My DAD had a 1966 442 he had 5 children we all use get in there and dad would tear the road up in that 442 my family was the only one who had a 442 everybody use come our home just to see that 442 they were crazy about that 442.😊

That's a very special 442! My first car was a 1yr used 1968 442. Took it to my Auto Technology class and the "professor" said in front of the class, "Boy you must be rolling in the dough." I was working nights at Strathmore Paper Company 12 hours a day 6 days a week.

Imagine 1966. You’re 12 years old and your dad comes home with this Hot rod Car and takes you for a little Ride you will never forget!

who doesn't love the awesome 442

Lou... Kevin is right this car has the tri power carbs...In 1980 I was used car manager at Lester Goodson Pontiac houston Texas one night a man came in to purchase a new firebird and trade in his 1966 442 4 speed tri power oldsmobile... well as the new car manager bid the blue 442 at $800 dollars and the original owner wanted $1400 dollars, I told him he was wrong about what the car was worth wholesale...so I bought the car for $1400 for myself...Then as I have done many times, a few weeks later a customer offered me $2600 for the 442 and of course I sold it...and 1966 was the last year for 3-2 barrel carbs...If I had kept all the cars I bought at the dealerships I would have a huge collection today...Another oldie from my memory warehouse...........

A Gorgeous sleeper ..

A historically significant (and rare) ride Lou. Thx for sharing!

Omg that is. One of the nicest oldsmobiles i have ever seen .

Yeah Brother! You nailed me with another beautiful winner! You seem to know exactly what makes us guys tick as far as the 'obscure' factory built performance drag cars. Just lovin' it!

Wow, that's awesome. The sixties were great years. I bet that car will haul the mail.

Beautiful, rare car. This is why I subscribe! It reminded me of the 1967 Buick GS400, though this is far more hard core. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac all did interesting cars that were very different from the mainstream Chevelle. 66 & 67 cars were awesome to see and one of my favorite epochs of the early muscle car time.

Wow, Lou - another 442 ! Seems like you feature these & Mopars quite a bit. I'm not complaining, 2 of my favourite cars. Been a long time since I've seen an F-85 ,with the 442 package added on.What a find,and so rare.! Looks like a 3- 2 barrel set up on top,correct me if I'm wrong. Seems like all the car companies were in competition to produce factory race cars for NHRA competition. Hate to think what that car is worth ! Thanks to John for having this cool 442, I think if I had it, there would be a lot more miles on the odometer. ! Thanks Lou, and thumbs up!

Brings back many pleasant memories. I had the first 442 in my hometown in 66. Then I had a 67 and then a 68 model. The 67 was my favorite of the three.

Such a classy classic, extremely.

I believe that designating the actual restorer, when known, ought to be always included where applicable. Too many owners just state that it was restored, but fail to name the restorer. It may be their money, but not their work.

Wow ! The guy who restored this 442 , Scott I think was his name is going to get alot of calls . He did a phenomenal job.

An impeccable restoration!!

I've always been a Cutlass fan. I've owned three. This one almost looks the base F85 model compared to other 442s I've seen.

Nice! The car is in amazing shape!

When I use to repair cars for a living, I always liked the Olds and Chevys. Thank you Lou.

As a classic car historian , I don't often share this one compliment. But this Guy Lou , has a first class EYE for unique cars !!!!!

What a beautiful great ole classic. My pop always liked Oldsmobiles. Especially cars that are gold in color.

Wow the memories… I was a sophomore in high school when this car was built… Drool 🤤

Beautiful Oldsmobile and the sound is amazing

I was at that show and it was an awesome display of the 2 years, I think about 30 cars total! I have a 66 F85 Deluxe 442, but not W30 of course so I had to make this show and was not disappointed!

Sweet ! 60's best Decade for cars ! 😁

Great muscle car. That "sleeper" look with "dog dish" caps, bench seat, radio and heater delete and 3 pedals on the floor. On top of that, my favorite color combo - white with a red office. Congratulations to the owner, restorer and to you Lou.

Around 15 years ago, a 1966 W30 442 was found in a back yard in the mid west; I forgot what state it was. It was a no drivetrain roller & it had no interior or floors left in it either, but it had all the telltale clues proving it to be one of the 54. For example the bracketry for the trunk mounted battery was present along with the battery cables & the factory clips that held them down to the trunk floor. It also had remnants of the giant intake hoses left in the engine compartment along with the under-bumper scoops. I can't remember what color it was originally but I seem to recall black or burgundy....

Goodday Lou, As Australia's biggest Oldsmobile fan I recently received for Father's Day the latest book on Oldsmobile. " Oldsmobile W - Powered Muscle Cars" by David Newhardt. What a great book. According to David the 1966 4-4-2 W30 Track Pack vehicles were equipped with the L69 400-ci engine rated at 360 hp. Only 54 W30 packages were installed at the factory; 93 were bolted on at dealerships. Either way the beginning of the W - Powered Muscle Cars. Another intresting fact with Oldsmobile. The W is in recognition of Jack " Doc " Watson. John Beltz who was chief engineer at the time when the first 442 were build. Absolutely stunning 1966 & extremely rare F85 442 W30 Oldsmobile one of my favorites. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

Thanks Lou, what a car! I do like those classic Oldsmobiles from the 60s! I almost buy a F-85 from 1965 almost 20 years ago, from its original owner.

