The name was conjured in 1964 when the original 442 was a response to the GTO???s success, but came with the 330 CID V-8. 0 Flag as not constructiveJul 11 at 8:34 AMJason@Balzac as I understand it the designation only held true (unless by chance build specs) for 1964.Note that ???65 had a 3 speed manual option and was still the 442 at which time the ???word??? was that the 4 stood for the displace