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In 1966 Olds offered the L69 engine option for the 442. It was simply a 3X2 setup with mechanical secondaries on a standard 442 400 engine. Only 2,129 L69 equipped 442s made it into consumers hands for the model year: about 11% of total 442 production. All options like PS, PB, Bucket Seats and AC were all available with the L69.
Starting in the summer of 1966, Oldsmobile upped the ante with the "Fresh Air Option" W-30 package. Announced in May and available starting in June. This was a totally different L69 built to take on NHRA's C/Stock, it was only available with bench seat, 4 speed, 4.33 posi rear and manual drum brakes. Olds built 54 of them. Each of the chrome air cleaners is numbered 1 to 54. All the race parts (except the balancing and blueprinting which Olds did at the factory) was available O-T-C as the "Track Pak"
The New England-based Andresen/Woodland W-30 won the C/Stock class at the '66 Indy Nationals.
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