The Oldsmobile 4-4-2 has all the time had a advantageous fame because the best-handling of the muscle automotive crop. Since 1964, it was outfitted with a rear stabilizer bar and, in 1966, the W30 bundle was launched to kill on the drag strip. By 1968, the 4-4-2 went from being a efficiency bundle to its personal mannequin, plus it featured a redesigned physique and engine. A really particular instance of this automotive is our Choose of the Day, a 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Vacation Coupe with the W30 bundle. It’s listed on the market on ClassicCars.com on consignment with a dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

Oldsmobiles had been marketed as “Youngmobiles” for 1968 as a result of the youth market was king, and it appears Oldsmobile wasn’t for outdated folks. The A-body collection included F-85, Cutlass, Cutlass S, 4-4-2, and Cutlass Supreme. Entrance finish styling was much like 1967’s however grafted onto the brand new, curvy physique. Coupes featured a semi-fastback roofline with, for higher trim ranges, good detailing across the wheel wells. Cutlass S and 4-4-2 fashions got here with a hood that includes louvers. The general impact was enticing and classy in a mannequin yr the place many automobiles had been enticing and classy.

The 4-4-2’s new long-stroke 400 featured undersquare proportions with a 3.87-inch bore and 4.25-inch stroke. (Distinction that with the oversquare 1965-67 400 with 4.00-inch bore 3.975-inch stroke.) Normal was 350 horsepower with a guide transmission, with automatics providing a stunning 25-horse downgrade. Go for the Turnpike Cruiser 400 and also you’d obtain a 400 two-barrel providing 290 horsepower.

The W30 bundle returned for 1968, nonetheless rated at 360 horsepower. Thought formally referred to as the Pressure-Air Induction System, the W30 bundle included a wild cam with air scoops that ran from beneath the entrance bumper to the air cleaner through tubes. Included with the W30 bundle had been purple plastic fender wells plus pair of distinctive vertical Rally stripes, the latter of which was additionally out there for normal 4-4-2s.

By the tip of the mannequin yr, the 4-4-2 skilled its finest gross sales ever with 36,642 constructed among the many Vacation Coupe (hardtop), Sports activities Coupe (coupe with B-pillar), and Convertible. Of these, 1,911 had been W30s and an unspecified quantity had been Turnpike Cruisers.

This 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Vacation Coupe is certainly one of 1,426 constructed with the W30 bundle, of which 319 had been constructed with the TH400 automated transmission. Although W30 numbers are removed from the rarest factor on the market, discovering an genuine one in good situation is hard, presumably because of the problem in documenting an actual one. What makes this under-20,000-mile instance actually particular is that it’s fairly intact resulting from its authentic paint, high, and inside. Much more uncommon is the colour mixture: Teal Frost paint with purple W36 Rally stripe plus a black vinyl high and matching inside. “One of the best survivor automotive I’ve ever owned by an extended shot, and I’ve owned many low mileage automobiles,” says the vendor. “All eight items of glass are authentic.” Undercoating was eliminated by dry ice-blasting so, whenever you take a peek, the ground pans look as new. The gas tank was changed by an NOS merchandise as a result of the unique had a dent.

The choice listing on this 4-4-2 is a plus as effectively: energy home windows, U21 Rocket Rally Pac, N34 Customized Sport woodgrain steering wheel, AM/FM radio with 8-track, rear window defogger, Tremendous Inventory I mags, and console. Clearly, that is THE 4-4-2 to get for the man or gal who’s into 1968s. An authentic W30 with all its sheetmetal and paint? That is an especially uncommon Olds, and it’ll value you $110,000 so that you can carry this gem residence.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.