dnmfranco

Just recently got this for a good deal. And I have a soft spot for the three speeds.
She is a beauty lol and the top is mint

Originally Glade green now a beat Saffron yellow
Black buckets, three speed console, rally pack and have a N-34 wheel to replace the broken two spoke.

Rust in typical areas but not terrible

All glass is intact and no cracks

70 grills in front but have all that stuff

Getting it running and a driver it will be
Hey they all cant be done over, well not w my current wallet status

Gary's 2 442-S

nice! good luck with it.

classicmuscle442

Nice find, can't go wrong with any solid droptop, plans to make a nice driver? Must have been special order decklid.

dnmfranco

yes sir just a driver, you liking that deck lid huh

ent72olds

I like the idea that you are gonna clean it up and make it driveable....it will be a fun driver for sure!

MDchanic

I think Grandpa called that a "rumble seat."

Nice car! Good luck with it.

- Eric

sammy

Congrats!
X2, it will make a fun driver

dnmfranco

Ty all for the kind words . Yes just a driver for now, one day will restore it.
Dean

wmachine

Okay., let's get a rundown of all of the options. Cowl tag pic?

Welcome to the 3-spd manual '69 442 Convertible club. Originally 87, I know of only 3 others.

tru-blue 442

Congrats Dean. looks like a solid project.
Say, I have a pass headlight housing if needed.

Greg Rogers

Nice, Have you been trailing this car for a while? Cars like that don't show up everyday.... I like...

dnmfranco

Yes a guy who I have bought a few cars from. I have had my eye on it for 4 years now and always said that will be mine one day. He wasn't going to do anything w it and he knew it. ty Dean

dnmfranco

Hi Kurt cowl tag pretty generic.
But realized something is going on w/ my hood
Dean

classicmuscle442

Sometimes right place right time, but I'd bet seller thought you were straight up and fair. Bought my W30 and '57 Belair from same guy, still has a '64 Vette time capsule that ......

dnmfranco

true, yeah he did he actually thought it was worth 500 less than I gave him.
Is that your motor Olds hemi correct?

69442murph

congrats Dean, neat car...good luck with it...hope all is well.
tim

dnmfranco

Hi Tim ty and I hope all is well w/ you. A john Ebbs special lol

classicmuscle442

Wish I had that motor!!! Its a Olds experimental engine that never made it to production. You can run into some really cool people working on cars, I guess eventually we have to sell our toys, but....

dnmfranco

yeah I bet same here. rumor has it a few people have those motors, lucky.

mike's88

And don't call it a hemi!

dnmfranco

okay roger that

1969w3155

Is that also an a/c car? if so, a little more rare.

dnmfranco

actually yes although not hooked and missing compressor

2blu442

Congrats! If I'm seeing that front plate right it's originally from the PNW, Washington state. The coast cars can have rust, but central and eastern Washington state is real dry country. I've seen some nice rust free metal from central and east side Washington & Oregon.



John

dnmfranco

Oh ty John yes sir Wshington
the fenders and quarters are not too bad. doors are nearly perfect.
Now floors a different story.
But don't care for now driving it lol

wmachine

Okay, let's quit the idle chatter and get to how it is optioned, please!

Should have the rare console top plate that is not drilled for the 4-spd shift pattern.

pogo69

nice car Dean... now i see why you have been buying up the 69 parts for a while

dnmfranco

a/c and yes it does have non drilled plate

dnmfranco

lol exactly

kjr442

What a great car, and super rare too! I like the idea of making the car a driver for now.

dnmfranco

Ty and yes driver less painful on the wallet

Octania

3-spd makes it a "432" right?

dnmfranco

Lol sure does well perhaps in 64

Eddie Hansen

Quote:
Originally Posted by classicmuscle.442
Must have been special order decklid.

I think Grandpa called that a "rumble seat."

Nice car! Good luck with it.

- Eric

except on a 442 it is a "Real" " RUMBLE" seat option exhaust note would be spectacular....



Great Find, My vert was also Glade Green originally ( black when I got it...) good luck with her...

dnmfranco

actually that is what they were called Olds hemi
there is currently another thread going where it an article dating back to 71 refers to it as a Hemi

wmachine

I don't know who "they" are, but whoever calls or called it a hemi is/was flat out wrong. The heads are "pent roof" shaped not "hemi" shaped.

To anyone who wants to know about the W43, read up on it. Why call it something it is not? Spark plug wires coming through the valve covers do not tell you what shape the combustion chamber is. I would like to think that guys on an Olds forum would be savy enough to call it what it is. (Some people still think the world is flat, but......)

dnmfranco

It was a thread started by someone inquiring about it and the reference was used I believe from an article he read or something.
I will not refer to it as a hemi anymore promise.

Also did you see the hood in the pic?
Dean

wmachine

Yeah, what's up with that hood? That may be a hemi hood.......

tru-blue 442

So Kurt would being a 3 speed 69
make this a desirable piece or just the
3 speed bezel?

Daverd

Nice 70 cutlass grilles too !!
70 cutlass supreme hood??