1969 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Muscle Car Of The Week Video #98

1969 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Muscle Car Of The Week Video #98
This week, we're taking a look at a very rare 1969 Oldsmobile 442 with the W-30 Outside Air Induction setup. It's also one of only a few built that were originally sold in Canada. From the Brothers Collection.
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[@elzebub007]

One of my all-time favorite cars, beautiful.

[@barclaybenjamin6322]

I am a GTO man. But always held the 442 in high esteem. That is one beautiful car!

[@jessiecaldwell2511]

Jim Marcum do you think a 442 can fit in a 1985 cutlass supreme

[@charlesbennett9461]

All 68 & 69s had red engines what is up with the gold engine ?

[@bigredc222]

@Hurst Olds442 That confuses a lot of people, especially when they started putting automatic transmissions in them.

[@oldsrocketscientist]

@@charlesbennett9461 all 68 and 69 Olds 442s came with BRONZE painted engines, not red. The 455 in the Hurst Oldsmobiles however were red. The GOLD colored engines (like in this video) were the 350 Cu In. Engines. After rewatching this video it has #5 heads 3:37 which guarantees that this car now has a 350 Cu. In engine in it. Lots of issues with this car. The steering wheel is incorrect, the shift ball is incorrect. He states it came with an AM radio which according to the documentation he shows it originally did, but this one has the AM/FM radio in it (far more rare - probably swapped out to AM/FM later). Edelbrock intake not standard, chrome valve covers wrong, chrome oil fill cap wrong. Chrome brake master cylinder cover wrong. Power Brakes NEVER came on W-30s. Exhaust manifolds wrong - never came with headers. W27 rear end came out in 1970 not 1969 and it has the wrong bolts for the W27. Just a few problems i saw with this car in the video. a NICE car no doubt, but with all the problems i see i have my doubts with this car. Most LIKELY its a standard 442 made into a 442 W-30 These days there are FARRRRR more "W-30s" on the road than were EVER made by GM

[@charlesbennett9461]

@@oldsrocketscientist I absolutely know that

[@johntechwriter]

In the ‘60s, Oldsmobile were the quintessential big American car. They occupied the middle ground between basic-transportation Chevies and pretentious old-guy Caddies. Oldsmobile were arguably the most adventurous GM division. Their front-wheel-drive 1966 Toronado was one of the most beautiful full-sized cars of the era. I was a teenager growing up in Ontario Canada and remember our family lawyer's Olds 98, how lavish its interior was and its enormous size. At age 19 I got to drive a '68 442 with Hurst 4-speed. I was accustomed to driving European manual transmissions, and shifting the Hurst was in comparison like rowing a paddle in a cement mixer. But when I got on the gas, that big car would dig in and go. Truly this was the golden age of American cars, and I’m glad I grew up when I did.

[@MarkRoberts-bj2me]

"Oldsmobile were arguably the most adventurous GM division". The late John DeLorean and his Poncho Division would vociferously disagree with you. The '69 and '70 W30 442's (with both 4's) were awesome cars but the '69 Grand Prix SJ in Triple Black (leather interior) and 4 on the floor is a magnificent creation. A '72 Trans Am equipped with the 455HO and a four speed manual just might smoke a W30 442 as well as being the Holy Grail of T/A's, even without T-tops.

[@DamianAriel717]

Simply beautiful, one of the best muscle cars.

[@proskills2168]

Im a mopar guy, but this car is gorgeous and rarely seen. Luvvit

[@tomnekuda3818]

I remember the first one of these W30 optioned 442 I saw when I was trying to finish up college and very broke. I rolled out from under my '57 Ford (with T-Bird motor, cam, headers, and every upgrade I could throw at it) in the college parking lot. I had realized the the '57 was getting long in the tooth; but the sight of this Olds almost made me throw my wrenches in disgust when I looked at that beauty! And they sounded and moved as good as they looked.....I always thought the body style was timeless; still do. Thanks Kevin

[@ChristopherTrott]

The 1969 and 1970 442s and Cutless S were my favorite Olds.

[@dui7379]

Heck ya..my dad has a cutlas s..we love it!!

[@thomasziegler719]

442. my favorite muscle car. I love the way the body looks on those 68-69-70 cutlasses.

