How did they legally get away with denying that claim? Today that would be a cut and dry case of fraud on the dealership and manufacturers part. Massive lawsuit, the owner would likely get a settlement large enough he and several of his descendants would never have to work again.

@@kylemichaels3373 yeah unfortunately litigation is an everyday occurrence people are looking for ways to make money without actually making money

i would’ve sued the shit out of the dealer and GM! That could’ve killed the whole family!

@@ahoneyman He posted that it burned after the dealer worked on the carb, didn't catch if it was him that was driving, could have been the mechanic?

Bought a new 442 in 69. Paid just over 5 grand.

Apparently the stunt drivers were so impressed by his pace on the set of Grand Prix they thought he'd have what it takes to be a racing driver had he chosen that instead of acting. I think it snowballed from there.

He also ran off-road modified Rambler SC/Ramblers as well. Quite a legacy...

Check out the Big Oly Bronco Garner raced. Super, super cool. James Garner was one of the greats.

@@disgruntledmarmotcustomsan1530 cool! Will do thx!

The off road Olds was on Jay Leno a while back, it is still being raced. A few things, the chassis is all tube, the body 3/4 ish scale fiberglass , front spindles are Dodge van, the motor is mostly in the passenger compartment. I " think " George Barris made the body.

i saw an old olds ad- from about 1903. it claimed that the gas fuel supply was much more dependable that trying to find quality hay and oats! times have changed? lol

@@craigrheberling I own a 1927 Ford Model T. It's been in my family for a long time. I recall my Grandfather telling me that during the depression, it was easier to keep one of those running than it was to feed a horse.

those old Qjets would run better than a holy would, if you could find someone that new how to properly tune one

​@@jackhayes7282NO, they don't, BUT they're a great carb for a mild street car. I've gotten into the 10s in the quarter with a Q-Jet, but it had a LOT of work into it, and that's about as far as it would go. Once I finally replaced it with a Holley, the car went into the 9s on it's first pass off the trailer, and went even faster once the Holley was tuned to perfection. The Q-Jet is a GREAT street carb though, and gets respectable MPGs and good throttle response because of the tiny triple booster design. They start well in the cold also because the automatic choke on them works very well. The HUGE secondaries make some sweet noises when you bury the throttle pedal too... 😁 You are correct though, they are a P.I.T.A. to work on, tuning parts aren't easy to come by compared to Holley parts. The single float bowl is very small, and doesn't hold alot of fuel, it's hard to keep that tiny bowl full of fuel on a fast car, and when the fuel level in the bowl starts to get low it will vastly affect the tuning. They're not a very user friendly carb to work on either, as you have to remove it and take the entire thing apart to get at the jets, power pistons, metering rods, and other tuning parts. And it takes a guy with specific knowledge of them to be able to super tune one. Most guys have no clue how they work, and simply call them "Junk" when they can't get them tuned properly. I've spent MANY hours working on mine to get it to the point of running low 10s, and I now can do then in my sleep. There's a great book put there by Cliff Ruggles if anyone is interested in learning how to super tune them.

As in most restorations, it’s much nicer than the say it was new. They did not have as nice of paint

I've seen 2 Olds vids just today. Keep 'em coming.

No Flowmaster will ever sound like this car, that son is unique sound of true American Muscle.

The air intakes where mounted under bumpers I Race olds w 30 drag cars in 1967. none Olds in St Paul Minnesota sold me one of the 52 drag pack cars the car wone the division nhra champions in 1967 at Minnesota dragways that 66 is not a olds drag PAC car why do I know I had a 65 and a a 66 tri power car bought them new this guy is full of s. Don't get suck in you can check me out Gary Hansen also owner of Tenora Dragways

It has a 3.975 stroke that's not exactly short even by big block standards just slightly less than the 454 stroke. The 427 Ford, 426 Mopars and 427 Chevy were around 3.75 give or take a few.

The 68+ 400s had a 4.25 stroke, same as the 455, the 65-67 400s had forged steel crank and rods and were known to be more rev happy than 68+.

@@olznut 67 330 had the same goodies inside... lucky to have the 394417 block that has a 39° cba

@@robd7365 Yes, all 330, 400 and 425 from 64-67 had those goodies.

There's a 67 W30 in front of that 66 just to the left at 2:30 in, I'm at the show now.

