W30's.. Help needed. - Page 2

copozee69 · #11 10-20-2006, 06:13 AM

Any time Dan, good luck on your olds hunt.
Lorne

**eilig** · #12 10-20-2006, 10:59 PM

Hope you'll give ours some consideration, it's on Ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...p;rd=1&rd=1

Also, our family knows quite a bit about W-30's, as we bought this one brand new. Let me know if I can help, thanks.

**MosportGreen66** · #13 10-21-2006, 04:59 AM

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Hope you'll give ours some consideration, it's on Ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...p;rd=1&rd=1

Also, our family knows quite a bit about W-30's, as we bought this one brand new. Let me know if I can help, thanks.

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I would love to own a car like that but if I had the extra 200ish thousand laying around I'd buy myself a nice '69 COPO Camaro.

agtw31 · #14 10-23-2006, 05:45 PM

wasnt this 18K green w30 owned by somebody else in the early 90's,needing lower fender repair??

w302nv · #15 10-24-2006, 07:26 AM

I'd be happy to help too Dan...

Andy, I do believe I have heard that from more than one source...doesn't make it true though....BUT

There are also a few things under the hood that bug me on this one...I have seen a couple of 3X,XXX W-30's that make me wonder about the claims made in the ad. Especially for the kind of coin being sought for it...no disrespect to the seller...Im just being skeptical...but the claims made in the eBay ad just dont jive with what I see in the pictures...the ad claims its untouched, but the engine / under hood has been almost certainly been "touched"...its still a great a very, very nice example of a W-30...

**eilig** · #16 10-25-2006, 11:56 PM

Hi Andy, I'd be happy to post a few pics of the lower fenders to disprove your theory...

W302nv... What exactly is it under the hood (besides the wrong upper radiator hose clamp) that you feel is wrong? I fully disclosed the fact that this clamp is wrong in my description of the car...

I can appreciate a skeptical eye, as I too might wonder the same in today's world, but I know this car, guys, and it is what is described.

Thanks.

w302nv · #17 10-26-2006, 07:58 AM

The biggest thing is its missing the "lift loop"....and its not very likely at all that it was missing from the factory...unless its a Toronado (it would have been removed for clearance)...thats how they got the engines in the cars....and according to factory engineering drawings, and every low mile 442 or W-30 I've seen, it should be there..the bypass hose looks like it has the wrong clamps too..there is an extra clip mounted towards the rear of the drivers side valve cover...only 4 speed cars should have that.....these are just things I can tell from the somewhat low-res photos. There are other things, but I dont want to use these posts to pick at the car so I will leave it at that...I'd be more than happy to discuss this stuff off the board...again, its a great car, its just not exactly untouched...

442w30 · #18 10-26-2006, 06:02 PM

Did you guys see this car? The market is strong for Oldsmobiles these days . . .
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...961740&rd=1

**olredalert** · #19 10-26-2006, 06:11 PM

-----Am I wrong or is that pretty stiff for an autmatic W30??? Pretty cool car however. Love the axle!!!.....Bill S

442w30 · #20 10-26-2006, 07:26 PM

I dunno . . . higher than what I expected, but I'm not an expert on these cars. I'm just waiting to see what it will go for. Surely if it was a stick car, it would be much higher.

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