Yet another W-36 violation...
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Real or not, it made me kind of throw up in my mouth when I saw it. A 4 wheeled tangerine that was sideswiped by a poorly re-striped 68 442.
From the description:
It was Striped down to bare metal and repainted.
And keeps on bleeding through no matter what he does.
From the description:
It was Striped down to bare metal and repainted.
And keeps on bleeding through no matter what he does.
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No, OE were more like a 2-3 inch welds as evidenced here. You'll have to look kind of hard to see. (These were hastily taken to show the point)
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67 and earlier 442s are a different bird to authenticate from the 68 and ups with the vin derivatives. All the 442 parts are bolt on, even the cowl tag. The only true way is the protectoplate, but most have lost that. There are a few ones that no one catches, though, and that's how you know.
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67 and earlier 442s are a different bird to authenticate from the 68 and ups with the vin derivatives. All the 442 parts are bolt on, even the cowl tag. The only true way is the protectoplate, but most have lost that. There are a few ones that no one catches, though, and that's how you know.
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The correct factory rivets for the cowl tag are $12.50 a pair on ebay.
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Want to look how aged mine is? Can stuff like this be faked yes. I will furnish anything i can with what was left of this car you want for you to verify.I think this car i own is a 1967 442 post car period from the factory. I bought it as a roller no motor or tranny.At some point in the future i am going to sell this one i think. I am putting a drive train in it now. The reason to help get funds to finish my tube chassis race car.
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No sir, sounds like you have a real 442. What I meant is that everything to fake a 442 is bolt on, so one can fake one to the n'th degree if they try hard enough (without a protectoplate, I mean)
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^^^This. It isn't that the car is an incorrect restoration, it's that this design feature isn't that great looking on the original 68s - it's a CHRYSLER bumblebee stripe, fer cryin' out loud. Forcing it on this car is exactly as Diego describes. It's like the W-25 hoods for the 73-77 and G-body cars. The original W-25 scoops were designed to parallel the leading edge of the hood and mimic the width of the grilles. In those non-factory applications, the scoops were not reshaped to match the design of those cars and look ridiculous. Of course, still not as bad as the W-25 hoods for the 1988-98 Chevy pickups. 
I found something worse.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oldsmobile-4...783&rmvSB=true
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It's an interesting looking car. Also noted that it has a 70-72 AC dash bezel for AC amongst it's "customized telemetry". Would have liked to see the 68/9 tic toc tach instead of that cheezy GM Motorsports tach. Still, IMO it's worth the BIN.
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Saw this today on CL in the Bay Area. Says it's a real 442, numbers matching. Guess he didn't have the original W-36 stripes when he re did the paint. Those 442 numbers must be stick-ons!
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Like I said, I am glad this was brought to light. I could have purchased a 68 442, maybe one day:-$, probably a gutted shell and assumed that I needed that stripe, so many have them added. I like the stripe but would want it factory correct. Most of these cars didn't have and are done completely wrong.
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The 68's get the stripe added on. The 70-72s get the oai hood and spoiler. Nobody seems to monkey too much with the 67s or 69s, correct me if I am forgetting some common calamity that people do to them.
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I'm just having fun I don't mind what you do to your car as long as your rolling olds
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Oh, I forgot, people DO do things to 67s. 67s have the benefit of a lot of 442 only stuff, and everyone wants to add those items to a non-442 (hood, grille, blacked out rear trim.) That, and put taillights in the bottom spots on a straight Cutlass bumper and have no reverse lights.
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