ak42

New to forum and enjoy reading threads - much to learn. Bought a 77 442 in 2012..has all the original paperwork ...originally owned by Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder...currently undergoing restoration and hope to have on the road in a few weeks...heres what it looked like when i bought it...love this car!

mmurphy77

NICE! I love those 'Nascar' nosed 442s.

Allan R

Welcome aboard.

77 was last year of those body lines; and it's a nice looking car. Not sure why you're having it restored - it looks really great in the pics. So is this one an R code 350 or a K code 403?

11,649 of these produced in 1977. They all started out life as Cutlass S and were optioned with the 442 package. Only the 442 models got the sloping grille in 77, other Cutlass S models had the upright waterfall grilles.

ak42

350... Having restored because much rust under a pretty good paint job....decided todo interior while I am at it....new carpet, replace some of the molding, redoing dash...I had a 75 S and another 77 442 years ago and was really excited to get his one

oldcutlass

Welcome, looks to be a really nice car now. Wow, Jimmy the Greek, he was quite the personality back in the day.

don71

Welcome. That's a nice looking car. Its been a long time since I've seen one in person.

m455sx

love the car! I had a 76 like your but dark blue on bottom instead of white. Also all hard white plastic inside was dry rotted.

ak42

Thank you. You are right about the white plastic. Took 2 years to find pieces in black and red and it's all been redyed...

77blue442

OMG! I spoke to the dealer a couple of weeks after you got it! I thought I finally had found it again. It was my first car; lost it in 1991. Trying ever since 2004 to find one again. Love to see it fully restored, although the car looked great in 2012. Congrats.

ak42

Was this actual car the one you owned? Would love to know more about its history...thanks for writing.