85 442

[L92 OLDS]

Definitely worthy of a resto. Great find!

Here in Michigan the bodies are shot but at least we have clean interior parts

 

[MrSony]

Does it have a little lug/nub on the passenger side near the bellhousing area on the block?

 

[AZRegal]

Does it have a little lug/nub on the passenger side near the bellhousing area on the block?

Had to move a packrats nest to see. Yes it has that nub.

 

[MrSony]

Had to move a packrats nest to see. Yes it has that nub.

then it's not a 389 or 400. could be a 326, 350, 421, 428 or 455 or '74 SD 455 lol.

 

[MrSony]

Here is the numbers on the front passenger side block of the pontiac if anyone in the know wants to look it up or share what it is.

From what i can tell, that number is just part of the donor vehicle's vin. Put #1 cylinder (for sake of accessibility), get piece of a coat hanger or mechanic's wire, or welding wire (something that will hold it's shape put it in a cylinder, and mark where it is at the base of the spark plug hole. rotate engine until wire stops going down. mark again. You then have an approximation of the stroke. My money is on it being a 350. it's the easiest way i can think of without tearing the engine apart to see what it is, unless pontiac decided to be nice and cast a big 350, 455, etc on the side of the block somewhere. do it with the battery disconnected.

 

[MrSony]

"On blocks produced in 1970 and after, you will find 350, 400, or 455 stamped towards the left side of the front of the block. There is no displacement stamp for 421, 389 or 326 blocks. "
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2017/11/27/identify-pontiac-engine-blocks
that makes it easy.

 

[AZRegal]

The x7 code indicates it is a 73 455 from my few moments on google. I am not a pontiac expert and really not too concerned to be honest. I just posted because someone asked. If anyone is near phoenix and wants the engine come take it out and you can have it.

http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-...itemid=9990390956315&categoryid=9990390327777

 

[AZRegal]

Definitely worthy of a resto.

I am torn. It is a special model and a good body but it has been a mouse house since 2012 and the wiring harness inside and outside is trash. The interior is bad. Every piece of plastic or rubber is dried out or gone. You would have more in restoring it than it would be worth. There is a really nice clean survivor 85 442 for sale out here for $10k. It has not sold for a while. Restoring this car would be 2-3 times that amount easily. You would have to really want a 442 to justify restoring this car in my opinion. This would be a great car for someone back east with a rusted out 442 to get for a true 442 rust free body.

 

[PBGBodyFan]

I am torn. It is a special model and a good body but it has been a mouse house since 2012 and the wiring harness inside and outside is trash. The interior is bad. Every piece of plastic or rubber is dried out or gone. You would have more in restoring it than it would be worth. There is a really nice clean survivor 85 442 for sale out here for $10k. It has not sold for a while. Restoring this car would be 2-3 times that amount easily. You would have to really want a 442 to justify restoring this car in my opinion. This would be a great car for someone back east with a rusted out 442 to get for a true 442 rust free body.

This is what I thought of and when similar cars come up. Combine a rotted northern one and this one, could make one nice driver or candidate to go further in a restoration or build.

 

[spidereyes455]

Taken right from the Hollander interchange book. It could be a 455 it could also as easily be a 301.