Cruising A Survivor Drop-Top 1967 Olds 442 

Oldsmobile is a great car.

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My mother's friend has a 64 Chevelle Malibu convertible that same color. She bought it new. 283, powerglide, all original with the expected wear and tear. It's a treat.

My grandpa had a lot of cars in his life….his daily driver was usually a Cadillac. But he always reminded us that Oldsmobile was the best American car made.

These Oldsmobile, really something to them

This was when an Oldsmobile was an Oldsmobile. A solid, "gentleman's hotrod". Classy, smooth, reliable, easy to repair and they ran. Even the 307 V8 from 1980-1990 while no powerhouse was a very reliable engine. Oldsmobile V8s are a second favorite of mine next to Pontiac V8s. Even better that this one has factory AC and it's in great shape. A few small details and this is ready for summer cruising. As the expression goes, "They are only original once". The fact that it survived in such good condition is a testament to the care it received over the past 55 years.

They will never build cars as simple and as beautiful as this Olds again. Computers are great and all, but I prefer the age before computers when it comes to cars. Just my .02.

I love the color.

Arthur, "eat your heart out fellas", drove back to college in Denver, in his new metallic dark green 68 olds 442 convertible after winter break. Arthur washed or waxed or polished it almost daily and almost daily he would look at his 442 then look at us with a great big grin and with his boston accent "eat your hear.r.r.t out fellas" . Whenever I see a vintage 442 I hear Arthur and I remember a "quick" road trip from from Denver to Mardi Gras. Before the trip we drove out to the denver airport area where Arthur bought the most powerful aircraft landing light that would run on 12 volts. Wiring it into the high beam circuit shorted the wiring instantly first try. Its own heavy wiring from battery to light to toggle switch and it was night to day on the open road. A quick on off was "memorably" effective in "moving" slower traffic from the left lane. 2 hours into the trip Arthur got a speeding ticket. After that he was happy to share the driving with me for the rest of the trip. With 4 new studded snow tires we zipped through Dallas traffic brought to an ice storm standstill. We never drove over the limit in town. With eyes out to slow down for cops on overpasses we cruised, smooth as could be , just under 100 (for better, under 30 cents per gallon, gas millage). and when the open road was clear, just for fun,........... The best trip memories are not about mardi gras, they are about driving that car.

Hope Kiwi's home business goes well.

That car is a classic!!

These cars and ones like it got us around to work , school, vacation . Simpler times for sure . Plus when they did give you an issue they weren't sitting at the dealer for days trying to figure out why this censor and that censors stopped communicating with the computer . It was very simple does it have fire/ spark, or fuel ? The basics .

Now this is a car.

Seeing you guys riding around in this hit me right in the feels Tony. My earliest memory is riding in the back of my father's '67 442 convertible...red with a white top/interior. It was probably '71 or '72...I would have been 2 or 3 years old. Dad was driving with my sister (7 years older than me) riding shotgun. They're both gone now. :(

I'm a chevy guy, but I do love the way the Olds pull. I have a 69 Olds 442 with a 400 and a 4spd. Talk about a fun car to drive

That yard of retro cars 👍🏻

I’m a “car guy” and have my favorites from all the common brands. However, I have a special love for Oldsmobile.

Yep, my unmolested 68 Delta delivers the torque. All on bias ply... Love it UTG, thanks.

I still have the engine and trans from dad's daily driven 67 442. The shell rusted away from michigan winters. I parted the car out in 1989 I think. Dad's car always ran real strong. He bought it in 1969 from a GM warren tech center employee who had the car warmed over royal bobcat style there at the tech center. I remember being single digits riding in that 442. All I could see was the dash and door panel. I did save the 442 emblem from the dash too.

Uncle Tony's riding in a car with a Guy.. who said it wouldn't happen .. haha Car is Awesome.. any B.O.P GM is special..

Ahh Olds content. Thank you

Ahhhh the 60s! I love my time machine 67 c body.

Love seeing some love for the Oldsmobiles. My first car was a ‘78 Cutlass Supreme and I am working on a ‘71 Cutlass. It is far from original now but still all Olds

Like driving a time capsule

Now that is a true survivor i love that car it's a time capsule keep on keeping on

Ok that was cool, more of these please...

What a beautiful car! 😍

I learned to drive in my fathers 1971 Cutlass. I still remember driving the Cutlass in his lap when I was probably 5-6-7-8 years old. I now have a 72 442 Convertible, factory U-code 455 car, brings back a lot of memories.

