The coat hanger on the exhaust is a make shift safety device in case the front u-joint breaks and the drive shaft drops. Similar to a driveshaft hoop for racing. I saw my dad do the exact same thing on an 64 chevy stepside. Two weeks later we replaced the u joint. I guess money was tight
My father had a '67 442 convertible...red with a white interior. I was born in '69 and my earliest memory is riding in the back of the car with the top down, dad behind the wheel and my older sister riding shotgun. I have a couple old family pics that include the car. Dad once claimed he drove from Massachusetts (I wanna say Cape Cod but I could be wrong) back home to Rochester NY in 3.5 hours in that car and got a speeding ticket 2 miles from home.
Agree 100% at 2:00 ! We don't even wash the cars before entering a show . Just leave the dust & dirt on as it's more real . Keep up the great work guys !
When Tony visits Kiwi as I am a kiwi and kiwi sounds like a kiwi I am unsure if Tony is in kiwi land or kiwi is in USA land, confusing stuff, Kiwi "Gidday Mate" Won't be long before you get your Jandals and togs out and hit the bach and hook into some DB, that Satellite looks a real beaut! Sweet as Bro, Chur! (we speak a different language down under, Kiwi can translate :)
I had a 1971 cutlass that caught fire under the fuse box and it ended up being sold for peanuts…..should have kept it and fixed it. Velvet sledgehammer is a good analogy Uncle Tony
That 442 is amazing. How a car can be around more than 50 years without being modified or "Mickey Moused" in any way amazes me. I think the Satellite 6-Pack clone is a great contrast to it. To me the 442 is a special car that was wisely left alone, where the Plymouth was a ho-hum car that someone made special. Like I said, nice contrast. I'd be happy with either one in my garage.
My Dad has an E30 318 for 35 years. As new, yet with 170,000 miles ( it's still his daily driver ). I think the only "mod" is Bilstein shocks that he put on it 30 years ago.
I always loved the 442s! And digging the honest wear of originality! Cool beans about hooking up the Satellite too! Poor old girl has some serious incontinence issues for sure! She can really benefit from some depends front to back without a doubt! Luckily she's found the perfect guys to fix her up! Great stuff! thanks again guys!
I had the chance to drive a close to original '66 442 hardtop many years ago. I liked it a lot, it drove better than nearly all the other original muscle cars I had the good fortune to sample.
I had a '66 F85, 330 c. i. ,2- speed auto, Calif. Highway Patrol pursuit vehicle. Had a '68 Cutless 4-4-2 ,425 c. in. 3- speed auto. Pinnacle of Olds history.
factory 440+6 b bodies had small skid plates to protect that deep pan so maybe miht be a good idea to weld something in. cheap insurance. sweet car... my first car was a '68 road runner. miss the girl still.
I sure loved my 69 Olds with a 455 2bbl. 490 ft lbs of torque with an indestructable Turbo400. The 4 wheel drum brakes made the car a rolling death trap if anyone cut in front of you Or if you were going anything over 40.
@@karlsracing8422 love the back story on cars! This one I am doing is similar. Bought used in 72/73 and passed down to son in 2008. Now he would like it brought back to life.
I LOVE my 66 /442 /4 speed /A/C car, it was a complete mess when I got it, needed everything, doesn't matter, title & VIN on car had the X ! real 442 convert A/C car. Only bad thing, the original 400 motor was gone, had to use a 66 Olds 425 in it's place. it's far from finished and NOT for sale lol.
This is the way the car is supposed to be it’s just you restore them when they’re worn out that’s how I always loved my Cars even when I was 17 if somebody said something to me if I had a car like that I’ say eat me take a walk
The early Ford diffs were called Traction Lock or just a Trac Lock. Detroit Lockers were not fitted at the Factory to standard Ford Vehicles. They Were fitted to the Shelby's and to the very few Factory Drag pack Cars. I think they could be fitted at the dealer, But it is Very rare to find a Ford with a Detroit Locker in it. They are very clunky and noisy to drive on the street.
