70 W30 or W31 4 speed

[PeteLeathersac]

You're making me wish for my old 442's....I had '69 and a '70, both post cars as that's what I've always preferred....still feel the same! . I paid $200 for the '69 about 1979 and drove it home....the orig. M40 trans gave up the next day and I swapped it w/ a trans I pulled from a Poncho GP....then the orig. 400 blew a week later, swapped it w/ a '69 Toronado 455.....worked great for a couple years then turned it into a stock car....what's left of it is still at the back of buddy's farm! .

I bought the '70 442 post in Toronto in the early 80's for $800 I think it was? . I drove it home w/ a leaking gas tank, no hood and zero brakes right down the major Hi-way 401! . Seems foolish now but it all made perfect sense then....especially at 100 mph!? . It was an original W25 car but hood missing, nice rear 442 bumper and still had the original engine and M40....not easy to check these engines....the serial number is under the PS pump brkt I think and hard to get your eyeballs in there to look! . It was a cool car....I stuck a '69 hood on it as the flat ones are the same minus center extension. . I sure wish I had it now but it got rusty and I traded it a few years later for a job-lot of about 50 Hooker headers for snowmobiles....yep, Hooker made factory tuned pipes for sleds....still have a few left. .

Sure loved those cars....good luck in your search!

~ Pete