Not as rare, but I never see them - the '64 442. I used to see '65s, but never '64s. I finally came to realize the reason for the low '64 production numbers. It was a mid-year response to the success of the iconic '64 GTO - the car that started the big V8 in a small car (muscle car) movement.

There's 3 or 4 64s here at the show. Also, I remember Olds played by the rules per say as GM said no larger than 330 cubic inch engine so Olds came out with a 330. Pontiac got around it by saying it was an option on the Tempest/LeMans.

The 73 is such a one off look...... they are sweet.

My favorite of the early colonnade cars. They look absolutely menacing with the front bumpers off.

I also had a 1973 Olds 442. Red with the lower white stripe that ran along the bottom and over the wheel wells with stripe down the hood that came with the fake louvers. Olds 350 Rocket with Turbo 350 which i replaced with a 455 from a 70 Toronado adding a "Mondell Olds" Camshaft and a set of Hooker headers. I ended up ripping the right rear lower control arm out the frame ( it was from Ohio so it was a little rusty) on the 1-2 shift street racing and spinning it into the guard rail on I-680 bridge.

@@danielscott6787 I also had a Mondello 455 full roller motor. I was also one of the 1st 10 people in the US to get the edelbrock aluminum heads when they 1st came out. Mandello did the port work to my heads and Offenhauser intake. Had the Mondello support girdle 1050 holly dom. 600hp motor and 800hp/777tq on a 175 shot of nos. 455 has a long stroke great torque but they don't love rpms.

@@theeoddments960 yes, the front bumpers are flippin' HUGE!!! They do look good when properly shaved...

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I know how you feel, sir... as an old machinist/racer, I saved an LS6 and a w30455

I saw a magazine article on the three carburetor olds and they had 1275 L69s I think plus 54 W30s with the forced induction air cleaner. I own a L69 intake and carbs with 3 tiny air filters. I used it on a low compression 455 from a 73 or so cutlass.

If it was rusty and crusty like he said , then it needed a resto. Glad to see it saved.

W-34 package

Traded a 1969 Mach 351 Mustang with only 6000 miles showing on the od for a 1967 Buick GS 400 Blk/Blk int. 4spd. 3:91 posi w/fact air & fact. Sun tach back in 1970-71 that had 80,000 miles on od......my friend (a Buick mechanic/auto shop teacher) gave it a super/tune & I replaced the tailpipes with 1967 442 slash cut pipes & installed a Hurst shifter/t-handle ......proceeded to win my first street race over another friend and his newly purchased '69 Z 28 RS twice .....lol

Yeah, this guy Andy certainly appears to have his shit together. Dude is obviously loaded, and not afraid to drop some serious cash on a hobby he loves.

Definitely agree ! My 66 goat with the 389 tri-power was the absolute best car I've ever owned !

It's cocktail hour for me!

Sunday morning?? Still Saturday evening here in Canada lol

It’s a comment from the future lol

Same here, Ford Torino's from 68/69 especially, but love them all from the Big 3 +1, even the oddballs of the 4dr and wagon lines.

I had a 65' I bought in 69'. On Friday or Saturday night 1rst street cruises in San Jose CA. We would throw our hoods open. My engine would measure up to be as big of a block as the 427s, a head scratcher? I investigated, turns out the 65 442s 400s was a 425ci block taken from a surplus of them from their Olds 98 line, reduced to 400ci by the heads. That explained why I could run in the red but competition usually had to back off or blow! That engine was indestructible! That's the engine that tee'd things up for years to come.

Same roofline appeared on some 1966 Chevelles (and on Beaumonts in Canada), but half of them had Stovebolt 6's that always stalled when the light turned green (because of their infamous intake manifold gasket vacuum leak)

YES! Because he has documentation that says it was raced. PLEASE ADD THIS DETAIL! Would make a great burn out video.

J2 is from the 1957 & 58 model years. The Oldsmobile L69 tri carb option was available for 1 year only, 1966.

_I'd be nervous 24/7_ And this is the problem; Cars like this don't get used. I'm glad they exist as specimens but that's all they are, a display piece, not a real car.

@@buggs9950 true, the originals are too rare to be driven much, if at all, which is kinda sad but would be more sad to see or hear of one getting totaled in a traffic incident. This is the reason I have no problem with building clones/tributes.... provided the clone/tribute isn't being passed off as an original.

If you thought the 330's were quick, you would have LOVED the 455.

His name is, Scott !