[@kevinprice8344]

68-69 were alike but the 70-72 were another body entirely

[@jeremythompson9895]

Mopar man here but what a beautiful car. Nice comfortable car to drive and a great performer too. Always felt like GM muscle cars had the best fit and finish out of the big three, but Mopar had the best high performance drivelines. The 69 W30 is probably my favorite 442 of any of them. Also loved the 68 Hurst/Olds

[@peterrivney552]

Thanks for the Olds compliment Mopars & Ford's are all great cars as well but I do believe that the '70 Buick Stage 1 was the Tork Monster... For off the showroom floor...

[@paullacey2999]

That is menacing in black&red.Beautiful.

[@bigkahuna1950]

Just to let you know, I'm Canadian and I know of at least one other 69 w30 442 in the Ottawa area back in the day. How do I know? One of them cleaned me and my 66 GTO's clock one night on Carling Avenue in 1970.

[@quentin3330]

bigkahuna1950 lol..cool. w30's were sweet for sure.

[@yavin99]

He said it was the only 442 in that color option.

[@dinaaprea3779]

Find that hard to believe.....

[@TheNJ93487]

The Oldsmobile 442 is my heaven. Black and red. Soooooo goooood. 🙏🏾🏎

[@johnabuick]

I had a red '69 442. It wasn't the W30 but it would pass anything except a gas station.

[@jimwebb9869]

I had a white 69 442

[@w41duvernay]

great joke...LOL.

[@patgiguere3065]

😂

[@desperadolighfoot8534]

My dad had a 69 or 70 442, bottle green. All I remember is at 50 or 60 he'd floor it and he'd do a burnout, he drove it to the limit. Sick car!

[@multinjok]

Awesome car...Its just mind blowing what cars they were making back in the 60s...

[@TheNJ93487]

That old muscle car looks so beautiful and adorable with my heart.

[@donmann8400]

Great car, we Canadians like to go fast also.

[@peterrivney552]

Well of course we like to go fast in southern Ontario we were know as the land of NED North East Division for National Hot Rod Association !!!

[@DarrelCollins-nl3kn]

Very desirable car. One day walking to school I walked past a W - 30 442 and indeed it sounded like it had an aggressive cam . Always loved Oldsmobiles

[@RomVlad]

Olds 442- the best looking stock steering wheel, and maybe dash, on that era muscle car.

[@kertus454]

The steering wheel is wrong for a 69; that wheel wasn't available til 70. Also, there should be a 1/4 inch pin stripe around the lower edge of the trunk lid. It is a pretty car though.

[@quentin3330]

kertus454 Did they offer a rear spoiler?

[@AlejandroP1980s]

comfortableman12 is this better than gto so similar except front

[@kevinprice8344]

@@quentin3330 no spoiler option in the 1969 model year except the Hurst Olds, however it was available in the 1970 model year and iirc was standard equipment on the W30-W31and the Rallye 350, however was not available on the W30 vert.

[@lildudechevman]

Nice car, I had a 69 442 in High school,it was gold with a white vinyl top,had the 400 cu in block 4 speed & post track differential,& I raced everyone I could.back in the day gas was cheap,cruising in a small town was always cool,wish I had kept it,now I’m older & always look through Craig’s list hoping to find even a shell to put together again. I had put a crane fireball cam,Holley 650 & Headman headers,with some purple Hornies on it,it was loud & sounded tough,dang I need to find another one.ok later guys.

[@stripervince1]

this car is absolutely gorgeous in every way.. a true , stunning muscle car ....wow

[@jimbobdrg3247]

Awesome car - among the very best of 442's in 1969.

[@goodcitizen]

Worked for Oldsmobile! These cars were fun to drive in the day.

[@markg.2501]

A sweet ride for sure. My Very first car was a 68' 442 convertible ....Maroon with black interior and black top. 400....4 speed (w/hurst shifter)...dual exhaust. Damn.....the illegal/under-age stuff that went on in and around that car is nothing short of EPIC! If we could just turn back time. What a time it was.... indeed.

[@jacquelinedarst8313]

This is a beautiful car inside.

[@officialclownbusiness7788]

Damn it, Canada! I was already jealous that you get all those weird Pontiacs, then I watched this!

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

Feckin' eh bud !

