don't forget the wing or the oil leak from the front of the pan
overpriced ----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:52 am Subject: Re: 69 442 with # matching 455? To: oldsmobile@chebucto.ns.ca > Dan Roethel wrote: > > Check this item currently on Ebay 4624850371 > > Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't all 69 442's come with only > 400cu.in.> Engines? > > Correct. > > > Or just a con man with some time on his hands and metal numbers > punch! > First of all I wouldn't even bet that is a 455, it's generic > blue > with gold valve covers. Who know what it is? Early 400, 425, 455. > Heck it could even be the original correct 400. The guys selling > it > don't have a friggin clue. > > As for the goofy stuff like the Oldsmobile above the 442, the > rockets on the headrests, Oldsmobile script on the cover, the Hurst > handle on the shifter, way oversized tach in the right pod, pretty > alternator, cheap air cleaner, and the who-knows-what-the-hell-its- > for > white fluid canister on the drivers inner fender, well I've seen > worse > and they can be corrected. The good stuff is there like the > correct > trim along the bottom of the trunk and the dash has not been hacked > up > for a cassette player :) > > I'd _really_ want to check it out before spending any cash on it. > -- > > Cliff "many improvements aren't" Simpson & Kermit > http://www.ucalgary.ca/~csimpson/TheOldsZone.html >
