'68 442 on Overhaulin'

[JoeG]

I'm sorry I missed the 442 being overhauled, but I've seen the show several times and it's a show

[68z302]

I saw last nights episode. I really like that show & they do awesome work in such a short time.
The guy with the 442 got burned in that he didn't get a new engine like most of them do.
Still ended up with a cool car
Did you see the episode when they overhauled the '50 Ford & kept the Flathead. That owner was smart enough to get Chip Foose & the build team to sign the car. I'm sure that will add value if/when it's ever sold.

[Turbo_Jet]

The 442 ended up looking very good, I especially liked the wheels they put on it. It's amazing to watch Chip sketch his ideas out and then turn them into a finished car.

And that Courtney...

[firstgenaddict]

Saw it last night. That was a good one ...did you see the 64 Vette that they did a few weeks back. It was really nice.

[Canucklehead]

I loved the chevelle they did. Picking a puke green base chevelle and then redoing it with the cool reverse flame/stripe job...............extra cool

[68z302]

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did you see the 64 Vette that they did a few weeks back. It was really nice.

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That car's fiberglass was so dry it sucked up a ton of resin.
Another good one was the surfer kid from CA. with the Elky.
He's about 17 years old with a Chip Foose designed ride.
Talk about a babe magnet!

[GOAT72]

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The guy with the 442 got burned in that he didn't get a new engine like most of them do.


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I read a post on the Overhaulin' boards @TLC and the guy's wife said he had a 455 Olds in it, so they didn't swap it out because he had a strong engine.

I like the way they painted the K&N air cleaner frame and valve covers with the exterior yellow. It dressed-up the engine compartment nicely.


Goaty Mac

[DjD]

There was a comment when it wouldn't start to the effect that they had just rebuilt it...

[GOAT72]

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There was a comment when it wouldn't start to the effect that they had just rebuilt it...

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I thought they just cleaned it up. Remember they mentioned there was water in an intake port?

The wife sez this:
THE MOTOR IS 19-20 years old. It is a 455 big block Olds. It has less than 30K miles on it. It runs strong. If they blew the motor up, shouldnt we be the judge of that? It still fires up. They wanted to rebuild the original block but stealing the car from one place and ripping off the engine from another is a scene.

I don't know what she means by this, but that's her answer.


Mac

[All American Racer]

First of all, Overhaulin' is a cool show. Secondly, Foose has lost more talent than some of us will ever have. But I truly believe that what Foose has in mind might not be what the people are looking for. I think the 442 guy was being tipped off by his wife as to what was going on. I may be wrong (I tend to channel surf) on this but after the guy was freaking out about his car the wife started coaching Foose about things. She mentioned how much he liked the vinyl top and the bench seat and almost cringed when she saw them getting rid of both. The icing on the cake for me was when the guy noticed the Overhaulin' chick right off the bat. There hasn't been that many episodes for the guy to name her off the top of his head in 5 seconds. This is all just my opinion and I'm certainly not knocking Foose and his guys but I'll take the stock look any day of the week over a custom low-rider from the muscle car era. Can you guys imagine if they Overhauled your Yenko? I wouldn't want to miss that episode.