Monday, car show day! (Only 2 tonight)

[Archae]

Enjoy!

[Suich]

1. I love the color of that Chevy!

Look at those white walls!

[Boom Sound 416]

2. Is that a Pontiac

Dressed up all grand national like

[Populist_Prole]

3. "Grand National like"?

No, it's an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. As well as the Olds Cutlass, the GM "G" body was the Pontiac Grand Prix, The Buick Regal, and Chevrolet Monte Carlo. They all had a similar silhouette, and at that time all but the Grand Prix had performance versions: The Regal's Grand National, the Monte Carlo SS, and the Olds 442, which was mostly black w/silver or gold trim. Looking at that picture, that car doesn't appear to be a 442, though it does look similar to it, especially with the chrome 'super stock 2" wheels.

[Boom Sound 416]

4. Indeed. Couldn't make out the emblem

50/50 olds Pontiac. Forgot about the ole cutlass.

Who could forget the 442. Not this guy

[Throd]

5. The last 4-4-2 that mattered was the 1970 W-30

The Cutlass in the photo most likely came with a flaccid 307.

By definition a 4-4-2 must have at least a 400 cid engine.

That Cutlass is still a very nice car, but is also a sad foreshadowing of what was to happen to Olds.

[Populist_Prole]

6. I dunno.

I look at things from a sliding scale perspective. While I like the earlier pre '73 A-bodies better, the '85-'87 442's were a decent effort and a decent performance car for the time: One of the green shoots that marked the increase of performance from the rock-bottom days of the late 70's-early 80's.

Its version of the 307 was massaged for a 40 hp bump over the standard, plus it had snappy 3.73 rear gears with ( finally ) a 4-speed auto. Nice snarl out the exhausts and firm upshifts. Pretty good road car for the era.

[Throd]

7. As long as we don't speak of the Toronado Trofeo.

I do agree with your "green shoot" point. American muscle cars were bound for the renaissance we see today, just not for Oldsmobile.