1970 Oldsmobile 442 Dezert Find With Bonus Muncie 4spd And Aluminum Bell! on 2040-cars
Boulder City, Nevada, United States
Up for auction is my 1970 Olds 442 with a factory ordered W25 option fiberglass forced air hood! The car has a non numbers matching 455 with a 396021F code block and G heads. The engine is not currently running because it needs two freeze plugs in the heads and the radiator is bad but it turns good and cranks over just fine. The trans is not original and looks to be a 1969 model. The trans shifts into all gears and has clean fluid. I recently found this car in central Nevada and bought it from the second owner who owned since 1975. The lady I bought from said her brother had a problem with the original engine and trans and got rid of them around 1980 or so. The car was originally built in Fremont California and shipped to Scripture Oldsmobile in San Rafael California. The car has been on the west coast it's whole life and is extremely solid with no rot anywhere! When I got the car home I dropped the tank and found the build sheet for the car! I had the build sheet laminated and you can clearly read all the information on it! This 442 was originally equipped with a lot of factory upgrades including the W25 hood, W26 dual gate console Hurst shifter, N34 sport steering wheel, rally instrument cluster with tic tach clock, air conditioning, power disc brakes, performance 3.23 axle with positraction and sport rv mirrors! When I picked the car up it was very dusty and dirty but cleaned up very good as you can see from the interior pics. The body of this car is extremely solid with no panel replacement needed at all and the factory floor pans under the carpet look brand new! The front fenders were replaced at some point with 1971 fenders. I also just put factory repainted 14x6 wheels on it with new trim rings, caps and brand new tires! This is an awesome 442 that would be perfect to restore because it is very straight and super solid! This is a NO RESERVE auction so BID TO WIN!!! I will also include a factory Muncie M20 4spd trans with aluminum bell to the winning bidder!! This car will be sold as is where is with no warranty implied and I reserve the right to end this auction anytime. Once again NO RESERVE for this awesome dezert find car!!
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