For me it was in 1980 and my buddy drove a 1972 Olds 442...it was stunning after his dad painted it white in polyeurothane paint...I will never forget the shine of that car...however it was a 350 car...he got rearended and the car was totaled...he bought a Chevy Monza at that time after I bought a Buick Skyhawk but it was shortlived when we both wrecked them within 8 months of buying them....I bought a 71 Monte Carlo (which I still own to this day. He bought a crappy brown 1970 442 hardtop that came from North Carolina and was clean and solid. The 455 crapped out 6 months later after the timing chain sprocket nylon came apart at about 135,xxx miles( sun the main bearing) He pulled the engine and went through it added a holley and and an intake. It had a column shift which sucked for positive shifts. He painted it matador red and redid the interior. He would send me to the corner store to get cigs in it and I was hooked right then and there. Now I have 2 convertibles with 455's. I was 19 at the time and it took me about 15 years to get the money to start buying and owning my dream cars. I would never sell them now. Hope I'm never forced to make that decision. Let's hear how you guys got your Olds addiction and how you satisfied it.

 

I was 14 years old and saw a black 1967 442 convertible on the showroom floor of this used corvette dealership. My dad acted interested so the owner of the dealership started it up. I never heard such a good sound. I was hooked! Later that year I took my yard mowing savings and bought a rough 69 442 hardtop. When I was 17 dad helped me buy a 69 Cutlass S convertible that was really nice. I had to sell it to finish college. I wept as the guy drove away in it. Last spring I found a 71 Cutlass convertible and fulfilled the promise to myself I made when I had to sell the 69.

 

the moment of conception
loved my car every since I can remember.
it was a treat to wash it for grandma when I was a kid

 

i was 13 (1987). me and my dad was looking for a 77 cutlass for him to drive back and forth to work. one car we looked at, the owner had a 71 442 W30 that he was repainting. my dad told me that he had a car just like it that he got new in 71. the hood was off of the car and i fell in love with the red finder wells. then he showed me the hood and i was hooked ever since.

now i like all Oldsmobile's big, little, old and new. well the newest ones you can get. i have not had anything older than 62 but i will someday.

 

When I paid over 10,000 dollars to store it for 13 years while I was overseas.

 

For me it was when I paid about $15000 more than I sold it for 6 years previous.
I blame my wife. She kept telling me how much I would regret selling it. Turned out she was right, and because of that regret, I wasn't given too much of a hard time repurchasing it.

 

Sounds like a keeper of a wife. I hope mine turns out that way.

 

wow mine was mad when I bought mine the first time.
when we were dating I told her that if the starfire was ever for sale I was going to buy it.I reminded her of that when I pulled the cash out

 

Thank You, and she is.
We've been married 20 years this coming September. I think she's still thinking of throwing me back though.

 

going on ten for us in June. She has only been introduced to this whole culture recently though. Have been busy trying to build a life, and a business for some time now. I just let go of a 67 Lemans to pay off some bills before she showed up. Other than my dads toys, I have an old supra stored in her dads barn, and my dad and I stuffed a small block chubby in an S10. That's all she has seen. Luckily she is supportive...sometimes I wish I had kept that Lemans though had everything but the GTO badging factory and low miles to boot.