1967 Oldsmobile 442 W-30
Follow the pictures below to view the frame off restoration of this ultra rare Oldsmobile. Every aspect of this restoration was performed by Jeff Salinardi during the winter of 1999-2000. Car was completed in time for the 2000 Oldsmobile Nationals where it scored 994 points and won Best of Class.
Prior to Restoration: (click thumbnail to view larger pic)
The day it arrived. A complete, original, low mileage car that had some "restoration" (word used loosely) work performed by a previous owner.
Taking it apart.
Hundreds of pictures were taken to document the condition and to aid in reassembly.
Stripping the body. Blasting media was not use since there was only one layer of thin, factory paint to strip.
Solid body airborn.
Photo documentation of the frame, paint marks, battery cable routing through frame, clips, lines, etc.
100's of hours later. Glasurit paint products used. Drums only painted black on front face - as per factory assembly manual.
Lots of details. Natural crossmember, most of steering components natural, zinc plating on control arm washers and nuts, OE suspension bushings.
Spirals with correct two letter stickers. Spindle paint dab.
Rear painted black. Brake backing plates natural steel. Pinion flange natural as well. Notice battery cable and plastic frame grommet.
100's of hours of block sanding. No way around it, just a lot of time, time, time. Make it flat, flat, flat.
Cameo Ivory Glasurit Urethane. Body wheeled around on heavy duty dolly.
Two tone blue interior coming together.
Black out firewall.
Motor and trans completely rebuilt. Shifter replated and rebuilt. NOS exhaust manifolds.
Reassembly. Valve covers rechromed.
Spirals. Underside of body is treated as it would have been in 1967. First, factory colored primer is applied to recreated the factory E-Coat primer. Body plugs out during the E-Coat process. After primer applied, body plugs are installed. Underside of body is oversprayed when the body is painted. No effort was made by the factory to hide the overspray. Behind rear wheels the trunk floor is undercoated as per factory specs.
Becoming a car again. Fortunately, the red wells are as perfect as can be. A day of cleaning is all that's needed.
Pinstriping using factory assembly line specification sheet.
Finished 6 months later...
Redline Firestone Wide Ovals on SSI wheels
Flat panels. No excuses.
Rechromed and repainted dash bezel. Restored wheel. Ironically, no factory gauges.
Resprayed dash pad.
Fabricated seat covers, exact reproductions of the impossible to find two tone blue originals. NOS material was used.
Restored seat back panels and new carpet.
Look anywhere, we did everything.
Restored original door panels.
Factory outside air induction. OE cloth hoses.
Red distributer cap and coil, part of the UHV ignition system
NOS exhaust manifolds and dated spark plug wires. Rechromed valve covers.
Correct dated alternator.
New brake lines. Wiring harness cut as per factory assembly manual to accommodate the UHV ignition.
Gorgeous red wells, correct yellow stripe washer fluid hose. Replated junction block cap.
Frame 30 percent gloss black.
Correct steering box bolts with gray phosphate.
Spiral shocks and correct spring stickers.
Washers under the air dam screws.
Documented paint mark on the spindle. No black paint on the sides of the brake drum or the backing plate. Only on the front surface which is visible through the SSI wheel.
Restored steering box. New rag joint with correct plastic grommets. Assembly line paint inspection mark.
Hurst shifter replated in clear zinc and rebuilt. Natural driveshaft. Gray phosphate shifter linkage.
Factory assembly line paint marking. Natural aluminum painstakingly cleaned, not painted, ever.
Factory overspray over the dark factory primer. Underside of body is treated as it would have been in 1967. First, factory colored primer is applied to recreated the factory E-Coat primer. Body plugs out during the E-Coat process. After primer applied, body plugs are installed. Underside of body is oversprayed when the body is painted. No effort was made by the factory to hide the overspray. Notice correct body mount washers and bolts. Correct brake line clips - green.
New gas tank, correct chambered exhaust.
W-30's had the battery located in trunk, vented through the floor. Correct splatter paint and location of overspray.
Restored jack and SSI spare.
Trunk splatter paint is old style "fisheye" type splatter. Unlike most spray can splatters available today, the factory used an aqua color which cause a fisheye in the black paint. The aqua is therefore under the black and should appear as a dot, not a splatter. One of the last remaining DuPont cans of OE trunk paint was used to paint this trunk. Forget about getting groceries with this car.
Questions, comments? Contact Jeff.