I had the station wagon version of that car. It was a great fun ride.

I could hear the pinging from here! LOL

To me the is the most valuable video Tony has ever made. A realistic clear definitive example of detonation, a subject that until now has always caused me anxiety.

My first car was a 67 olds cutlass supreme. Gosh this make me wanna get mine going again. Its got the jetfire 330 in it.

What a blast from the past. My best friend in high school drove the same Olds as his first car. I found the car for sale & my buddy bought it. His was blue with a black top & interior. We had a lot of fun in that car cruising & some light-to-light racing in the old Denver cruise seen of the 70's. 16th street downtown & the Scotchman on Federal. Top down, hair blowing, girl watching & listening to the glass packs roar.

I've always wanted to get one of each of my parents first cars. My mom's was a BirdEggBlue 64 Oldsmobile f85 and my dad's was a White with black top 64 Plymouth Belvedeere.

I remember the '62 Olds. When you hit 2nd it was locked up. 1st was mushy.

Reminded me of my buddies Delmont88, his car was that cream paint with pea soup green interior, at least it had a black top. Definitely land yacht.

I have a friend in San Francisco who has a 66 442- with 3-2 carbs ragtop thanks!

The Buick was a 1970 GS, I've got a 1969 convertible in my garage, all original, I've owned it since 1978. I agree with you guys, leave 'em original. If I want the feel of a modern car, I'll drive a modern car.

@8:34 _"...69 Gran Sport."_ That's a 1971 Gran Sport, Uncle T. :-)

We just saw Unc Tony in 1967....

The large console in late model cars is partly due to crash regulations . There is structure that is intended to prevent some injuries to lower extremities. Regulations tend to also make late model cars look more alike in external styling.

Fantastic! Old school original drive. This old Rocket should stay as it is. So what steering has play, leave her alone. By the way that was a '71 GS convertible.

that is the way my 454 runs nice and smooth all i did was change the intake to a weiland street high rise with a 850 holley started with a 4 inch stroke steel crank heavy rods the 450 hp ho 454 factory built but when i put the setup on it it came alive way more power . has a good sound not to big of a cam but runs perfect best part is i got it free with 6,000 miles on it . i have it in a 68 chevy pu makes a very good street truck plus i like how full the engine compartment looks it barely fits in it

Ha, Tony sniffing the exhaust reminds me of the time in the mid-80s when members of an environmental committee criticized me and an elder woman for driving 66 Chryslers (she a New Yorker and I a Newport) to which she responded " I far prefer the smell of a bit of raw gasoline to that of a failed catalytic converter."

Ahhhh, smells like the 60's, nuf said,oh,and chickens,of course! I just love those Grand Sports too! Thanks again guys!

Thanks for the ride-a-long. There's a LOT of character in his lot.

Love those old convertibles can’t touch em for a decent price anymore

We bought and restored a 1969 Olds 442 for our daughters 16th birthday. It turned out beautiful...emerald green metal flake with black stripes. She just turned 19 last weekend and I'm relieved to say the car is still in the same condition as it was 3yrs ago! Lol Honestly, that's probably due in large part to the gas prices/inflation/big block situation...she hasn't driven it much; basically a few car shows. We also bought her an 89 foxbody for her daily driver. She slammed a deer after two weeks and nearly totaled it. Fixed it up like new again and she decided she wanted an automatic so I bought it...again. Not a bit spoiled, this only child of mine! Couldn't ask for a better kid though and she is car crazy more than she is boy crazy so I'll gladly humor her while I can. Lol

Car culture leader utg!!!

It Smells like Gasoline and Cancer. Hits the spot. Being following you for almost 3 years UTG . Great Videos.👍👍👍

That Buick GS was a 1971, based on the trim, grill, and bumper. I only know that because I've got one! (well a Skylark that looks like a GS...) Great video as always!

Nice ride! I have a 68 sport fury convertible...383 - 4 speed that is so nice to drive with the top down. Totally different car that when the top is up. Mine is a bit molested...lunati voodoo cam...borla exhaust. Every time you drive one of these cars it's like an event. I always think man I get to drive it again. Awesome feeling.

Nothing like taking early morning hits off the tailpipe, good stuff👍

I had a 1967 hardtop 4-4-2. Had a T-handle shifter. Never saw a round one before.

In the days before GM meant "Generic Motors", they built the finest cars in the world! Killed by the "bean counters."

