Hippy

Just joined up. I live in Daytona Beach. I have a 1969 442 conv I'm thinking of selling. I just discovered that it has the original motor, which I recently had rebuilt. How much of a difference in my asking price this should make?

oldcutlass

Since we don't know how much your asking price was...I don't know about what difference it would run. So I don't understand the question.

Hippy

For the sake of comparison, let's say I'm asking 25,000.

Hippy

Basically the price doesn't matter, should I expect to get a couple grand more, 5000.00, etc...

oldcutlass

More than what? Anytime original equipment is still on the car or included with the car it's always worth it's greatest value. However, your car, not knowing what the overall condition it's in, equipment, power train...etc, is worth what someone is willing to write a check for.

Fill in the blanks and continue, it will give you an idea on what the book says it's worth:

http://www.nadaguides.com/Classic-Ca...or-Convertible

You can also look at your local craigslist, ebay completed listings, autotrader, auction reports, ...etc to get a better idea of what others are selling for.

Hippy

Thanks for the tips.

Hippy

How can I identify if my 442 motor is a w30,31, or 32. Also, it has a rear spoiler. I've seen this on other 69s. Was this an option or an after market item?

allyolds68

What heads are on it?

If it's a 442 it can't be a W31 motor if it's original.

I won't even try to get into verifying if it's a W32

No 442's had a spoiler in 69 except the H/O. It may be an real Olds spoiler but it's not original

BTW, If you say it's the original motor and then you ask how you can verify if it's a W31 motor it tells me you probably don't know if it's the original motor. Have you done a search on here to tell how you can verify if it's a matching number block? What's the VIN? What's the number on the block behind the oil filler tube?

As far as your question about having the original motor increasing the value the answer is yes but it's very subjective. There aren't a lot of 68-69's with any documentation to begin with so the matching motor helps.