[@noahgaray7923]

Yay! A 442! Soon im going to get a '71! Local dealer collects 442s. Hes got 3 '70s

[@jeremythompson9122]

Mopar guy here but man what a beauty. 1969 was definitely the best looking 442 ever although most people favor the 1970 442 because the 455 with its 500 lb/ft of torque replaced the 400 that year. I still prefer the 1968 and 69 442 and Hurst/Olds models over the 70-72 models. I especially like the 69 Hurst/Olds but I never liked the fact that they didn't offer a 4 speed manual trans as an option. They all got the TH400 automatic

[@AlejandroP1980s]

I like this front design it looks better than 1970

[@nowitsabadtime]

Amazing how much cars can change in only 1 year; the 1970 Cutlass is one of the best cars ever made.

[@drewpalmer1313]

Awesome 69, a friends brother was a mechanic, and had this car in red ed and a 68 w31 in his garage, I did not know enough about these then to have the full appreciation of all that the W cars were," youth is wasted on the young".

[@jcglos]

I just love Muscle Car Of The Week! Could you please let us hear these beautiful cars just idle for little while. This 442 with those cam specs surely had a nasty idle. That will be a treat.

[@garywebb1574]

I bought new a 69 442. 350 hp, four speed with 3:73 posi. It was Saffron yellow with black vinyl top and interior with black stripes. It came with red line tires and factory mags, am/fm radio. It was fast and handled well and like the video said, it had a great sound. Oh, by the way, I traded in a 66 442 holiday coupe, 4speed, tri-power that was autumn bronze, with black vinyl top, factory tac, bronze interior, factory mags. It too was fast! I loved both of them.

[@shootinnscootin5545]

My #1 dream car is the 70 Chevelle SS454 LS6 but the 442 W30 is definitely in my top 5 if not top 3.

[@paulcondie2520]

Phil Hand read your comment and thought this might interest you! My ex father in law bought a brand new 1970 ss396 after graduation in1970. He wanted the ls6 but just couldn't afford it. About a month goes by n it was stolen from out front of house. So with insurance money his mom felt bad n loaned him the rest to buy the ls6 4sp black with white stripes n a black vinyl top. He still has the car unmolested and in excellent condition with approximately 8500 miles! He now drives it to local car shows and the miles are creeping up. In the late 70s he put 456 gears in it but last summer put stock 410s back in. Other than a door dinger here n a small scrath there its a beauty!!! Love to see what it would bring at Barrett Jackson!!! Lol I like your choice of cars. My buddy had a 69 442 thats why your comment popped! Thanks for your time

[@C5Ron7]

Great car! I owned a ‘68 Ram Air 400 cu in 4-4-2, 4 speed, Car was awesome! Also owned a ‘65 4-4-2 convertible and the Last Year 1984 Hurst Olds {something like 3400 built) NO POWER, only 205 HP but looked awesome and the “Lightning Rods” shifters! When I purchased that car not even the Salesman knew how to shift it into Park, unique shift pattern, NO WAY you could miss the gear you wanted to shift into, never hit Reverse, Park, or Neutral when Drag Racing manually shifting! Missed the 1983 W30, 455 cu in, the year before! Sad😢

[@stuartfitzsimons2786]

One of the Smothers Brothers campained a Cutlass S in the late 1960s . The Cuttass with the rocket 350 was quite successful in it's class.

[@rosenb37]

Dick Smothers never campaigned a vehicle, but there were 5 variants of W-Machines campaigned under his banner.

[@bobbyjocowpoke1057]

Man! That’s a beautiful 442😁

[@worsel2113]

Your reviews are always spot-on.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

The W-30 "Truly" made well over 400+ HP. !!!

[@Ballenxj]

Love seeing these cars! I see it has the Red plastic fender liners that were only in W30's. Mine was a 1970 with the 455 and 4 spd. Thumbs up for sharing this.

[@georgebaker9352]

Didn't Oldsmobile advertise those red plastic inner fenders/liners as "lightweight" to improve weight transfer?

