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Rare original paint 1970 Olds 442 W30 Four Speed Convertible. One of only a few documented 1970 W30 manual shift cars documented by W30 in box 3 of its buildsheet,!!!!! Its 1973 and you have a beautiful 1970 Olds W30 four speed convertible. Its red with black top, black stripes and black interior. It has 455 motor with 3.91 gears and its fast, real fast. But you run into a little bit of trouble and you lose your license within a couple of years. The car is garaged with 39,000 miles and some change. Its your pride and joy so what do you do? You drive the car to the end of the driveway and back to the garage. Many suitors come calling buy you never sell. Never. Eventually a tree grows in front of the garage and it becomes trapped inside in a area outside of Detroit Michigan.

Fast forward to 2005. Its like the starting line at a bassmasters event and your at a motel with other pros waiting to go see and possibly buy the legendary car which has surfaced after all these years. Anticipation is high as an unrestored W30 four speed convertible the holy grail of oldsmobiles awaits. The daughter of the original owner has already sold the car to the guys at the local garage and the words out the car is available. Only a handful of these rare W30 4 Speed convertibles have surfaced in the last 44 years. This car along with only a few others has a buildsheet with W30 in box three of its buildsheet,. It seems that only a few of the spring cars, say April or later have it if they still retain their buildsheets. The earlier production cars for example built in 11 of 1969 do not. This car also has a rare line sheet found in 2006 some 36 years after the car was built that was found under the passenger side carpets upon inspection after I bought the car. It shows the W30 option with the M21 4 speed and the cars vin in the top right corner of the body line sheet. The trans numbers on the pad are perfect, the engine pad was rough and crusty when I bought the car and I only recent lightly scrubbed surface rust and paint off the pad to try and get a good look at the numbers.. I had no reason to assume that the motor was anything but matching given the circumstances of how the car survived and how it was originally found and sold. It has been inspected several times . Once on the east coast by an oldsmobile chapter president and also down in Texas when I had the car gone through before the Bowling Green Nationals before the show in I think 2007. Because so few of these cars with any kind of paperwork had been or have been found to date I didn't to mess with the pad . I welcome any expert to come and inspect the car before purchase. Having owned the car for the last seven years I can tell you the more I detail it the better it gets.. Especially underneath it. The car runs and drives excellent, the trunk is awesome ,interior is very good and the body and paint are still in excellent shape. Feel free to call with any questions.. I will be uploading more pics to the internet for viewing. Tom 773-263-4660

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eBay Find of the Day: 1976 GMC Motorhome is a jolly green giant

Wed, 18 Jun 2014

If you have a need to relive the 1970s, then here is the vehicle for you. This groovy blast from the past is a 1976 GMC Motorhome currently for auction in Florida on eBay Motors, and it is one green machine - just not in the modern sense.
The seller claims that this beast has had just two owners and has covered a mere 61,308 miles in its decades on the road. It's reportedly never been restored or repainted and comes with all of the necessary books and manuals. A 7.5-liter (455-cubic-inch) Oldsmobile V8 with a three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic automatic transmission powering the front wheels propels this far-out RV, and the double set of rear wheels out back use a self-leveling air suspension to provide a cushy ride.
The purported low miles and good condition really make this GMC a stand out, though. The exterior combination of lime stripes and beige with just a touch of green is like nothing else on the road today. Plus, the polished bumpers and wheels make it all pop. Inside, it's even better with monochromatic green upholstery and shag carpet. It features everything you'd ever need on a long trip, including a bathroom, kitchenette and lots of seating. The only hint of modernization is an HD TV next to the stove, but its size is a perfect fit for the hole there.

GM recalling 8.4M cars, 8.2M related to ignition problems

Mon, 30 Jun 2014

General Motors today announced a truly massive recall covering some 8.4 million vehicles in North America. Most significantly, 8.2 million examples of the affected vehicles are being called back due to "unintended ignition key rotation," though GM spokesperson Alan Adler tells Autoblog that this issue is not like the infamous Chevy Cobalt ignition switch fiasco.
For the sake of perspective, translated to US population, this total recall figure would equal a car for each resident of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, North Dakota, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Wyoming. Combined. Here's how it all breaks down:
7,610,862 vehicles in North America being recalled for unintended ignition key rotation. 6,805,679 are in the United States.

This Or That: 1980 Oldsmobile 442 vs. 1989 BMW 635CSi [w/poll]

Thu, 09 Oct 2014

The last time I roped a coworker into an automotive debate, I lost. Resoundingly, I might add. Still, 2,385 voters chose to cast their lots for the Fiat 500 Abarth, as opposed to 5,273 choosing the Ford Fiesta ST, and so I can rest easy in the knowledge that at least 30 percent of you, dear readers, see things my way. I still like to think we have more fun, too.
My loss in the first round of our This or That series, in which two Autoblog editors pick sides on any given topic and then attempt to explain why the other is completely wrong, didn't stop me from picking another good-natured fight, this time with Senior Editor Seyth Miersma. Last time, our chosen sides were eerily similar in design, albeit quite different in actual execution. This time, our vehicular peculiarities couldn't seemingly fall any further from one another: A 1980 Oldsmobile 442 wouldn't seem to match up in comparison to a 1989 BMW 635CSi.
How did we come up with such disparate contenders? Simple, really. Seyth and I mutually agreed to choose a car that's currently for sale online. It had to be built and sold in the 1980s, and it had to be a coupe. The price cap was set at $10,000. The fruits of our searching labors will henceforth be disputed, with Seyth on the side of the Germans, and myself arguing in favor of the Rocket Olds. Am I setting myself up for another lopsided loss?

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