1970 Olds' 442 Commercial

From the REO Transportation Museum, 240 Museum Dr, Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 372-0422.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Olds
• 442
• Oldsmobile
• 1970
• Commercial

[ctperry06]

You said it. Wouldn't it be great if one day GM finally said, "hey since people liked the older style cars with the bigger engines, why don't we give them that?" If they brought back the 4-4-2 designed exactly like the originals, it would sell like crazy!

[ctperry06]

"Wouldn't it be nice if you had a 4-4-2?"

Yes it would be nice if I had a 4-4-2!

[Krahpula]

0:24 dude is like "Holy Shit! It's a God damn 442!"

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@plutaris33: Modern safety conveniences are amazing, but the old Detroit iron wasn't bad... I should know, because if it wasn't for stout engine block and good old U.S. steel in my 73 Cutlass, I wouldn't be here today. I rear-ended a truck going too fast in the rain, as a teenaged driver, and the flatbed on that truck would have decapitated me if I'd been in a small car - but I walked away unharmed thanks to my Cutlass. The car was repaired and never gave me any problems afterwards.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@mofokozmo: Fender and then Gibson printed money by responding to the huge untapped market for vintage "reissue" guitars made as close to original specs as possible. Your idea of reissuing classic iron is a winner, in my book. Of course, the killjoys at the EPA and on the political left wouldn't allow it, not in a million years, because of environmental concerns. I owned a 1973 Cutlass S, not as powerful as a 1970 W30, but still a great, stylish car - dependable, quick and easily-fixed. Why not?

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@ratfink409: Somewhere, there is a repressed little federal bureaucrat ticked off because there are people out there actually enjoying life, being free and driving their cars... especially ones like this. They can't abide that fact, even though we are allegedly still a free nation, so they are doing their best to make sure no one has any fun whatsoever. They'll be happy about the time we're all walking or crammed into electric cars the size of golf carts.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@photog455: The government wackos and their supporters want us "little people," the everyday person, to drive little clown cars, death traps no bigger than a golf cart, but you can bet the elites will still be driving gas guzzlers, old hot rods, and supercars costing more than most of us have ever made. Rules are for the little people, right? I'm tempted to buy another muscle car just to give the middle finger to these micromanaging little bastards, even though I already drive a V-8 Mustang.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@SuperGreedyboi: SuperGreedy, I want to buy one, but can't find one for reasonable money, only top-dollar ones for 50K or more. Mind letting on where you found yours? I've wanted one of these cars for years.. I've gotta make it happen somehow.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@JazzBass7: I suspect that I am older than you, old-enough to remember these cars. I just missed out on the muscle car era, as I was 16 in 1977. However, got to own a 1969 Firebird, and also a Cutlass S (1973). Always wanted a 1970 442, but now they cost an arm and a leg to buy... wish i'd bought one back in the old days when they were still cheaper. Now they fetch 50K and up. The W-30s are such monsters, and talk about sounding sweet! it'd lay rubber for a block, easy.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@Mrtriumphchopper: Getting rid of Olds and now Pontiac, well... trust the morons running GM to do the wrong thing at the wrong time, is all I can say. They cold have consolidated models or maybe merged some brands into a combination - Olds/Pontiac/GMC - or something. 'Course, I once owned a 1973 Cutlass S - a very good car - and also a Pontiac Firebird convertible (1969), so I am just a bit biased... Man, do I miss those days when America made exciting and affordable cars.

[number3665]

That is BULLSHIT Ford can bring back the Taurus but GMC can't bring back the Oldsmobile which was way more popular ?!?!?! I'm filing a complaint or something 'cuz we have got to bring this car back