Even by the late '60s, hot rodders still showed a competitive ... a 40-year-old emblem that formed the number 442. As in James Garner's Grabber Oldsmobile 442, the real thing that was raced ...

He's been doing it for the last 40 years, and with an 11-second, street-driven sleeper of an Olds 442 at his disposal, he's intent on giving mainstream hot rodders a painful education for many ...

Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 versus Buick GS 455 Stage 1, A-body brothers each considered the “gentleman’s musclecar.” Sibling ...

Among muscle cars, the Oldsmobile 442 often gets overshadowed by stuff ... Marketed as a sort of genteel hot rod—versus the chest-beating bravado of the GTO—the original engine in the car ...

It's certainly regarded as one of those important moments in the history of Oldsmobile. The initially confusing 442 number/name ... at that year's National Hot Rod Association drag races.

The Oldsmobile 442 option package for the Cutlass was introduced ... conspire to make 1970 the final year for full power factory hot rods. Rather than fizzle out, GM elected to go out like ...

The Oldsmobile 442 has long lived in the shadow of its more famous GM muscle car stablemate, the Chevy Chevelle SS. However, hot-rodders haven’t forgotten about this classic Oldsmobile.

I'd take a set of 5-spoke Mag Style Real Riders from Hot Wheels any day. Speaking of which, you should see how well this model is fairing over there. Larry Wood's Olds 442 has been around since ...

Remember the formidable 1970 Oldsmobile 442 with its monstrously over-powering ... I don’t want to go into all the mechanical details of it - Hot Rod magazine published a great story in May ...

If you asked every muscle car enthusiast what classic car model they want to see make a comeback today, there's a good chance the Oldsmobile 442 would be a popular nomination. A return of the 442 ...

This Oldsmobile was built for Garner—who famously spent his down time from acting building and racing a variety of different vehicles—by well known fabricator Vic Hickey in 1969.

However, Olds quasi-revived the badge in '91 when it released the Quad 442 front-wheel drive Cutlass Calais. The Calais had been in production since 1985, but Oldsmobile sent it out with a bang ...