Maybe a portion of exhaust pipe is … just below a floor pan and that wire keeps the flex of the pipe while running gm from tapping on a frame or floor pan detail ? And status of flex of motor mounts
I am still looking for Mary's hand cream. Haven't had any luck. I did find a woman named Mary who is willing to help me out with her hands. Guess the cream is her reward 😋
To kiwi on that satilight those gas line in the right wheel well you might want to change that if a blow out would have happened it could cut the lines check it out.cause I had a blow out on my 69 valiant in the right rear it cut the wheel house up and the rear quarter got laced open..to
flow tech makes glass packs, raptor mufflers, after burner mufflers, terminator muffler same as after burners but painted black , warlock mufflers and purple hornies 😎👍
Possibly an optical illusion? It could be 3 or 4" away. But it's not super hot like a manifold would be. Y'know, 3" from an exhaust pipe you can hardly feel the heat. My 2c worth.
Well, it's not the all mighty 1966 Olds W-30 with Ram Air, but I guess a 67 will do. Fact is that 67 is pretty dog gone rare as well as it was a factory A/C convertible, only a few hundred built with A/C ! The 67/ 400 motor was the last year Olds used a forged steel crank in there motors as everything went cheap ass cast iron in 68 so the 67s were the last breath of true Oldsmobile performance as the 68 & newer cast cranks were limited to spin bearings around 7,000 rpm and no more full on power shift at 8,000rpm up after 67.
@@mickangio16 The 455 in stock form was limited to 52 to 5400 rpm and a safe range is 4800. The 425 can rev higher and the early 400s with correct cam and springs 65- 6700
@@mickangio16 I do 8,000 with my 330s, 400s,425s no sweat, hydraulic lifters don't float till 8,800 so 8,000 is no big deal with a factory forged crank & rods with ARP hardware & the motor is properly blueprinted and is set up to do it, so it's no big deal. The 330s can go even tighter 8,200 to 8,500 all day. We got a 330 Olds right now ( called The Bottle Rocket )running 9:60s in the 1/4 mile at 137mph goes through the traps at 8,900rpm with solid lifters & 6:14 rear gears for 5 seasons now. Were not talking about a low revving cast 350/455.
Limited HI PO American Muscle seeps into Kiwi from all corners. That Oldslowmobile would smoke that Dodge, in repetition. I would say 67 was the heyday for American manufacturers. All 3 of them.
THAT 442 WILL NOT HAVE THE AGGRESSIVE CAM BECAUSE IT'S THE AUTO TRANS AND A/C CAR . BUT IT IS A COOL CAR AND SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE ROAD PRETTY GOOD . 👍👍
True, no W-30 cam .295 Der / 472 lift on a 114 C/L however that 67 is VERY rare!. Only a few hundred converts with factory A/C built! Mine is a 4 speed 66 convert with A/C. Really great car for long trips with 355 gears.
LIMITED SLIP was what you was thinking of. 😂 There hasn't been a "positrac" in gm since...... The 70s? Then they changed everything to the clutch style units and ford and gm both called it "limited slip" last I checked. Not 100% on that just what I been told and passing on what I heard. Man that dirt. On the frame. My money is on georgia clay.
Love that Kiwi called it a four-forty-two. That's all I ever heard back when they roamed the earth freely. Now we're supposed to say four-four-two. Kids who weren't there telling us how to pronounce it. Sorry, rant over. I'll not get into how to pronounce LeMans.
@@gordonborsboom7460 all GM makes used quadrajets. Dodge also used a version of it called the Thermo Quad. And if we're getting this specific it's a GMC carb. Oh! The originals were made by Carter. Anything else you want to know?
I just heard that we lost Jim Bennett on Sunday. Is this true? Comment on his last video says he had a massive stroke and they took him off life support. Died around 5:00pm. So sad.
WILL IT RUN?!?!?!!;! YES, the answer is yes, always yes. Im sicka those videos. A better title would be "can I make it run?" Or "do I have the cash to make it run?".
