Stan,
Done: The only digital file I have of the car.



My 1971 W30 model 442 is shown, here, taking "Best of Class" at the 1994 Land of Lakes GTO club muscle car show, in Plymouth, MN. It took Best of Class the next year at the Minneapolis Aquatennial/Milestone Society Invitational Concours. Not too shabby for a car that was restored, by me, in my garage.

After I sold it, it was one of the 100 cars invited by Oldsmobile division to represent the marque at the Indianapolis Speedway, when Oldsmobile faded into car history.

The only work I didn't do was the vinyl top, rebuild of the steering sector, and rebuild of the special OW code W30 spec turbo 400. Hindsite is always 20-20, and I wished I had done the top and the sector when everything was over. I had it in me, back then, but, I don't really like working on old cars much, these days.

Same story as my 1967, a candy store car, with damn near every available factory option-who orders a W30 442 with a speed warning speedometer? 8 track? AM/FM stereo?

Somebody in Mesa, AZ did. I had the cars build sheet.

I think the 1971 442 is simply THE best looking car from the muscle car era.

The gold color on my 1967 car is actually a Volvo color, that was tinted a bit to get to a close representation of the color used by GM in 1967. It is a pain to match base coat systems to lacquers from that era, and it was as close as I could get. I do remember after spraying an old hood for about the 6th time saying to myself "Screw it, that's close enough".

The 1967 is a driver, Stan, and here, 20 years past resto, it is just starting to show. I do like throwing the guns in the trunk, and heading over to metro gun club in the summer. You wouldn't believe how many old guys come over and just start talking cars with me. Good fun.

I fixed the link to the site where Casey had his car posted for sale, back in the day. It is hard to argue with what the man accomplished, and how he voluntarily tore it down for certification as pure stock. Yes, it runs harder than many big block cars, Stan. Nothing to disagree about, there, at sub 13 seconds. It truly was the terror of the pure stock drags for a number of years.

Treb, my buddy just sent me a file of some of the welding going on with the GTO's quarters-I deleted the pics about two days ago! But, as of today, it is a car in primer, with a lot of body work going on. I'll see what I can do, but, it isn't much to look at, today.

Best,
Ted