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Aug 11, 2018 | 07:13 AM

teamwieland

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New To Me 1968 Olds 442

Hello All - Just picked up my new ride (well, new to me). Looking forward to joining the discussion. Jon in Colorado

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Aug 11, 2018 | 07:17 AM

oldcutlass

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Welcome to the site Jon. Congrats on your new ride.

Aug 11, 2018 | 07:35 AM

BackInTheGame

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Welcome

Hey Jon, Welcome, from another Coloradan! I love that color! That was the original color of my first '68 Cutlass S before I painted. Where was your picture taken?

Aug 11, 2018 | 07:38 AM

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Hey Jon, Welcome, from another Coloradan! I love that color! That was the original color of my first '68 Cutlass S before I painted. Where was your picture taken?

bought it in Utah. That was one of the pics from the ad. I live in Colorado Springs. How about you?

Aug 11, 2018 | 07:57 AM

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Welcome. Need. More. Pictures!
Back in June we were visiting the wife's family in Fountain, beautiful out there. He's got a pro-modded '70 LS6 Chevelle SS that is really nice.

Aug 11, 2018 | 08:04 AM

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Jon, I'm in Parker.

Aug 11, 2018 | 08:17 AM

teamwieland

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More pics!

Aug 11, 2018 | 08:23 AM

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More pics

Having trouble uploading pics. Will keep trying.

Aug 11, 2018 | 08:24 AM

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Nice. I'm on the north side of Colorado Springs in Black Forest.

Aug 11, 2018 | 08:31 AM

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Aug 11, 2018 | 09:45 AM

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Welcome to this site and enjoy your "new" 4-4-2! Thanks for the pics - it takes awhile but you figured it out how to post pretty fast! It took me a couple of weeks!

Randy C.

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'69 4-4-2 convertible

Aug 12, 2018 | 01:18 AM

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dragline

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Very, very nice, rally wheels and stripe really compliment the dark green. Awesome muscle car.

Aug 12, 2018 | 04:31 AM

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Greg Rogers

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Very nice car! Welcome!!

Aug 12, 2018 | 06:58 AM

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Allan R

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Jon, welcome to the site.
Nice looking car! I imagine you've done some research on it before you bought it. Looking at the paint I'm guessing it's code S S on the cowl tag? Interesting that the PO used a cloth for the bucket seats. Other than that, the only thing that looks wrong to me is the W36 stripe on a non W36 car.

Nice to see the gas tank is full and it's ready for some cruising.

Aug 12, 2018 | 07:55 AM

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tdhill01

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Nice looking ride Jon, welcome.

Aug 13, 2018 | 06:13 AM

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Will22

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Welcome! Beautiful car!

Aug 13, 2018 | 11:57 AM

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Tom442

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Welcome Jon,
Love your car!
Tom in Denver

Aug 14, 2018 | 09:46 AM

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Beautiful car! Welcome to the site.

Aug 14, 2018 | 10:00 AM

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‘68 442

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ha! Wishful thinking on the fuel gauge. It definitely doesn’t work. It’s on my list, once I get the motor sorted out. It’s a dog here at elevation so I’ve got to get the carb dialed in and timing touched up first.