James Kryta’s 1970 442 W-30 4spd Convertible

[HO455]

James Kryta’s 1970 442 W-30 4spd convertible is nearing completion. It is looking very nice with a cool color combination along with the white interior. I am looking forward to seeing what he does with the four-valve Oldsmobile hemi engine in the future. I have to admit their restorations are the finest-I have seen to date! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

http://wingsautoart.com/projects/70olds442/

[Postsedan]

Very nice! These guys seem to do very good quality resto. Looking forward to seeing this 442 in person.

Dan

[olredalert]

----The resto looks awesome. Im in and out of Inline Tube about every other day it seems. Good guys!
----I do have a question that Id love to have answered, and Ill defer to you guys that know a bit more than me. Are the lower front A-frames supposed to be unpainted on the bottom? Not saying it isnt correct at all, just dont understand why GM would do things this way. I always understood that the A-frames were all black.......Bill S

[The Dude]

Technically this car really isnt factory restored. Olds and every other GM make had a blackout station where everything on the frame was drizzled with black paint. A arms, brake lines, fuel line, sway bars, steering linkage and pretty much anything else close got hit. Real sloppy job. The before picture of the front underside shows the blackout.



Yes it is awesome and very well executed, but its above and beyond anything GM ever made.

He does need to change the reproduction window sticker thats on it. The sticker he has is done in the 1971 style, not 1970.

[67 442]

Where does one purchase or obtain a Olds Hemi engine nowadays?

[RPOLS3]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----The resto looks awesome. Im in and out of Inline Tube about every other day it seems. Good guys!
----I do have a question that Id love to have answered, and Ill defer to you guys that know a bit more than me. Are the lower front A-frames supposed to be unpainted on the bottom? Not saying it isnt correct at all, just dont understand why GM would do things this way. I always understood that the A-frames were all black.......Bill S </div></div>

I see what you are saying Bill - but is that a weird reflection of the black paint maybe? Also looks like they stopped the paint on the uppers near the control arm bushings. I always thought it was the opposite, they stopped the paint (dipped rather than sprayed?) short of the ball joints......??

Jake

[The Dude]

No reflection. Painted exactly the way it looks.

A arms for this year were not dipped, they were bare metal then blacked out when the frame was completely built up.

Im sure this car will win best restored at every show it enters. But is it really? I dont like where we are headed because even though this car is very nice its no where near how these cars actually were built. And now its the level one has to get to in order to win at the top shows. A new standard based on something that never existed.

[olredalert]

----I know what you mean, Dude! I guess Ill keep doing what little resto I am doing anymore the way I want. If Im judged at any point Ill take the hit, and Ill know that I did what I did my way. Im not in to winning shows so much as pleasing myself.....Bill S

[Canuck]

The quality of this resoration is great. The shop Wings Auto Art, has done an outstanding job on this one. It appears as though they started with a good candidate with little or no rust on an original car with all the correct pieces in place. It also helps when the client is in the manufacturing business of making a lot of parts that make for a quality restoration. Its always a brave move to restore a car in a less desireable color. I wonder why they opted to change interior colors!!!!

One thing I will criticise is the over use of engine compartment garafetti. just because they have seen one car with an &quot;X&quot; on the valve cover does not mean thaqt every 455 got that same marking. The one thing we know about the 70's assembly line was the inconsistancies. I also agree with the comments on the chassis black, looks too selective for what I have seen on parts on other original cars.

[HO455]

A nice video walk around of the same car. I really like this color. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR79DZYOMiI