1971 Oldsmobile 442 W-30

[mrmike]

A project that I started work on-'71 Olds 442 W-30. This will be built stock with an automatic transmission and painted with Tamiya TS-43 Racing Green.

[Jcon]

Oh boy, another fun build to follow!!! I'm in!!!

[mrmike]

Thanks Joe! I was told elsewhere that my valve covers were upside down and he was right. I corrected the issue and I checked my '72 Hurst Olds Cutlass and they are correct. Something went wrong with whoever drew up the instructions.

[tubbs]

coming along very nicely. a little hiccup, but your passed that. one kit i have wanted to get.

[mrmike]

Thanks Al!

I spent a little time on the 442 installing the front and rear suspensions. Then I painted the exhaust system with Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluminum and Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver. The chassis and suspensions will be painted the Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black.

[mrmike]

I painted the chassis and washed the body today.

[Jcon]

More busy work!!!

[mrmike]

Yep! I gotta break out of this slump!

[mrmike]

Another color change as I seem to do this quite often. The color is Tamiya TS-21 Gold. This is close to the color of a 1972 Olds 442 that I saw being rebuilt on TV's Garage Squad S2 E1. I haven't decided on using the white or black stripes yet. The chassis is complete, but the engine needs to be finished.

[Jcon]

Interesting color! Time will tell which color stripe goes with it!

[mrmike]

I can go either way with black or white for my color. I believe the stripe color is dependent on the interior color.

[DusterEd]

Should be beautiful either way.

[mrmike]

You are correct! It will be beautiful!

[mrmike]

The 455 CI Olds engine is nearly complete. I just need to wire the engine and add the ram air air cleaner.

[tubbs]

back in high school (1978 to be exact) my buddy had a 70 W-30 442, gold with black stripes and gold interior. thats when we first learned about what slicks were all about. looking good so far.