1970 OLDSMOBILE, 442, EXPERIMENTAL, CONCEPT. ONLY ONE PRODUCED - $29500 (Live Oak, Fl)

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  1. HotRodRacer

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    I'd want more documentation than his word. As it sits it's a $29.5k basket case that someone may have whipped up in their garage and never finished.
     
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    Valid? I highly doubt it, but I've been wrong before. It could be a cool car. Aside from the mish-mash of angles/lines where the rear side windows all come together it could look good. Interesting that it appears to have the spare tire well and the wagon fuel fill location. They must have cut the entire back of the body off of a wagon when they (whoever they is) built it. He does have a nice collection of parts to go with it.
     
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    I'm also very skeptical of the story.......
     
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    There's a ass for every seat.
     
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    Some people need a seat for each cheek
     
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    Agreed. I would sure want to see a whole lot of documentation with this “claimed” 1 off status. I too am skeptical that this isn’t some guy with a torch’s happy hands at home project.
     
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    I've seen this car on the internet for a few years now. Someone is always trying to sell it (don't know if it's the same person) same story but no documentation to back it up! I wouldn't touch that one with a ten footed pool!.....Longroofs Rule!
     
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    Also did some digging annap01. Found this car on a former Cadillac MI Craigslist blog, and a barn find site from 2018. It was $34,000 then, with the identical almost to the word description. There was even a picture of a black one, that is believed to be this car. There was considerable discussions, and the upshot was almost identical here. Lots of red flag and BS detection. There were also some esoteric comments on perhaps what Olds may have done at the time, but no one thought this car was legit, as the 75 year old man didn’t have bupkis to back up a claim then either.
     
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    Sounds like the old party game of 'Telephone', where in this case, one owner tells a buyer he 'thinks' it was some special Olds division project, and then THAT next owner takes that info as the gospel truth, and the story enlarges from there.......
     
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    Somebody just posted the CL ad on a Station Wagons group FB page, and almost immediately, there was THIS response, from a guy named Mark McFadden, referring to alleged 'Oldsmobile Concept Car' status:

    "INCORRECT. I OWNED THIS CAR FOR MANY YEARS. CAR WAS BUILT IN TAMPA FOR USE AS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A BODY SHOP . BUILT FROM A CUTLASS SUPREME AND A VISTA CRUISER. I USED IT AS A DRAW TO MY CAR LOT AS I SOLD CLASSICS AND HOTRODS AT THE TIME. IF ANYONE WANTS THE REAL SCOOP ON THIS CAR CALL MARK AT 727-572-0354"
     
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    Figured as much. I’ve never seen a car up for sale in any reputable way that is a “one off” car that the person doesn’t have prominence about the car out the ying yang and usually even a gaggle of pictures and articles. This old fool with his “well you prove it isn’t” stance smelled worse than Jussie Smullet from the get go. This car didn’t even have the look of a prototype.
     
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    Florida Man strikes again.
     
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