BUILD THREAD 1987 Olds 442 Project Build

[84cutlass383]

Thought I would move the build over here from the 442 page. Here's what's been done so far.

Get the car home

Tear the front end off

Take the engine out

Take the body off the frame

Start to strip the frame

Sand blast the frame

The frame blasted clean

The frame coated

Install Inline Tube rear disc proportioning valve and stainless brake line

Come to grips with rear torque box body rot

Put the F**D 9 inch with rear disc together

Rebuild a Monte SS 12.7:1 Constant Ratio Gear Box

Show off the Dual Quad intake

Test fit the prototype 18 Billet SSIII wheel with silver vinyl inserts and red pin stripe

So that's where I am up till now.

Hutch

Thought I would move the build over here from the 442 page. Here's what's been done so far.

Get the car home

Tear the front end off

Take the engine out

Take the body off the frame

Start to strip the frame

Sand blast the frame

The frame blasted clean

The frame coated

Install Inline Tube rear disc proportioning valve and stainless brake line

Come to grips with rear torque box body rot

Put the F**D 9 inch with rear disc together

Rebuild a Monte SS 12.7:1 Constant Ratio Gear Box

Show off the Dual Quad intake

Test fit the prototype 18 Billet SSIII wheel with silver vinyl inserts and red pin stripe

So that's where I am up till now.

Hutch

Where did you get these wheels?

 

[oldsofb]

Where did you get these wheels?

Gary Willard. A great guy who made 4 centers and 1 prototype. He wanted to do more, but things didn't work out.

Hutch

 

[oldsofb]

What a week! I find out the repro Hurst Olds Scoop and Lower Front Spoiler were only made in a small quantity and no more. I pour over the interwebs to try and find someone who still carries them..no joy.

When I saw they were being reproduced I sat back and thought "No prob now, I'll just buy them when I hit the bodywork stage" WRONG

I found the scoop on e-bay, but that front spoiler was like finding Joe Biden speaking in complete coherent sentences (translation: impossible). When I was about to give up and try next week, I ran across a Front Spoiler for an 81-88 Monte (non SS). It was at Original Parts Group. It looked very similar to the Hurst Olds, so I jumped on it. It was the last one they had and marked "Discontinued". It's made by Lauren Engineering (when I found the HO parts were all gone, that's where I looked next...They're out of business). So I think, GREAT! I'll make it work.

Then FedEx stepped in. The part was on the truck for delivery Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Fri, but they wouldn't deliver it. Had comments like "Future Delivery Requested", "No Attempt Made", "No One Home".

I thought they lost a 1 of 1 part and were hoping I did a loss recovery with OPGI. NOPE. I hounded them and drug the hell out of them on social media using @FedEx etc. Don't know if it helped, but on the 5th day they decided I could have my package. No explanation why it took 5 days from my local FedEx center to get to me. Oh well.

Hutch

 

[oldsofb]

Finally getting some 442 work done. I'm on to the Firewall finally. So as I stated prior, I stripped down the center top of the firewall where it will be visible with the engine installed. I sanded in all the spot weld divots to get to bare metal.

I decided to use All Metal as my filler.

I lay it on...

and sand it off

Taped and ready for primer.

3 good coats of Eastwood Self Etching Primer

With the primer still wet I could see some ripples here and there. Not surfboard worthy, but enough that they'll have to be addressed. I guess it's a ton of sanding and more sanding for me now, with some primering in the middle. Wish me luck, bodywork is not my calling.

Hutch

 

[oldsofb]

After a lot of sanding and primer, this is as good as it gonna get!

Now I just wait the 2 hours and sand 220, primer, 320, primer, 400 and shoot the Eastwood Underhood Black.

It's not perfect, but way better than before.

Hutch

 

[TURNA]

Very nice!!

 

[Clutch]

I think I'd just hit it with 400 and paint it

 

[oldsofb]

I went to 320 and hit it with the black.

What it looked like before.

Now

Not perfect, but way better.

Now I can start bolting things back on (after I clean up a pound of paint dust off the floor)

Hutch

 

[69hurstolds]

Looks fantastic! I'm so glad I'm going to be going back to factory original on mine. No filling/sanding required. I watched your video "part 1" and holy moly! That's a lot of sanding!!

 

[oldsofb]

I watched your video "part 1" and holy moly! That's a lot of sanding!!

Yes it was. The All Metal is a sturdy filler, but I cut down most of it with my orbital, which helped a lot. It still wasn't fun though.

But now I can start installing things. I like that part.

Hutch