Olds 442....

[Nick Chapman]

Here's a 442 we just finished also.

http://dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10253/800detail_089.jpg

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[Dallas_5.0]

Good Lord that guy has ALOT of cars!!!

That Olds looks sweet!

[SNEAKY]

Thats a nice car.

[MattB]

'68 4 speed FTW

[D]

Wowzers.

[Vertnut]

'68 4 speed FTW
Hence the name "442"...400 ci., 4 sp., dual exhaust. It used to mean that when I was a kid.

[D]

Hence the name "442"...400 ci., 4 sp., dual exhaust. It used to mean that when I was a kid.

That's what it means...that's what Olds intended it to mean.

[chuckacosta]

Now that's a beauty!

[Slowhand]

Hence the name "442"...400 ci., 4 sp., dual exhaust. It used to mean that when I was a kid.

it also at one point meant 4 bbl carb, 4 spd, dual exhaust...supposedly.

[Nick Chapman]

it also at one point meant 4 bbl carb, 4 spd, dual exhaust...supposedly.



Thats what I thought it meant also

[Yale]

it also at one point meant 4 bbl carb, 4 spd, dual exhaust...supposedly.

That was pre-400 cars, like '65's, then 67 400's I think. Then '67-69 cars meant 400-4speed-dual exhaust, then it was 4-barrel-4spd-dual again when the 455 became an option after the '69 Hurst/Olds opened the midsize cars up to the big boy engines, because '70 saw 455's in regular trimmed mid-sized cars from BOP, as well as 454's in Chevelles. This had only happened with COPO stuff in '69, apart from the H/O.

[Vertnut]

That was pre-400 cars, like '65's, then 67 400's I think. Then '67-69 cars meant 400-4speed-dual exhaust, then it was 4-barrel-4spd-dual again when the 455 became an option after the '69 Hurst/Olds opened the midsize cars up to the big boy engines, because '70 saw 455's in regular trimmed mid-sized cars from BOP, as well as 454's in Chevelles. This had only happened with COPO stuff in '69, apart from the H/O.
That's what I remember, also. Olds used it for whatever was handy. They still called the auto's 442's, so the 4 speed was "optional".

[livinglegend_86]

i think it stands for the 442 ways to say holy jeebus that thing is sick!

[scott442]

The car looks awesome. I saw it before the detailing and the improvement in appearance is incredible. I like the color and the fact that it is a post car.

In 1964 442 stood for 4 barrel, 4 speed, and dual exhaust as they came with a 330 c.i. engine and an automatic was not an option. Automatics were available in 1965 so the original designation had to be changed.

Too bad the 68 - 69 Olds 400 was such a boat anchor. Under square with a heavy rotating assembly and shrouded valves due to too small a bore. A 455 or 425 bolts right in though and runs a lot better.

[46Tbird]

I guess everyone is forgetting the "4 cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder, 2 camshafts" cars in the early '90s. :D

[shlby123]

Love that color. Wish some cars these days would use that color.

[EW]

What about windveil blue?

[Rusty Shackleford]

awesome car. my dad used to have one. but i thought the "2" meant positraction...as in power to 2 wheels????

[Slowhand]

I guess everyone is forgetting the "4 cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder, 2 camshafts" cars in the early '90s. :D

hey, we don't talk about those years :o

[Geor!]

I'm drolling like a retar... err Wade Phillips over here.

[fordracing19]

Stupid me thought 442 was the engine size.

[SNEAKY]

anyone notice the GSX in pic three?

[306LX]

sweet

[Mustangman_2000]

That is nice!

[reo]

Damn that car is just beautiful.
-Eric

[Fox466]

Absolutely gorgeous car.

Though it's shameful he hasn't replaced the weatherstripping in the door jambs...

How much fun did you guys have in that warehouse? :cool:

[SuperCPA]

anyone notice the GSX in pic three?I could not miss it nor the Syclone! The GSX cars have gotten stupid expensive these days.

[Fern]

yesssssir. now that's wassup!

[Mr. B]

So Nick do you just have a constant rotation with Rob's cars?

[Nick Chapman]

So Nick do you just have a constant rotation with Rob's cars?



Nope. Rob's cars are all done. We're working on his partners collection now ;)

[line-em-up]

anyone notice the GSX in pic three?

Yep, that's the one for me, right after the 73-74 TransAm

[line-em-up]

I hope he's got a commercial fire extinguisher system in there. I remember a few years ago when Reggie Jackson's (?) nice collection was pretty much destroyed by a fire.

[mustang87]

all i can say is wow

[Yale]

hey, we don't talk about those years :o

Let us never speak of this again.

[Blue90LXSupercharged]

Very nice Car, nice work. Amazing collection.