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If you asked every muscle car enthusiast what classic car model they want to see make a comeback today, there's a good chance ...
Established 11 years before William Crapo Durant and his associates founded General Motors, Oldsmobile peaked in 1970 thanks to the 442 mid-size muscle car with the 455 CID engine. The W-30 ...
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Take every great Oldsmobile ever made, stack them up in order of awesomeness, take an elevator to the top floor, and you'll be looking at the 1970 442 W-30.
In true muscle car fashion, this 442 W30 has a four-speed manual transmission. The odometer reads (or rather read in January) 62,230 miles - 100,128 metric clicks ...
The sweepstakes to win this 1967 Oldsmobile 442 muscle car is part of a fundraising effort to support New Beginning Children’s Home, a non-profit organization on a mission to provide foster ...
During the peak era of classic muscle car madness in the 1960s and '70s, Oldsmobile also brought some legendary V8-powered beasts to the market, like the 442, the Hurst Olds, and the Cutlass.
Among muscle cars, the Oldsmobile 442 often gets overshadowed by stuff like GM's own Chevrolet Chevelle and Pontiac GTO. But that in no way means the 442 isn't on the same level, as this wonderful ...
So the muscle car era wouldn't have been the same if Oldsmobile didn't have a muscle car to offer, and that car was the 442. Before we get into the 442, we would like to clear up the name.
The car you see here is an unrestored, W27-equipped W-30 4-4-2 ragtop. The exotic diff has been under its tail since it rolled off the Lansing assembly line during the third week of February 1970 ...
From the July 1985 issue of Car and Driver.. One cannot take life too seriously when one looks at it from inside a Monte Carlo SS, a Buick Regal Grand National, or—to a lesser degree—an Olds 442.