Tony where do you get your Mary's Man cream? I feel like I got lobsters all over my bag and I really feel I am going to scratch a hole through it, that stuff you recommended sounds like the bees knees, got a link to the website :)
They have Olds HEI dist. cheap on Ebay . Olds have a common problem of the dist. goes wongo bongo . and there is no way to set the dwell . + Olds eat timing chains for lunch .
my daily drive is my 90 jeep wrangler the frame has been patched up and when I take it to a car wash I flush out @#$ frame holes and spray PB and cover the dam factory holes with gorillia tape
I know what the 4 stands for on the 442 but what could the 42 possibly mean. God I hate it when these cars are referred to as Four Forty Two instead of what they are actually called. Four Four Two. Come on Kiwi.......
Wow, I wish I had pursued this car when I saw it on marketplace, I would have traded my demon in on it in a heartbeat! I should have pursued it but didn't! And it wasn't that far away. 🤢
I had to stop this video right here and put in a word. I'm from northern Michigan and cars from the 60's and 70's had there leafsprings coming through the trunk floors 35 years ago.
leaving leaking pinion seals alone so i can fry bigger fish is every vehicle i have ever owned. i felt that in my soul.
The coat hanger on the exhaust is a make shift safety device in case the front u-joint breaks and the drive shaft drops. Similar to a driveshaft hoop for racing. I saw my dad do the exact same thing on an 64 chevy stepside. Two weeks later we replaced the u joint. I guess money was tight
Tony I’m an Olds guy because I love their velvet hammer like quality:) that was awesome
I always enjoy the kiwi visits. Glad he has a channel now also!!!
My father had a '67 442 convertible...red with a white interior. I was born in '69 and my earliest memory is riding in the back of the car with the top down, dad behind the wheel and my older sister riding shotgun. I have a couple old family pics that include the car. Dad once claimed he drove from Massachusetts (I wanna say Cape Cod but I could be wrong) back home to Rochester NY in 3.5 hours in that car and got a speeding ticket 2 miles from home.
My dad had a 66 f85 Oldsmobile 330 racket bad ass car! Love those mid 60s Oldsmobiles
That Cutlass.... LOVE IT!!
Agree 100% at 2:00 ! We don't even wash the cars before entering a show . Just leave the dust & dirt on as it's more real .
Keep up the great work guys !
For what it's worth, my '66 Polara has that driveshaft weight too. The shop manual calls it the 'inertia ring'
When Tony visits Kiwi as I am a kiwi and kiwi sounds like a kiwi I am unsure if Tony is in kiwi land or kiwi is in USA land, confusing stuff, Kiwi "Gidday Mate" Won't be long before you get your Jandals and togs out and hit the bach and hook into some DB, that Satellite looks a real beaut! Sweet as Bro, Chur! (we speak a different language down under, Kiwi can translate :)
I had a 1971 cutlass that caught fire under the fuse box and it ended up being sold for peanuts…..should have kept it and fixed it. Velvet sledgehammer is a good analogy Uncle Tony
Had a 69 442, 400, 4 speed, stock, the thing was a complete animal!, effortless torque
That 442 is amazing. How a car can be around more than 50 years without being modified or "Mickey Moused" in any way amazes me. I think the Satellite 6-Pack clone is a great contrast to it. To me the 442 is a special car that was wisely left alone, where the Plymouth was a ho-hum car that someone made special. Like I said, nice contrast. I'd be happy with either one in my garage.
My Dad has an E30 318 for 35 years. As new, yet with 170,000 miles ( it's still his daily driver ). I think the only "mod" is Bilstein shocks that he put on it 30 years ago.
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I always loved the 442s! And digging the honest wear of originality! Cool beans about hooking up the Satellite too! Poor old girl has some serious incontinence issues for sure! She can really benefit from some depends front to back without a doubt! Luckily she's found the perfect guys to fix her up! Great stuff! thanks again guys!
I had the chance to drive a close to original '66 442 hardtop many years ago. I liked it a lot, it drove better than nearly all the other original muscle cars I had the good fortune to sample.
