Oldsmobile 442 from 1964-1972: The muscle car era

[@OLDS98]

Thank you for the mention at the end of the video. It is appreciated. I heard that comment about the Oldsmobiles sitting up in front of the senior citizen's center. That was not all Oldsmobile. It was the 1990's Cieras. I got your joke. You did an excellent job with the video. You should do a part two and going into the late 1970's versions even the one with the awkward styling. You should cover the 1980's 442 because of Hurst/Olds and the 442 with the high out put 307 V8. That have gained traction. There was the front wheel drive Calais 442 too. People are discovering those now as I have seen videos on You Tube about them. You earned a A+ for this video. You really covered the beginning well into the early 70's quite well. I will leave you with these videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Ktkn5orrGUj5I and kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYK9h2mnZZWmi8U and kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2mYmYSpqdStgNk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2OqqGZ3rcSdY7c and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJvNg3Sjm8ZgqZY

[@autochatter]

Thank you! Yeah a part two would be fun. I actually have a commercial for the Calias 442 towards the end.

[@OLDS98]

@@autochatter You are most welcome. Yes indeed a part 1973-1991 would be nice. You did a great job indeed. I will leave you with these videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX69naGsh552atU and Oldsmobile was looking into bring back performance Oldsmobiles in 2000: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl6UfJuQd5WMrck

[@autochatter]

@@OLDS98 Thank you again!

[@averyparticularsetofskills]

Yup Chatter, 2 is a MUST ❗✌

[@ericbritton9346]

Oldsmobile would have went out with a bang in 2004 if the Cutlass 442 was made alongside the Chevy Chevelle and Pontiac GTO.

[@johnfloyd838]

My first cutlass was a 71 cutlass 442 and I bought it from a very good friend in highschool for $1000 and me and my cousin did a lot of work to it and I took it to the Atco speedway in Atco new jersey and it ran low 12's in the 1/4 mile and I was hooked on cuttlass's ever since then they were very powerful machines and had a great body style and were reliable and I absolutely loved all of them very much ❤️😎👍

[@autochatter]

Thats awesome!

[@madmex2k]

I had a 1971(Galleon Gold?) 442 with the 455 in it. This car, like a few others I bought as a teenager and in my early 20s, was passed down through my family. This one starting with my Brother-in-Law to my brother, then eventually to me. I bought it in 1982 for 500 dollars. It had been front end wrecked and repaired, the orginal engine died in the crash, so another 455 was salvaged and installed from a 70s model Vista Cruiser Wagon. It was a runner for sure. I rebuilt a lot of the interior and the TH400 transmission eventually, as it had suffered abuse from before the crash. We put a shift kit in it, and a torque converter from a TH350, giving it sort of a stall speed to launch from. With a Sun Tach installed in the dash blank where the clock should go, I would power bake it and launch it between 2500-3000 rpms. I had to replace a few motor mounts doing this, hence using the shade tree mechanics trick of chaining the engine to the right side of the frame to stop the motor twist on alunching. It ain't stupid if it works. I also believe it had the 3.91 rear end. Definitely loved this car so much as a young kid, and lucky to have had it. I even bought a 1986 Cutlass with a 307 in it, which was a decent car as well. Have never been on this channel before, and I like what I see.

[@autochatter]

Hey I appreciate that! This one has not recieved the views I was hoping for, but im working on the sequel now against my better judgement LOL .Its all the later ones with a 442 or Hurst/Olds Badge on it. Even the FWD things we got towards the end.

[@myleslong5584]

Similar story…got my ‘69,repaired with a 350 replacement engine for $900 in Fall of ‘83. Had 3:23 limited slip cos it was well optioned with A/C,power antenna,trunk,disc brakes…all bells. Blessed with a ‘71 Ninety-Eight which became donor so,she got her big block back. Wasn’t the prettiest 4-4-2,had some rust around lower fenders and passenger door required extra effort to close but,it was fun and ran respectably well. Pulled a 14.25 on street tires with lowered pressure. After 14 years and 80,000 miles of indescribably fun burnouts and four-barrel kickdowns (plus two kids) it was time to let her go. 😢 Only performance-type car I ever owned and as they say,better to have love and lost than to have never loved at all. I really loved that car.

[@oliverrojas3185]

Thanks, some great informational content complimented by excellent staging of highly detailed and comprehensive shots of the vehicles from about every imaginable exterior angle. Yes definitely look forward to viewing videos on the 442 that follow

[@autochatter]

Thank you! You are in luck as I already made a part 2!kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4emoJyCgr92gKssi=leI7ATlJhKU51W_R

[@oliverrojas3185]

@@autochatter Appreciate the link.

