Wow, thanks for the feedback guys. Gave me a lot to think about.

Do your homework and pay attention to details when shopping and if you get the right one, it can be a great experience. My car's weren't perfect by any means, but I shopped around and bought the best I could afford and was very happy with them both. Now if I just had enough walls for all the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place hardware from car shows I've got stashed all around.
Coincidentally, I actually looked at getting a 79 vette and a 72 mustang a while back. I test drove an unrestored mustang a few years ago and it wasn't that bad. As I feared, rear quarter panel view was non-existent. The brakes were surprisingly much better than my GTs at that time (thank goodness for the 12”s now). I was close in getting it until he had to park it on a 10 degree incline. The car kept stalling. The way that sales person hustled to get that car stared was sad yet pure comedy. He must have tried 20-30 times.

I was looking for one that was finished and didn’t need any mechanical work. Even if it was a trailer queen, I’d still drive it and not worry about rock chips. I live for the moment but I do a TON of research before I purchase anything. I am also not super mechanically inclined so I wouldn’t want one where I had to replace piston rings.

I don’t let emotions weigh my decision much even though a black convertible with gold pin stripe did touch my heart. They wanted $16,000 for it but I decided to get a 2nd house instead. Now the guy who bought it just leaves it outside. Every time I drive past it I think “you could have been mine” but I also question its condition when I heard it running.

I've visited 442.com several times as well as a few other googled sites and forums. 442.com is a pretty good site. Guess I wanted the 72 only because of the grill design. Truthfully, in my heart of hears, my dream is to drop a LS1 or LS2 into one. Not sure on all the details how to do it besides the obvious ones but eh, it’s a dream. I did quite a bit of searching but all I could find is a guy who did one in a newer cutlass.


hmmm i have a 72 olds cutlass S but i not rdy to let it go quite yet. Sorry

Curious...How long have you had it? Any periodical maintenance you have to do on it beside oil changes?