) then someone got a deal!!!

1969w3155

That was the winning bid listed @ Ebay, so I would assume so...not that I would bet on it.

70Post

The owner posted that the car sold and is going overseas. Someone will end up with a great car. Someone taking advantage of the cheap US$.

My bet is it went to Australia and it'll next be seen in a Mad Max sequel movie with the rear seat removed, a blower sticking thru the hood and one of those Blue Heeler dogs sitting on a stamped aluminum seat attached to the P side door panel. Probably a shotgun or two on a rack bolted to the dash but the 4 speed stick may be in the way to make that work right.

That's OK as they can probably attach a leather sawed off shotgun holster to the chrome Hurst stick where Max will have quick and easy access to it....next to the "blower switch".

Don't know if the poverty caps will remain....they may pull them off and go with just the plain black wheels for a more intimidating look.

It's the perfect car for it with the black paint and interior.