Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe

[9C1Beater]

Ryan, thought I would share a memory of a '68 Olds W31 from back-in-the-day. I graduated HS in Des Moines, IA in '75 and did a lot of cruising in various muscle cars that I owned (mostly GTOs and later a '70 Boss 302). There was one very unusual W31 in DM, a maroon post sedan with no chrome trim around the windows (maybe an F85), a black bench seat interior, plain steel wheels with dog-dish caps, white "Ram Rod" stickers on the fenders, an intact air cleaner with the under bumper intakes, and a very cool automatic shifter with a black shift ball with the shift pattern etched into it. The car was extremely clean and fast and was owned by a guy in his 20s who worked at the John Deere plant north of the city. I have always like W31s and appreciated their rarity because of that '68. Nice car you have.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Originally Posted by 9C1Beater

Ryan, thought I would share a memory of a '68 Olds W31 from back-in-the-day. I graduated HS in Des Moines, IA in '75 and did a lot of cruising in various muscle cars that I owned (mostly GTOs and later a '70 Boss 302). There was one very unusual W31 in DM, a maroon post sedan with no chrome trim around the windows (maybe an F85), a black bench seat interior, plain steel wheels with dog-dish caps, white "Ram Rod" stickers on the fenders, an intact air cleaner with the under bumper intakes, and a very cool automatic shifter with a black shift ball with the shift pattern etched into it. The car was extremely clean and fast and was owned by a guy in his 20s who worked at the John Deere plant north of the city. I have always like W31s and appreciated their rarity because of that '68. Nice car you have.

Thanks for sharing, sounds like a beautiful car!!

They all make lasting impressions.

Ryan W31

[Postsedan]

Yes! She had No B90 trim

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I have made plans to restore a friends car. Everything I learned on my car will come in to play and I predict I will learn as much again on this car.

I am really proud that Sam Grewal has trusted me to bring his new 1970 F85 W31 back to life.

Ryan W31

PS: I’ll start a new thread for this new project.