Great video! Thanks Ultra Kathy

"Good night Kiwi" - not sure many viewers got that one

I think it is 60,000 miles. Beautiful car.

Check the wear on the brake pedal to determine if it rolled over.

Love the Cutlasses. My family has had these since '64. They're great cars.

Personally I blame squirrels

had a cutlass the same year and it was a drop top too. had a 455 out of a 71 tornado dam thing would melt the tires

I freaking love the mid 60's old American Iron. I need to get cracken on my Olds Jetstar convertible. Summer is coming got to get it done and on the road.

ahh the anglican olds......good to have uncle cathy back

Thank you very much for sharing such a cool car.

Nice survivor beautiful Oldsmobile like riding on a cloud 👍🏾👊🏽

Great car. I love all the 60's and early 70's cars. And it always seems these survivor cars are always pale yellow.

My brother has been thinking about getting a convertible. Too bad you cant just run down to a dealership and pick one of these up new!

Worked with a guy at a gas station in 1982/3 in his late teens who had one of these in similar condition, except it was a hardtop. Same color. Rare for a car in Ohio to be as rust free.

Basically the story of my 63 1/2 falcon sprint parked it ‘97 and I threw a new gas tank radiator and water pump on. A little oil in the cylinders and she was ready to start right up. Just got a starter and generator replacement for it.

More joy ride videos, Loved it....

smells like victory as well 🇺🇸🏁

Tell him he does not have to push the button down to go from reverse to drive just pull it back and it will lock into drive without going past like if you hold the ball down. My Monte Carlo had the same shifter mechanism with the button shift lock.

Tires back then had nylon bias belts that took awhile to round out after sitting.

Just needs a modern cam and valve springs installed for another 50 hps. Tony keeps this up, he will no longer be a Mopar guy, and be a GM guy.

Tony in something besides a Mopar. My first car was a Mopar. A base model 1970 Challenger 318/auto. I have been a Mopar guy, a GM guy, a Ford guy, now I'm just a vintage, pre emissions American car guy. That is a beautiful car. But the flat spotted tires and steering really do need to be fixed. The steering wheel should not turn half a turn before changing the direction of the car. It didn't actually come that way. And it is unsafe. My guess is that all the suspension bushings, ball joints, tie rods, idler arm, center link, maybe even the steering box are worn out, and replacing them will certainly not hurt the value of the car, if it is intended to be driven. The problem will be finding decent parts. I once did some significant damage to the right rear quarter of a vintage car that had never had any bodywork done on it by trying to work the flat spots out of the tires. The right rear tire came apart, and made a real mess. It got fixed, but almost certainly lowered the value of the car. PLEASE don't let anyone put 30" GHETTO REEHUUMS on it or an LS in it.

Sweet ole Cutlass. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I bet it is a true 60k car…not 160k. Just from what I could see in the video.

Look the pedals, there is a big difference in the pedals between 160,000 and 60,000 they show more wear and tear and use.

Such a nice car. Id even buy it in 4 door

Awesome Olds! That Grand Sport is a 1970 not a 1969.

71 Buick GS

What is the octane rating of the fresh gas?

may be a bit hard to say from the video...i doubt that odometer went around. I say 60000 actual miles

my old boss. made me crush a perfect red 67 convertible because it made parts worth more oh well it was a 330 auto if i remember

5:43 That’ll fix those flat spots. 👍🏻

I lik the GM stuff. Very nice

That air cleaner is just murdering power

Look at that brake pedal pad, if it looks new it only has 60,000 original miles, by 160,000 it will be visibly worn.

Other than the cam and size of the 400 Cubic inches one of the reasons Oldsmobiles make monster torque is the long intake runners on the super wide Big Block Olds. Compared to the SS 396 Chevelles the Olds 400 puts out 85 lb/ft more torque than the 396! (although it was down 25hp compared to the SS 396).

TONY, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO A PINKS CHANNEL

Idling arm dudes or steering box

What happened to the dual quad Z28 Camaro you promised to show us?

They had shortcomings, we have Chineesium....

THE AC CARS HAD A LOWER PROFILE CAMSHAFT . GREAT CAR THO

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When you stomp on a Quadrajet the car shoves you back in the seat so you can't watch the fuel gauge move.

That's a 100 octane engine

I miss the smell of tetra ethyl.

I find '60s cars don't really feel like they use to because of radial tires....Can you even get bias ply tires any more?