My Dad and I picked up our 66 442 on Friday. The weather has been crap up until today, so I got out and snapped a couple pictures of our project

Exterior








Interior








The heart and soul of the beast. A 400 Big Block




There are mostly Exterior issues. Needs some TLC from a good body shop. We've noticed that the car might have been in an accident. The rear driverside panel has a large crack (about 6 inches long) about an inch from the edge of the panel. We figure it is bondo cracking, and on the inside of the trunk, there is this slight ridge that goes from the top of the trunk all the way down to the bottom. No worries though.

Interrior is in fantastic shape. The guy before us has done a vast majority of the interior and the mechanical work. We need to finish redoing the door panels and reparing the dash (going to check online for a whole new dash assembly). Also, the guy had a small library on everything 442, and a lot of the trim peices and little extras he has already picked up, which means less looking for me

Input welcome!

NICE!
keep the red interior!
it looks pretty pimp as such, just some tlc like you mentioned

Adam Asmus AKA Smus...unique I know wrote: 442 Pictures (Not 56K friendly)

I thought you meant literally 442 pictures.

Nice car man!! I like this pic.




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442 with an automatic... blah!






JK, looks like a great starter

Brown Eye wrote:442 with an automatic... blah!

I know...it makes me sad a little...it's more like a 4-3-2


Mr. Goodwrench: I KNOW!!! That thing is so cool.



marin8r: Tanky kindly I think were gonna do candy apple red and some larger rims.

i thought i 442 could only be ordered with a manual.


-Borsty

it is alitle old for my liking (I like very early 70's) but not bad, needs alittle bit of work but its look like a solid platform

Borsty wrote:i thought i 442 could only be ordered with a manual.

That would have been nice. It's a nice cruiser that way, but a 4 speed would have been mint.

Love that car.
And that guage is sweet.






How many steps to heaven, Doc?
...Ah, metaphysics.

yeah they came with both 4spd and auto

originally it was to be 4spd , but that changed to 400 4barrel carb , (2)dual exhaust

needs bumpers , and trim pieces , the rest of the out side didnt look to bad

pretty clean car

looks very good my brother has a 66 GTO

i thought you had the gto geeds?

geeds has the 68 , different body

[quote=97cavie24ls(JDM&00s/c sedans™)]geeds has the 68 , different body

correct



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needs bumpers , and trim pieces , the rest of the out side didnt look to bad



Yeah...bumpers need to be straightened and re-chromed...trim piece is in the back seat of the car.

One of the nightmares though is that on the passenger side, the idiots decided to POP RIVET the trim on...I have no idea how we're going to get that off (short of having the body shop cut it out)...should be interesting

Looks like you got a good deal. Is everything original? motor, trans, red on red combo?

That vacuum gauge is rare they were an option for 442's and starfires for 2 years I think.(My friend has an nos one still in the box and has been offered over a grand for it). I've seen a few 65 gto's with them as well. It basically checks your gas mileage based on the vacuum of the motor or something.... Does yours work?

I would just drill the rivets out to get the trim off. It sucks that he trim piece is probably junk now though.

I love it!! Awesome car. The will always be a soft spot in my heart for Olds.

[quote=97cavie24ls(JDM&00s/c sedans™)]originally it was to be 4spd , but that changed to 400 4barrel carb , (2)dual exhaust
i have been trying to remebr what the 2 part was when i started reading this post....thanks


lovin the car, ever since i first saw them ive been a big fan

Robtco99 wrote:Looks like you got a good deal. Is everything original? motor, trans, red on red combo?

That vacuum gauge is rare they were an option for 442's and starfires for 2 years I think.(My friend has an nos one still in the box and has been offered over a grand for it). I've seen a few 65 gto's with them as well. It basically checks your gas mileage based on the vacuum of the motor or something.... Does yours work?

I would just drill the rivets out to get the trim off. It sucks that he trim piece is probably junk now though.

As far as I know everything matches. And the gauge works


I've been looking around for trim pieces and for some interior pieces...the dash is pretty much junk...but I think I've found a site to get it repaired


I'm not all that informed on big block carb'd motors. I was wondering if anyone has some diecent forums to go on.

I was also thinking it would be cool to get a dual quad intake manifold like this



just for some extra show and the increased fuel into the motor...BUT...I don't know how that would affect engine performance (i.e. to much fuel=cylinder gets to rich and something goes horribly wrong)

Thanks for the support guys Good to find other fans

Adam Asmus AKA Smus...unique I know wrote:

Robtco99 wrote:Looks like you got a good deal. Is everything original? motor, trans, red on red combo?

That vacuum gauge is rare they were an option for 442's and starfires for 2 years I think.(My friend has an nos one still in the box and has been offered over a grand for it). I've seen a few 65 gto's with them as well. It basically checks your gas mileage based on the vacuum of the motor or something.... Does yours work?

I would just drill the rivets out to get the trim off. It sucks that he trim piece is probably junk now though.

As far as I know everything matches. And the gauge works


I've been looking around for trim pieces and for some interior pieces...the dash is pretty much junk...but I think I've found a site to get it repaired


I'm not all that informed on big block carb'd motors. I was wondering if anyone has some diecent forums to go on.

I was also thinking it would be cool to get a dual quad intake manifold like this



just for some extra show and the increased fuel into the motor...BUT...I don't know how that would affect engine performance (i.e. to much fuel=cylinder gets to rich and something goes horribly wrong)

Thanks for the support guys Good to find other fans

go on performanceyears.com It's primarily pontiac but I'm sure they can direct you to the right people maybe even yearone.com

I like it. Something out of the norm. Good choice.