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Tom in Tacoma
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Posted - March 21 : 8:17p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I've been scanning old photographs - came across this one of my 1969 Olds 442. The picture was taken in early 1975. Man, I really wish I still had that today! Faster'n hell! Comfortable as can be, handled like it was on rails. Sucked fuel at the rate of 9-10 mpg of 'Ethel'. Wonder what it would be worth today?
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Posted  - March 21 : 8:22p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator


Sweet Tom it would of been worth a lot now i had a 70 Nova with the 396 375 hp. I sure wish i would of keep it.

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Posted  - March 21 : 8:25p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Nice ride Tom!! Yea, I think theres a lot of us can kick our own ass for selling something that now would be worth a bundle, mine was a 61 Ranchero & 68 Firebird 400.

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Posted  - March 21 : 8:30p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Sweet car, but if thats you in the drivers seat, you dont look quite old enough to be driving.

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Posted  - March 21 : 8:38p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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Sweet car, but if thats you in the drivers seat, you dont look quite old enough to be driving.

Jason


Um - that'd be my now 34-year old daughter!

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Posted  - March 21 : 10:46p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
They had color film back then?

So what were the specs? Engine, transmission? I love the 1969 GM A-bodies, probably my favorite.

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Posted  - March 21 : 11:47p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator

Nice looking car. I miss my old muscle cars.

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Posted  - March 21 : 11:55p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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They had color film back then?

So what were the specs? Engine, transmission? I love the 1969 GM A-bodies, probably my favorite.


400ci, 4-bbl, 4-speed (with a drilled out 8-ball shifter knob), Thrush turbo mufflers, 320hp with a posi-rear end diff.

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Posted  - March 22 : 1:24p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
Nice! I forgot, in 1969 a 442 still meant a 4-4-2. None of this automatic transmission two barrel bullshit. Nice ride, dude. Whatever happened to her?

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Posted  - March 22 : 1:53p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
They need to bring back vinyl tops!

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Posted  - March 22 : 2:06p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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Nice! I forgot, in 1969 a 442 still meant a 4-4-2. None of this automatic transmission two barrel bullshit. Nice ride, dude. Whatever happened to her?


I bought her in NJ and drove her back to WA towing a U-Haul. I drove it around here for a couple of years. But she had a few problems such as leaking front and rear seals (which caused some clutch slippage) and when restarting it while the engine was warm you'd hear what sounded like little people hammering on the side of the oil pan. It'd clang like that for about 10-15 seconds and taper off to no noise at all.

I couldn't afford to fix that stuff - heck, I was just an E-3 in the army with a wife and kid. I sold it to a guy who drove up in a newer Hurst/Olds and never saw it again. Reason I finally put up the 'For Sale' sign was because my dad made me a deal on a great '74 Pontiac Ventura (I gotta find a picture of that one and post it).

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Posted  - March 22 : 4:47p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator


Tom Mort doesn't know what a E3 is lol

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Posted  - March 22 : 5:00p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
That's okay - the rest of us do.

They wear one of these:

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Posted  - March 22 : 5:07p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
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That's okay - the rest of us do.

They wear one of these:


Uhh, aren't you supposed to wear 2 of those??

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Posted  - March 22 : 8:31p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator
I was going to be in the army, but they wanted to make me a General right away, and I was all, "dude, I don't know how to be a General," but they were gonna do it anyway, and I was all, "dude, I don't wanna be a General," and they were all, "dude!" and I was all, "Dude!"

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Posted  - March 22 : 9:19p Reply with Quote Report this post to a moderator


Mort i though you were captain of the head
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