1970 442, 455 CID 4 spd, Auto.
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Not...But after watching The Hitcher, I sure frigging wish it was my new ride!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME MOVIE

Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't all 442'* stick'*. Not auto'*. I was always told
4 Barel Carb
4 Speed On The Floor
2 Dual Exhaust.

4 Speed (200r4)
4 Barrell
2 Dual Exhaust

Automatics were an option.

and seem to be worth more then the manuals too....

but a four speed auto??? seems kinda confused there

Meaning(*)
Definition of 4-4-2 from the Oldsmobile Factory Literature:
1964 (Original meaning)
4: Four Barrel Carburetion
4: Four On the Floor
2: Dual Exhausts

1965 (First year of automatic transmission option on 442)
4: 400 Cubic Inch Displacement
4: Four Barrel Carburetion
2: Dual Exhausts


1985 to 1987 (Last of RWD 442s)
4: Four speed automatic
4: Four barrel carburetor
2: Dual exhaust


1990 and 1991 (FWD 442)
4: Four cylinders
4: Four valves
2: Two camshafts

The 442 originally meant four speed, four barrell, dual exhaust; but like anything the car changed so the name didn't really signify anything. After a couple years you could get an automatic. Then when they relegated the 442 to only an option on the Cutlass in '71 you could even get a 350 with a two barrel carb. :?

MMmmmmmm.....455'* are god'* engine.

4: 400 Cubic Inch Displacement
4: Four Barrel Carburetion
2: Dual Exhausts


is what I know it as