1980 442 w-30
#1
1980 442 w-30
Hello all I am making my first post on Classic Oldsmobile. I am from Ontario Canada and have a 1980 442 W-30 Cutlass. I bought when I was 22 and have held onto it for the past 16 years. It hasn't moved for about 12 of them and needs quite a bit of work, to everything...... I have saved the car for my mid-life crisis and now that my son is 16 he is pushing me to get going on it.
I know that I don't have the money I need to put into it yet but I would like to know a lot more about it. I know the production numbers of white and gold and black and gold ( I have black and gold with T-tops) but would like to find out how many came with T-tops and different things like that.
Well my fist post took up about 5 so I should end here. I am sure I will benefit from all your guys and girls experiences and I hope to chat with some of you really soon.
Please help me resurrect a real beauty of a car.
Fletch
I know that I don't have the money I need to put into it yet but I would like to know a lot more about it. I know the production numbers of white and gold and black and gold ( I have black and gold with T-tops) but would like to find out how many came with T-tops and different things like that.
Well my fist post took up about 5 so I should end here. I am sure I will benefit from all your guys and girls experiences and I hope to chat with some of you really soon.
Please help me resurrect a real beauty of a car.
Fletch
#2
Hi Fletch,
The first thing I would do is contact GM Canada Historical Vehicle Service. They can send you a nice package with tons of information about your car based on the vin. I got a great package with 100's of pages. You can find more details here: http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/shopping/parts/vintage.
Good Luck!
Wayne
The first thing I would do is contact GM Canada Historical Vehicle Service. They can send you a nice package with tons of information about your car based on the vin. I got a great package with 100's of pages. You can find more details here: http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/shopping/parts/vintage.
Good Luck!
Wayne
#10
Welcome, I was 23 when these cars were new, in '79 I wanted an H/O, then the next year a dealer had a white/gold '80 W30 442 with t-tops and added Goodyear Wingfoot radials. I wanted it bad, went to the bank, where "Tom", my loan officer whom I had used for loans before, said "you don't need that." hey, it's not about need! Nevertheless I did not get it. You don't see the '80 model year too often, with only 886 built.
#11
Very nice car. You really don't see many of those puppies around. Now I know based on only 886 being made.
Where in Ontario are you, I'm in Windsor. Welcome to CO you will get a lot of good info, help, and advice here.
Joe
Where in Ontario are you, I'm in Windsor. Welcome to CO you will get a lot of good info, help, and advice here.
Joe
#12
Thank you for the welcomes guys, I am in London ON. I am finding out that it is quite rare but want to know how rare. I am glad to see that it has an Olds engine and not a Chev. but I haven't got down and dirty yet. want to get engine tranny and rear end codes.
It was funny when I first bought this car I always wondered why it was older bald guys driving the T-tops and convertibles, I soon figured it out though, You can't afford to put it together until you get the damn kids older.....lol I am kidding
It was funny when I first bought this car I always wondered why it was older bald guys driving the T-tops and convertibles, I soon figured it out though, You can't afford to put it together until you get the damn kids older.....lol I am kidding
#15
K gotta quick question for you guys, is it true that you should never post your VIN number on the net for chance of theft. If so is it taboo to put any others numbers on here?
I was also wondering about the 80 442's, it is a 350 but is it considered a Rocket?
My first car was a 74 Delta 88 that had a 350 Rocket and I didn't know what I had at the time and sold the car for next to nothing, I thought buddy was doing me a favor taking it off my hands, I know better now.
I was also wondering about the 80 442's, it is a 350 but is it considered a Rocket?
My first car was a 74 Delta 88 that had a 350 Rocket and I didn't know what I had at the time and sold the car for next to nothing, I thought buddy was doing me a favor taking it off my hands, I know better now.
Last edited by 442 Fletch; July 1st, 2011 at 04:58 PM.
#16
I never understood why people 'X-out' their vin# or cover their license plate in photos online because anybody can walk up to your car and see the vin# or license plate at a show or on the street. As far as the 'Rocket' name it was a marketing thing for Olds engines that kind of died out in the late '70s/early '80s. There wasn't anything special about a 'Rocket 350' over a regular Olds 350.
#17
The deal with the 1980 442 is that they all had Olds 350s, and they were the ONLY 1980 A-body car to get a 350 of any description.
I always wished they'd offered them in colors other than black or white. If you don't know the subtleties between 1979 and 1980, you'd think you were looking at a 1979 Hurst/Olds.
Fletch, you should be OK posting the body data plate and the VIN up thru the plant code.
I always wished they'd offered them in colors other than black or white. If you don't know the subtleties between 1979 and 1980, you'd think you were looking at a 1979 Hurst/Olds.
Fletch, you should be OK posting the body data plate and the VIN up thru the plant code.
Last edited by rocketraider; July 2nd, 2011 at 09:32 AM.
#18
Its one thing to have your tag and VIN on your car but to put it on the internet is something completely different. It like advertising where you live and people can get personal information from that.
#21
Hi there! welcome friend.
Hello all I am making my first post on Classic Oldsmobile. I am from Ontario Canada and have a 1980 442 W-30 Cutlass. I bought when I was 22 and have held onto it for the past 16 years. It hasn't moved for about 12 of them and needs quite a bit of work, to everything...... I have saved the car for my mid-life crisis and now that my son is 16 he is pushing me to get going on it.
I know that I don't have the money I need to put into it yet but I would like to know a lot more about it. I know the production numbers of white and gold and black and gold ( I have black and gold with T-tops) but would like to find out how many came with T-tops and different things like that.
Well my fist post took up about 5 so I should end here. I am sure I will benefit from all your guys and girls experiences and I hope to chat with some of you really soon.
Please help me resurrect a real beauty of a car.
Fletch
I know that I don't have the money I need to put into it yet but I would like to know a lot more about it. I know the production numbers of white and gold and black and gold ( I have black and gold with T-tops) but would like to find out how many came with T-tops and different things like that.
Well my fist post took up about 5 so I should end here. I am sure I will benefit from all your guys and girls experiences and I hope to chat with some of you really soon.
Please help me resurrect a real beauty of a car.
Fletch
I am a newbee too and I am super glad to see another 80 cutlass owner around... I have had my 80 since I was 20 and I just pulled it from my grandmas garage after 13 years of storage, I hope to help if I can. I am just starting to restore her to somewhat OEM specs... kinda
#22
Regardless, the '80 is a rare and unique car and the 350-only status sets it apart from all other mid-size GM's that year.
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