A beautiful day today and the old cars were out in force. Most of them meeting me and no time to shoot. This guy was just tough to catch. I make it to be a 1970 Olds 442 and he’s pretty tough to catch in a Nissan Cube. Windows down and I think this revisits the vent window controversy. He was sweating and probably wishes he had them. Or maybe he’s just happy with what he had. Missed a seventy something Mercury convertible. Will try to get a quicker trigger finger.
He didn’t even wave as he rode away. Probably didn’t know that we drivers of lesser vehicles exist.
If “Principal_Dan” sees this, his head will explode! It’s an Oldsmobile, after all. I lust over this, too…
If I could be driving something like that, the rest of the known world wouldn’t exist to me, either.
A tip of the ol’ fedora to him.
Hmm, I drove my old ’77 Chevelle to work today. Wonder if anyone snagged a pic of it rolling down the road or sitting in the parking lot at work.
To me it’s more fun to see cars like this out on the road rather than in a parking lot, getting detailed far longer than it took me to wash the bug guts off the front and clean the glass.
Ha-ha — I’ve often wondered the same thing when I drive an old car to work. Maybe one day I’ll be one of those cool “silhouette-drivers” on someone’s blog or website. I live in N(issan)Carolina though so it’s highly doubtful.
If you come anywhere close to Conroe I’ll try to accommodate. I see more of these by far than I can catch with the camera.
Nice catch! In my travels here in NJ I simply do not see these cars anymore on the road. This one looks to be a Cutlass……and a nice shade of metallic blue, at that!
Apparently the difference between the Cutlass and the 442 was the choice of engine. The 442 apparently was generally a 455. Betcha the cutlass could be ordered with a 455 as well.
I do know that this said 442 on the side when it was passing me. Couldn’t get the camera out quickly enough.
My parents owned a ’69 442 convertible from ’72-’80. It had the 400. It’s my understanding that the standard 442s (non-Hurst package) had the 400 for ’68 and ’69 and the 455 for ’70-’72.
As an interesting note, the Olds 455 was undersquare. The ’68-’80 400 was a debored 455, making the 400 VERY undersquare. Unusual when most OHV V-8s were oversquare.
Despite its heft, my ’72 Delta ragtop with factory 455, extra-large single exhaust, and Accel / MSD ignition could probably give him a run for his money 🙂 .
Long live the Oldsmobile!!!
Kudos to the owner for not feeling the need to paint it day-glo yellow, orange, resale red, “Kandy xxxx”, etc. The 442 side emblems are disappointing because Cutlasses are cool enough to remain Cutlasses, especially this year & bodystyle.
Sadly, Cutlasses will end up being rarer than “442”s just like non-SS Chevelles will be rarer than their SS brethren.
You guys are gonna hate me LOL. If I have my way, my rusty, faded, s**t brown 1971 GMC Sprint is gonna be reborn as a Hugger Orange ’70 El Camino SS.
Makes me miss my `71 Cutlass S, seen here with my old Delta.