72 cutlass convertible 455 barn find

[shawn neal]

hello im new on here and probaly will be on over the winter i am a bodyshop owner who is doing a concourse restoration on a 72 cutlass convertible u code i just found the build sheet yesterday!!how do you decode it anyone know,i think it has the upgraded suspension also but not sure only because of the rear sway bar on the rear also,its been sitting in a barn since 1985 it has 70,000 miles on only too. any help with decoding or correctness with the car would help tremendously!!!its yellow with a black top 455 powerwindows too,is that rare at all?im not familier with olds but i soon will be thanks

[hamm36]

Make a scan of the build sheet, and post it. Someone will help with deciphering it.
Also, type out the VIN # from the dash by the inspection sticker. Even more info (paint color) can be derived from the plate under the hood on driver side on top of the firewall (or cowl area).
Photos are a big plus on this sight. Post them.

[Redog]

If it's all orginal, it's going to have "GA" heads and 396021 FA block.

Head casting is on the corner of the head around the number 1 (or number 2) spark plug (pending on which side you're looking at and the block casting is in the valley between the timing cover and intake manifold

[shawn neal]

update on the car its a u code 455 dual exhaust with appears to have the w-29 code with a hurst shifter also power windows basicly a cutlass convertible with th 442 option,without the w30 appearance package on it...http://www.442.com/oldsfaq/of442.htm#442%201972

[shawn neal]

this isnt just your everyday cutlass supreme convertible dude.its basicaly a 442 without the icing

[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by shawn neal

update on the car its a u code 455 dual exhaust with appears to have the w-29 code with a hurst shifter also power windows basicly a cutlass convertible with th 442 option,without the w30 appearance package on it...

OK, first, the W-29 option WAS the 442 appearance and handling package for 1972. If this isn't a 442, it's not a W-29. The U-code 455 was available in the Cutlass Supreme convertible without the W-29 package. The W-30 package was only available with W-29 (except for the Hurst/Olds) and would have had an "X" instead of a "U" in the VIN.

Is the Hurst shifter a dual gate automatic or a stick? The U code engine was the automatic engine. A manual trans 455 would have been a V code. The dual gate would have been option code W-26.

Unless the build sheet says W-29 on it, this is a U code Cutlass Supreme convertible. Still pretty rare.

[shawn neal]

yes but could you get the Rallye Suspension Package (FE2) and without the appearance package???its a dual gate hurst auto and i see the rear sway bar on it,come to mention it the original owner says he has the window sticker so well know soon anyways,this will go good with the broadcast sheets i found for it,anyone know the production numbers on the u 72 u code autos??????

[Bluevista]

Sounds like a cool car whatever it is, power windows in a convertible are mandatory IMO. I don't mean to get too off subject but is the car yours or a customers? I'm in Bainbridge Twp. so maybe I'll get to see it if it's on the road around here if it isn't a trailered show car.
I need my Vista Cruiser painted if you want to practice on an Olds, all body work done (I hope) and in primer, you can see it to the left.

[shawn neal]

this is a customers car it going to be a frame off..around a 45,000 job and i started already,stop by anytime ill give you a price 10770 mayfield rd chardon ohio 44024...440-286-1058 ask for shawn,imm picking up a 72 442 with a 350 soon to do for myself and then selling it its blue and white with paperwork