Thanks Lou for the link to another 1966 Oldsmobile beast #10 of 54, also with Great sound, I did notice this one did not have the same tach as the other one, the tach the other guy had must have been part of the deluxe pkg. he was talking about. Another Fine Car, Thanks Lou!

Gotta give it to you Lou, you find really neat cars to feature. Good on you, and nice job.

BEAUTIFUL ! ... Memories flying back to me about My 1965 , 442 convertible and what a great car it was ! ... Thanks to John and Lou in making this Old Man Happy !

A very rare Olds Lou. Very interesting car. Thanks Lou.

Never seen one of these. Has distinctive Olds characteristics. I have a minty 66 Olds 98 Coupe with the AM transistor radio. Bought it on the side of a road in 2002 for $3500.

I have to work right now and I just bumped into this awesome car along with your lineup of unbelievable supercars… I’m just going to have to binge watch later. Big fan… Neighbor of yours… I hit the thumbs up… And the save… I’ll comment when I view this amazing car… Close to what I had as a kid.I had a 65 olds

Another great video Lou. I have read about these rare Oldsmobiles but have never seen one in person and I think that this is the first time I have seen a video of one. That's a very rare car.

Thank You Lou, You Are The Man, Another Incredible Machine

Amazing restoration on a super rare Oldsmobile! A true time capsule. GREAT VIDEO LOU.

Love the rare two door post.

That is pristine. Thx for posting Lou

What a cool looking "sleeper".

I had no idea the Cutlass name existed back then. Never actually thought about when it started though. Thank you again Lou for sharing another great find!

Wow! Super rare and it's a post car, too! This Olds looks both showroom and dragstrip ready. What a nice combo. Thanks, Lou!

Love me a 442!!

My father in law owned Huebner Chevy in Carrollton Ohio. They ordered one exactly like it to drag race. I have pics of it with a bunch of trophies next to it.

You can hear the lope of the W30 cam. It sounds so mild when it first starts, then…wow.

The 66 442 w30 was probably the pound for pound best of the w30 cars1

Wow! what a pristine condition beautiful 442!!!! I always loved the 66 67 442s,besides the 2nd generation too. Thanks so much for sharing such a great rarity with us!!!

Marvelous Oldsmobile! Nice to see John and his '66 W-30.

The first one I saw was at a red light in Petersburg Virginia in 1968. Didn't know that it was that rare.

When w30 just started very nice believe Dr olds was just out of med school. Lou a 1959 New Yorker 413 Golden lion in baby blue ever get requested my grandpa had one best car he ever had be nice to see one on your channel

Back in high school a buddy had a black '66 442 with a post, 4 sp, 3 x 2s with 3:90 gears. A very strong running car. Certainly wasn't skeered of 396 Chevelles

Great Car super rare olds i own a 65 442 and they are under the radar muscle car!

Another rare crazy beautiful American icon car !!

I seen one of these post 442 ,s last year here in Pensacola , it looked to be all original car cruising down the road and sounding good !

4 barrell 4 speed 2 exhaust super rare car my friend . greetings from Australia

I love the 442, such a clean, simple shape, especially the earlier ones. That car would be wasted on me, I wouldn't be able to stop myself from using it and it would be instantly devalued!

Wow this did not disappoint. Binge watching later… Very cool car. Very very rare. Brings back memories

Wow! That’s essentially a brand new car…beautiful

Absolutely beautiful 442.

Another great car! Thanks Lou. That was a great show. I was hoping to run into you there. Maybe next year.

This is one sweet Machine Lou! 🙂

that's a beautiful "plain jane" 442 olds, just the way i like 'em! and rare, too, love the plain redline look, thanks lou!

Grandma and grandpa had a '66 or '67 Cutlass. It was white with red interior. Apparently my uncle had dreams of it to have been a 442. I remember a distinctive Oldsmobile whirling sound. Grandma also had a big hat pin (?) in the carpet at the transmission - it was to stick someone if she needed defense. I also remember the sharp top edges of the fenders while driving; they seemed to be guides.

Hi lou... I'm back to high school again!! That idle was just rock solid and you could sleep in the trunk! Great video!!

Well, just finish watching the episode on this beauty: 1966's Olds "442" model. My former brother-in-law (whose now in his late 70's) had a gold-copper color model with the Hurst shifter. It was a mover! Had a few rides in it. One was from Indianapolis (my home with my folks) to Brown County, Indiana for Thanksgiving at my grandmother's home. The journey down there...quick! I was impressed as a 16 year old. I'm watching right now, Jay Leno's Garage. He is doing a review of this same year, make, model car. He's got the record showing that back then in '66, it was $4300. This model he has is black with silver trims. Gosh! Makes you want one. Seems like this one had some "changes" due to, as he looks at it on the car lift, it is not his car but someone else's. But, 1966 was his (Jay's) favorite car year along with 1932. My folks had 3 Oldsmobile models when they were alive: 1970 "Delta 88" (I loved that car, the most!); 1975 "Cutlass" with the Landow (?) roof - yuck!; and, 1980 "Cutlass" ? The first two were powered by the famous 350 V-8...a dependable engine. The last one, the '80...under powered V-6...what (without looking it up for facts)...170 H.P. Anyway, GM really started to lose the game, as we know. Thanks, Lou, for these episodes. Have you met Leno, yet? Jay and I are the same age - 71.

