I was the caretaker of this car for 40+ years and am glad to see it in your collection. Someday I would like to see it at a show. Lee Pearl

😍 i love the 442s w30 just a class act!

Thanks for the memories. I actually owned a 1970 W30 back in the late seventies. I believe I was the second owner, but never researched it. Mine was Red with White striping. It was a real looker, "and" a mover. I later sold in a partial trade for a V8 Vega that had a built 327 and turbo 350 trans. I got an additional $1000 with the Vega. Yeah, I have a few regrets but it was all fun.

Worked on the assemble line back in the day an watched them come down the line,,, very cool!!!

Love this story, which resonates with me. On Sept 13, 1969 I ordered a 1970 442 at the GM outlet at the PX in Danang, Vietnam. It was a Sherwood Green, Holiday Coupe with a black vinyl top, ralleye wheels, white wall tires and an automatic transmission ($4,160). My first car. It was stolen in March 1982, recovered, repaired, and stolen again Sept 24 of that year, never to be seen again, at least not by me. The 40th anniversary of its disappearance in Sept will be particularly poinient.

Mega nice and fast as A Buick GNX. A luxury 442 loaded to the gills. O Yea

Thanks buddy!, I luv the history of the car

My parents always got 4 door Oldsmobiles and by the time i could drive they had around a 70 with that 455 rocket engine that was so powerful !

In 1970 working for a large corporation, I was up for new wheels so I ordered an Impala HT, automatic, light yellow, black interior and all the rest. About a month later, business manager notifies me it has arrived; went out to the parking lot and there is was, all as ordered EXCEPT it was a Plymouth Fury. After looking it over, I thought it was a better looker than the Impala and wanted to accept it but the manager became unhinged and said it was unacceptable and he was going to get the correct car so had to wait another month and finally go the Impala.

I had a 1967 Olds 442 W-30 car I bought in 1970 for $1300. Didn't know how special these cars were going to be. Mine was a combination street ride and weekend racer. Had a Muncie 4-speed and 4:10 gears in the back. I found out the hard way that you don't spin an Olds engine beyond 6500 RPM without bad things happening. Fortunately I was a good mechanic and would rebuild the engine myself. After the fifth engine I decided to "upgrade" to a Chevy LS6 454 crate engine. The complete long block was only $800 back then. Olds purists will no doubt crucify me for this blasphemy, but all I wanted was a strong engine that had better reliability. The Olds crankshaft and oiling system were the problems. Olds engines were torque monsters not high RPM horsepower machines. I would drive the car to the track, put on some 12 inch slicks, open the headers and go. I used to regularly beat guys who had trailered their cars there. The best I ran with the Rat Motor was 11.75 at 124 MPH. That was in 100% street trim. All the seats were in it, carpet, etc. After a couple of years I decided to make it a 100% race car. I pulled the body off and was installing a full roll cage when the ugliness of a divorce reared its ugly head. My ex-wife never liked the car. She always claimed I paid more attention to it than her. I guess she never caught on that I liked the car better than her. I would up selling the car in parts to a couple of kids who had the "race car" gleam in their eyes. Never saw or heard about the car after that. That was in 1974. Many years later I saw one of those cars (restored) at Barret-Jackson. It went for $125K. If only we had known. Now I am stuck driving a 2017 Corvette Grand Sport and a Cadillac Escalade for my street rides. And to show what goes around, comes around, last year I bought a restored 1967 Olds 442. Unfortunately not a W-30. It looks great parked next to my 1970 Chevelle SS454 and my 1965 GTO. Musclecars forever.

Wow guys, great production as always! And the car... oh baby. Love the ultra, ultra rare aluminum diff and Winters intake. Great job, thanks for the upload!

I have a 70 W 30 with the order sheet documentation from the owner who ordered it and 69 and it is a silver with black stripes four-speed 391 Passi no power steering no power brakes same type or rims and hubcaps and the rims have a number on them that are hard to fine as well, my W 30 has a bench seat with a extended Shift stick one of 300

Love UM Wish I had my W-30 Back 1970 rare color Burnished Gold

sweet!!! Those were the days

Great Video Awesome Detailed Narration of the Facts Great Story line. Just picked up another 70 Olds 442 “z” code California car 4speed ( galleon gold code) I Owen A 1970 442 W-30 Hardtop Holiday coupe Matching #’s. Car Burnished Gold< dual-gate 400 TH transmission and many options. Vin # 34470M314060.

