Blasphemy I know.

Yesterday I stumbled onto a 70 455 olds 442 in a garage. Older fellow (65-70) who thought he would keep and drive the car forever. As the original owner he said it does not run 75,000 miles. Paint needs work. Minimal rust. Fair interior. Been sitting for 15 years. Likely $5000.

My son has been working on his 69 Malibu with miscellaneous parts for 3 years and is nearing completion. He got through a new trunk and wheel wells and other issues. Taught himself to weld along the way.

Is this potentially a valuable car? Worth getting rid of his 69 for? How does the car compare.

I was not able to find much of a forum. What is there to know?

Sorry to bring it up here but, we need help and this is always the place.

Grab it!

Especially if it has the ram air hood.

i own a '71 442 convertible that is in my opinion worth at least as much as my '68 chevelle SS396 convertible. 442's are very valuable. especially when loaded with options and with ram air W25 hood (factory, not reproduction) the factory hood has metal underside, repro is glass underside. the air cleaner housing on W25 cars is worth about $1000, if it's factory. i personally don't like the coupes near as much as the converts in the '70-'72 442. they have different rear body lines. the convert flows much better, they are beautiful cars.

Personally I really like the 442's and think a 70 455 car is a LOT BETTER car from an investment standpoint assuming the 69 isn't an SS, which I assume from your description it isn't. Of course the 70 model is the last one before GM dropped the compression on all their stuff and they're real torquey and decent performers. My 67 442 had a 70 455 dropped in in many years ago by a previous owner. It's in the paint shop now and the motor is in the machine shop getting freshened and tweaked. I'm expecting a little over 500 HP with appearance remaining stock except for the casting number showing the motor's displacement and an Edlbrock intake with the logo ground off painted Olds engine color to keep the almost stock/sleeper look. (they can't all be dead original)

Incidentally, this is a pretty good Olds forum: http://www.realoldspower.com/phpBB2/index.php