Today's Acquisition!! I'm as giddy as a school girl :-D
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Today's Acquisition!! I'm as giddy as a school girl :-D
I happened upon this when I called a yard looking for restoration parts the other day, a spoiler and a few miscellaneous things. It wasn't catalogued in his computer, but the owner of the yard knew it was there. He wanted to go look at it and said he'd call me back shortly. When he called he said he had the spoiler, then continued to say that the car it was on wasn't a Calais International Series, it was a Quad 442. I got excited but held it in, and asked if was a whole car or just parts on the shelf, he said it was a nearly complete whole car! Then he added it was red, and it was strange...the motor was red and said W41 on it! He went on to add that he had never seen a Calais with manual windows...I got even more excited!! I went and took a look at it, and bought it! Now, let the restoration begin!!!!
Last edited by MyQuad4; May 20th, 2017 at 01:17 PM. Reason: Missing information
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Just read to the bottom of the wiki and under "Racing" it listed 900 and 1000 HP versions of a Quad 4! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_4_engine
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Nice
That's a YARD find. Wonder how many people walked by that not knowing what it is? You would think the owner of a salvage yard would know but good for you he didn't.
Looks like the body and paint is in good shape.
Looks like the body and paint is in good shape.
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Not only did he not know what he had, after we negotiated the price I told him what he had and he still didn't care. Too many years in the salvage business I guess.
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Thank you! Yeah, it looks pretty good from what I can see, but...once I get it up in the air I'll know the truth. I am expecting the worst but hoping for the best.
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Just read to the bottom of the wiki and under "Racing" it listed 900 and 1000 HP versions of a Quad 4! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_4_engine
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I've seen plenty of Calais with manual windows. I owned an '86 Calais Supreme and my mom briefly had an '87 Calais GT, both of which had manual windows.
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I understand what you are saying, but if you know about THESE Calais models you would understand what I meant. Oldsmobile built 2 identical looking versions of this package, the W40 and the W41. The W40's got all of the options, power windows, locks, seats, cruise control, etc, but the W40's only got the high output version of the quad 4 engine, 180 hp. They built over 1000 W40's. Then there is the W41. It was built as a factory prepped race car. They deleted all of these options to save weight, making the car faster. W41's got a special engine, the W41 quad 4. It had higher lift/longer duration camshafts and special tuning, squeezing out another 10 horsepower (they claimed, it is actually more like 30). W41's also got special gearing in the Muncie/Getrag built transmission to help with low end acceleration and increase the top speed. They only built 204 of these, 20 of which deleted air conditioning and added a special limited slip differential to the gear box. Those 20 were built for the SCCA Showroom Stock series racing, and won the championship in that series in Calais form in 1991, and Achieva form in 92 and 93. This is one of the 204. Very rare, in fact it is my understanding this is the rarest car GM ever built! Rocketguy can qualify that. The lack of power windows was a HUGE clue as to what the car is, not so inconsequential.
Last edited by MyQuad4; May 23rd, 2017 at 07:17 PM.
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I understand what you are saying, but if you know about THESE Calais models you would understand what I meant. Oldsmobile built 2 identical looking versions of this package, the W40 and the W41. The W40's got all of the options, power windows, locks, seats, cruise control, etc, but the W40's only got the high output version of the quad 4 engine, 180 hp. They built over 1000 W40's. Then there is the W41. It was built as a factory prepped race car. They deleted all of these options to save weight, making the car faster. W41's got a special engine, the W41 quad 4. It had higher lift/longer duration camshafts and special tuning, squeezing out another 10 horsepower (they claimed, it is actually more like 30). W41's also got special gearing in the Muncie/Getrag built transmission to help with low end acceleration and increase the top speed. They only built 204 of these, 20 of which deleted air conditioning and added a special limited slip differential to the gear box. Those 20 were built for the SCCA Showroom Stock series racing, and won the championship in that series in Calais form in 1991, and Achieva form in 92 and 93. This is one of the 204. Very rare, in fact it is my understanding this is the rarest car GM ever built! Rocketguy can qualify that. The lack of power windows was a HUGE clue as to what the car is, not so inconsequential.
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As for fast, they are very respectful, especially for the time period. They had more horespower and weighed 1000 lbs less than a Camaro or Firebird V8, and I know from personal experience that they ate Mustang 5.0's for lunch. The best part of these cars was how well they balanced the horsepower and handling, they are nearly perfect, hard to overpower, fun to drive cars
Thanks, I am quite excited about this!
Last edited by MyQuad4; May 24th, 2017 at 01:58 PM.
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For those of you that don't know much about the Quad 442 here are a couple of things I found on the interwebs for you.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...engine#image=3
http://hooniverse.com/2013/08/13/two...t-collectible/
http://www.442.com/vcs/1973_pres/smalley.html
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life...or-beretta-gtz
http://autoweek.com/article/junkyard...alais-quad-442
http://autoweek.com/gallery/junkyard...obile-quad-442
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...engine#image=3
http://hooniverse.com/2013/08/13/two...t-collectible/
http://www.442.com/vcs/1973_pres/smalley.html
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life...or-beretta-gtz
http://autoweek.com/article/junkyard...alais-quad-442
http://autoweek.com/gallery/junkyard...obile-quad-442
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Wow, I had no idea the W41s were even rare let alone that rare. Was never a fan of these cars but am now. Great find, its great to see someone who appreciates a car find a diamond in the rough. Good luck with it. I'll have to read all the links you posted.
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On the other end of the spectrum, It would get 4 MPG at 115 MPH. I made a 50 mile run on I-70 at well over 100 MPH and it sucked the fuel. It had a speed limiter at 115 and a rev limiter at 7400 RPM.
Last edited by jensenracing77; May 25th, 2017 at 07:22 AM.
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Oops, I guess it's 1 of 4. I should have read the details.
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...CEPT-CAR-22627
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...CEPT-CAR-22627
Last edited by Olds64; May 26th, 2017 at 05:22 AM. Reason: Oops!
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Oops, I guess it's 1 of 4. I should have read the details.
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...CEPT-CAR-22627
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...CEPT-CAR-22627
Last edited by MyQuad4; May 26th, 2017 at 06:04 AM.
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Yeah, I guess you're right. Here's an Olds 98 that I thought was a custom but was apparently something offered back in the day.
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/13014842
Here's a thread about it.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...kind-olds.html
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/13014842
Here's a thread about it.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...kind-olds.html
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