For Sale: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in Farmingdale, New York

Prompted by the booming success of the 1964 Pontiac GTO, fellow GM brand Oldsmobile quickly created its own midsize performance car. Oldsmobile’s was based on the popular Cutlass model, dubbed the 442 for its combination of 4-barrel carburetor, 4-speed manual transmission and dual exhaust.   The 442 became available for Cutlass and F-85 models as […]

Pick of the Day is an Oldsmobile hardtop fastback coupe

This is the 24th car in a 30-day countdown to Barrett-Jackson’s annual Scottsdale collector car auction

The Pick of the Day has been restored to factory condition, the seller says

The Pick of the Day is a GM muscle car classic

A highly original 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 4-speed convertible, will hit the auction ring in January during Russo and Steele’s 16th annual Scottsdale sale.

Three decades ago, my collection of Oldsmobile performance cars graced the cover of several editions of Muscle Car Review magazine.

The Oldsmobile answer to the Musclecar craze that began in 1964, was the F-85/Cutlass “4-4-2” mid-sized model.

The plan was to plop an air mattress in the 1967 Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus and sleep in a van down by the river. It wasn’t a good plan; it was hardly a plan at all.  The Deluxe Station Bus painted orange and trimmed in white with white steel wheels and mirrored hubcaps contained three […]

Just a week after finally staging the Spring Carlisle show and swap meet, Carlisle Events was back at it June 26-27 with its annual Carlisle Chevrolet Nationals. More than 700 cars turned out for the event, which featured special displays on the Nova, Monte Carlo, GM vehicles of the 1970s and the LS6 454 engine. […]