the new 4-4-2 !!!!

[wolfdogs]

LOL..one of the gto guys says his gto is the new 4-4-2 (how many of yall remember that old Oldsmobile hot rod?)...

400 hp
4.00 a gallon for gas
2 jobs.

[Dave-S]

I liked the old meaning better.............4 barrel carb.......4 speed........dual exhaust.

[Christopherrr]

LOL..one of the gto guys says his gto is the new 4-4-2 (how many of yall remember that old Oldsmobile hot rod?)...

400 hp
4.00 a gallon for gas
2 jobs.

Hehehe...pretty funny.

[Trash man]

haha im only 20 and i kno what a 4-4-2 is. my dad dream car is one of those(and a 1963 Split Window corvette) i drove a 70(?) i think 442 cept it was auto but -the-less is got up and moved

[Joe 1320]

I liked the old meaning better.............4 barrel carb.......4 speed........dual exhaust.

I had a red '70 with white convertible top. Sweet riding car, awesome highway cruiser. the torque of the 455 was nice too.

[wolfdogs]

I had a red '70 with white convertible top. Sweet riding car, awesome highway cruiser. the torque of the 455 was nice too.

my x brother in law had a buick Stage One with the 455 in it, 1971... that thing smoked just about everything stock.

[Wild Willy]

Yeah, those Buick GS's were amazing- big blocks, all that power and nice luxury, too- they, like the 442's and Cutlass (and the GTO/Tempest Ponchos) were the 'mid-size' models, like the Chevelle was for Chevy, but with usually nicer amenities-

Too bad the emission laws and insurance companies killed them off- when the smog laws and unleaded gas came into effect, they has to lower the compression to the point where you had those big engines only producing like 260 H.P., and getting terrible mileage, too.

Big blocks in any mid-sized car was nice. That's basically what a Road Runner was, a stripper Belvedere with a 383 or 440, and usually, a Hurst shifter. I was a young teen, then, and couldn't afford all the Barracudas, Chargers, SS Chevelles, Hurst Olds, the Goats, on and on- I have been trying to make up for it ever since-

[Steel2686]

My friend's father has an '86 Olds 442. It's not nearly as nice as the originals, but it's a cool car all the same. There's something to be said for those contemporary classics.

Looks just like this one:

[Rhode Island Red]

I wonder how long gas will stay at ONLY $4 per gallon?

[Jeff_in_Atl]

I wonder how long gas will stay at ONLY $4 per gallon?

I read an article that said if you add up all of the fuel used to produce ethanol it takes more than a gallon of gas to get a gallon of ethanol and ethanol is about 85% as efficient as gasoline.

Keep NOT drilling for gas off the coast of Florida and in Anwar Alaska.

Keep NOT developing oil from shale in Colorado.

Keep NOT building any oil refineries in America.

Keep NOT building any nuclear plants so that we don't have to burn fossil fuel in power generating plants.

...and watch gas prices continue to rise without end. And watch the price of EVERYTHING else go up because most goods are transported by trucks which use fuel produced from crude oil.

The echo weenies are going to succeed in their goal of killing off this capitalistic country. That is their real goal.

[wolfdogs]

i say we all go back to horses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think of the fun we could have on 'cruises"...........

[Joe 1320]

My friend's father has an '86 Olds 442. It's not nearly as nice as the originals, but it's a cool car all the same. There's something to be said for those contemporary classics.

Those are still nice rides. Their only perceived flaw was the lack of torque as compared to the older models. The Cutlass/ Monte Carlo/ Buick Regal were full frame and roomy coupes. I'd love to get one of the lighting rod shifters from the Hurst Olds. That would be sweet in my GN.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

i say we all go back to horses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think of the fun we could have on 'cruises"...........

I'd hate to be tail in Charlie if the horses don't have on diapers.

[Wild Willy]

Those are still nice rides. Their only perceived flaw was the lack of torque as compared to the older models. The Cutlass/ Monte Carlo/ Buick Regal were full frame and roomy coupes. I'd love to get one of the lighting rod shifters from the Hurst Olds. That would be sweet in my GN.

I don't recall that- My RWD Buick Century, 1979, was the GM equivalent of the Olds Cutlass and the Monte- the "A" body, and, it was uni-body. Also, 1/2" lugs, by '81 they had gone to 12MM- (cause I swapped back axles, and ended up doing the front hubs, too, so as to not have to carry 2 lug wrenches)

Started as a V6, ended as a 4bbl 350 with true duals, shift kit, 16" IROC Z rims, and, for a while, NOS- a real sleeper, would eat any Monte and most Camaros-

The Century was like a chopped Regal, looked like it should have been a hatch, but wasn't. Olds had a similar version with a small V8, 265 CI if memory serves-

[Joe 1320]

I don't recall that- My RWD Buick Century, 1979, was the GM equivalent of the Olds Cutlass and the Monte- the "A" body, and, it was uni-body. Also, 1/2" lugs, by '81 they had gone to 12MM- (cause I swapped back axles, and ended up doing the front hubs, too, so as to not have to carry 2 lug wrenches)

Started as a V6, ended as a 4bbl 350 with true duals, shift kit, 16" IROC Z rims, and, for a while, NOS- a real sleeper, would eat any Monte and most Camaros-

The Century was like a chopped Regal, looked like it should have been a hatch, but wasn't. Olds had a similar version with a small V8, 265 CI if memory serves-

Not sure exactly how this relates, but my 86 GN which is the same body style as the monte Carlo and the Cutlass is a full frame vehicle. There was a similar "downsized" platform that came into being about the same time which was a unibody front drive platform. That ultimately led to the RWD platform going away after 87. I should know..... I've had the body off the frame at one point to replace the body bushings.

And oh yeah....... that little turbo V6 in the GN will stomp virtually anything on the road past or present. What a fine piece of engineering even if it is 20 years old.