griff43081

Picking up a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 tomorrow

not my car, but what it looks like

not the best shape: rusted out door, no exhaust, hasnt been driven in 9+ years..


but i dnt care .. its FREE!!! time to make this the high performace car its ment to be!!!

Jaydef03

umm, i wudnt put any $ in that car, but id still drive it, if its free.

are those t-tops? never seen that on a car like this

griff43081

170HP V8 stock on a G-body

442 isnt a normal olds

Jaydef03

umm, wouldnt 170hp for that heap be very slow?

Gixxster

Get some kind of alarm/kill switch. Those body styles are very popular for being stolen. why, but I have seen cars without rust in great condition go for a fortune on e-bay

griff43081

talking viper alarm already on it

BC2G

that thing w/ some bolt ons or a supercharger and it woudl be a beast,

zeroday

man whats with the haters. it's free for christs sake. nice haul.

EmuMessenger

Smells like potential to me. I love the Monte SS' from that era!

TypeSAddict

Where in Buffalo do you live?

griff43081

amherst near the 90 toll exchange .. you live near by?

GreenMonster

Time for a 350ci crate motor !!

CLpower

pimp, my wifes neighbor has one that's gorgeous!

EmuMessenger

Great call!

Liftedoff420

haha PIMP!!

i used to have a 88 oldsmobile cutlass that i buoght for 400$

after a week it suddenly wouldnt start, so i basically left it in this remote parking lot and used it for hotbox sessions whenever we needed a place to smoke weed

it was pretty pimp tho, had ashtrays on the back of the seats, comfy seats, hauled pretty good for the 10 miles i got to drive it

GreenMonster

I think 270hp for about $1500 is pretty common.. Great upgrade and great bang for the buck for some of those old 70's smog equipped (low hp) GM products.

Of course a 383 stroker would be cool too (but alot more $$)....

griff43081

yea, i'm not sure what i'm doing with this baby .. full stock resotre or debadge +

dallison

for a free car that is sweet

griff43081

quantmonkey

I thought those things have Oldsomobile V8's which don't have lots of mods available for them.

Anyway it's a great car for the price and will probably be worth more than the Cl in 10 years.

stangg172004

ya i was gonna say, and its a t-top, never seen that...

Liftedoff420

i dont think thats a ttop it looks like camera glare

hahahah and its missing the front grill just like my old bucket ass cutlass was

GreenMonster

Hmm.. your right. It appears that GM kept the oldsmobubble motor in until 1990. I had thought GM made the switch to corporate motors by then (every thing used the same motors - i.e. a Camaro and transam had the some corporate motor).

Found this with a quick google search...

http://www.442.com/oldsfaq/ofe307.htm

GreenMonster

Nice... It doesn't look that bad for a free car...

Have you gotten it running yet?? After 9 years, it probably needs a lot of stuff done to it. (fluids changed, etc. etc.).

You need to hit the junk yard to find a grille for it tho'

griff43081

yea .. i drove it 19 miles home .. was alittle rough, bt it made it.

Those are t-tops, my picture of them didnt come out b/c of shadows you couldnt tell.

this week = tune up week. new plugs/wires/rotor, all fluid change, all filter changes ... etc...

goes on the road wednesday

ks112

dude restore that shit. u can pretend to be denzel in training day. "i thought we goin to the office? We in the office"

samkws

wow it looks like new to me man

this is a priceless baby if u can fixed all the mechanic stuff

cusdaddy

I had an 87 442 growing up. Awesome car. The thing was a tank and never had any major mechanical issues. It was pretty fast for it's day, and even though it only has 170hp, it has a nice amount of torque down low and would easily perform nice burnouts.

Good luck with it! I miss my old 442.