[@autochatter]

@@oliverrojas3185 Appreciate the watching of it!

[@juelzm149]

Yes PLEASE do a part 2! Fantastic video! We had a regular Cutlass Supreme growing up and my dad (usually after washing the car) would tell me how they made a 442 version and he'd love to have one etc. Sort of standing there in the driveway staring as if it might morph into a 442 right then 😂

[@autochatter]

Thank you! Yeah, I guess that would be like having a 4 cylinder Mustang in the driveway, wishing it would become a GT. I'm on the fence starting a sequel today because the views so far have been.....meh. Thought this one would have done better.

[@rickwhite3181]

9:30 they were also available with black with silver pinstriping. The doctor Jack I think Watson is the one that designed that Hurst Olds

[@autochatter]

@rickwhite3181 Cool...Good to know!

[@johnfloyd838]

I owned a lot of cutlass's between the years of 68 to 76 and they were very powerful machines and had a great body style and were very reliable and I loved all of them very much ❤️❤️😎👍💪

[@autochatter]

That's awesome! Great era to have a Caddy!

[@diddlybow3891]

I’ve got an uncle that had one of these back in the day. I remember riding in it when I was five or so back in about 1980. It was all ragged out, but I remember it was fast as hell. Good job on the video, cool car. 👍🏼

[@autochatter]

Thanks!

[@diddlybow3891]

I remember him having a bunch of random cars. He was a tow truck driver/mechanic and was always working on something. I remember him even having a couple of old De Soto’s. That would be a random car to do a video on. De Soto.

[@autochatter]

@diddlybow3891 Yeah maybe...This one is off to a slower start though....I don't see Desoto doing better LOL.

[@MotorMaster_Stunticon]

Great chatter. Thanks for shining light on these lesser talked-about Oldsmobiles.

[@autochatter]

Thanks Rob! I would have thought of all the Oldsmobiles, the 442 would have been a prominent one!

[@trainglen22]

I also remember an Oldsmobile Cutlass called the Rally 350. The 442 were among my favorite cars from the late 1960's.

[@autochatter]

Yeah..I mention and show a Rallye 350 in the vid..One year only trim in yellow.

[@samryan7954]

Sir, my favorite 442 is the 1967, hands down! I was in high school when they came out.

[@autochatter]

@samryan7954 I liked that year for them too!

[@deandee8082]

it was an oldsmobile that influenced arguably the world's first rock and roll song ever recorded . . "rocket 88" Ike Turner

[@P_RO_]

The 455 was a torque monster with gobs of power from low RPM's that got you moving quickly if you didn't smoke the tires. The feel and sound of these old big-blocks is a treat to experience and unlike anything else. For awhile you could buy these at a reasonable price since everyone was focused on the Fords, Chevys, Mopars, and Pontiac's but that's changed all around and no classic muscle car is cheap anymore. I like the 71 styling but the older ones were faster. For the body, the rooflines of these is perfect to me and they also integrated the bumpers into the styling better than anyone else did; a very sleek car indeed. I don't think I've seen one on the roads around town here in a decade but there used to be a few daily drivers including a gold convertible with a white top which looked stunning. I do recall back in my mid-teens there was a Hurst 442 which was reputed to be the fourth or fifth fastest car in town but I never saw him run and he was stock while the faster cars were 'built'. Definitely not Oldsmobile's usual for the era but they proved they could do a muscle car as good as anyone else and woe to the hot-rodder who underestimated them.

[@autochatter]

I haven't seen any of these earlier Muscle car age 442s outside of car shows. I'm not sure which GM muscle in this class then I would have gravitated to..Probably a Chevelle or GTO, but the Hurst/Olds were cool too!

[@averyparticularsetofskills]

Cool Vid Chatter 🤙 Love the longer ones (twss) Awesome to see all the adverts too 👌 Cant wait for the next one

[@autochatter]

Thank you! I don't know why this one isn't getting more love. I thought a 60s muscle car era vid would have done better. TWWS 🤣

[@averyparticularsetofskills]

@@autochatter Chatter you know how the Algorithmic Insanity works, a good vid like this will gain traction faster than a G80 in the summertime...just watch

[@autochatter]

@@averyparticularsetofskills Does anyone really know how the algorithm works?

[@johnlilly2991]

I ran 70 cutlasses with my 350 rockets! Love all of them 👍❤️

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Love me a 442!!... I have built several 442 Model Kits-(64,66,67,69,70,71,72 and 85)....

[@autochatter]

I had a feeling you have constructed quite a few!

