I have no time. Kids, wife, work, work.
The car owes me nothing.
Don't need the money.
It just sitts.....sitts.....sitting......
..I have 3 girls, all young...they can't go in " properly ". So I have no time for it....and probably won't for another decade.

Im 50% 50%.
thoughts!!.....lol

 

I love those colors together. Lost interest?

 

Confused; are you saying it it for sale? It is beautiful by the way.

 

Sorry. I uploaded pics. Before the wording. Only 2 minutes lol.

I'm going through ***** and thinking about selling....but I need to be talked out of it....I guess...not a money thing.

I always wanted this car, and spent years getting to this point.
I put 200 miles on it in 8 years....
I drive it around the nieghbor hood...that's it.
I don't have the time for it....

 

I would say if money is not a concern. Keep it. Great looking car. Give it time. Drive it here and there. Once they are gone. They are gone. Cool car to go drive to take a minute for sure.

 

Thanks #1.
I'm phuKed up...think I need to find a hobby or a new one.
yes lost interest, but mainly because of life.
Covid took a toll on me....think I worked more in 3 years than the past 10.....

need someone to tell me it's a good idea. To have a w30 sitting collecting dust...its sad though.

 

Agreed I think you should keep it, but only if you have space to store it. If the car really owes you nothing and have the room, don't make a rash decision. On the other hand, with currrent prices being what they are, you could sell it incase of a market crash, buy a really nice clone that you can drive and modify for your girls to sit in (with a lot of cash left over most likely). Or, sell it and buy a wagon. Sorry, if I just made your decision more difficult.

 

I say nothing wrong with having it sit for when you want a getaway. Better than wanting it and not having it. Too nice of a car to flush.

I get your Covid times. Mine became the opposite. I was around 2500 people daily as a facilities guy for damn near 10 years. Poof. All gone. I knew literally hundreds of people that I will never see again. I get it.

 

Id let it sit and collect dust. I had a chance to buy a yellow and black w30 in about 1999 for 6500 and regretted not getting it ever since. I always said “later” and now there’s no way in hell I’ll ever be able to afford one lol. So let it sit and you’ll be happy you did when life calms down!

 

Just think; if you park it and pull it back out 10 years from now it will be a barn find and I don't know anyone who doesn't like a barn find.

 

It's a beautiful car.

My $0.02...If you have used it 200 miles in 8 years or 25 miles each year it sounds as though the car doesn't "float your boat" . Plus unlikely to be used for another 10 sell it. Use the $ to do something with the children that will make memories.

All the best with your decision.

 

Can't help you...

 

So your working non stop you got kids wife etc , she’s working hard too! So set a goal once a week once a month you need a date night with the missus use the olds, kids need an ice cream and a fun afternoon use the olds , involve the car in fun aspects that you need to do my friend, she is a beauty, get dressed up spring for a sitter have a date night! Trust me you’ll be happy you did. Just my 2cents

 

Your priorities are screwed up is the problem. My grandson loved riding in my 442. Those are what kids remember. Take your kids for rides not just you . My son still gripes about the 73 nova SS trunk car I sold when he was a kid. I never knew he wanted that car. The future of this car is the kids.

 

Hey bud,

The car owes you nothing, but you also owe it nothing. It doesn't need to be driven all that often. I don't get to mine as often as I should. I recommend drive it every other Sunday morning for a while, or some other time on the weekend. See if it still moves you. See if you look forward to driving it. Give it six months, then decide.

My old man has owned his 71 Corvette since it was 6 months old and he bought it off some Air Force guy being posted to Korea. He bought it to keep up with the pilots that he lived in a big house with. Still has it, after marriage, 3 kids, divorce, 40 years of dentistry. He hurt his ribs recently and told me to make plans to take it up here soon. I told him it wasn't an automatic, wasn't an AC car, and would be just fine until he healed up. So far, he got in and started it and ran it at least. He lost his main car show buddy recently, so I think that, with the rib injury, set him back.

Point being, that car sat in the front of the garage, covered from the cat, for 50 years, being driven every few weeks. We'd go for rides in the 80s; I couldn't see over the fenders. I didn't understand till years later why he had to pull over once for a while, but I did understand the phrase "Holley's mechanical secondaries." It's got a quadrajet back on it now. We started doing Old Town, which is a Kissimmee Florida tourist trap car show in the 90s. He started going to local car shows when they started in the 00s, and did for 20 years. Now his main car show buddy is gone, so who knows what's next. I'll collect it when he decides he's too old for it. Maybe I'll be retired by then and I can just go visit frequently and drive him around in it.

