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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 17, 2018 20:17:03 GMT -5
Since this is, relatively speaking, a rather quiet time on this OLDS forum I thought I'd pose another trivia question for you to try to answer. It's been quite awhile since the last one but I think this is number seven! I hope that it's not too easy to google the answer so maybe this will make it a bit more challenging. So here we go:
What other car in American automotive history was referred to as the 442? These numbers had meanings behind them and the car was advertised that way in the sales literature. Good luck!
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Post by jcf85post on Feb 18, 2018 14:29:25 GMT -5
no one wants to admit they know what QUAD 442 IS I GUESS.Indian motorcycle made a model 442 machine at one time too.jc
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 18, 2018 16:45:26 GMT -5
Good guesses but the answer refers to a car built prior to what we know as the '64 Olds 442.
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Post by joepadavano on Feb 18, 2018 18:00:49 GMT -5
Good guesses but the answer refers to a car built prior to what we know as the '64 Olds 442. The Cunningham V-1 Automobile, which really did have a 442 cu in V8 putting out a whopping 45 HP in 1916? Note that this is not to be confused with Briggs Cunningham's sports cars from the 1950s. |
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Post by jcf85post on Feb 18, 2018 18:57:29 GMT -5
sounds like serious neck-snapping acceleration.a v8 in 1916,amazing.
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 18, 2018 19:00:17 GMT -5
Another good try Joe but it's time for another clue. In the sales literature the company called this car a 442 but, unlike your car that we would call a four-four-two, it would be called a four-forty-two. How many people today still come up to you and unwittingly say I like your four-forty-two as in the song we enjoyed listening to many years ago called 442 Glenwood Avenue? At least that's better than someone saying you have a good looking four hundred and forty two!
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Post by joepadavano on Feb 18, 2018 20:25:02 GMT -5
sounds like serious neck-snapping acceleration.a v8 in 1916,amazing. Not that amazing. Olds released it's first V8 the same year.  |
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Post by alldun5 on Feb 19, 2018 16:15:18 GMT -5
34 Hup
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 20, 2018 9:22:56 GMT -5
The production of the car in question falls between 1934 and 1964.
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Post by BR[] on Feb 20, 2018 17:26:05 GMT -5
Well here's my shot The 1964 Hungarian D-442 FUG amphibious reconnaissance vehicle. Definitely not a car......
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Post by stan65cutlass on Feb 21, 2018 12:11:30 GMT -5
early 40's olds had a 44 series, may have been a version called a 442 ?
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 21, 2018 16:46:55 GMT -5
Time for a significant clue. When Oldsmobile came up with their concept of the 442 in 1964 the numbers had a specific meaning behind them as you well know. Likewise, the car that I am making reference to used the same numbers ( 442 ) but the first 4 stood for the number of cylinders while the 42 represented the year of production. Hope this helps! I'll reveal the name of this early 442 in the not too distant future.
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Post by alldun5 on Feb 21, 2018 19:07:10 GMT -5
Indian
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Post by dads442 on Feb 22, 2018 1:36:19 GMT -5
1942 Willys Americar model 442
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Post by BR[] on Feb 22, 2018 7:42:54 GMT -5
1942 Willys Americar model 442 |
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 22, 2018 7:52:07 GMT -5
Wow! I didn't think anyone was going to come up with the correct answer so congratulations " dads442 ",well done!!!!
The Willys Americar 442 had only one engine, a 4 cylinder rated at 134 cubic inches and SAE 63 horsepower. Because of the concentration on building the Willys military Jeep, the Americar was quite uncommon anywhere and few remain today. The car's famous Go-Devil engine was the same one installed in military jeeps which saw service all over the world!
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Post by joepadavano on Feb 22, 2018 11:29:27 GMT -5
And here's what the "other" 442 looks like.  |
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Post by wailinwayne on Feb 23, 2018 7:31:54 GMT -5
Thanks for posting a picture of it Joe. All it lacks is the 442 badging but at least it's a two-door coupe!
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Post by ghg on Feb 24, 2018 13:35:59 GMT -5
I wonder how it would look with the W-36 stripes? And back to the true meaning of the numbers 442. Has anyone heard that the numbers represent the Birthday of Ransoms first born child April 4th 1902?
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