OK, when I was in college I bought my first Oldsmobile. Kept it for a couple of years and traded it off. Lordy, do I ever wish that I had somehow kept that car. It was a 1968 Cutlass S convertible, red with black bucket seat interior, no a/c, 3 speed manual floor shift, W-31 Ram Rod 350. From the limited research that I have done I think that this may have been the ONLY car built like that.

Since it has been almost 40 years since the car left my hands in Greenville, SC I am sure that there is no way to track it down to see what happened with it, although I would love to know. Any ideas on that would be great.

In any case, since I am now retired I would like a good "driver" similar to it. I have had Harley's, I am into old fast boats like Donzi, but just am longing for that old car.

 

Welcome to our site! I think we all wish we'd have kept our first Olds, lol! But what's done is done.... hope you find another one - they are out there!

 

Good luck. It would sure be cool to find it.

Do you have the VIN? Do you know the name of the person you sold it to?

Some states (I know Ohio does) let you search their title records online. You type in the VIN, and it tells you if the car is registered in the state and where. You can't necessarily get the name of the current owner that way, for privacy reasons, but you might be able to if you went a title office. I don't know if South Carolina has a service like this, but it might be worth checking in to. Of course, you have to have the VIN to do this. If you don't, things get much harder.

If you have the name of the person who bought the car from you, you might check to see if that person is still around in Greenville, or if there is anyone in the phone book with that last name who might be a relative. If you're lucky, it'll be a name like Mister Mxyzptlk that is unusual and there will be only one or two in the book. You can call them and ask. But if it's a name like Smith, that's not practical.

In short, it's a real long shot that you'll find the car, and this is assuming that it actually still exists after 40 years. But if you have the VIN in any of your old records, it might be worth at least a token effort to see if anything turns up.

 

Welcome to CO. Look around our classified section and hang out on CL and ebay, you may eventually find what you are looking for.

 

Oh, I keep looking, but like I said, I truly think that this was the ONLY one ever built like it. Had the dealer special order it. That year they made 500 coupes and NOWHERE is a record that I can find of a convertible being made....

 

Wow, if only we could all get back a car we wish we never sold! I've never tried this but heard of it.....the lost car registry. Worth a shot, right?

http://the-lost-car-registry.com/

Keep us posted....and post some pics of your old car if you still have any.

GOOD LUCK !!!

 

Of course as a teenager I had access to my dad's 1961 Olds Starfire convertible, which was white with white top and red leather interior....that also was an awesome car that would look really nice with me in it today That was one more mean running machine! It was traded for a '67 GTO.

 

Welcome aboard

I used to have a Donzi also, sucker would fly.

 

We digress, but yes, a 500 hp 454 big block in a 2800 pound boat will push some H2O