1968 Oldsmobile 442 numbers matching 4 speed manual transmission RARE! Complete restoration process

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6 ай бұрын

1968 Oldsmobile 442 numbers matching 4 speed manual transmission. RARE! Complete how to restoration process. We will be bringing you content of this rotisserie restoration. Crash! Customs, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Hot Rod, Custom, Muscle Car, Restoration, shop. Crash! Customs, 33, Street Certified, all custom all the time, custom cars, custom bikes, custom trucks, muscle cars, pro-touring, restomods, restorods, street machine, hot rods, restorations, rat rods, traditional customs, traditional hot rods, lowriders, traditional lowriders, old-school, new-school, mini-trucks, classic cars, exotic cars, modern muscle, gassers, imports, tuners, custom upholstery, custom fabrication, custom paint, donk, big rim cars. Lake Havasu City, Arizona, AZ, America. Lake Havasu News, Go Lake Havasu, LHC, LHCAZ, Lake Havasu Riviera, Lake Havasu Foothills, Desert Hills Arizona, Mojave County, No Bad Days, Havalife, Havasu Falls, London Bridge, Havasu Heights, Havasu Living, Lake Havasu Desert Storm, Big Boy Toys,

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@rattlekankustoms 6 ай бұрын

4 barrel, 4 speed and dual exhaust! Great car. Unbelievable story, that's absolutely amazing.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Winner winner!

@DanielWDecker-eb6sw 3 ай бұрын

Awesome story thanks! You mentioned the switch gear being unique You ain't kidding, one year only design. 442 from 64 stood for 4 bbl carb,4speed manual Trans, 2 dual exhaust...65 on 4 bbl carb 4 400 cube engine 2 dual exhaust

@CrashCustomsaz 3 ай бұрын

Right on, you nailed it! I do like the 442’s.

@user-un3lf6gb4g Ай бұрын

OH GOSH....if anyone can save it YOU can.....I wish I had the orange look-a-like 442 that we had back in the day

@CrashCustomsaz Ай бұрын

That orange 442 was one of my favorites!

@Spock-yt3dd 4 ай бұрын

Cant wait to see this car get done!!

@CrashCustomsaz 4 ай бұрын

Me too, give me a minute 😂

@tymobyrne4451 6 ай бұрын

I had a 68 442 conv auto...good for you guys saving that car, all 442's deserves love, the 4 speeds just deserve even more...lol

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@theautorefinery 6 ай бұрын

Hey great car!! We love our Olds's .... Can't wait to see how this one goes for you. Original owner !! woah. We are building a 69 Cutlass W-31 to go with my first car- my 69 F-85 w-31 on our channel. Great to see you have a chance at playing with this one. will subscribe !

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, just subscribed.

@paulypooper2 6 ай бұрын

It’s a gem

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Right on!

@MikeJBlues 6 ай бұрын

Rode to high-school votech in 78 with my buddy who drove a burgundy black top 4 speed 68 442

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Good memories no doubt!

@MikeJBlues 6 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsaz car was stupid fast

@user-jy1hj3df6w 6 ай бұрын

Excited! Keep the 8 track!

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

How could we not?!

@buddafingahz9057 6 ай бұрын

I remember being in a lot of cars with vent windows but none of them were crank operated. I also miss floor / kick panel vents. I guess everybody smoked back then so excellent ventilation was essential. Can't wait to see it when it's all done. Reminds me a bit of my grandfathers 68 Beaumont, ( Canadian Chevelle ) red with black vinyl top. By around '74 it was already pretty beat up with rusted out rear quarters..

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Right on!

@SPSteve 2 күн бұрын

Is the owner going with steel wheels and hub caps? Not a fan of vinyl tops but at least it's not white. Looks like a front drum brake car so you're wide open for wheels. The 68 Super Stock II wheels are really hard to find. Wheel Vintiques makes a pretty nice reproduction 14x6 Super Stock I wheel that would look really nice on the car with some redline G70's. I found an NOS Craig 3122 FM/8 track I installed in my Rallye 350. We all had 8 track players in our cars back then.

@CrashCustomsaz 2 күн бұрын

@@SPSteve he does have the stock steelies with caps. Current plan is to have two sets of wheels both with redlines, stock and maybe Keystones. Any aftermarket wheel picked will be what was available back in ‘68.

@MegaRetr 6 ай бұрын

Hi Chad 😊awesome car 😊 love it

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@skinnerhound2660 6 ай бұрын

If that is the original 400ci engine it should be a bronze color, not blue. I'm sure you know those are not the correct factory super stock wheels. Looks like it was a hub cap car by the looks of the trunk. VIN should start with 344. I would check those block numbers. Good luck, quite a project.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@garyburchgb 6 ай бұрын

4 headlights, 4 wheels and 2 front seats.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Numerically that seems to make sense 😆.

@BobLang-ru4kp 6 ай бұрын

Hi Chad, haven't seen you since your dad passed! Fred told me about your channel. Cool, glad to see the shop in the background. I'm VP of Olds Club of WI. still and VP of Olds Club of America. Just built a 455 Olds for my friends 68 442 convert. Would love to talk with you about the project. Take care, Bob Lang

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Good to hear from you and you’re still turning wrenches on Oldsmobiles. Give me a call when you have time. Would be great to have the Olds expert in my corner.

