FYI - 65 442 Engine Pics from way back when...

Yes that is the true engine color and it is flat not glossy.

Note the over spray on the T-stat bypass hose and the red battery cable.  The red washer on the air cleaner wing nut I think I added because I thought it looked cool, but I'm not 100% sure.  (see correction in post below)

There is also the coolant notice tag visible near the radiator cap.

Correction:  The red washer on the air cleaner wing nut is called a Label Clamp, and it is supposed to be red for 442 per the Assembly Manual.

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O.K.

I for one,  concede. 

That's interesting Bro. I wish I could be certain if I actually put that red label clamp on or if it came that way. I'm 50-50 on that. I will think about it. As I think about something more and more, memories come back, but it takes a long time nowadays (ha ha).



It was a Lansing car going by an old registration I still have (M in the VIN). It was sold new by Cross Island Oldsmobile in Queens Village NYC NY.

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On the passenger side I see the typical Lansing vent valve with the vacuum line to it, and the line (pipe) to the air cleaner snorkel. Vented oil filler tube cap (size?) But on the drivers side is what appears to be a PCV valve routed under the air cleaner housing base. Strange set up. one canceling out the other

There is a PCV valve on the pass side with a vacuum line going to the carb. It is routed as shown in the assembly manual, under the heater hose and over the wiring harness. Also a larger hose from that PCV valve goes to the snorkel. On the drivers side I don't see venting in the valve cover. I see the PB booster vacuum hose and a spark plug wire. I don't see any grommet as would be used if there was anything else there. I don't think there is any venting on the driver side valve cover.



As for the oil filler cap I don't think the unvented top hat came until 1966. The 65 road test articles in the magazines do show a vented oil filler cap, and it is smaller. It is very possible I replaced the original with a larger one.

I have a Lansing built car, and I have an old photo showing the red air cleaner cap. Fusick sells these caps in chrome, but should be painted red based on my photo and the photo above. I also happen to think the red cap looks cool. Anyone know what red to use?

All Fremont CA built cars sold in California have the "top hat" style oil cap. No exceptions. They also used an acorn shaped breather in the passenger valve cover and a PCV in the drivers side. Mandatory option K20. Cars built in Fremont and sold outstate, i.e Oregon, will have normal Lansing parts but with a plug in the drivers side cover where PCV wouldve been.

The sticker on the top of the radiator hold down was used on every non A/C car and was blacked out on every car. No idea what the purpose was other than to cover the two square holes in the hold down.

The oil cap is bigger in the photos than the stock piece.

The car in the photos was built in Lansing. Note the blacked out data tag. Fremont masked theirs off. Fremont tags are bare metal, but some will have a bit of paint where the mask wasnt hung perfectly.