[@jeremythompson9895]

Always liked the design of the 68-69 GM A-bodies better than any other mid size GM body styles.... particularly the 68-69 GTO. But the Chevelle SS396, Olds 442, and Buick GS400 we're all bad ass examples of classic American Muscle. It's too bad the EPA ruined the muscle car era in the early 70s. By 1975 you couldn't buy a fast American car. The 74 Pontiac Trans Am 455SD was the last true muscle car of the true muscle car era. Great times to be a gearhead

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

This is undeniably one of the coolest cars in the collection. It looks, sounds and goes like something The Devil himself would drive.

[@daless3526]

I own a 69 442 with the muncie 4 speed and my car was made in oshawa. Says so right on the body plate on the cowl. And it is a 442 since my father bought it 1/2 year old and it has the correct VIN with matching numbers and C heads. So I don't what this guy is saying they are all Detroit made. The car shown is in great shape though. Had to say something as I had the car for 35 years. Can't believe only 47 in Canada. Maybe he means 4sp W30.

[@daless3526]

Wrong steering wheel.

[@daless3526]

Wrong engine colour. Supposed to be bronze not gold for the 400 cu in.

[@roachy69]

Wanna get under a 442 owner's skin at a classic car show? Just 3 words... "Wow, nice Cutlass"! :D

[@techmaven5900]

Or, Cutty..LMFAO

[@dannythayer7028]

Awesome..I'm from lansing Michigan ..olds lover for life

[@pixelnazgul]

Amazing engine. Amazing chasis.

[@jameshardin1100]

Hard to beat the black/red combo!

[@rogerholloway8498]

Finally found my additional car channel! Thanks guys! I had a 69 Cutlass "S" with close ratio 4 speed, HD clutch and posi rear end. Canary yellow... First thing to blow? The clutch. Then, the wallet.

[@sanjuandelascolinas]

There was also a '69 W-30 in Victoria BC back in the day - it had bench seats and a column mounted automatic - weird - but the exterior had white rally stripes on the hood. I was crazy about that car, hanging out at Dairy Queen hoping the guy who owned it would turn-up in the parking lot - a few years later, I spotted it being street-raced - pretty beaten-up and sounding like it had been thrashed one too many times.

[@johnp8587]

I would literally kill for that car. 442 is my favorite

[@jahlion9546]

Dam dude you mean you will kill for dat car and end up on death row for dat car,while some one else will be driving it,now you is wat I call a real car entusi -ASS.lol haha

[@blueenglishstaffybreeder6956]

johnp8587 I have a 69 442, and I need my wife removed, interested in a straight swap lol

[@stripervince1]

Really really nice. beautiful color combo. wow

[@charleswildman137]

A wonderful example of vintage Detroit iron!

[@markshelton7070]

Beautiful car learnt a lesson about those cars today I knew somewhere went to Canada I never know that a certain amount were made and built to go to Canada thank you very much for the lesson LOL beautiful car Mark Shelton senior Cleveland Ohio USA

[@dankrebs176]

Had a 1968 442 muncie 4 speed 400 block duel exhaust , best car i ever owned , sad day when i lost it...

[@michaelbyrnes1822]

I love the sleeper style bumper mounted air induction scoops

[@williamwingate7154]

Another one of my favorite cars.

[@payer2410]

this makes me want to travel back in the old days

[@josephcameron530]

Great car. Great show. Thank you.

[@victortorres5496]

Just Straight Dead Gorgeous!!!!👍

[@khalidsaad3600]

It's really very nice looking classic car.I like it allot.thanks for nice show.

[@BonheurEsperer]

One of a kind probably. Beautiful color combination

[@bradlamb1561]

I had a 1968 442, Turquoise with black interior and vinyl top. My brother still has his 1965 GTO. Oh how I wish I would have not sold that 442 in 1978. I wish I knew where it ended up.

[@barrysnider635]

Not the biggest 442 fan but everyone I've seen just go like stink 'they are fast cars and just classier than most muscle cars !

[@mattsizelove3041]

Beautiful car

[@peterhogan9537]

I know one Canadian who bought one in 1969, Wayne S. a friend of my Brother.

[@tommcconville677]

The Firebird late '60's and early '70's was a 400 power plant as well as this Cutlass. One of the most powerful and high performing big block GM ever made. Lots of small track Nascar modified guys had this motor in their rides.

[@NewtonWashinton]

yeah the black and red always looks good, back in the day my cousin had a yellow with black stripes 442 he bought new. i remember he had trouble with the throwout bearing in the clutch, had to repair it a few times. maybe it was just his driving habits.

