Johnny,
What a stunning car. Black with Gold is my favorite color combo for the car and it is a rare Post model to boot. Great car!
Mark
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Johnny,
What a stunning car. Black with Gold is my favorite color combo for the car and it is a rare Post model to boot. Great car!
Mark
[QUOTE=azfletch;461696]Johnny,
What a stunning car. Black with Gold is my favorite color combo for the car and [COLOR=blue][B]it is a rare Post model to boot.[/B][/COLOR] Great car!
Mark[/QUOTE]
Mark,
Thanks for the good words on the 442...what are you referring to when you say "rare Post model"?
Post model is a car with [U]window posts[/U] on doors & on rear side windows. Many 442 came w/o posts. I am sure you will see what you have if you surf 442's on eBay Motors.
Wow ...thanks to Mark(AZFletch) and Michael (ziurtoys)I found out that my 442 is rarer than I thought . It is a sports coupe (Post coupe) and here are the production numbers of all body types for 442's manufactured in 1970:
[B]1970 442 Body Types[/B]
[COLOR=blue]Sports Coupe (Post Coupe) 1,688[/COLOR]
Holiday Coupe 14,709
convertibles 2,933
[B]Total 19,330[/B]
There are less sport coupes (post coupes) then convertibles.
Here is some info I picked up on the classic Olds web site re: Sport Coupes (Post coupes ):
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The sport coupe has the "post" between the front and rear side windows even when the windows are down, and they have a continuation of the door that frames the window area. The ffice:smarttags" /><ST1:place w:st="on">Holiday</ST1:place> does not, they have "frameless" windows.ffice:office" /><O:p></O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]a post coupe has 34477 in the VIN and a hardtop has 34487...<O:p></O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]if the vin starts 34477 it's a sports coupe, which is rarer, and also w/o knowing the VINif you were to have the front and rear windows down, you could not pass your arm from front to rear because there's a body post in the way. Sports coupes are also called post coupes due to that post.<O:p></O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]<O:p> </O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]<O:p> </O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]<O:p> </O:p>[/FONT][/COLOR]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]And the post coupe is the lightest model, too, so performance-wise, it has more potential than any other model. [/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]The easiest way to remember that is ironic: The more metal you see, the lighter the car. With 2-doors:[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Post coupes lightest[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Hartops (pillarless) next[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Convertibles heaviest <O:p></O:p>[/COLOR][/FONT]
Wow Happy day !
Thanks for the look!
So you have the car that may be one of "under 1,000" still in existence. Wow... congrats.
John,
Glad to be of help. Many of the 442's that were campaigned as drag race cars were the Post coupe design. The post made the car lighter, but also stronger in that they kept the body from twisting during hard launches. I know of a couple Hardtops that ended up cracking windshields during drag race launches.
Take care,
Mark
[QUOTE=ziurtoys;461803]So you have the car that may be one of "under 1,000" still in existence. Wow... congrats.[/QUOTE]
Michael,
Thanks...it appears my car may be as rare as magenta Pythons LOL!
[QUOTE=azfletch;461846]John,
Glad to be of help. Many of the 442's that were campaigned as drag race cars were the Post coupe design. The post made the car lighter, but also stronger in that they kept the body from twisting during hard launches. I know of a couple Hardtops that ended up cracking windshields during drag race launches.
Take care,
Mark[/QUOTE]
Mark,
Thanks for the info...it is very interesting.
I could definitely feel the difference in this post coupe vs my non post Cutlasses I've owned in the past(1966 442 and 1969 Cutlass S convertible W30 w/Muncie 4 speed and Hurst shifter) as the car launches better and seems much lighter.
Here is a pic of the post:
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Dang Johnny, You scored!!!
With as many that have been, totaled, scrapped, chopped and parted out, You may have 1 that is less than 500 still in existence!
You should probably try to contact some Olds clubs and see if you can find out. Also I'd put some extra insurance on it, if I were you.
Once you get the bugs out of the motor, you should take it to the drag strip and get some times, you might have a 10sec car - being that its a light weight!
Josh
[QUOTE=sharky8js;462055]Dang Johnny, You scored!!!
With as many that have been, totaled, scrapped, chopped and parted out, You may have 1 that is less than 500 still in existence!
You should probably try to contact some Olds clubs and see if you can find out. Also I'd put some extra insurance on it, if I were you.
Once you get the bugs out of the motor, you should take it to the drag strip and get some times, you might have a 10sec car - being that its a light weight!
Josh[/QUOTE]
Josh,
Thanks for the good words again.
Yes I am very happy to have the car and I look forward to doing more research and learning about it.
To all that provided input on the overheating problem...Thanks!
I have good news.
The overheating problem has been fixed!
To make a long story short I had the following installed : High flow water pump and T-stat, Fan shroud , new OEM Fan blade and fan clutch and pusher Fan . Basically I replace everything but the radiator LOL!
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Thanks everyone ....This board is the best!