It can handle light duty for a decade. Once they're in college, you'll still be a car guy, and having one with history beats trying to buy it or something like it back. If you need the money, or need the space, that's one thing, but, if it's just not getting used due to not much time for it, that's another. If you just don't want it any more, that's a third thing. Keep the car if there's just no time; sell it if you want to get rid of it, or need to get rid of it.

 

I'm with Eddie on this. Make time to to take the wife and kids out in it once in a while, get that smile back. Beautiful ride bud. My dream car for sure. Good luck with your decision.

 

well, if money is not the issue for the sale, and if you have the space to store the car, that is not in the way, and paid for, then your car is like owning apple stock, look at it every now and then, let it sit there and gain value. let life do it's thing now, and don't kick yourself in the **** later when you wish you wouldn't have sold that car, and it would cost 30-50% more 10 years from now to buy another,when them young girls are grown up. with all that said, if you have really lost interest, someone out there will buy it, right now seems to be the time to be selling if you're going to sell. funny how us grown **** men have to be talked out of or into a big decision. i'm about to ask the community if i should do a factory restore, or make it what i want. lol good luck with your decision.

i'd be driving it though.

 

As the time go by. And it goes faster and faster as you age. The girls will become women and will move on with their lives. You may regret selling that beautiful car. And miss the sound it makes.

You may in later years have more time to drive. But it gone. And replacing may not be easy.

How old are your girls, if you don/t mind me asking. I notice a lot of kids and teenagers. Just going crazy for my late 80's cars. What's old is new.

 

Why do you just let it sit? Do you work from home? If not, drive it to work every now and then. If it gets banged, it is only a car, which can be rebuilt. I always drove any of mine to and from work, long distance trips, and just cruising around.

 

I would agree with this. To me, my car is an escape from real life, just for a little while. It’s had to be in a bad mood cruising in a old muscle car.


I’ll be honest, I have considered selling my car a few times over the years. The one thing that always makes me keep it is all the people over years who have told me “I had one of those years ago, I regret selling it”. I don’t want to be that guy.

If you don’t need the money, let it sit. Sooner or later life will slow down, the car will still be there.

As for not having time, you gotta MAKE the time! I assume you drive, on nice days park your daily driver and take the Olds, even if it just to get a gallon of milk.

Just my opinion.

 

me too. I think this is the best idea.

 

My 2 cents,
Keep it, if you have the room and its not in the way and money is not a issue, those girls will be grown before you know it things in your life may slow down a bit and you will have the time !! and remember you own a orphan car no longer made !! even if you don't have the time now get in it once a month take a short spin and park it. You stated you spent years getting to this point. 442's like that don't grow on trees !!!!
I restored a 1964 Belair 2 door sedan and sold it, I regretted it every day and it took me 12 years before I found a replacement (my Olds) this one is going nowhere I will be handing it down to my Grandson.

 

Have you really lost interest in it, or are you just finding the time you have available is being prioritized differently at the moment? I'm with the "don't sell it if you have the space and don't need the bucks" crowd. The demands on your time will continually change, especially as your kids grow up (and perhaps find their own fascination/passion with your car) to the point where you might find yourself standing in your empty garage in a couple years kicking yourself for selling it.

 

As been said: you have to make time for it. Take the kids to get ice cream on a Saturday evening. Oh, look, there's a bunch of cool cars at the ice cream stand (1st and 3rd Saturdays around here).
As far as the kids not fitting "properly", I guess you never crawled in and out of the backward facing 3rd wagon seat, hurtling down the road at 65mph with no seatbelts? I never put the car seat in the 442, but the kid used to like riding in it. "Daddy! You didn't tell me to hold onto my butt!" Now, as a teen, she refers to it as the "Death Machine". 🤣

 

yeah,but in ten years a bucket of barn dust to put on it will be outrageously priced. lol

 

Ive had a couple times over the years where my toys didnt get used as much as one hopes. Different life priorities take your time and the things you want to do you cant always do. I had one bike I didn't use for three seasons….when ifinally got it back out it was gold, like i just bought it again.

if you have the space and the means let it sit for a bit, see if your interest picks back up, if not let it go!

dont use work as an excuse to replace family fun time….10 years from now work wont care and family will get acclimated to you not being there for them.

 

Beautiful car. I've had similar thoughts about both of my Oldsmobiles. They're still in the shop though. Good luck making a decision.

