Bon Voyage
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Bon Voyage
On my way to pick my son up from soccer yesterday I drove past this in my neighborhood. A 69' 442 automatic column shift with bucket seats. Car looked real nice. Sounded great too. They were loading it on a trailer. Seller told me he sold it on ebay and it was on its way to Paris.
Get this, final bid 17-5. I couldn't believe it. Yes it was numbers matching and, to the quick eye, looked like a #2, #3 car. I would have guessed it should have went for closer to 30K. The one thing I did find odd where the 68' doors on the car. So I have a question, possibly for Joe if he happens to read this, did 69's ever come with fly windows? If memory serves me correct, I remember all "A" body GM cars discontinuing fly windows for the 69' models.
Good thing he sold it before I caught it or I'd need a lot more $$$ for attorney fees when I came home with it and my wife threw me out.
PS Coach wasn't happy when I was 25 min late to pick up my son. Use to be women I couldn't pass up now it's cars.
Get this, final bid 17-5. I couldn't believe it. Yes it was numbers matching and, to the quick eye, looked like a #2, #3 car. I would have guessed it should have went for closer to 30K. The one thing I did find odd where the 68' doors on the car. So I have a question, possibly for Joe if he happens to read this, did 69's ever come with fly windows? If memory serves me correct, I remember all "A" body GM cars discontinuing fly windows for the 69' models.
Good thing he sold it before I caught it or I'd need a lot more $$$ for attorney fees when I came home with it and my wife threw me out.
PS Coach wasn't happy when I was 25 min late to pick up my son. Use to be women I couldn't pass up now it's cars.
Last edited by zeeke; April 20th, 2017 at 04:52 AM. Reason: Change rating
#4
There is nothing wrong with the doors, except that the lower body line looks pretty wavy,it's a post coupe so it came with the vent windows. The posts used them all the way to the end of the body style in '72
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The interior looked real nice but I didn't crawl through it since it was already sold. The 2 gents selling it did get a little taken back by the "kid in the candy store" enthusiasm i approached them with. Once they realized I was an Olds nut (straight jacket degree) they opened up. One of them had a 72 conv't, in nice shape, in the garage and a 71' S in the driveway. The gent that sold it had a cherry Nova I believe 71'. Not a bow tie man so I can't understand that switch. You never know what's sitting right under your nose. Told them about this site hopefully they sign on.
#11
The wheels are wrong anyways, snap on center caps did not show up till 1975. Good luck finding the correct 69 wheels in Paris. Still not a bad looking car and one that will be very unusual in Paris.
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