68 442
#1
68 442
I know that I have mentioned in several posts, an Olds that me and my brother farted around with about 15 years ago. This was my brothers car, and we kinda worked on this as a project together. It was his car, and long story short, after 15 years, I finally purchased it from him.
68 442, 4 speed (3rd gear synchro going out) 3.42 posi, 350 (have original 400 block) with flat top 2320's with #8 heads, and around 30k miles on it.
I got married, he drove it awhile, broke the clutch linkage, and then he parked it.
It sat all this time and never was even turned over.
I finally talked him out of it.
Yes it has gathered some rust here, and there (Az some, not Ohio some).
Not sure what the plan is (I WAS going to part this out, but the more I look at this, the more it seems a crime), but I had to play with it some.
SOOOOO, I got out there, bypasses the fuel line, put in a battery, and cranked her over. FIRED RIGHT UP. Not even a header leak.
1 lifter had leaked down, but filled up after 3 minutes.
Now I HAVE to get this thing to move under it's own power.
I got a kick out of it, thought you guys would too.
Jim
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68 442, 4 speed (3rd gear synchro going out) 3.42 posi, 350 (have original 400 block) with flat top 2320's with #8 heads, and around 30k miles on it.
I got married, he drove it awhile, broke the clutch linkage, and then he parked it.
It sat all this time and never was even turned over.
I finally talked him out of it.
Yes it has gathered some rust here, and there (Az some, not Ohio some).
Not sure what the plan is (I WAS going to part this out, but the more I look at this, the more it seems a crime), but I had to play with it some.
SOOOOO, I got out there, bypasses the fuel line, put in a battery, and cranked her over. FIRED RIGHT UP. Not even a header leak.
1 lifter had leaked down, but filled up after 3 minutes.
Now I HAVE to get this thing to move under it's own power.
I got a kick out of it, thought you guys would too.
Jim
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#4
A friend came over to look at it (in his 69 442 4 speed car- what motivation!), and he felt the same way. I have got to make it run down the road, on it's own.
News flash: Car was last tagged in 1991, so it has not run in 19 years.
Ooops.
Amazing how resilient these things are.
Jim
#5
Nice car!!
Is that a pin stripe I see along the peak moulding and over the windows??? Is that original paint and stripe.
..if so could we have pics of the two ends of the stripe and the dimention and space from stripe to moulding trim ??
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Last edited by Yellowstatue; March 5th, 2010 at 02:10 AM. Reason: Selected wrong vowel to see if anyone is watching!
#6
Over the next few days I changed all the juices, plugs,etc.. & replaced a rotted brake line. Then I took it for a spin around the neighborhood/back roads.
Other than the lumpy tires and the occasionally shrieking alternator bearings, it was just as I remembered.... Ahhhh, what a feeling!
Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
#7
Please pm me for my email address, so I can send you more detailed pictures.
Jim