The wire on the exhaust was to help with the assembly.
I had a '66 F85, 330 c. i. ,2- speed auto, Calif. Highway Patrol pursuit vehicle. Had a '68 Cutless 4-4-2 ,425 c. in. 3- speed auto. Pinnacle of Olds history.
Have a 66 F85 right now 455 cid 350 turbo.
The ads featured a mad scientist Dr Olds at the time
I seen that look in your eyes on that Olds. Tony
Step father had one when I was 6-7... Had swivel seats I remember. And VERY fast
Kiwi is a cool dude. Plz have him on often.
Cool video. Would Love to see and hear that 442 start up and run...
Kiwis and Mopars...what's not to love m8?
That 442 was NICE.... Talk about a Cruiser!
No matter whatever shop Tony seems at home
factory 440+6 b bodies had small skid plates to protect that deep pan so maybe miht be a good idea to weld something in. cheap insurance. sweet car... my first car was a '68 road runner. miss the girl still.
I’m from the New England area..... that car looks fantastic!!
Body men with any experience always checks in the inner 1/4 / trunk area for shot gun shells etc before doing any welding .
I sure loved my 69 Olds with a 455 2bbl. 490 ft lbs of torque with an indestructable Turbo400. The 4 wheel drum brakes made the car a rolling death trap if anyone cut in front of you Or if you were going anything over 40.
Just started resto on 69 Hurst Olds! Always liked the curves of them over Chevelle. Great info as always.
My uncle inherited my grandfather's 68 H/O that he had since 74 and my uncle also has a 70 w-31 he bought when he was 16 in the 80s
@@karlsracing8422 love the back story on cars! This one I am doing is similar. Bought used in 72/73 and passed down to son in 2008. Now he would like it brought back to life.
Love the oldsmobile and its story
I want it! 442 convertible with A/C!
I LOVE my 66 /442 /4 speed /A/C car, it was a complete mess when I got it, needed everything, doesn't matter, title & VIN on car had the X ! real 442 convert A/C car. Only bad thing, the original 400 motor was gone, had to use a 66 Olds 425 in it's place. it's far from finished and NOT for sale lol.
Uncle Tony, go over to Dylan McCool’s channel and you’ll see who he bought it from and where it came from before he sold it to Josh
This is the way the car is supposed to be it’s just you restore them when they’re worn out that’s how I always loved my Cars even when I was 17 if somebody said something to me if I had a car like that I’ say eat me take a walk
My mom's first car was a Bird Egg Blue 64 Oldsmobile f85.
The Ford LSD was called a Detroit Locker, if memory serves. But there may have been other names used, too.
The early Ford diffs were called Traction Lock or just a Trac Lock. Detroit Lockers were not fitted at the Factory to standard Ford Vehicles. They Were fitted to the Shelby's and to the very few Factory Drag pack Cars. I think they could be fitted at the dealer,
But it is Very rare to find a Ford with a Detroit Locker in it. They are very clunky and noisy to drive on the street.
Cool collaboration.
Now I'll follow this up with: "World's Fastest Indian"
Maybe a portion of exhaust pipe is … just below a floor pan and that wire keeps the flex of the pipe while running gm from tapping on a frame or floor pan detail ?
And status of flex of motor mounts
They're only original once. Nice Car.
I am still looking for Mary's hand cream.
Haven't had any luck.
I did find a woman named Mary who is willing to help me out with her hands.
Guess the cream is her reward 😋
6 barrel tony its a Plymouth
Is that the Dylan McCool satellite
It is a brand new car. Gimme.
Yep its the real deal.
To kiwi on that satilight those gas line in the right wheel well you might want to change that if a blow out would have happened it could cut the lines check it out.cause I had a blow out on my 69 valiant in the right rear it cut the wheel house up and the rear quarter got laced open..to
flow tech makes glass packs, raptor mufflers, after burner mufflers, terminator muffler same as after burners but painted black , warlock mufflers and purple hornies 😎👍
Sweet cars!
