72 H/O Olds

[mockingbird812]

Nice one Don. Very clean! Congrats!

[TimG]

This car is optioned very much like a '72 HO that my best friend in high school won on a bet (yes a bet) with his father. We picked up our new '72 442 from Nortell Olds and the dealer showed the two of us the information on the new HO. He asked his dad to buy him the HO and his father later said to him that if you win class President for senior year, I'll get you that car you wanted. We spread the word at school and everyone voted for him and his dad kept his promise. He bought my friend a new '72 HO. It was a non W-30 motor with AC. No windows and no posi, the dealer installed an AM/FM 8 track in place of the AM radio. Could this be the same car??? We put glass packs on it in 1973.
We would park his HO next to our family orange 442 in the school parking lot. I have no idea of the VIN of his car. His last name was Minucciani and he was the original owner.

[TimG]

Don, your post wasn't up when I posted. Your car came from Washington, so not the car I knew. It is a beauty, though.

[Survivor 69/Z28]

Nice find!
I am a huge olds fan. You just never seem them. I always run into everything in the GM gamily exect for 442's and HO's. Not sure why they do not get a lot of respect out there. My first car was a 1970 Cutlass SX with a 455. That thing won a lot of street races. Sorry, getting off the subject here.
Awesome HO!!!!!

[Canuck]

I recall seeing that car at local Olds shows in the Seattle area in the 80's.
In 1990 I purchased a 72 H/O hard top out of Seattle that was also sold new there.
I cannot recall the owners name of the time.

Paul

[370454s]

I think the HO was sold New at Riach Central Olds.
Mike

[olredalert]

-----Man,,,What a nice original Oldsmobubble. That thing would look cool with the G60 Goodyears back on the rims........Bill S

[TimG]

Goodyear Polysteel, if I remember correctly, Bill. I bet those are fun to find used. I'd love a picture of what looks like the original spare. There's an X code '72 HO here in Austin. No sunroof, but a very nice car. The only X code available in a Cutlass Supreme coupe. No doubt that it's an original HO. That car brings back so many memories.

[Canuck]

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-----Man,,,What a nice original Oldsmobubble. That thing would look cool with the G60 Goodyears back on the rims........Bill S

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Those G60 look nice but they were an awfull tire. Most suffered belt separation. Polysteels were used on a lot of 73 and 74 Mopar products and they ran as hard as steel.

I have a set of original G60 polysteels for my H/O ragtop. I have shown the car twice with them and install them only at the showfield.

Paul

[L72COPO]

Tim, cool story but not the same car. Mine was sold new in Seattle based on the POP info.

Don