Olds 69 or 70?

[SW CQB 45]

loosing my eye on older cars.

My first car was a 72 Cutlass. I always wanted a 442 with my dream sleeper being a 68 Hurst Olds. I later got an 85 442 (hey….it was marked 442)

I think its a 70 but the back fenders are throwing me off to a 69.

looks like original color and body is straight, paint faded and kinda sits crooked (worn springs)….BUT I LIKE IT!!!!!



I am still on the search for the 1970 Raylle 350 Olds running around town. everything is painted sebring yeller!

 

[Beemerguy53]

I am fairly certain that's a 1969 Cutlass...

 

[don5]

Beemerguy53 is right. That is a 1969 Cutlass.

 

[Farmer17]

My very first car was a 69 Cutlass Supreme and I think the one in the photo is a 69, the 70 had a little different grille. I was 15-1/2 years old when I got it in 1975 and my sister had bought it when it was brand new. It was navy with a white vinyl top, bucket seats, auto trans with a walnut shifter knob, and Rocket 350 four barrel. It had an AM radio but I skillfully added an under dash mounted 8 track/FM stereo with Jensen Co-ax flush mount rear speakers. It had hub caps which definitely wasn't cool and so I added Western slotted mags with 70s on the front and 60s on the rear with Big Boss tires. I REALLY wanted Cragar 5 spoke wheels but they were too expensive and to this day I still want a car with some Cragar's on it. I put some air shocks on the back, a Hush Thrush muffler, and flipped the air cleaner cover upside down and that was about the extent of the modifications. Drove that car until I was a Senior in college and it still ran great but wanted something shiny and newer so I bought a two year old 78 Monte Carlo with wire spoke hub caps, .....big mistake I should have kept the Cutlass.

 

[scooter123]

That's a 1969 Cutlass, they changed the body styling in 1970. IMO the 1970 was a much better looking car. They also changed up the rear fenders to two different styles in 1970, on the lower priced Cutlass S the rear fenders have a rounded "eyebrow" over the rear wheel well and on the Cutlass Supreme and 442 the rear fender featured a notched top line.

Yeah, I'm a fan of the 70-72 Cutlass. IMO it was one of GM's best styled mid sized cars of all time.

 

[O2Guy]

Back in the day, a friend bought a new 1969 Cutlass with the W-31 option. It was pretty quick. I had another friend that bought a 1970 442 with the W-30 option. It was very fast.

 

[loknload]

Yep, That's a 69, I had a 68 and sorry I ever let it go!

1968 Olds 442

1969 Olds 442

I'd take either one of these pictured!

 

[SW CQB 45]

My very first car was a 69 Cutlass Supreme and I think the one in the photo is a 69, the 70 had a little different grille. I was 15-1/2 years old when I got it in 1975 and my sister had bought it when it was brand new. It was navy with a white vinyl top, bucket seats, auto trans with a walnut shifter knob, and Rocket 350 four barrel. It had an AM radio but I skillfully added an under dash mounted 8 track/FM stereo with Jensen Co-ax flush mount rear speakers. It had hub caps which definitely wasn't cool and so I added Western slotted mags with 70s on the front and 60s on the rear with Big Boss tires. I REALLY wanted Cragar 5 spoke wheels but they were too expensive and to this day I still want a car with some Cragar's on it. I put some air shocks on the back, a Hush Thrush muffler, and flipped the air cleaner cover upside down and that was about the extent of the modifications. Drove that car until I was a Senior in college and it still ran great but wanted something shiny and newer so I bought a two year old 78 Monte Carlo with wire spoke hub caps, .....big mistake I should have kept the Cutlass.

Farmer, if you have pics of the car…please post. I will dig up my photos of my 72 Cutlass with 70s up front and L60s in the back with slotted mags.

 

[SW CQB 45]

Yep, That's a 69, I had a 68 and sorry I ever let it go!

1968 Olds 442

1969 Olds 442

I'd take either one of these pictured!

Very sharp.

Your vehicles reminded me of a incident back in the 90s, I was working the streets (Patrol) and responded to a disturbance (husband and wife arguing). I took the husband to the backyard to separate and cool off and I noticed a 442 backed into a open garage. He told me it was his 1968 model that he was working on but ran out of money. His wife had placed boxes inside and on top of the 442 (storage).

Lets just say……we started talking about the car and he had cooled down. I recalled telling him to take everything off and out of the car. I never went back to that location, but I drove by some time later and it was still parked in the garage…..with stuff on it!!!!!!!

 

[sheepdawg]

I had a gold and black vinyl 71 Cutlass Supreme from 1976 till about 2000. 350 with the quadrajet. I remember filling up and driving it from Memphis to Nashville, about 200 miles. You'd be looking for a gas station pretty bad just as you got to Nashville.

Just got tired of working on it, the inside was redone in the 90s,nearly perfect, the outside about 90-95%. It had the special order 442 steering wheel. Sold it to a guy who kept counting out 100s in my driveway one day.

Nice ride but my 2005 GT Mustang is nicer.

 

[loknload]

As far as I'm concerned GM cut their throats when they cut Olds.
I basically drove an Olds until 1989 when my last one was an Olds 98 Regency! My first one was my 68 442 that I purchased after high school ! Always liked them!

Concept Olds 442 built on the current Camaro

 

[SW CQB 45]

OK, don't throw rocks

this was my first car. I bought it for $700 and fixed up what I could. I built my own engine (Olds 350)….it ran good and I always wanted to get the body fixed and repainted but I would put all my money into its engine.

Traded it in 1988 for a 1985 442.

All my friends made fun of my car. They said it was rough but if they wanted to go cruising on Friday or Saturday night, they wanted to take my car.

it was a no frills car. No heater and AC was two windows at 40 mph! B&M Star shifter, Rocket 350 warmed over with a tuned Turbo 350. Images are not clear….but I had the ever popular traction bars!!!!

early 80s

 

[SW CQB 45]

Funny story....

Early 80s I am in my 72 Cutlass at lunch with a co worker. Living in Houston and on Beltway 8 heading back to work. A 70s body style Corvette (dark blue IIRC) with the T Tops or Conv (I recall t tops) removed. My buddy said to go "mess" with the Vette. Speed limit back then was 55. I pulled up next to it.....freeway speed....dropped my shifter to race mode and shifted to 2nd to challenged with a couple of pedals. Realized it was a older lady with a church style bee hive hair do. I punched it to pull away and kept on the accelerator. I caught a glimpse of the Vette in my rear view mirror. I then saw the azz end squat down and within seconds this old lady drove around my still accelerating Cutlass. She was laughing when she drove around me. I took the nearest freeway exit. My buddy told everyone at work.

I bet she had a big block. I recalled the plates were personalized...."El Vette". That should have been a clue.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I bought a maroon one of these upon my return from Nam.

Wish I still had it. I went through two sets of MT L60's a year. Boy, could she bark.[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YBQV8QYz1MY[/ame]

 

[G-Mac]

My father had a new 1977 (?) "Cutlass Salon".

What a piece of ****!!!!!

 

[BC38]

Yessir, as others have said, the OP's photo is definitely a '69.
I had a '69 442 - bought it off my step-dad when I was 18. He was afraid my mom was going to kill herself in it. After it got side-swiped in the snow it sat in my garage for 20 years in disrepair. I ended up giving it back to my step-dad to play with in his retirement (he's a good body & paint man). The only caveat was that IF he ever decides to sell it I get first right of refusal before he can even offer it to anyone else.