The back story for this rare Oldsmobile find is an unusual one! Supposedly the original owner’s wife took the car out, had an accident and then they chose to park the car. According to the story told by the original owner to the now seller, a divorce ensued. The car is now located in Holbrook, New York and is up for sale here on eBay, where bidding is pretty slow but hasn’t met the reserve yet.

I think the wreck part of the story is pretty validated by the pictures! The W-30 package added some really desirable features to the already terrific 442, with the package including a fiberglass hood with functional air scoops and low-restriction air cleaner, an aluminum intake manifold, special camshaft and cylinder heads. It also included an improved distributor and carburetor as well–a very complete upgrade!

Well, this doesn’t look good. I’m not even 100% sure what part of the underside of the car this picture is showing, but I know rusty metal when I see it. I’m hoping one of our GM expert readers can tell me exactly what I’m looking at?

If you don’t feel comfortable repairing the hood, I did find some reproductions here. They aren’t inexpensive, though! On the brightwork (er) side, there are bumpers available here for not a lot of money. And grilles are here. Fenders are here. Ultimately, if you want to get this car back looking nice, you can do it–with a lot of time, money or both!

While the interior looks pretty rough at first glance, it does look complete, and the 65,000 miles may well be correct. And guess what? Here are upholstery kits!

We can’t see much of the 455 V8, and based on what I do see, I’m not sure I’d want to see the rest. Another question to our experts: is the red paint here indicative of what the exterior color should be? I’m a little puzzled.

Here’s what this car could look like finished if you went back with the green and black! I’d want to print a large copy of this picture on the wall in my garage so that I could keep this in mind while I was working on the car. It’s a big task; do you want to take this one on!