OLDS SCHOOL – Chad Mullins’ 1969 Olds 4-4-2 Street/Strip Car
When it comes to the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 (later becoming 442), the 4-4-2 part of the equation has been changed to mean different things up to 5 times. Initially, it referred to four-barrel carb, four speed transmission and dual exhaust. A few years later; 400 cubic inches, four barrel carb and dual exhaust, which lasted through 1969, so we’ll stop right there and not get into the more watered down handling and appearance or smog and compact car era versions of the story.
Read the story here as Featured in RPM Mag September 2021