Rarest Olds 442 - Page 2

**olredalert** · #11 03-18-2007, 05:08 PM

------Joe,,,Although possible I dont know how much. The two models vary only in trim and emblems.......Bill S

**PeteLeathersac** · #12 03-18-2007, 05:09 PM

All 2 Door sedans are supposed to be lighter than their hardtop brothers..

~ Pete

Legendary musclecar's · #13 03-19-2007, 05:35 AM

Did you guys see the 1964 442 going to mecum auction it looks to be a very nice original car.You do not see to many 64 442s for sale.Go to www.mecumauctions.com and check it out.
Legendary musclecar's inc

69L89RAG · #14 03-19-2007, 06:02 AM

I had a 1964 convertible for sale a couple of years ago. Really cool car. It had a 455 but I also had the original engine. Wish I still had it today!

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...0/fpart/1/vc/1

I don't know if the link will work so I attached a couple of photos that show the car and the Documentation.

I hope this helps.

442w30 · #15 03-19-2007, 05:34 PM

I HATE older 442s with those SSII wheels. . . doesn't look right.

retengw31 · #16 03-19-2007, 07:46 PM

To each his own. I like 7 inch wide SSII's, but hate early skinny SSI's and SSII's and really hate steel wheels and dog dishes.

Nobody would be seen dead driving on the streets with dog dishes back when these cars were new. Most of the ones that had them went straight to the wheel shop and bought Cragar SS, chrome reverse, or others. Even the race cars used fancy wheels (case in point, the real Smothers Brothers cars that Dick Smothers drove.

So There.

442w30 · #17 03-20-2007, 05:58 PM

Who cares what nobody would be caught dead with? There were plenty of early GTOs with their stock wheelcovers or aftermarket wheels. But thos SSII wheels just look like an anachronism to me.

**PeteLeathersac** · #18 03-20-2007, 06:16 PM

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To each his own. I like 7 inch wide SSII's, but hate early skinny SSI's and SSII's and really hate steel wheels and dog dishes.

Nobody would be seen dead driving on the streets with dog dishes back when these cars were new. Most of the ones that had them went straight to the wheel shop and bought Cragar SS, chrome reverse, or others. Even the race cars used fancy wheels (case in point, the real Smothers Brothers cars that Dick Smothers drove.

So There.

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Each their own is fine w/ me...I'll take the exact opposite position to this above statement since I can't stand SS11's (especially painted body color) and always prefer factory painted steelies w/ a set of doggers...over anything!!!

Aren't the SS11's so popular now because the boneyards are still full of them cheap since they were offered up to '87 or so?.

~ Pete

**TimG** · #19 03-20-2007, 07:13 PM

All I remember is being 16 years old and our orange '72 442 arrived at the dealership with those orange SSII wheels and my jaw dropped. I never saw any car so beautiful in my life.

442w30 · #20 03-20-2007, 11:26 PM

Interestingly enough, SSII wheels are gray. The colored ones came on the '70 pace cars and, starting in '71, they were called SSIII.