Just in!! This is a stunning concours restoration of a 1970
Oldsmobile 442 with the desirable and rare W-30 performance option.
But this car goes far beyond being a W-30. It was custom ordered by
Mannering Oldsmobile dealership in McAllen, Texas in the stunning
color combination of Sebring Yellow with White interior AND the
dual-gate automatic transmission, Am/FM 8 Track and air
conditioning. We'll be willing to bet that this is the only example
with these features. Leading to the reason this car has been on
many magazine covers and articles. The W-30 option included the
venerable 455 cu in V8 with the fiberglass hood with integrated air
ducts feeding into the low restriction air cleaner. The engine was
tuned for greater performance, making sure that this was not your
mothers Buick! The automatics used for the W-30's used the
dual-gate Hurst shifter and were tuned especially for the car. The
power is delivered through the 3.42 Positraction rear end and the
super-rare W-27 aluminum housing and differential cover, which
saved 18 pounds over the standard-issue differential. . We love the
iconic red fiberglass inner fender wells that separate the W-30s
from other 442s. Whether looking inside the hood or outside the
fender wells, the red panels are impossible to miss! And the
minuscule amount of weight they save might help the 0-60 time by
.000001 seconds! This W-30 was bought new by Jim Bormann at
Mannering Oldsmobile on July 6, 1970. He paid $4,285 for the car.
This 442 was custom ordered by the dealer in Sebring Yellow with
White interior, automatic transmission and air conditioning.
Sebring Yellow is incredibly rare, partly because it was an
additional cost over the base colors. And the color looks very
contemporary today: think about new Corvettes, Ferraris and
Porsches all having yellow as one of their most sporting colors!
Mr. Bowman sold the 442 after about five years and later purchased
it back and commenced a total, frame-off restoration that is
fantastic today! Shortly after the restoration in 1991, he was
awarded Best of Show and Best Engine at the National Muscle Car
Association World Finals in Memphis. Since then, the present owner
has done everything needed to make it look about as nice as it did
when it won Best of Show. The car looks better than new. The 442
comes with detailed photos of the restoration and a notebook with
the various articles and magazine cover sporting the car. Also
included is a signed letter from the original dealer and from the
original and then long time owner, Jim. The W-30 version of the 455
Oldsmobile Rocket V-8 was the most powerful engine ever offered in
an Oldsmobile intermediate, and like its GM cousins, would be the
zenith of the muscle-car era. With a 4.12-inch bore and a 4.25-inch
stroke, the W-30 featured a 10.5:1 compression ratio, a
high-performance hydraulic cam, big-port heads and an aluminum
intake manifold mounting a specially calibrated Rochester Quadrajet
carburetor. It was rated at 370 HP at 5,200 RPM with 500 lb-ft of
torque at 3,600 RPM. It had a well-deserved reputation as a torque
monster and was one of the greatest street performance engines of
the era. This W-30 is available for inspection in Las Vegas, NV.
For more details and information, call, text or email Harry Clark
at +1.602.245.7200 or
[email protected].