On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:16:30 -0500, userman <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hey, don't mean to be a stickler for details, but in everything I've
>read (or watched on the Speed channel), 442 means 4 barrel, 4 speed, and
>dual exhaust.
>
>So, to say it's a 442, and then say well only the '2' applies would make
>most folks suspicious.
>
>If you've checked some VIN numbers, and those indicate 442, then go
>ahead and call it that. If all you have to go on is that someone put an
>emblem on it, heck, I'm going to make a few 442's of my own :)
>
>
>luckyman wrote:
>> My husband has just aquired a few of his fathers old cars, one being a
>> 68 olds conv 442 77,000 origianl miles, matching numbers , no rust -
>> blue - needs rstoration . This paticular car is not a 4-speed , it was
>> special ordered, it has a 400 engine , 2 barrel carbs, and dual
>> exhaust, any info anybody might have on these cars would interest me ,
>> a good asking price etc.
>>
"442" only means 4 barrel, 4 speed and dual exhaust for certain
years. Some years it was for a 400 engine and other variation of the
number scheme. The last 442's made were smaller displacement, fuel
injected front wheel drive models.
From 442.com FAQ page:
Meaning(s)
Definition of 4-4-2 from the Oldsmobile Factory Literature:
1964 (Original meaning)
4: Four Barrel Carburetion
4: Four On the Floor
2: Dual Exhausts
1965 (First year of automatic transmission option on 442)
4: 400 Cubic Inch Displacement
4: Four Barrel Carburetion
2: Dual Exhausts
1985 to 1987 (Last of RWD 442s)
4: Four speed automatic
4: Four barrel carburetor
2: Dual exhaust
1990 and 1991 (FWD 442)
4: Four cylinders
4: Four valves
2: Two camshafts
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