Nice! A Bodys are my favorite! I have a STAGE 1 , its the 70’ modle

Concourse level restoration and there doing two gear burnouts in it! Awesome.

Kevin Love the history lesson that's always amazes me how much history there is behind people's cars is always good information

500 ft# of torque... stock! Insane.

those red fender wells look awesome on the car

The dog dish hub cabs are a curiosity in themselves, with this being an Oldsmobile 442 convertible. I find them unusual for this up scale muscle car.

I still have my 1972 w-30 , it’s all most the same car. Color and options too. Just not in same condition. You are giving me the inspiration to get it restored! They are great cars to drive plus can hold there own at the drag track

W-30 was also blueprinted motor special carburetor jetting ,"F" marine heads, camshaft, only came with strips I'm glad they put the stripes back on only way for W-30 ..

Always love how they add the wood grain touch to the dashboard and all that today's cars don't have that it's just plastic no detail

Love that car.... beautiful color scheme. And I'm a Ford man but a Mopar guy when it comes to muscle cars

I love those dishcap covers , the wide Oval tires and color matched wheels , look so raw . Good thing : no stripes on the rear trunk

There is just so many good muscle cars out there Pontiac Chevy Ford Plymouth definitely just so many good ones out there I do love your collection

I had a 1969 442 convertible 4 speed 3.91 rear end.

Power brakes were NOT available on the W30, because of the camshaft duration. They were capable of 12.70's with headers, and 3.90 gears, timing adjustments, and maybe a 2800-3000 converter. In NHRA D/SA, in 1970, they were able to run 12.1's. Jack Troxell, and Ron Garey (Chesrown Olds), had a couple of fast W30's.

You know, at the auctions the convertibles with that cars most powerful engines, bring the highest bids, it's because they're so rare. Here's the reason why, because people who were buying a performance car, didn't want their big engines in the heaviest chassis, convertibles are heavier than hard tops or sedans, my guess is they must not have put very much thought into their purchase, or didn't care that the extra weight that came with their choice would cause them to lose races. I don't remember anyone who was into racing, street or track that would ever order a convertible!

The ultimate in Oldsmobile muscle is this car. Just beautiful. Too bad it's a convertible. Prefer hardtops/ coupes when it comes to muscle cars

That is not only an Awe-Mazing story but, verySpecial to me since I have owned a W.30 and just missed getting another one today by 100 .00 ( i,m bummed)

not a fan of dog dish rims but what a great car

I love it

steelies and dog dish caps......excellent

It’s good to see that the exhaust manifolds are original driver side W passenger side Z and need to tell us what the letter stampings on the firewall what options they represent in the motor and a picture of the Vin tag plus 1971 and 72 fenders are different from 1970.

he rejected the first car because it wasn't a convertible. so that means there is a hard top version out there with the exact same options?

Man, I hate it when I drool....🤣 beautiful car

That is a nice car.. they came with strips NS not many with the W-27 third member not just the cover but the whole third member.

Cool video unlove them cars

Like the way you drive these! 🇺🇸

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lotsa good lovin' in that back seat

I bought a 70 W30 hardtop, 4 speed, silver with black stripes, for $600 in 1976. What a coincidence! I changed it to a Turbo 400, and drag raced it, sold it to s friend, and he drag raced it, as well. Just headers and a tune up, engine stayed stock. Car ran 13.0's almost everywhere, with 80,000 miles on it!

Hey when is the amc vehicles going to get some love!!!!

Gentlemen’s Gold Mega Mint to the TEE. Well spoken but mine had a wing giant spoiler.Yellow

My buddy has 1, hard top and was thinking about selling it. Hurst addition W30 442. What do you think a all original 1 is worth?

I wonder if the original owner is still around

When will You guys show a 1973 442 W30 455 those cars are way more rare to see.

Is this a rehashed video? The story was told before by Kevin....the mailman part made me remember.

The horsepower was not 370, as stated though, closer to 400. 💯

So what’s the car worth?

370 yeah right, try 440 and 515 torque

$600.00 GTA

442's were plagued with bogus wood grain trim which I detest to this day and cost Toyota a sell on a Camary a few years back...

why is the car red underneath?

NO Ac or Power Windows.

car old for 250k,and new owner is stuck like chuck

Don't make fun of the 1970s music..😑😑