@bruinflight1 5 ай бұрын

I have a damned willow gold 68' I bought at the Pomona car show for $2000 back in the 90's as a teen, putting it all back together now after decades in the garage in parts. It's a frankenstein though, wasn't numbers matching when I got it. I tossed that dog 400 and put a 71 455 under the hood, built in CO Springs by Lanier's back in 2006, 69 GTO rear end posi to replace that 'o'-type garbage, muncie M-21 etc. I have correct buckets and need to replace the floor for the manual trans, like I said this was originally a bench/column shift but it's coded on the body plate 442... Got the brakes in, front disc, gas tank and lines, quick steering box. The next big job is sorting out the clutch and pedals and that z-bar. Then it's electrical, fenders and front clip and we're on the road and ready to spin off the back tires. Can't wait to see your resto project of a numbers matching OG 442! BADASS.

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Sounds like you’re in deep with yours. Will be cool when finished!

@bruinflight1 5 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsaz Do you ever order parts from OPG or Year 1?

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

@@bruinflight1 we’ve ordered from both in the past on other projects. We haven’t ordered anything yet for the 442.

@bruinflight1 5 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsaz cool, just curious where pros get their parts from, companies like these 2 group vendors into 1 easy catalog so that's nice but I'm not sure how significant the markup price is. Can't wait to see you dig into yours! Is the rear end a posi? Mine was not and it had spun bearings on both sides, as you know you can tell when you jack it up and grab the wheel and shake it up and down... if it has slop you have a spun bearing. So I threw it out and got that 69 gto replacement. It bolts right up, the only real difference being where the brake line brass t-block mounts, there is a bracket for it. I think that was a common swap back in the day but I've been out of the loop for so long now, there may be better options, especially for a rare specimine like this, especially if you're going concourse. Not sure how to restore a spun bearing race though, not sure if you can weld beads to the inside and then re-cut the diameter in. Anyhow, super curious to see what you decide on that, this being a factory numbers car... maybe keep the original rear end separate and run a replacement.

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

@@bruinflight1 should be interesting tearing into the mechanicals. I have a buddy with a shop here that does motors and rearends so he’ll get that work when I pull em out. If it was driven how a muscle car should be driven then it’ll need to be rebuilt 😆.

@pennywise8182 6 ай бұрын

Love me some Oldsmobile power.👍👍👍

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Got TORQUE?! 😆

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Definitely!

@fredpaddon6476 6 ай бұрын

Crash, Just discovered your channel. Sure miss you and Bob. Maybee I stop at shop sometime. Fred Paddon Jr.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

I miss him too. Stop by anytime. Good to hear from you.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

I saw Bob Lang commented, I responded but it seems it all disappeared. Anyways good to hear from both of you.

@theautorefinery 6 ай бұрын

Just another thought, might be fun to show and break down the cowl tag on this one. We've done that a few times for our projects and people love learning about some the fine details. Let me know if I can help in anyway.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

I like that idea a lot, I’m gonna run with that!

@theautorefinery 6 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsaz Great! and Thank You. Looking forward to learning more about your 442 project.

@JH-ex6mb 6 ай бұрын

How does a 17 year old buy a new Oldsmobile? At 17 I bought a 67 Olds 442 for $1,000. The odometer had been disconnected at 93,000 miles. Not one extra and everything was manual. Gave it a lacquer paint job in Spanish Red which went well with the black vinyl top. Car love of my life.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

67’s are pretty cool too!

@oldman-zr2ru 6 ай бұрын

Most common mistake I see with Olds restorations is they put the valve covers on backward, the indents go on the BACK of the motor to clear the optional A/C and PB/PDB booster.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info, it’s been noted.

@user-kh7lz6rm2j 5 ай бұрын

Blue valve covers

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Yep

@user-kh7lz6rm2j 5 ай бұрын

Looks like it’s got the TikTok tack to

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Sounds cool.

@aintmanyofusleft 6 ай бұрын

Where'd they find that? wow, everything you want, console 4sp....old guys know these were awesome!!

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

It’s definitely a good one!

@christykruegel4696 6 ай бұрын

Was this 442 always in Oregon? (until now that is...)

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Yes it was, until about a year ago.

@user-nc9il4bz9d 5 ай бұрын

Do you still have this car

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Yes, it’ll be in the shop for at least a year.

@ben68442 6 ай бұрын

yes rare, but not as rare as my 68 442 convertible 4 speed.

@CrashCustomsaz 6 ай бұрын

Cool! I appreciate your competitive nature.

@ben68442 4 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsaz good luck with the resto

@chrisperry9002 5 ай бұрын

Oldsmobile are your grampas car. Not a performance car 😅😅😅😅 good luck finding parts.😅😅😅😅

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like Gramps was pretty cool!

@basilcarroll9729 5 ай бұрын

@@CrashCustomsazOne of the magazines of the day named the 1968 Olds 4-4-2 performance car of the year!

@CrashCustomsaz 5 ай бұрын

@@basilcarroll9729 well I didn’t know that, pretty cool!