1971 Oldsmobile 442 W30 Road Test filmed in 1972 at what is believed to be Grattan race track in Michigan Of the 1304 Olds 442 convertibles built in 1971 onl…
1971 Oldsmobile 442 W30 455 Convertible Road Test Drifting @ Grattan raceway
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I have that same car in red. I am glad they did the road test on that car.
I am not going to drive mine that way. It does have radials which make a
huge difference
nice
I had a 76 olds cutlass about 15 years ago when I first started driving. I
yanked the 350 and put in a 1970 98 olds 455 turbo 400- I also tossed the
ugly steering wheel for a 442 wheel.
The M22 came out in late 65 mainly for the big block GMs the same year the
body style changed on the F85 I dont know about 65 but I think 66 (“1 inch
counter gear” 5010 case) on through 72(660 and 661 cases) you could order
it as an option if the Muncie 2:20 was standard.I think the Turbo 400s were
an option. My 67 had a M 22 but it was four years old when I bought it.I
gave five hundred for it which was a lot of money I thought back then.
Where do you dig up all these great old footages, man?
That was a fantastic video. Old school drifting in a 72′ w-30 442!! I was
cracking up on every word the narrator was saying. “Dancing like a
ballerina!” LOL! Man that was a great video. Thanks for posting!
very fast car even with the 455 low compression motor, I consider 1971 to
be the most underrated year for the muscle car era
hey, i just rembered!!!(yonug with alzhimers ;), 71 w-30 was the only car
in 70, 71 or 72 to get the rock cruser. olds department head thought it was
to ‘nosie’ (i love that tranny whine;) so most old cars had m-21 from the
factory. but, a lot of people made the swicth over to the m-22 form junk
yards, like me
I had a 71′ Cutlass”S” I always figured it to be in between the supreme and
the 442. Sporty but affordable. After 72′ my personal taste thought of them
(THE “S”) as ugly. But before that they were sporty nice and affordable.
YES! He drifted it! That’s gotta be my favorite Olds video I’ve seen here.
I enjoy drifting mine around the school parking lot after it rains, the
administration doesn’t enjoy it so much. Heh. I’d rather see American
muscle drift than Japanese ricers ANY day.
That’s a nice video, loved every second.
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Thanks for the great video…ABS sure was a major improvement to braking
systems.
NICE!!!!!!!Man those were the days!!!!!!!!! I added a few news ones also!
Check em out.
they sure don’t make cars like they used to!!
That car must have had bologna skins for tires at the end of that trial.
Imagine what was edited out??? Lotsa’ cam angles… Sheesh…
Does that driver have about the best job in the world?
amen, drifting requires cars; america, the first country to have decent
cars, japan had nothing back in those days. Funny thing is drifting is a
modern term, the direct english translation of the japanese word, those
dudes back in the day probably just called it awesome driving.
I would kill to have this car in mint condition in any damn color… They
just don’t make them this Bad Ass anymore… A real car… They all look
like electric shavers now.
i love how they just slam on the brakes for the test haha.
GREAT car- Thanks for uploading! I especially appreciate the final,
all-too-prophetic sentence spoken on the video- “We’re all going to miss
what “progress” takes away from us”. Truer words were never spoken…
oldsmobile toronado that has a nail inside of the gas tank
3,600 lbs..LOL thast about what a kia compact weighs nowadays.
this guy was great host… when Speed was running these in their entirety I
made a point of watching them… rather than the chopped up “back in the
day” that only runs the races they covered.
This is a rare car. 1 of only 33 W-30 4 speed convertibles for 71. I
thought the driver did a good job too. Would be nice to see some videos of
your 70.
Love it.. Great post
Thats awsome! he says it sits wide on the road lol mine sits wide under the
car port. You have a great collection! True Doc. Olds.
i own a 72 olds 442 455 rocket engine in my 85 camaro- boy could i ask for
anything better? NOPE! id never put anything else in my car- the 72 455
engine isnt the best, but is still VERY nice in power!
I am doing a 68 Catalina stick car, a 34 bobed Ford PU and a couple GM G
bodies. My all time fav was the 67 442 which I stuck a big block pont in. I
was having bad luck drilling out the Olds cranks and after scatering a
couple I switched. I picked up the Cat this year no y pipe so I got the
sound to comfort me.I think a swap of an early big block olds into a G body
mid 80’s Cutlass with a 2:20 would just about be as close as I would ever
get to owning another 67 442$ Thats a wheel man for sure
By today’s standards of testing performance, it is considered wrong to lock
the brakes when doing 60 or 70-0 stopping tests. I have been in these cars
as I grew up in the 70s. I can tell you this though and I think you will
agree. The Olds shown is a great handling car when the roads are dry. On a
wet road, or a spot of sand, however, these cars can spin so fast, that it
is next to impossible to avoid a complete 360. I base that on a “71” Monte
Carlo that I learned to drive in which my Mom owned
I wish I was alive in this decade. I could have bought one!
I love how they always show him slaming that thing into first on the accel
tests
Great vid, have to love Oldsmobile and it will live on.
7.3 seconds to 70. 0-60 must be somewhere in the sixes.
Thanks for replying to my vid. Wow I completely forgot about ‘car & track’
I found out about that show late nineties when it was on speedvision before
it became speed! I have a couple in my collection, a pinto vs vega, a
camaro, and maybe a matador. I can’t wait to post them when i find them!
Thanks again!
“be hear or be no were” mike’s first car was a 1959 olds
Riviera Beach…Where were you going to the Palm Beach Princess?
1969, 1970 and 1971 were the only years you could get the m22. in previous
years you could get a m20 and m21 ( i think thats how it went)?
My uncle bought one new. Real POS, he discovered.
When I was 16, I had the station wagon version (Custom Cruiser) with the
455. And, I drove just like you see here, everywhere. We called it
power-sliding back then.