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442 · 03-06-2007, 07:21 PM

Hi gents,
I recently purchased a car needing restoration that was represented as being a 1970 442 convertible with the W-30 package. I researched some info and found it to have some of the W-30 hallmarks. It has a 455 with aluminum intake and the F heads, it has red plastic inner fender liners, it has a fiberglass hood with twin intakes, and the VIN begins with 344. It has an automatic trans with the shifter on the floor. The car has been in the guys garage since 1983, he tells me that a local dealers wife special ordered the car with a Dodge paint color called "Plum Crazy" because she did not like the Olds purple. My question is, how do I verify the W-30 package without the build sheet? There is no interior in the car at all, so no hidden documentation to find.

Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

03-06-2007, 07:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
442 70' W-30 Convertible Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 11	Trying to verify 70' 442/W-30 convertible Hi gents, I recently purchased a car needing restoration that was represented as being a 1970 442 convertible with the W-30 package. I researched some info and found it to have some of the W-30 hallmarks. It has a 455 with aluminum intake and the F heads, it has red plastic inner fender liners, it has a fiberglass hood with twin intakes, and the VIN begins with 344. It has an automatic trans with the shifter on the floor. The car has been in the guys garage since 1983, he tells me that a local dealers wife special ordered the car with a Dodge paint color called "Plum Crazy" because she did not like the Olds purple. My question is, how do I verify the W-30 package without the build sheet? There is no interior in the car at all, so no hidden documentation to find. Any help or advice greatly appreciated.