1968 Oldsmobile 442 numbers matching 4 speed manual transmission RARE! Complete restoration process 

Me too, give me a minute 😂

Right on, you nailed it! I do like the 442’s.

Winner winner!

Totally agree!

That orange 442 was one of my favorites!

Right on!

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How could we not?!

Right on!

Good memories no doubt!

@@CrashCustomsaz car was stupid fast

Good to hear from you and you’re still turning wrenches on Oldsmobiles. Give me a call when you have time. Would be great to have the Olds expert in my corner.

Thanks. Sounds like you’re in deep with yours. Will be cool when finished!

@@CrashCustomsaz Do you ever order parts from OPG or Year 1?

@@bruinflight1 we’ve ordered from both in the past on other projects. We haven’t ordered anything yet for the 442.

@@CrashCustomsaz cool, just curious where pros get their parts from, companies like these 2 group vendors into 1 easy catalog so that's nice but I'm not sure how significant the markup price is. Can't wait to see you dig into yours! Is the rear end a posi? Mine was not and it had spun bearings on both sides, as you know you can tell when you jack it up and grab the wheel and shake it up and down... if it has slop you have a spun bearing. So I threw it out and got that 69 gto replacement. It bolts right up, the only real difference being where the brake line brass t-block mounts, there is a bracket for it. I think that was a common swap back in the day but I've been out of the loop for so long now, there may be better options, especially for a rare specimine like this, especially if you're going concourse. Not sure how to restore a spun bearing race though, not sure if you can weld beads to the inside and then re-cut the diameter in. Anyhow, super curious to see what you decide on that, this being a factory numbers car... maybe keep the original rear end separate and run a replacement.

@@bruinflight1 should be interesting tearing into the mechanicals. I have a buddy with a shop here that does motors and rearends so he’ll get that work when I pull em out. If it was driven how a muscle car should be driven then it’ll need to be rebuilt 😆.

I miss him too. Stop by anytime. Good to hear from you.

I saw Bob Lang commented, I responded but it seems it all disappeared. Anyways good to hear from both of you.

Thanks!

Got TORQUE?! 😆

Definitely!

I like that idea a lot, I’m gonna run with that!

@@CrashCustomsaz Great! and Thank You. Looking forward to learning more about your 442 project.

Numerically that seems to make sense 😆.

Thanks for the info, it’s been noted.

@@SPSteve he does have the stock steelies with caps. Current plan is to have two sets of wheels both with redlines, stock and maybe Keystones. Any aftermarket wheel picked will be what was available back in ‘68.

67’s are pretty cool too!

Yep

Sounds cool.

It’s definitely a good one!

Yes, it’ll be in the shop for at least a year.

Yes it was, until about a year ago.

Cool! I appreciate your competitive nature.

@@CrashCustomsaz good luck with the resto

Sounds like Gramps was pretty cool!

​@@CrashCustomsazOne of the magazines of the day named the 1968 Olds 4-4-2 performance car of the year!

@@basilcarroll9729 well I didn’t know that, pretty cool!