KEN442OKC

I need parts for my 1970 Oldsmobile 442, please help!

I am decent with google, but I don't have hands on experience. Help me find good quality parts. I don't want cheap chineseium parts that are flimsy and wont last. I know many of you have already been where I am going in my restoration project so let me know what parts you bought that were good quality. I want my restore to renew my car and possibly improve it. Not make it fall apart easier down the road. Here is the list of pieces I need and some I cannot find.

Passenger side front inner fender well. (I believe its made of plastic, and black is the correct color for a 442, I am not making a w-30 tribute. My fender has all the mount holes ripped through the side and someone cut a slit possibly to work on the blower motor like I am now.)

Blower Motor Vent tube/cooling tube/hose. (This is the little pipe/hose that blows cool air on the electric motor. I have looked and looked and I cannot find a replacement. Mine is just gone! I want to keep the blower motor cool so it lasts a long time.)
442crzy Sold me an original part for 30.00 bucks, worked great and delivered quickly!

Following are links to parts I have found but am unsure of the quality.

https://www.thepartsplaceinc.com/pro...finish-rh/9973

https://www.thepartsplaceinc.com/pro...r-liners/88660

https://www.thepartsplaceinc.com/pro...taples-pr/9970

RetroRanger

Unfortunetly Ken many parts availible today will be inferior and chinesium and may not fit well.

the parts youlinked to are probably all fine. The fender well may not match your original perfect but should be fine.

many times where possible good used original parts are your best bet, they may need some elbow grease to bring them up to snuff but the OE GM parts fit and are quality.

second choice are name brand new parts (some of which will be chinese too). Like Moog, or ACDelco etc. in some cases some parts may be availible new thru your GM dealer as well.

typical suppliers of parts

fusicks
thepartsplace
opgi
rockauto

PatL

I bought those fender wells years ago from the Parts Place. As you might suspect, a lot of vendors are selling the same thing from one manufacturer. One the wheel wells I got, they looked very good (the black ones), but I did have to do a bit of wiggling to get them in and if I recall, I slightly trimmed an edge on one of them. The seals were fine.

PatL

On your blower motor tube: That motor was used by GM on a lot of different models over the course of several years. I looked at classic chevy pickup site and this is what they mentioned:

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I don't have a parts number catalogue to confirm if this fits your 1970, but with Amazon, you could try it and send it back if it doesn't fit.

70Post

On the last item you posted a link to - the front fenderwell splash shields(from The Parts Place)....I ordered some for a customer awhile back and they WERE NOT the same material as shown in their pic....sent them back and either made my own or ordered the correct material versions from Inline Tube.

KEN442OKC

These inner fenders are a lot of trouble to work with. Very disappointed in the fit and bolt hole location. Trimming would probably help but I am very inexperienced and don't want to mess up expensive parts. Wish me luck and thank you everyone for your feedback!