My car. Is yellow like that one, convertible, for speed no air conditioning. My car originally had a yellow top and has a yellow interior
442!!!!!
Did it look like the fuel pump was kinda close to the exhaust? If so, could that cause flow issues from the heat?
Possibly an optical illusion? It could be 3 or 4" away. But it's not super hot like a manifold would be. Y'know, 3" from an exhaust pipe you can hardly feel the heat. My 2c worth.
good one😁
Well, it's not the all mighty 1966 Olds W-30 with Ram Air, but I guess a 67 will do. Fact is that 67 is pretty dog gone rare as well as it was a factory A/C convertible, only a few hundred built with A/C ! The 67/ 400 motor was the last year Olds used a forged steel crank in there motors as everything went cheap ass cast iron in 68 so the 67s were the last breath of true Oldsmobile performance as the 68 & newer cast cranks were limited to spin bearings around 7,000 rpm and no more full on power shift at 8,000rpm up after 67.
@@mickangio16 The 455 in stock form was limited to 52 to 5400 rpm and a safe range is 4800. The 425 can rev higher and the early 400s with correct cam and springs 65- 6700
@@mickangio16 I do 8,000 with my 330s, 400s,425s no sweat, hydraulic lifters don't float till 8,800 so 8,000 is no big deal with a factory forged crank & rods with ARP hardware & the motor is properly blueprinted and is set up to do it, so it's no big deal. The 330s can go even tighter 8,200 to 8,500 all day. We got a 330 Olds right now ( called The Bottle Rocket )running 9:60s in the 1/4 mile at 137mph goes through the traps at 8,900rpm with solid lifters & 6:14 rear gears for 5 seasons now. Were not talking about a low revving cast 350/455.
hopefully the fuel pump doesn`t leak
Tell my man kiwi to make videos over 2 minutes long. Blue-balling to watch
Ok will do, got a few stories to show that need a bit time to do them justice!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Cool looking forward to it, I liked that longer video you did about the disc brake conversion a lot
That wire underneath was probably someone’s idea of a safety loop to keep the car from pole vaulting if the front u-joint broke. 😳
Limited HI PO American Muscle seeps into Kiwi from all corners. That Oldslowmobile would smoke that Dodge, in repetition. I would say 67 was the heyday for American manufacturers. All 3 of them.
THAT 442 WILL NOT HAVE THE AGGRESSIVE CAM BECAUSE IT'S THE AUTO TRANS AND A/C CAR . BUT IT IS A COOL CAR AND SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE ROAD PRETTY GOOD . 👍👍
True, no W-30 cam .295 Der / 472 lift on a 114 C/L however that 67 is VERY rare!. Only a few hundred converts with factory A/C built! Mine is a 4 speed 66 convert with A/C. Really great car for long trips with 355 gears.
LIMITED SLIP was what you was thinking of. 😂 There hasn't been a "positrac" in gm since...... The 70s? Then they changed everything to the clutch style units and ford and gm both called it "limited slip" last I checked. Not 100% on that just what I been told and passing on what I heard. Man that dirt. On the frame. My money is on georgia clay.
I raced bikes on that Georgia clay. Serious shit
Is that the restoration shop in Franklin? I've been by there the past couple days , has some cool stuff there
@12:30... why is that hole in the frame rail anyway?? The one you flipped dirt out of.
3 Speed Automatic🍀🍀🍀🍀
Poor Oldsmobile has a chevy q jet on it.
My brother owns a red 67 but it has the 330
i cant believe how much traffic you guys have. Busy area.
I didn't realize just how much traffic and how noisy it is until we started making video's
Love that Kiwi called it a four-forty-two. That's all I ever heard back when they roamed the earth freely. Now we're supposed to say four-four-two. Kids who weren't there telling us how to pronounce it. Sorry, rant over. I'll not get into how to pronounce LeMans.
Any updates on the fast back cougar kiwi was doing?
If for any reason the Olds QJ isn't used, I want it.
