1970 oldsmobile cutlass 442 W30 convertible manual shift four speed

Rare original paint 1970 Olds 442 W30 Four Speed Convertible.    One of only a few documented 1970 W30 manual shift cars documented by W30 in box 3 of its buildsheet. !!!!               Its 1973 and you have a beautiful 1970 Olds W30 four speed convertible.   Its red with black top. black stripes and black interior.   It has  455 motor with 3. 91 gears and its fast. real fast.   But you run into a little bit of trouble and you lose your license within a couple of years.   The car is driven to the end of the driveway and back to the garage.   Many suitors come calling to buy . but you never ever sell.   Never. !  Eventually you both grow older. a tree grows in front of the garage and it becomes trapped inside its four walled cell in township outside of Detroit Michigan.   

            Fast forward to 2005.   Its like the starting line at a bassmasters event and your at a motel with other pros waiting to go see and possibly buy the legendary car which has surfaced after all these years.   Anticipation is high as an unrestored W30 four speed convertible the holy grail of oldsmobiles awaits. The daughter of the original owner has already sold the car to the guys at the local garage and the words out the car is available. Only a handful of these rare W30 4 Speed convertibles have surfaced in the last 44 years.   This car along with only a few others has a buildsheet with W30 in box three of its buildsheet.   It seems that only a few of the spring cars. nbsp;say April or later have it.   And that's if they still retain their buildsheets.   The earlier production cars for example built in 11 of 1969 do not.   This car also has a rare line sheet found in 2006 some 36 years after the car was built .   It was found under the passenger side carpet upon inspection after I bought the car.   It shows the W30 option with the M21 4 speed and the cars body numbers in the top right corner of the body line sheet which matches the corresponding body numbers on the buildheet.   The trans numbers on the pad are perfect. the engine pad was rough and crusty when I bought the car and I only recent lightly scrubbed surface rust and paint off the pad to try and get a good look at the numbers of which three are visible. I had no reason to assume that the motor was anything but matching given the circumstances of how the car survived and how it was originally found and sold. It has been inspected several times .   Once on the east coast by an oldsmobile chapter president and also down in Texas when I had the car gone through before the Bowling Green Nationals before the  show in I think 2007.   Because so few of these cars with any kind of paperwork had been or have been found to date I didn't want to mess with the pad .   I welcome any expert to come and inspect the car before purchase. Having owned the car for the last seven years I can tell you the more I detail it the better it gets. Especially underneath it. The car runs and drives excellent. the trunk is awesome . nterior is very good and the body and paint are still in excellent shape.   Feel free to call with any questions.   I reserve the right to end the auction early.  This is one of the rarest oldsmobiles ever found.  More pics are available.   The mind is willing but my picture posting skills are suspect.   Thanks  Tom 773-263-4660

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