Hello,
August 19th, 2015, 04:55 PM
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Hello,
My name is Joe, from S. Jersey. I am very interested in buying my first classic and have settled on a Olds 442. Just love the looks and ride. I hope to have a long relationship with this site and its members.
August 20th, 2015, 09:17 AM
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Welcome. Be sure to do your research before putting down any cash. There are a lot of Faux-Four-Twos out there, and the uneducated buyer can easily pay waaaay more than one of these fakes is worth. There are also a lot of poorly "restored" cars at inflated prices. Pay particular attention to potential rust areas and look for quick fixes as opposed to proper sheet metal patches. Shiny new "resale red" paint covers a multitude of sins.
Good luck.
Good luck.
August 20th, 2015, 02:16 PM
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Yes, so I have told and I am proceeding cautiously. The vin and cowl tags and and any other documentation is where I have been starting with but I have been told everything and anything can be forged. Tough going unless you know somebody who knows somebody.
August 20th, 2015, 03:08 PM
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Have an expert take a peek in person before spending real-car $ on what may not be...
Very few such cars by now still retain ALL original parts, so it becomes a matter of degree of no longer original [date codes] and do you care? If you are paying max $ you probably care. My '68 for example can never have the original numbers matching engine block again, but it can have an otherwise identical G-400 engine. Does the date and the VIN stamp matter? Sure it does- to the dollar value of the car as a whole. Does it make a difference in how it feels and behaves? Only the tiniest bit- because W30's had bores honed to the large end of the acceptable spectrum.
Very few such cars by now still retain ALL original parts, so it becomes a matter of degree of no longer original [date codes] and do you care? If you are paying max $ you probably care. My '68 for example can never have the original numbers matching engine block again, but it can have an otherwise identical G-400 engine. Does the date and the VIN stamp matter? Sure it does- to the dollar value of the car as a whole. Does it make a difference in how it feels and behaves? Only the tiniest bit- because W30's had bores honed to the large end of the acceptable spectrum.
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