Had a 69 442 for almost 30 yrs also worked for Oldsmobile in the 80s and 90s. Had rust in the cowl also and a rusty roof due to a vinyl top . Like your videos, don't see many 68-69 W-31s.
Good morning and thank you for watching and commenting. The code on the rear of our project car is TM.. Limited slip 3.42:1. We had included a graphic at the 1:46 mark in the video. Our apologies for not making that clearer at the time.
@@theautorefinery Yeah, I saw the graphic but wanted to see the actual stamping on the axle tube, something I always look for first. Good luck with the car, I've parted out much nicer cars than this but that was 30 years ago when we could be a lot pickier.
I'm a Ford man, but love all muscle cars, especially this W-31. Cool, and what a sleeper. You got a ton of knowledge about Dr. Olds. Is the Olds Rearend as strong as the 12 bolt?
I really appreciate the compliment.. thank you. While I have a fairly thorough knowledge of some Olds w-machine stuff , I too am a fan of all muscle cars. In fact we have plans to incorporate some of our other projects into the channel
The Olds O rear does get a bad reputation but mostly for the scarcity of parts these parts. As far as strength- any factory olds race car you’ve seen vintage pictures of, were racing competitively with this rear
Love the videos!! Takes me back to wrenching in the garage
Thanks for watching, we’re always in the garage if we’re not at our day jobs!
This is my fav channel love when I see a new video
Glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos, plenty more coming!
Worked for a large Olds dealership in Houston from 83 to 96
Had a 69 442 for almost 30 yrs also worked for Oldsmobile in the 80s and 90s. Had rust in the cowl also and a rusty roof due to a vinyl top . Like your videos, don't see many 68-69 W-31s.
Did you work at an Oldsmobile assembly plant or a dealership ?
Didn't know Vin is stamped on transmission have to check now
yes but often difficult to read while still in the car. Good luck. Hope you find a match!
If you have the protecto-plate, it will verify which trans it was born with. Most of these cars were run hard, so no surprise on replaced components.
Unfortunately these are plastic and don’t give trans info like the prior metal protect-o-plates did.
What was the code on the rear axle? I see you cleaned it off but didn't show it in the video.
Good morning and thank you for watching and commenting.
The code on the rear of our project car is TM.. Limited slip
3.42:1. We had included a graphic at the 1:46 mark in the video. Our apologies for not making that clearer at the time.
@@theautorefinery Yeah, I saw the graphic but wanted to see the actual stamping on the axle tube, something I always look for first. Good luck with the car, I've parted out much nicer cars than this but that was 30 years ago when we could be a lot pickier.
I'm a Ford man, but love all muscle cars, especially this W-31. Cool, and what a sleeper. You got a ton of knowledge about Dr. Olds. Is the Olds Rearend as strong as the 12 bolt?
I really appreciate the compliment.. thank you. While I have a fairly thorough knowledge of some Olds w-machine stuff , I too am a fan of all muscle cars. In fact we have plans to incorporate some of our other projects into the channel
The Olds O rear does get a bad reputation but mostly for the scarcity of parts these parts. As far as strength- any factory olds race car you’ve seen vintage pictures of, were racing competitively with this rear
Take a picture of the spacer between Fram and fenders so when your putting it back together makes it easier to put back together nice progress
👍Good stuff. (SUBd)
Thanks for watching!
non original m-21 isnt that big of a deal.
every 31 ive seen with 342's had a M21 or t350
looking forward seeing what that cowl looks like down low
Uploading new video in the next day or so with some updates, including the cowl!