Very nice Cutlass ! Extremely clean and straight . Just beautiful. Thanks Lou!

Awesome car

What an incredible 442, I would love to bang those gears and see just how fast that baby was…

Nice ride !!! I remember seeing cars like this when I was a kid , but no 442s.....they were either 4 doors or they had a smaller motor in them....😃

The ultimate sleeper,white w/ red lDog hubcaps,ca

one of the fastest cars from my days in the early 70`s was a friend with a 67 cutlass with a 70 model 455 engine .. super quick in the 60 foot times .. jumped so many cars out of the hole that they gave up .. he wrapped it around a big tree and broke the car in two pieces but walked away ..

Mr. John Demmer related to me in the fall of 2017 how the Demmer pattern makers hand made these outside air induction air shround. He mentioned that the reason for numbering them was they were hand drilled for the screws that held the lid and bottom sections together. Mr. Demmer sponsored a few 4-4-2's, including a '66 called the "Rectifier ". Tom "Blank" Blankenship, an Oldsmobile Engineer then drove the Rectifier cars.

that Olds is a beautiful car, you have the best job Lou.

I wonder how many of the 17 remaining W30 442's are post cars - I'm guessing not many. This is just beautiful, just perfecr, and sooo collectible. Love it, thanks Lou!!

442 definitely huge car that year.

Simply gorgeous, what a sleeper!! Happy Holidays Lou!!

What a beautiful car!

Great looking Olds. Very interesting car.

That 442 has a great look in white and also looks like a sleeper car with nothing fancy. I like the shape of this year also. We had a maroon with black interior 66 post car Cutlass when I was a kid, but it only had the 330 engine. Rats. The 442 package is really special on this car. Very neat video Lou.

The very bucket list car/Oldsmobile that I will never own! Other than car shows the closest I've been to an original one of 54 car is a guy named Larry located in the downriver area of Detroit. Not gonna get more specific than that on here. Back in the day of street racing, cruising, track days etc with my 1970 442 and all my Oldsmobile friends, it was always a special treat when that autumn bronze '66 came out to play! His was unrestored, aside from what looks like a simple repaint back in the 70s and a little rough around the edges. What makes this particular car in question so cool is the fact that it seen regular street duty in it's battle scarred form. Have not seen that car in some time but I've also been out of the scene since my 70 has been laid up in a state of disassembly for double digit years while my body has been laid up by disability since 2018. Since then it has not taken long at all to lose touch with almost everybody in that car world where I used to reside. Side note : the guy with the 66 W-30 also had an all black hardtop L-69 tri power car, non W-30 of course. This was also a nice looking original faded paint black, almost looked like primer but was the original black, w/red interior, 4 speed of course (no auto available with any tri carbed Olds in 66). It finally came up for sale and was available. Went to check it out and was so let down. Just a few, maybe 10 years or so had passed and this old car had went down considerably. Michigan winters were not kind to even sitting outside in the driveway. The $3000 at the time, around 1998 or 99 if I had to guess, was worth it for parts and the tri power alone, but wasn't worth it to me for resto or even to just save it as is. Truth is I didn't have the money or would have got it. He wouldn't budge on the price. Yes I'm still kicking myself now for not doing it because I was much younger then and would have finished it and most likely still have it. But none of that was meant to be. If you made it this far in my long ass post thank you for reading. Wishing everyone a very happy New Year and let's all pray 2023 is a turning point for the better here in the USA and around the world! Take care all!

oh my goodness- white will do, in this instance! radio delete, heater delete, color delete. provincially muscular. elegantly explosive. smog legal and historic as hell. wow. in the words of the mighty Big Kool-Aid: "Oh YEAH!!"

This car is so awesome 😎

These all business racers are a treat! I'll bet it was successful on the strip.

Beautiful Olds😍 Thanks Lou!

Built for NHRA C/stock class and competed mainly with Tri Power 389 Goats. I personally love the looks of a ‘66 442. The 442’s went super ugly in ‘68 though. 442’s used to do very well when I was racing in the late 60’s. Well balanced cars though the W30 (400 ci)and W31’s (350 ci)were built for speed

Another dream car !

I like these 442’s and l also like the Pontiac Ram Air lll & lV

What a beauty!

Awesome car Lou , thankyou very much for sharing. W-30 Ram Air all the way

another ace!

Love the car! Thanks Lou.

I LOVE BENCH SEATS + 4-SPEED

Amazing vehicle.

Sounds like a FG 1 Coursair coming off the ramp.

I like those cars!

Thought I heard the ticking of a solid lifter cam.

Being a factory purposely built drag car it would be good to know what rear end gear came in the car. Also if the Muncie was a close ratio tranny which I’m pretty sure it was.

7:15 Love that mechanical sound