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I thought the title would be appropriate considering the 'most beautiful' thread that is also on this forum

 

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then the builder of that "thing" is blinder then a bat

 

When are we gonna get a <PUKE!> smiley???

 

1981 Omega 4 door. IMO

 

Not a bad choice. I've always held that honor for the 1978 442. One step away from a Pacer!

Ran into a guy at the 2009 Nats in PA that had a really nice black '78 442. Started talking to him about the car trying to hide my above opinion of it, when he himself started in on how ugly is was! He thinks they're quite ugly to and that was part of the appeal to him. He has so many "Its so ugly..........." descriptions of the car that he had us laughing for quite some time.

 

Damn Cheeseheads!!
It looks like Lenny and Squiggy pounded down a few too many Shotz beers and had a "Wouldn't it be cool if?" moment.
I wonder if they took it to "The Fonz" and had the transformation done at his shop?

I concur, the 1978 Buttless Cutlass/442 is so ugly it could scare a train into taking a dirt road.

 

Turning that 78 - 442 into a packermobile would improve it That goes into the "what were they thinking ' category.

 

Here you go;

 

 

I saw that one at the Nat'ls this year and yeah it was ugly but I have always wanted cars that you don't see everyday and I guess this car fit the bill. That is one of the great things about Olds- you just don't see a lot of them.

Wayne

 

Lady72nRob71,
Maybe if we put our heads together with a few guys from the local club we can build us a Dallas Cowboys mobile

 

ugh

 

Look how far Oldsmobile had fallen from 72 to 78. It took a long time but I think that may have been the beginning of the end.

 

I thought the same about the 78-79 442's but then I saw one that was very clean, black and gold with the SSIII wheels and it changed my opinion. I actually thought if I found one in decent shape....I might.... well I don't know. My buddy had a 1981 4 dr Omega and I swear dogs would bark at it when they went by. I think Olds got back on track with the 1981 Cutlass and was going in the right direction with the 1983 - 87 Hurst and 442's.

 

I don't know. In the mid seventies the Cutlass was the best selling car in Canada and the US. In 1977 they sold over a million for the first time in their history. I've heard people say Olds was doomed when they downsized in 78 but then they sold 1.1 million cars in 1985. In those years, everybody downsized. My mid-sized mid-seventies 442 is longer than my Montana minivan.

 

This car needs a ritualistic torching to put it out of its misery.

 

It's not the colors necessarily, well maybe it is. OK then, it's the goal posts on the rear deck. Well, maybe not. It could be the long front with the 'hole in the hood' for somebody's feet, yeah that's it. Oh heck, the whole thing was an exercise in destroying what was an originally beautiful vehicle.

 

I hope this is as far as it goes!

 

To borrow one from Dick Enberg, "OH MY!"

 

For the Cowboys car, wouldn't we just put 24's on it and fill it with coke?

 

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Fixed.

 

I see we have a Photoshop talent on the board.

Very nice work.

As for the car......it's for sale obviously since Brett Left.....lmao

 

Thanks, it would be better if I wasn't at work. We only have CS2 installed... so primitive. That and making it look obviously bad

 

hmm, just a thought: so would every oldsmobile owner with large custom wheels be classified as a "Felon"?

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Just curious........

 

Now Bluevista, why pick on MY car? That pic was the day it was delivered to me. The car has changed a lot in the last yr and a half. Still a buttless, but at least it didn't get turned into a tuna can. By the way, where did you find that pic? I don't have any in the gallery, although I thought I did.

 

I think the comment was made about NFL players, not people who like big wheels. I just happen to have added some massive wheels to this picture. First post shows the original car on eBay.

 

Now THAT looks like something Michael Irvin would drive!

 

http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehi...AdIdZ221122875

 

Wayne, that's kind of why I bought mine. It had been on C.L. for a few months, and looked so lonely. I thought I'd give her a new home. Kind of like taking in a stray dog, they all need some love.

 

As a former Wisconsinite, who remains a loyal Packer fan, who currently resides in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex, who is married to a native Dallasite and Cowboy fan, and whose family once owned a '64 98 (great car), there's a appreciative spot in my heart (not in my brain) for the green and gold behemoth.
If there were a few more key autographs on it from the Lombardi era, it might draw more interest (probably from Packer fans more than car hobbyists). The Packers organization could purchase the car and display it in the atrium at Lambeau field, or auction it off.
My parents still live in Wisconsin, and they have a 2-car garage. Perhaps . . .
NOT!

 

Wow Ken you found your 78 - 442 and its only $500. It looks like its in really good shape so it goes to show you how far downhill they went in the late 70's. I can remember the first time I saw one , I thought to myself how some idiot would stick 442 badges on such an ugly car.

 

I'm sorry i would be embarrassed to even take that to the junk yard

 

Were are the demo derby guys when you need them. The perfect car for that

 

that looks like a stolen Bumper Car from the 60's. Probabaly a Canadian version.

 

If it was closer to me, I'd buy it. Will never be a collector but that is not why I buy a car. Is it ugly, heck yeah- is it different and will it get noticed - for sure. A quote guy I used to work with used to say this about women and it applies here - "Even the ugly ones need lovin' and I am just the guy to do it"!

Wayne

 

Seems to be quite a lot of headinsandinitis in Oldsland about the 70's and 80's. As was stated, the best sales years Olds ever had happened then. The '77 and '81 restyles dominated NASCAR. It was almost laughable how the Pontiac and Chevy guys had to come out with aeroback cars to compete with the slant nosed Cutlasses.
The third gen Toro was extremely popular up here in snowland too. It seems about half the families I knew had a 77-79 Delta 88.
The Ciera may not be anyone's cup of tea, but they sold tons. My aunt had 2 white ones in a row and my mom had a sharp two tone one at the same time.
Guess I'll quit belly aching, but the Olds world had a lot of love after '72.

And yes, that poor Olds Packermobile is an embarrassment, but it fits right in with the VW bug with goal posts, the school buses and at least 1/2 dozen other weird Packer tributes that run around the area!

 

Hahahahah! That funny.........and true I guess.

 

I like the one in Calgary and for $500 it's a steal. If I had the space, I'd probably buy it. But we have 4 cars now and only Karen and I drive. Now, the 1981 Omega sedan...you couldn't give one to me.

I like both of these cars. But I'm like Wayne, I like the cars you don't see everyday. Hence my 1976.

 

I'd park this under a tarp in my yard for 500 bucks.