W-27 rear axle

70-Olds-442-convt · 2010-12-18 17:41:17

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August 9th, 2013, 08:17 PM

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August 10th, 2013, 08:49 AM

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My brother bought a brand new 442 in February 1971, and the salesman did not mention anything about the W-27 rear axle cover, nor any other performance options. My brother only had the '71 sales brochure to go by, which hardly mentioned any performance options, and what was listed in the high performance brochure in 1970. Fortunately, he did his homework before placing the order with the dealer.

Exactly. If you take a broader look at it, 1970 was the only year that the performance options were "front and center" of Oldsmobile advertising. Every other year, one had to do their homework when it came to performance buying of Oldsmobiles.