Fresh Paint

[oldsmobiledave]

Before (this is a real VIN 9 442 but had been a theft recovery & was repainted monotone). There were actually 5 layers of paint on this car.



During disassembly. The car had only two tiny spots of rust in front of rear wheels & some minor cancer on the bottom of the door seams. Car is 100% rust free now.



My 1987 Olds 442 fresh from the paint booth Sunday night. The car is anything but stock so I decided to not go back to the factory two-tone. I have borrowed some styling cues from other Oldsmobile cars. That is not Firefrost Gold but the gold is Hurst inspired.

[88hurstolds]

Awesome paint scheme.
How does the rear stripe finish off, does it continue to the bottom of the bumper cover?

[oldsmobiledave]

Awesome paint scheme.
How does the rear stripe finish off, does it continue to the bottom of the bumper cover?

It just terminates on the quarter panel & does not extend down onto the bumper cover. I will post pics when the car is all back together but here are a couple more for now.

[88hurstolds]

The paint color scheme is killer.

[FirstClass383]

beautiful, what is under the hood?

[oldsmobiledave]

under the hood

beautiful, what is under the hood?

A diesel block based 470 cid SBO. It utilizes a stroked 425 steel crank. Edelbrock heads, 11.2:1 compression, victor intake, 850 cfm AED carb & a flat tappet camshaft (not a roller). It is bolted to a T400 with a 3500 stall converter & a Ford 9" with 3.89 gears. The engine breathes through American Racing headers & a 3" exhaust. Weighing 3900 lbs with driver the car has run a best of 11.33 @ over 5000' elevation (it will run 10.90 @ sea level). As I did not want to put a bar in the car I slowed it down & it runs steady 11.5s @ 116-117 mph on my home track (usually 5000' corrected elevation).

[oldsmobiledave]

More pics as she goes back together. Very happy Oldsmobile owner

[oldsmobiledave]

Almost done

Car is receiving final cut & polish and then a full clean up & detail. Looking forward to bringing it home.

[88hurstolds]

Looks awesome!
I like what you did with the deck lid.

[oldsmobiledave]

Finally some pictures of the car outside.

[Fader]

looking good! It has to feel great to have it back! Whatever you do....don't get on that 470 too hard on those rocky roads with fresh paint!

[oldsmobiledave]

I don't have it back yet. I am out on an oil rig with 2 weeks left on my hitch. That is not my place but the painters family farm yard.

I will pick up the car before Easter. Looking forward to it.

[oldsmobiledave]

Coming home soon

The car is done. Picking it up on Tuesday. Pumped to see it in person. I'll post more pictures of it @ home next week.

Can't wait for spring to start driving it & showing it off now that it has the look to go with the sound & the performance.

[88hurstolds]

Christmas all over again :-)
I can't wait for the snow to go away so I can start driving mine again.

[oldsmobiledave]

I brought the car home yesterday. Here she is.