[@myleslong5584]

Well researched and presented. Informative,interesting and fun tidbits like yearly production numbers and the two ‘66 Vista Cruisers being ordered with the L-69. Sentences are complete and narration is good,as well.

[@autochatter]

Thank you!

[@anthony_rivera4735]

When GM brought back the Pontiac GTO in 2004, they should've also have brought back the Chevy chevelle, Oldsmobile 442 and Buick GSX in 2004 also. I would love to see Chevy, Oldsmobile and Buick also have their own versions of the 2004-2006 Pontiac GTO. Perhaps it would've saved the Oldsmobile brand.

[@autochatter]

It didn't sell great as a GTO, so that Holden Prob would have done worse as a 442.

[@h.paulsprojects3061]

Yes, more 442 story!!

[@johnlawfourtyfyve]

I was 12 in 1964. The owner of owr Oldsmobile dealership gave me a 442 tie bar he got for selling 5 of them during the first year of production. I still have it.

[@autochatter]

@johnlawfourtyfyve Thats awesome!

[@jasonsobol32]

You need to do the later generation 442s as well

[@autochatter]

It's on the agenda.

[@kevlarazalea]

oh heck yeah🎉

[@kc0lif]

they had 442 in the 1980s too.

[@autochatter]

@kc0lif Yes..I talked about the newer ones in part 2.

[@J_J_Ander]

How about the F150? If you did do one I can't find it.

[@autochatter]

Haven't done those yet..Or full size Chevy and Dodge trucks. I've done Rangers,S-10/LUV , Nissan trucks,and Toyota so far. Oh...Isuzu too and Suburbans.

[@deandee8082]

the 442 is a cousin of the cutlass? it is a cutlass .. chassis and body same same

[@autochatter]

@deandee8082 Yes..But it was considered a separate model I guess then. Can't remember what part of the vid I said that LOL.

[@henrymiley1318]

The 442 was no longer a 442 when it went to automatic trans just a badge

[@haggis525]

A good, solid chatter it was! I enjoyed it very much! Have you done the mid 1980's Buick Regal T types and Grand National? Far better choice, in my hare-brained opinion, than the 1980's 442's.... which were terribly disappointing. Like, comment, subscribe and hit the all notifications bell.... Y'all! Must get Auto Chatter to 10K subs....

[@autochatter]

Thank you! To answer your Buick question.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGe6m2yHgaqGiZIsi=xAtFq8nI2S2O_G0t

[@doug6191]

Speaking of legendary cars that guys between 45-65 dream about... Have you already profiled the Dodge Dynasty and its Chrysler counterpart? 😂

[@autochatter]

Oh everyone had a poster of those in their bedroom! 😅 Nope..Haven't jumped into those yet. But with Versa currently outpacing the legendary 442's, maybe a Dynasty would be a smash.

[@doug6191]

@autochatter Don't lie... You had a Dynasty poster. Probably Dark Cherry in color. 🤤

[@autochatter]

​@doug6191 Well the secret is out. There's nothing sexier than a FWD ,automatic Domestic Sedan from the 80s! But I was thinking more Forest Green inside and out.

[@doug6191]

@@autochatter I had my Dynasty poster next to my Toyota Tercel poster, which was in jade green paint. Talk about head-turners... They were excellent, especially in Black Hawk or Red Hawk trim.

[@doug6191]

@autochatter I saw the view count was higher on the Versa. Kind of surprised, but yet...not. Obviously, with my Dynasty comments, I root for the underdogs that just quietly served their time on the road and faded into history unlamented by most.

[@mickeymooseize]

Those decals don't belong on the 69 H/O

[@autochatter]

@@mickeymooseize I think one of the clips I used was a 442 clone

[@jonwhite-ht2iz]

Good video.....ez to follow..... and my only negative remark....... that might seem trivial.....is that it is 4-4-2... always...... NOT a four-forty-two......or a forty-for-two ......it is... and always has been.....a FOUR-FOUR -TWO.....any Oldsmo-bud that I have.....(and there are many) ..... would cringe......if someone sez......4 -forty-two ..... not trippin' ...... just sayin' ...... otherwise..... awesome content......on an awesome car !!! .....i hope I wasn't outta line !!! Thanks....

[@autochatter]

@jonwhite-ht2iz My apologies! Your not the first to make mention of this.....( but managed to do it in a funny way I appreciate!)

[@ScarlettFire341]

MISTAKES #1 Always it's 4-4-2 and NEVER Four Forty Two - so pathetic ! Go Redo the video !! #2 The 6.5 is called a 389 and the 6.6 is called the 400 - Jeez - get it right

[@autochatter]

@@ScarlettFire341 nobody's perfect

[@chrisethridge2348]

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