Why ? I may have a spare 66 first year Q jet off a 66 330, needs rebuilt but I think it's all there, have to go diggin for it .
Thats a Chevrolet carb. On an Olds motor. (Side fuel entrance)
@@gordonborsboom7460 all GM makes used quadrajets. Dodge also used a version of it called the Thermo Quad. And if we're getting this specific it's a GMC carb. Oh! The originals were made by Carter. Anything else you want to know?
Ford calls their limited slip differentials Trac Lok.
That wire makes it a H pipe🤣
Mouse House in the RF rail. make sure you clean that out KIWI or you'll be calling AMD.
Isn’t this the car that Dylan McCool revived?
It is. In a previous vid it was discovered and notated
What happened to the conquest?
to think back in early 90s these would go for few thousand dollars
Mounting the fuel pump that high may be a mistake. I'm sure it's supposed to be below fuel level.
I just heard that we lost Jim Bennett on Sunday. Is this true? Comment on his last video says he had a massive stroke and they took him off life support. Died around 5:00pm. So sad.
Is there a way to remove the wet highway noise in post?
Not without reducing volume of the audio you want to keep.
Why is the back window rolled down, it's raining!!
WILL IT RUN?!?!?!!;! YES, the answer is yes, always yes. Im sicka those videos. A better title would be "can I make it run?" Or "do I have the cash to make it run?".
Sitting for 20 Years!, Will it start?!?
Gems
wasnt this dylan mccool’s car?
Stamped 'HP' on the front left machine pad of block casting isn't it?
Tony where do you get your Mary's Man cream? I feel like I got lobsters all over my bag and I really feel I am going to scratch a hole through it, that stuff you recommended sounds like the bees knees, got a link to the website :)
Has anyone told Kiwi he kinda looks like Alex Lifeson?
Not till right now. I'll have to look him up😄
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Haha, it's a compliment bud. Alex is the guitarist from Rush. Look him up...
8 3/4?
Uncle Tony Sure Grips his 3rd member…
I have been wondering, is this the car that was on Dylan McCool’s channel?
Yes.
They have Olds HEI dist. cheap on Ebay . Olds have a common problem of the dist. goes wongo bongo . and there is no way to set the dwell . + Olds eat timing chains for lunch .
Look how long the sticker stuck... Grant it the formaldehyde or whatever in the glue wasn't cool
Send it
my daily drive is my 90 jeep wrangler the frame has been patched up and when I take it to a car wash I flush out @#$ frame holes and spray PB and cover the dam factory holes with gorillia tape
the traffic noise must drive you mad
Kiwi should import some Aussie coupes to the U S. Sorry but besides the 60s American coupes, the 70s Aussie coupes are the coolest cars ever made
What is kiwi channel called?
Where in NZ does Kiwi come from? Sounds a lot like a Waiuku accent
Auckland mate!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Good stuff. You should introduce some real Kiwi flavour to Tony - some form of beat up old KE or KP Toyota.
Talking of Kiwi Culture could Tony be America's Fred Dagg............
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Come to think of it, yeah he probably is. An icon of the working man in the '70s
Leaving it out in the pouring rain with the rear window down does not inspire confidence in the shop.
Good ole Cherry Bombs---LOL
I know what the 4 stands for on the 442 but what could the 42 possibly mean. God I hate it when these cars are referred to as Four Forty Two instead of what they are actually called. Four Four Two. Come on Kiwi.......
400 ci 4bbl dual ( 2 ) exhaust
@@tonybarracuda3505 yes I know, I have a 442, my comments were sarcastic in regards to calling the car a four-forty-two. duh......read it again.
Wow, I wish I had pursued this car when I saw it on marketplace, I would have traded my demon in on it in a heartbeat! I should have pursued it but didn't! And it wasn't that far away. 🤢
How much were they asking for it?
@@jumpinjojo I cant remember for sure but seems like it was around 15 thou.
I had to stop this video right here and put in a word.
I'm from northern Michigan and cars from the 60's and 70's had there leafsprings coming through the trunk floors 35 years ago.