'69 Olds 442 455

[PhotosGuy]

Jim's '69 Olds' 442 has a fairly stock motor bored to 455cid & built to 455 specs. It has a 3:42 rear end, 88,000 miles, & he's owned it at least 25 years.

[PhotosGuy]

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[mattitudesc2]

one of the most badass muscle cars......

[Ballen Photo]

That's one FINE looking 442. Nice shots Frank.
Jim's '69 Olds' 442 has a fairly stock motor bored to 455cid & built to 455 specs.
Which engine did he start with? 400? 3:42 gears were "perfect" for a good running Olds. :cool:
-Bruce

[slcr1]

now thats a sweet car!

[Texsrt4]

beautiful car!!!

[Baumgara]

Kick ass car!

[PhotosGuy]

most badass muscle cars; one FINE looking 442; thats a sweet car!; beautiful car!!!; Kick ass car! It IS all of those. But wait 'till you see what I have for you next Wednesday! :D
Which engine did he start with? 400? I asked, but he got on something else & didn't say?

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

[johnstoy]

Great car...great year (my HS grad. yr.)...nothing but the best of memories from 1969...

A buddy of mine had an Olds 455 on an outboard low profile speed boat... We had it on Lake Tahoe in California for a few years for water skiing... It was one the baddest boats on the lake...(and very, very loud)...

That 442 Olds is the envy of the baby boom generation... Love it... Thanks for sharing the all around profile...

[PhotosGuy]

That 442 Olds is the envy of the baby boom generation... Nah! MOPARs forever! :D

Thanks, John.

[Red73]

Nice car....looks like a little quality control problem at the Lansing assembly plant with the steering wheel upside down......:lol:

[PhotosGuy]

...looks like a little quality control problem at the Lansing assembly plant with the steering wheel upside down... Id think it would work well for ingineers who have their heads up their a**? :D

[Red73]

Id think it would work well for ingineers who have their heads up their a**? :D
I use to work at that facility in the 70s & 80s when we built the Cutlass, 88, 98 & Toronados. Maybe it was a Friday night car. :D

[Space]

That's one of the great ones. ;)

[Mortgage101]

Just Gorgeous

[PhotosGuy]

Maybe it was a Friday night car. Or Monday morning? ;)
Just Gorgeous Thanks for the comments. I just posted my "Gorgeous" car of the year here: A "GREAT car": '69 Plymouth Road Runner 440 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=323643)

[sam walker]

Nicely presented upside dwn wheel included. The only Olds I would consider. No choice since several shut down my 289 Stang. No guttless Cutlass.
Sam

[PhotosGuy]

No guttless Cutlass. :D No choice since several shut down my 289 Stang. It was a fun car though, wasn't it? Wouldn't you like to have it back now? ;)

[Woolburr]

Nice to see a real muscle car instead of the usual Mopar junk. Took many a cruise in one of these on a Friday night.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice to see a real muscle car instead of the usual Mopar junk. :D I'd be the first to agree that they didn't always get it right. But when they did...

[wolverinesr1]

Sweet pictures of a sweet car I actually owned for a couple of years. Although it was not in this nice of shape. I remember it was this car that gave me first taste of brake fade at high speed ( drum brakes at all 4 corners ). It scared the Bejesus out of me. I still shake thinking about it.

[Atsumi]

I took some cutlass pictures on my old camera. Gorgeous car.

Gorgeous shots!

[PhotosGuy]

I remember it was this car that gave me first taste of brake fade at high speed... BTDT! :D

[marie]

:cool:

beautiful shots and car Frank

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks, Marie! Those 442's had sexy lines, didn't they? ;)

[marie]

Thanks, Marie! Those 442's had sexy lines, didn't they? ;)

yes, and you done it justice Frank
its a beauty

I know the car is maybe 1938 (?) but seeing the number 42, seems it was a good year (too)


:lol:

[PhotosGuy]

I know the car is maybe 1938 (?) but seeing the number 42, seems it was a good year (too) Whatever you're drinking, I'll have some too? :D

It's a 1969, Marie. 442 can be read several ways... 4-barrel carb, 4-speed, (2) dual exhausts is just one of them.

As always, thanks for the <bump>! :D

[marie]

Whatever you're drinking, I'll have some too? :D

It's a 1969, Marie. 442 can be read several ways... 4-barrel carb, 4-speed, (2) dual exhausts is just one of them.

As always, thanks for the <bump>! :D

ha ha ha
you'd think I'd have known by the model

I was thinking (without thinking too much) that you meant it was 69 years old
hence the '38
:lol:

the 442 is another matter
thanks for the info Frank

:)

[Ballen Photo]

It's a 1969, Marie. 442 can be read several ways... 4-barrel carb, 4-speed, (2) dual exhausts is just one of them.

The automatic 442's could be deciphered as... 400 cube, 4 barrel carb, and dual exhaust.
The guys with the secret handshake, etc, knew them as 400 + HP, 4 barrel carb, and dual exhaust. The 70 W-30 455 was rated on paper @ 390, but all the "OLDS tuners" knew they were under rated for insurance purposes. ;)
-Bruce

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks, Bruce! 442 can be read several ways... I didn't want to confuse the issue. I was thinking (without thinking too much) that you meant it was 69 years old
hence the '38 ;) I suspect that Marie has been "in her cups" again? :D :D