New Member with 1972 442 Convertible
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New Member with 1972 442 Convertible
Yep - another new member here. I have a 72 442 convertible that I bought from a guy in Canada about 16 years ago. Unfortunately, at the time, i couldn't find one here in California. I had some grand plans of changing it to a 455, bucket seat car - but then I found out through Olds of Canada, that it was fully documented.
I got the docs and then realized that I had to keep it original. It had some really deep rot on the floorboards as you would expect being that it was a canada car. It was so heavily undercoated, it took me a while to even see the floorboards from underneath.
I gave it to a body guy here in CA who tore it down ( i really suck at body work), blasted the body, and proceeded to let it sit for about 7 years. I could not get the guy to work on it and barely managed to get it back before he ran off to another state to avoid facing bad consequences from a number of his customers. So, I got the car back in a million pieces. Some that actually went on it and quite a bit of parts mixed in from his other projects. So, I barely escaped with the bulk of it while many others still haven't even found their cars as of yet. Its a long story and albeit painful, I'm just happy to have it back.
Now the car is at another shop, body is almost done and we're piecing the puzzle back together slowly with hopes of actually driving it this summer. Like most of you here, I grew up in one of these cars, and will not rest until i hear that rocket sound coming out of that dual exhaust. I love this car, and I'm pretty sure that after all this, I'll be buried in it. So, I may have to ask for some help along the way with this as i was not lucky enough to be the one to disassemble it. Kicking myself for that. Anyway, thanks for admitting me to the group and i promise to search first! Thanks... Dave
I got the docs and then realized that I had to keep it original. It had some really deep rot on the floorboards as you would expect being that it was a canada car. It was so heavily undercoated, it took me a while to even see the floorboards from underneath.
I gave it to a body guy here in CA who tore it down ( i really suck at body work), blasted the body, and proceeded to let it sit for about 7 years. I could not get the guy to work on it and barely managed to get it back before he ran off to another state to avoid facing bad consequences from a number of his customers. So, I got the car back in a million pieces. Some that actually went on it and quite a bit of parts mixed in from his other projects. So, I barely escaped with the bulk of it while many others still haven't even found their cars as of yet. Its a long story and albeit painful, I'm just happy to have it back.
Now the car is at another shop, body is almost done and we're piecing the puzzle back together slowly with hopes of actually driving it this summer. Like most of you here, I grew up in one of these cars, and will not rest until i hear that rocket sound coming out of that dual exhaust. I love this car, and I'm pretty sure that after all this, I'll be buried in it. So, I may have to ask for some help along the way with this as i was not lucky enough to be the one to disassemble it. Kicking myself for that. Anyway, thanks for admitting me to the group and i promise to search first! Thanks... Dave
#7
Yep - I'm in Folsom. Lawyers don't help much with these sheisters. I really feel bad for the guys that never got any of their cars
back. A lot of people looking for him. At least I'm on the road to recovery.
back. A lot of people looking for him. At least I'm on the road to recovery.
#9
Just an Olds Guy
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Posts: 24,525
#10
I believe Allan is correct. This is not the way it left the factory according to the build sheet that I got from Olds of Canada. It came from the factory with OAI hood and somewhere along the way, the hood was swapped. Who knows why. This car was supposedly some concourse winner there in Canada but not sure why. It was in pretty rough shape underneath all the green paint.
#11
Just an Olds Guy
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Posts: 24,525
I believe Allan is correct. This is not the way it left the factory according to the build sheet that I got from Olds of Canada. It came from the factory with OAI hood and somewhere along the way, the hood was swapped. Who knows why. This car was supposedly some concourse winner there in Canada but not sure why. It was in pretty rough shape underneath all the green paint.
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