Just think of it...I know Olds is making its swan song in a few days but what if someone who really had enough $$$ to get a new GTO take it apart, design a Olds front end, give it some Olds touches in the car and body, a 442 wing of old and the final touch give it the Olds 442 Hurst color and striping..

and voila the final tribute to Olds..the 2005 442

 

i dont know...
442 actually meant something
4 barrel carbs, 4 speed, and dual exhaust (2) if IIRC
but nevertheless, i like them
not sure if any new one would do justice to the old one

 

would be nice... 442's were awesome. In fact, my dads street machine back in the day was a 442. car had 225k miles when he saw it last with the original tranny and motor... after all the racing he did with it

it will never happen though

 

im pretty sure some of the later 442's did not live up to that name... Im pretty sure my dads had single exhaust from the factory, which he cut off and replaced with a full system including longtubes. He also had a 3spd auto in it.

 

better yet: doesnt olds have a v8 rwd car...the auroura or something? Just slam an LS7 into that thing... that would be going out in style

 

422 LS1
4 speed auto
dual exhaust

with the 462 package available too

 

The 4-4-2 changed with time. IT ment 4bbl carb, 4spd trans, Dual exhaust. They did make a FWD 4-4-2 in the early 90's that had a 200+hp quad 4 i belive? So you had 4cyl, 4spd(auto) and dua exit exhaust.

I dont know of anyone making the GTO into a 442 because of the limited avalibilty of the GTO. Cool idea, but would cost a lot to do I would think.

Maybe make some turbo 3.8's and sell it as a GN for Buick?

 

yea there have been many 442 incarnations..in the Acheiva 442 I think with the quad 4..

but yea I was just thinking these SEMA guys..would be a cool thing to do...just to be diffrent..

 

Oldsmobile hasn't had a RWD car since the B-body stationwagon died in 1997. You'd have to reach back to the days of the boxy B-body to find anything else with RWD from Oldsmobile.

Oldsmobile (though debateably the most focused division with the highest quality from GM in the past decade) has pretty much been a sales disaster. GM killed Olds over Buick because Buick had buyer loyalty (and sales) which Olds didn't.

Notice that all the daydreaming about Oldsmobile on this thread is for cars from the 1960s and the begining of the 1970s.

Though you're reaching back 34 years or so to praise Oldsmobile, no ones saying anything about Aurora, or the 88, or Alero.

AMC & Plymouth also made some great cars too 34 years ago, but neither is around today.

 

i really doubt it. the 442 was a fast car, but it wasn't as widely known as the gto. so the effect on todays market place would be subtle. most old men will vaguely remember it and the kids of today will have no clue.

 

not true guionM

I could of been talking about the 442 from the 80's

the new old are great, I thought there was going to be a performance version of the cars comming out about 5 years ago. I saw them in the SEMA stuff in mags..looked promising kinda like the REDLINE stuff Saturn has...

 

Close, the Olds Custom Cruiser wagon's last year was 1992.

 

How about we send a $3,000 deposit to Mr. Waggoner and/or Mr Lutz and ask them to build a 2007 Olds 442!!!!


If you want to, log on to www.petitiononline.com/GMolds and PLEASE sign the petition today!!!

SAVE OLDSMOBILE!!!

 

If you really want a 442 version, why don't you contact http://www.alohadreamcars.com/

They're already making a Chevelle version, and I'm sure if you threw enough $$$$ their way, they might consider doing a one off Olds version.

 

You want this car from GM???? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, ROFL!