A freshly restored, numbers-matching 1965 Oldsmobile 442 sat in Houston floodwater with barely 1,000 miles on its frame-off rebuild, forcing its owner to choose between an insurance payout and a teardown-and-rebuild fight to save it. The 442’s 400 cubic inch V8 turned it into a genuine muscle car the year this one was built, which is exactly why flood-damaged examples like this one still draw collectors willing to gamble on a full recovery.