1966 Oldsmobile 442

Convertible

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

338676M185194

Gasoline

Please read the entire listing before bidding or asking questions. Please ask all questions before bidding. 0 feedback bidders must contact me before placing a bid or your bid will be removed and you will be placed on my blocked bidders list. Paypal is not accepted for payment of this item. If you have any questions regarding payment please contact me before you bid. Vehicle is sold as is and all sales are final, no excuses. Up for bid is a 1966 Oldsmobile 442 convertible, it runs and drives and has had a lot of work done to it, but it is a project. I will describe the cars condition in detail below. This is a very valuable car restored, it is common to see restored examples sell for between $30.000 and $40,000 even in the current market. This one needs a complete restoration to bring it to that level, or it could be easily enjoyed as is with a bit of work. I have a very reasonable reserve set on it, but I am not giving the car away. I'd be happy to discuss buy it now options with people who have a true interest in the car. I'm also happy to show the car while the auction is running, take more photos, and discuss the car with you in person or over the phone. The 442 had a special heavy duty frame that the cutlass did not have, this car is a legit 442 with the proper frame and the proper codes on the cowl tag. This is the real thing. Mechanics- The car starts, runs, and drives, last summer it was a daily driver, but it had an incorrect Olds 350 in it, I was told that the original 400 was blown and replaced with the 350. The car drove fine but did not have the power a 442 should. I aquired a 1966 Olds Toronado 425 engine that was complete from carb to pan and was told that it ran well. I cleaned the engine up to an extent, painted the inner fenders and firewall, changed the fluids, and put the engine in. It in fact does run very well, good oil pressure, no knocks, no smoke. It sounds very strong. I have driven it around a bit, in and out of the garage, but have not had it on the road since putting the engine in. The trans is a th350 that works well though it is dripping fluid out of some seals, it is worse the longer it sits. I always kept cardboard under the transmission when it was stored. The brakes are the original non-power 4 wheel drum, they work fine. It steers fine, and rides well. The car could easily be driven onto a carrier or trailer for transport but I would not plan to drive it home. I have not put any miles on the engine since the install and there may be bugs to work out. All lights work as they should, the speedometer reads wrong. The rear axle is the original 10 bolt Anti-Spin with 3.90 gears. This should be a very strong combo with the Toronado 425. I should add that the wheels and tires do not have the correct offset for this car. The springs in the rear are too high, and the springs in the front sag. The rear tires don't rub but the fronts do sometimes, I would not drive the car on the highway as is without changing either the wheels and tires or the front springs. I would be happy to take $400 off of the final purchase price if someone brought their own wheels and I kept the ones on the car, as I could use them for another project. Interior- I replaced the carpet over the winter, when I did the carpet I sanded down all of the surface rust on the floors and painted them with POR-15. The dash has no cracks, also no cracks in the glove box door. The sunvisors are nice, door panels are fair, not too bad but they have fading on the lower carpet area and some warping. The dash bezel is above average and not cracked, it has a radio delete plate though it originally had an am radio, which I still have and will go with the car. It is an original bucket seat car but for some reason it now has '68 GTO seats, the pattern is different and it has the seat locks, which a '66 should not have. They are very close to being correct and a person could change the back and recover them in the correct seat covers. The rear seat is original but torn, will also need to be recovered. It is a power window car and they all work, though a couple of them go up slow. The top is in very good condition with no tears. One of the hydraulic top cylinders was leaking so I removed both of them as well as the top motor with the intention of putting all new pump motor, cylinders and lines in. I have not done this so the power top does not work, but the top can easily be raised and lowered by hand. There are no seatbelts in the car. Body- For a midwestern car it is pretty solid, there were no holes in the floor bigger than a dime, and there were only a couple of those. The floor pan braces are all nice, the trunk floor is fair but will need some patching or be replaced. The rockers are nice, but it will need work on the rear quarters, lower fenders, and possibly the doors, although they look pretty good, they do have waves from lack of block sanding before it was repainted. The hood was replaced for some reason with a cutlass hood. It is very nice, but the trim holes will need to be welded up before the car is repainted as the 442 did not have the hood spear. The trunk lid is very nice. The frame is also very nice except for one soft area under the driver's side cowl. This is a very common area on GM A body convertibles to rust, it will eventually need to be patched. The paint has a shine, but obviously should be redone once the bodywork is complete. Overall it is a great project, I have the reserve set at a reasonable level. I don't need to sell it, and feel I will likely regret it's sale eventually . I've bought a couple of other projects since I bought this and have limited storage space, so I'd like to let some things go. Good luck and happy bidding! On Jul-27-11 at 05:56:45 PDT, seller added the following information: I have had a couple of questions regarding what 5V means, I should have explained this better but this car has 5V stamped onto the trim tag. The link below will explain better than I can, but basically it verifies that this car is a legit 442. The point of this being that anyone can build a clone, all of the parts are out there, but a legit car like this one has a much higher value once restored. http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/cutlass/26286-1966-cowl-pop-tag-decoding.html