They say necessity is the mother of all invention; well, competition spurs some pretty radical results too. Take the horsepower wars of the early 1970s, Chevrolet would drop their cap on horsepower that year and Oldsmobile would respond and respond aggressively with the 1970 442.
That response was a 365hp, 500 lb.-ft. of torque 455ci V8 engine and pumped up to 370hp on the W-30 like this here. This engine is numbers matching and been completely rebuilt adding to the allure of the 1 of 262 W-30 Sport Coupes produced that year. Making this one even rarer today is the automatic transmission and air conditioning which was found paired together in just 120 442 W-30s in 1970. The transmission remains the original 400 automatic which was rebuilt by West Coast Trans in North Hills, California.
A star of 1970 being featured as the pace car in the Indianapolis 500 (not this specific car) the Oldsmobile 442 seeks new life at auction in California (this car). This nut and bolt restoration 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 will cross the block at Mecum Los Angeles in mid-February.
[Photography via Mecum Auctions.]
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