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So for the past couple years I’ve been buying and selling parts on this site for my 69 cutlass S convertible restoration, now I’m hooked. I bought my first Oldsmobile when I was 16. It was a 69 F85 i drove it all through high school and sold it to my best friends brother when i was 20. 24 years later i bought my 69 convertible and took 2 years to restore it. Going down that road has lead me to my current project 69 W30 442 Post. I bought this car from a friend of mine in Indiana it’s more of a rescue restoration than anything. I’ve been to nationals and Lansing show and few other Oldsmobile shows and still haven’t seen a 69 w30 post. So i figured let’s bring this one back from the grave. Ill take any advise from you guys that i can get.
It came with a 400 G block and a m20 4spd, talking to the owner this engine block was replaced in mid 70s. I sold the D heads that came with the car and bought a complete 69 w30 motor. The motor that came with car was blown up ill attach some more pics
Wow. Some of you all are so dedicated. Give us some back story. How long has your friend had it? Interior gone or? Good for you. I Love seeing people bringing life back to cars. Factory colors? Please keep us updated. I love it. I know a 68 442 that has been in a backyard so long the fence has been erected around it. Easy 35 years. On my someday list.
Back story on the car is the origanal owner blew up the second motor he put in it, then decide to trade it to my friend in 1985 for a 68 w31. My friend parked the car in 85 then was gonna use it as a parts car. It sat ever since till i came along a bought it. As far as interior i have the back seat and front seat i threw away it wasn’t salvagable. My intent is to bring it back the way it came from the factory. I’ve been collecting tons of parts for it still need a couple things but im on my way. Colors are platinum with black interior and black stripes on the hood. The only thing I’m gonna change is the transmission. My older brother talked me into a TKX 5spd the car has the correct TO 3.91 rear gears
Quick update, i have all the floors removed and waiting on Parts Place for my full trunk and firewall. I removed right side inner rocker to repair the rot behind inner rocker on lower cowl.
Post cars have vent windows. Looking forward to following the build, like how they had the car equipped manual steering and W30 manual brakes what is not to like.
Did you see any signs of weld on traction bars on the diff or frame? Was there any signs of a roll bar at one time? The reason I ask is because it is equipped like a car that spent time at the track.
Chris’s Carb Shop in Dayton Ohio, they do distributors too. They re doing my distributor I’ll have pics when I get them back. I’m currently looking for a NOS cam part number 402569 if anyone knows of one for sale
Chris’s Carb Shop in Dayton Ohio, they do distributors too. They re doing my distributor I’ll have pics when I get them back. I’m currently looking for a NOS cam part number 402569 if anyone knows of one for sale
Be aware that the #402569 is the very "healthy" 328/328 cam.
Couple update pics, passenger side lower inner wheel well was rotten so i cut it along the line of where the trunk and the floor tie in so it’s not noticeable. I would have never tried this project if it wasn’t for my friend Steve. He’s doing a 69 W31 on you tube and I reference a lot off his videos.
Excuse me what??? Do not ever compare an Oldsmobile to an f king👑 putzstang. Those are one hundred percent built to fool the fools from day one. Absolute junk. Yet. People still sign up. See: Sheep.
I have to speak my mind. To come on an Oldsmobile website and compare a factory 69 W car against a putzstang? No thank you. A putzstang was built as cheap as they possibly could. Absolute junk. But still all the sheep want one. No thanks. F a putzstang. Any year. Any model.
Boss 429? Bad *** drag car. Change the plugs? Pull the motor. Oh wait that involves engineering. Ford's bad.
I can't stand any year Any model. Not one.
My 70 442 was one hundred percent stock. I had this fool that I worked with with a one of 275 billion built 289 yutzstang that talked so much **** to me. Rebuilt his everything. I had a 2.78 open. I told him fifty bucks a gear. This was the late eighties... When he hit third?
I hit second and went sideways. Couldn't give me one year Any Yutzstang. Not one.
Shelby? That's a Putzstang body and nothing else. Still can't change the plugs. Hello shock towers.
Last edited by no1oldsfan; Nov 25, 2023 at 10:52 PM.
Excuse me what??? Do not ever compare an Oldsmobile to an f king👑 putzstang. Those are one hundred percent built to fool the fools from day one. Absolute junk. Yet. People still sign up. See: Sheep.
I have to speak my mind. To come on an Oldsmobile website and compare a factory 69 W car against a putzstang? No thank you. A putzstang was built as cheap as they possibly could. Absolute junk. But still all the sheep want one. No thanks. F a putzstang. Any year. Any model.
Boss 429? Bad *** drag car. Change the plugs? Pull the motor. Oh wait that involves engineering. Ford's bad.
I can't stand any year Any model. Not one.
My 70 442 was one hundred percent stock. I had this fool that I worked with with a one of 275 billion built 289 yutzstang that talked so much **** to me. Rebuilt his everything. I had a 2.78 open. I told him fifty bucks a gear. This was the late eighties... When he hit third?
I hit second and went sideways. Couldn't give me one year Any Yutzstang. Not one.
Shelby? That's a Putzstang body and nothing else. Still can't change the plugs. Hello shock towers.
I was speaking to the amount of rust repair required to bring the car back not to anything else.
Last edited by Bernhard; Nov 26, 2023 at 09:17 AM.
Excuse me what??? Do not ever compare an Oldsmobile to an f king👑 putzstang. Those are one hundred percent built to fool the fools from day one. Absolute junk. Yet. People still sign up. See: Sheep.
I have to speak my mind. To come on an Oldsmobile website and compare a factory 69 W car against a putzstang? No thank you. A putzstang was built as cheap as they possibly could. Absolute junk. But still all the sheep want one. No thanks. F a putzstang. Any year. Any model.
Boss 429? Bad *** drag car. Change the plugs? Pull the motor. Oh wait that involves engineering. Ford's bad.
I can't stand any year Any model. Not one.
My 70 442 was one hundred percent stock. I had this fool that I worked with with a one of 275 billion built 289 yutzstang that talked so much **** to me. Rebuilt his everything. I had a 2.78 open. I told him fifty bucks a gear. This was the late eighties... When he hit third?
I hit second and went sideways. Couldn't give me one year Any Yutzstang. Not one.
Shelby? That's a Putzstang body and nothing else. Still can't change the plugs. Hello shock towers.
You keep repressing like that and you'll have a stroke! Tell us how you really feel...
Like Larry the Cable Guy says, debating Ford vs. GM vs. Dodge may cause gunplay!
Great job, I love the 'vert too! (Oh yeah I see the Mustang in the background, Not all of us Olds guys hate 'em) Thanks for the thread, keep it comin' .
I love the max Jax no more crawling around on the floor, gets the cars up 55 inches off the floor. I did have to cut concrete out dig down a foot and repour the concrete
Quick update, i got the rear driver side inner wheel well patch. And got my inner rockers patched up and straightened out also got them prepped on my floor ready to mock up. Over the weekend we made another trip out to Indiana to buy some more stuff off of Ron. And i also bought a bunch of parts off Dave 442 in California,those parts will be shipped soon. Without those 2 guys I don’t think I could do this project they literally have everything i need for my 69s. I’ve purchased a lot of NOS parts for this car this year for example quarter panels, outer rocker panels, grille, headlight bezels, all the badging for the car, window cranks, door levers, all NOS. But I’m currently looking for NOS tail light bezels if anyone knows of any for sale.
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