[@darren832]

What a beautiful car. Thanks for a great video.

[@timestep8851]

simply..badass....the best muscle cars made.....all 442 and especially w30.....

[@Cola64]

I can Honestly Say This is The First Time I ever Approved of Porno Red Interior 🤙🏻

[@snowballs442]

We love the Olds

[@W00dst0ck1234]

Hey there! I'm from the Netherlands and I just want to say that i love the show! Keep up the good work! Sadly we don't have many old american cars here. So owning one is very expensive. But maybe someday i will!

[@jimwebb9869]

I had a 69 442 .It had a factory 8 track under the dash

[@TheRacerbrown]

W27 rearend cover, very,very rare!

[@daleostrom3613]

TheRacerbrown yes it is rare. Fact is it's one of none. The w27 was not an option until 1970. And it is not just a cover, it is an aluminum center section.

[@kevinprice8344]

The W27 was the entire center section of the rear-end housing and it was all aluminum and only available in the 1970 model year on W machines only but was again available in 71-72 as rpo w27 but was just the cover.

[@nolaw4740]

Very nice W30, I may have even drove it the assembly line the......the steering doesn't look correct for the year. Thanks for sharing.

[@aliqamber1307]

If only they re-manufature it again i would buy it immidiatly 💪🏼

[@walterlabauve9331]

Gorgeous car!

[@rj-ps8hy]

Edmonton calling. Nice nice nice!

[@danielchristman3406]

Beautiful car!

[@stevenstair1068]

I help build the 442 back in 70 71 72 73, very cool cars!!!

[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 Stunning💥

[@richardcarr6493]

WELL OBVIOUSLY THE BEST OF EM ALL

[@michaelmixon2479]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@rjwintl]

friend in high school had one, drank premium gas and you could watch the gas gauge drop during the burn-outs he did in the parking lot !!! ... a wicked machine !!!

[@timsacco6g694]

Was restoring one about 25 years ago #'s matching 4speed, not a W30, but had A/C power disc brakes, power antenna which I got it to work, the car before I tore it down ran like an animal according to Oldsmobile historic services only about 7,000 4 speed Holiday Coupes were built, and really how many people ordered air with a manual transmission? Divorce screwed my restoration plans and I sold to a guy for pennies on the dollar, he finished it and when he was done it was gorgeous! unfortunately he installed a W30 cam and the engine did not like it, that black on red combo is beautiful!

[@AMC-SQUATCHER]

Interesting facts about this Canadian car, I used to live in Switzerland and owned a '69 W30, a '70 442 and a '71 W30 all which were assembled in GM Works SA in Biel Switzerland. I'm curious as to the production numbers and if they are also connected to the US statistics.

[@derrinpickett9948]

The 442 option was available on both the f-85 and Cutlass 64-67

[@eddieluiswedge2010]

beautiful resto...

[@peterrivney552]

I'm glad you mentioned that they were factory blueprint motors.. I like the way you mentioned the power breaks becouse on mine I did not have enough vacume to operate the power booster.... But I had a single plane Torker intake.... Good looking car thanks for the information on that unit...🤔🇨🇦👍

[@techmaven5900]

Breaks?

[@johnabuick]

What I think about that 442 is I would love to have it. I also had a couple of '66 442's as well which I liked even more than the '69. Too bad I was too young and stupid to know what I had at the time.

[@robertcoolskarloff]

It's cool thanks

[@duradim1]

Fantastic color combination.

[@connecting754]

my fav car in wreckfest.

[@vividvulpe9842]

beautiful beautiful car

[@billyfoster3223]

Beautiful car!🛠️🔧😀

[@dcformee123]

digging on the power antenna option!

[@steelbat54]

My dream car... 👍

[@richardzink6026]

Beautiful

[@gt4th]

That's a tease. How about an update on this one? You talked about how good it sounded at idle but didn't let us hear it idle? The sounds of the cars are a major reason for watching this show.

[@davidwiman5285]

Love 442s

[@user-rq6dg3in8c]

Always loved the Oldsmobile still have my first 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 and also had a 1969 442. GM stopped making the Oldsmobile so I don't by GM products anymore.