Identification help on 68 442
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Identification help on 68 442
Hi there, I was sent to this site by some guys over at AACA. They said that my 442 might have been a w-30 that had the parts sold off it. Is there any way I can tell if it was? Also is it possible to get a build sheet for it? Something like the marti auto reports for the fords mabye? It was manufactured in lansing and sold in west virginia I believe. Thanks for the help!
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Hello.
The odds are it's not a w-30. A lot of people hype things for no reason. You can easily verify it is a 442, you can easily verify if it has numbers-matching parts. You can easily verify it is a Lansing car. There is a 1969 Lansing build sheet, but it is astronomically rare to find one in your car. It will have a digit for W-30, or whatever else it was. The broadcast card, which is more common, has nothing on it for w-30 that year.
So, unless you have the build sheet (not the broadcast card) or an original sticker or order form, we have to go with parts. Parts are used to disprove W-ness usually.
If an automatic, if it is a numbers-matching OW TH400, then you've got a W-30. OG means it is not. Non-numbers matching means we don't know.
Other than that: AC Car? Not a W-30. Highway rear end? Not a W-30. The more W parts it is missing, the more it is just a BS claim by "those guys" that it is a W-30.
The odds are it's not a w-30. A lot of people hype things for no reason. You can easily verify it is a 442, you can easily verify if it has numbers-matching parts. You can easily verify it is a Lansing car. There is a 1969 Lansing build sheet, but it is astronomically rare to find one in your car. It will have a digit for W-30, or whatever else it was. The broadcast card, which is more common, has nothing on it for w-30 that year.
So, unless you have the build sheet (not the broadcast card) or an original sticker or order form, we have to go with parts. Parts are used to disprove W-ness usually.
If an automatic, if it is a numbers-matching OW TH400, then you've got a W-30. OG means it is not. Non-numbers matching means we don't know.
Other than that: AC Car? Not a W-30. Highway rear end? Not a W-30. The more W parts it is missing, the more it is just a BS claim by "those guys" that it is a W-30.
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Originally Posted by Koda
1626930There is a 1969 Lansing build sheet, but it is astronomically rare to find one in your car.
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No, I just thought it was a 69 when I read the title. Dumb me.
I think in 68 there was an A and B sheet. The B sheet will say transmission. These are incredibly rare, and in 68, I don't think the broadcast card said anything about w-30 like in 69.
I think in 68 there was an A and B sheet. The B sheet will say transmission. These are incredibly rare, and in 68, I don't think the broadcast card said anything about w-30 like in 69.
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Hello.
The odds are it's not a w-30. A lot of people hype things for no reason. You can easily verify it is a 442, you can easily verify if it has numbers-matching parts. You can easily verify it is a Lansing car. There is a 1969 Lansing build sheet, but it is astronomically rare to find one in your car. It will have a digit for W-30, or whatever else it was. The broadcast card, which is more common, has nothing on it for w-30 that year.
So, unless you have the build sheet (not the broadcast card) or an original sticker or order form, we have to go with parts. Parts are used to disprove W-ness usually.
If an automatic, if it is a numbers-matching OW TH400, then you've got a W-30. OG means it is not. Non-numbers matching means we don't know.
Other than that: AC Car? Not a W-30. Highway rear end? Not a W-30. The more W parts it is missing, the more it is just a BS claim by "those guys" that it is a W-30.
The odds are it's not a w-30. A lot of people hype things for no reason. You can easily verify it is a 442, you can easily verify if it has numbers-matching parts. You can easily verify it is a Lansing car. There is a 1969 Lansing build sheet, but it is astronomically rare to find one in your car. It will have a digit for W-30, or whatever else it was. The broadcast card, which is more common, has nothing on it for w-30 that year.
So, unless you have the build sheet (not the broadcast card) or an original sticker or order form, we have to go with parts. Parts are used to disprove W-ness usually.
If an automatic, if it is a numbers-matching OW TH400, then you've got a W-30. OG means it is not. Non-numbers matching means we don't know.
Other than that: AC Car? Not a W-30. Highway rear end? Not a W-30. The more W parts it is missing, the more it is just a BS claim by "those guys" that it is a W-30.
Also I have the protect-o-plate. Would that tell me anything?
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Yes it will.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...w-30-a-129187/ Post #23
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...w-30-a-140330/ Post #7
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...w-30-a-140330/ Post #7
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Unless -- and this is a very slim chance -- the car was originally sold in Canada. The you're golden because you can get a GM Vintage Vehicle Services report which will detail how the car was originally equipped.
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