 

Beautiful car...You need to keep it sir. These cars aren't daily transportation for anyone....They are "Escape Machines" The marketing group had it right back when they were new and this is even more true today. Find a local car club that does a monthly cruise and get involved. I have this where I'm at and I love it. The first Friday evening of every month, we cruise the streets for about an hour then we park and shoot the breeze until the sun goes down. It's like a mini car show. Take your oldest, she will have a blast and remember it for a lifetime.

You've spent a lifetime getting here, it's time to enjoy it.
tc

 

If you don’t need to sell it and have space to keep it, keep it. The kids will grow and fly the nest, available time to drive it will increase and decrease but eventually you’ll have plenty of opportunity to use it.

As said above, make reasons to drive it, drop the kids off somewhere or take them for ice cream, use it for “safe to park” errands, an occasional drive to work, date night with the hen, car show/cruise, whatever gets you in it. Make sure your classic car insurance allows casual use or the occasional commute, just in case.

Chances are if you sell it, you’ll regret it to the grave but it is always among your options. I too have come close to accepting an offer and have sort of a standing deal but when I contemplate being without it, what it would take to recreate when I miss it, etc it just doesn’t make sense to risk selling it and my car is just a mutt, not a pedigreed machine.

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Speaking as being in a similar situation, I wish mine was a Cutlass, because it would've already sold. My summer priorities are at the lake, not cruising in a classic.

 

Keep the damn thing, they are memories makers or reminders. When is the last time you smiled and remembered something that happened at work two years ago. Time is not your friend at this time of life. Someday as you set in your easy chair you only have your memories, make some while you can..Tedd

 

Agreed on all points made.

An unintentional garage queen which fits this 442 to a T. Is worse than just a garage queen. At least garage queen owners want the car...

Great post as well. Owning a car that you are too worried to use for fear of potential exposure to wear and tear sucks.

 

The highlight should be embedded in every car owners mind. And if it doesn't make sense. You don't need the car ...

My first lesson when it came to cars was. "They need to be driven." I was probably 15 years old, it never left me.

This article just sums it up in a nice tidy package.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.car...1420684417381/

 

Time for a road trip!

 

You could sell it and get something more family friendly! Olds 4 door. More enjoyable for the whole family.

And when those girls are 16 you can teach them to drive it! I did, it was a blast!!!!

Or just keep it, cause you'll probably never get another. BUT if you're not having fun with it, cut it loose.

 

Buy something you don't feel bad about driving. My 68 has increased in value to the point that I don't like driving it. I dented the front fender backing out of the garage last year and I couldn't sleep for days.

On the other hand I have an 87 Mustang convertible that my dad bought new. I converted it to a 5.0 T5 and I drive the wheels off of it. It's not even insured for comprehensive. If I smash it I can fix it for close to nothing (although Fox bodys have recently taken a turn towards the ridiculous as well)

 

I was kind of in the boat as you about 10 years ago. I have a 69 cutlass convertible, not nearly as nice as your car. The kids didn't like being in the back with the top down, so the car sat quite a bit. Flash forward to today, the kids are teenagers now. Always asking me to take the vert for ice cream, drive them to practice and soon teaching them to drive a car with no tech on it

The car is now part of them and will pass to my son when I'm done

If you have the space and don't need that chunk of change a W-30 fetches these days hold on to it. I still regret passing in that 69 442 convertible because I only wanted a 70. Now I have a 69 vert, not that 442 of my dreams, but it still satisfies.

 

Appreciate all the replies.
really do! And the support.
Ill follow-up soon. I won't sell.
Thank you
thank you!!!!

 

Good morning! I think you should keep it too and wait for a different season of life to arrive if you can't find a way to enjoy it in the current. I know that I had a nice 442 in high school but had to sell it to support the family. It's one of those stories that you hear all the time or used to when I was a youngster. When the kids were growing up, sinking money we didn't have into an old car was out of the question. Now that the kids are grown and out of the house...I have more time than I know what to do with and have turned the burner up to high for my old car hobbies.

Your car is beautiful and I love the colors. I would drive it as often as you can. Keep the battery maintained and the fuel stabilized and it will sit fine in your garage till you are in a different place. My grown kids love to ride in the cars I've now built and would have loved them when they were young but I just didn't have those opportunities.

 

Good Gawd Man, keep it, if you have a/the place to store it, do all you can to make it happen. You will not regret it down the line some day, and that day WILL come.

I kept my 79 Calais all these years all 38 of them, and there were times where I thought I should let it go. 100% glad I didn't and still have it.

The stories you will be able to tell on that car will be your stories, no one else's