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kirk
05-28-2019, 03:13 PM
We lost a little more muscle-car history yesterday. A friend who has owned a 1969 W-30 442 for decades was making a left turn on a rural highway with it and was rear ended sending him into oncoming traffic. He's physically OK, but feels he's lost a member of the family. There isn't a panel on the car that didn't get bent.

RIP Olds

Sorry for your loss Mike
88LTDCV351
05-28-2019, 07:18 PM
Man, sorry for the loss
sailsmen
05-28-2019, 07:33 PM
We lost a little more muscle-car history yesterday. A friend who has owned a 1969 W-30 442 for decades was making a left turn on a rural highway with it and was rear ended sending him into oncoming traffic. He's physically OK, but feels he's lost a member of the family. There isn't a panel on the car that didn't get bent.

RIP Olds

Sorry for your loss Mike

I went to school in Florida with a guy who had one. I think his dad was a car dealer.

Side note fairly certain his girlfriend survived an attack by Ted Bundy.
Bondfreak13
05-28-2019, 09:04 PM
W-30 442's in general are mostly forgotten GM A-bodies. Just like the Buicks. When it comes to A-bodies if it doesn't have a bow tie most don't care.

I'm glad your friend is ok. It really does hurt to Lose a real W-30 442 with all the Cutlass clones that exist.
Joe Walsh
05-29-2019, 05:56 AM
Sorry to hear of the accident...glad he will be OK.

:hmmm:

Lemme guess: Honda with a texting owner.
kirk
05-29-2019, 06:10 AM
Sorry to hear of the accident...glad he will be OK.

:hmmm:

Lemme guess: Honda with a texting owner.

Two gals in a pickup. The second part is probably correct since they hit him at about 60 with no signs of skid marks.
stevengerard
05-30-2019, 02:10 PM
Dang, at least he is ok. Won't stop me from driving mine but does make you worry every minute of a drive.
kirk
05-30-2019, 05:12 PM
Dang, at least he is ok. Won't stop me from driving mine but does make you worry every minute of a drive.


Me too!

Hits close to home for me because our car situations were very similar. Both of us bought 40 years ago(ish). Both made the cars nice from not so nice, both have been regular sights in local shows for that long, both of us drive/drove them. I even escaped what he went through once (because I was on a 25 mph road instead of 55).

But I'm not going to stop driving it!