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Member ID: douaireg

Location: Montreal, QC

Vehicle Info

1973 Oldsmobile 442

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed100mph
  • HP200
  • Weight2880lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Hooker Header 

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    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.

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Gilles’s Oldsmobile 442

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Next spring (2010) -- major stuff hapening on this car! new carburator,etc! :)

Background :the previous owner of this car used to race it against recent Mustang 5.0s with a stock 350 engine & a 3.42 posi, so obviously it had a blown engine from revving, revving, revving. The car was in an accident the first year i owned it, very bad scar on the passenger side.It's rusting quite a bit, and needs IMMEDIATE attention...

Current specs : the engine is a 1984 307 Olds V-8 in a stock shape. The carburator would need a full rebuild. The transmission is a 4-speed 200R4, and the rear end is he original 3.42 posi. Hookers headers + Summit dual exhaust. Lakewood boxed lower control arms. Tires are 15' on Pontiac Rallye wheels, 225/70 front and 255/60 rear. Pioneer CD player + 12" + 10" rear Beckman Speakers.


To come : I found used front doors with power windows, a rebuilt quadrajet. i found both rear passenger fenders: lots of body work to come. eventually, a neat 403 will find its way between the fenders of this car.

douaireg's 1973 Oldsmobile 442
I don't think the car was a 442 to start with. the front grill is from a supreme's, and the VIN plate shows the following:

Division: Oldsmobile
Series: Cutlass
Model Year: 1973
Body Type: Hardtop Sedan
Engine: 350 (5.7) V8 4BBL
Plant: Framingham, MA

Furthermore, this is a 1973 car, so it's a car from in between days: the allout horsepower era pretty much ended in 1972, and the 5mph bumpers, catalytic converter, AIR pumps era started n 1974/1975. Not that there is anything bad with AIR pumps, catalytic converters, bumpers and such: it's just that their first actual implementation sucked technically.

1973 is actually the year the death of muscle cars became effective. This car is the tombstone from a 442.

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This is the original state of the car, back in year 2000. The car was badly damaged in an accident, my ex drove it in front of an incoming pickup. she was alright, but the car wasnt.

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after much body work (read BONDO), my father & i painted the car hillbilly style. it worked out well.

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douaireg's 1973 Oldsmobile 442
This is the state of the body work, circa 2001.

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This is in 2003, after a couple years of harsh Canada winters...

douaireg's 1973 Oldsmobile 442
The engine bay features an home made dual snorkel, and also a 1976 Buick Century fan shroud.

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Before a second paint in september 2003: left on a dirt road up North (really really UP North), right the morning before.

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Just after the second paint in 2003, with a couple of Buicks (Serge's and PhilR's) and my dad's 1986 Cutlass.

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fall 2006 - added the dual exhaust (summit) + hooker headers. also changed the tailight from 442 lens to Supreme style (bought on eBay): better shape, cooler chrome in my opinion.

douaireg's 1973 Oldsmobile 442
winter 2006 - upgrade no.1324 - new gauges (bought on ebay). just have to figure out how to put a tach that would look stock on this car. sensors bought at fusick.com

douaireg's 1973 Oldsmobile 442
M-A-S-S-I-V-E bumper guards, found on eBay. it seems that they are aftermarket. that car looks scary by now.

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olds68  

Posted by: olds68

02/17/2009 04:21PM

5 stasr and to my favortive list !

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Posted by: 12342345

06/16/2008 06:23PM

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350cut  

Posted by: 350cut

12/29/2007 08:20PM

This car should only be black... excellent choice! Ive got a '73 Cutlass and i was wondering where you got all of your interior pieces... Did you go to an upholstery shop or order them from somewhere?

hd-riderstanley  

Posted by: hd-riderstanley

07/04/2007 04:27AM

nice car, maybe I'll get mine posted on here soon. Any chance you might know where to find interior trim pcs. If so let me know. Thanks, Jeff

keith455  

Posted by: keith455

04/05/2007 01:11AM

Nice car. Come check out the new 73-77olds.com website. It's dedicated just for 73-77 Oldsmobiles.

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Member ID: douaireg

Location: Montreal, QC