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jim that car was orignialy a w31 bought by my friend jimmy butler brand new from fornof olds.jimmy bought a 455 from dover sr and raced it as a D/SA.dover bought it from jimmy and raced it for a long time and dover sold it to a man from bowling green.dover jr allmost bought it back a year or so ago but had no place to keep it.i allmost wen't get it but my famly would have commited me if i would have bought it to.

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Bill Hudson owned and raced the car. He was a Bowling Green resident(Richardsville KY actually, a small community outside Bowling Green). Above is a cropped picture from the auction flyer with his name on the door glass. I knew a guy who visited his home and he told me the car has a Cutlass VIN. I went with him out there one time. He had a burgandy 66 tri power car that also sold at the auction. Mr. Hudson initially had a rallye red 70 w-30 post coupe that was hit while on a trailer on the side of Interstate 65. He sold several parts off the red car. I actually have the trunk off that red w-30. Its rust free but warped from the accident. The red car was totalled and evidently Mr. Hudson purchased former Dover car. I think he may have put several parts off the red w-30 post car onto this one. You will notice that the car above has red inner fender wells. I always thought the 442 fender emblems were too far up on the fender but maybe the paint tricks it out. But its a Cutlass not a 442. The car sold for either $6500 or $8500 I was told. They couldnt get it started until after it sold although still at the auction site. Im only now seeing Sammy's previous post about the car. I never knew it was a W-31 which may explain the red inner fender wells after all. I remember Mr. Hudson telling me the car came from Louisiana. Mr. Hudson was also a avid Kentucky Wildcat fan. One we tried to go out there to look at the cars and buy parts and he run us off as the Wildcats were about to play. I took some personal pictures of this car in the 80s. I witnessed Mr Hudson run this car at Beech Bend a few times. I remember an ET of 11.70.

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I had the pleasure of visiting with Bill (Fuzzy) Hudson several times at Beech Bend and at his home,,,, Many great stories about his past racing experiances on his front porch . I tried to buy his 66 tri-power car also. His red 70 car had a W-27 rearend under it when it was hit ,,,bought a few parts off of it . Wish I would have stayed on the former Dover car, seems like it only showed a few miles on the odometer , conversations with Bill will be remembered for a long time...

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the car had only a few miles on it. when jimmy ordered the car he ordered it as a w31 at request of dover.he raced it from day one he only put a few miles on it to break it in.while driveing it the fuel pressure line broke and caught on fire under the hood burning off the factory screen. verry small damage under the hood.jimmy raced it for a wile then sold it to dover and as they say the rest is history.i should have bought it and allmost did.i am still very close friends with jerry jr he is like the little brother that i never had.we talk every day.i worked for dover sr for 10 years before i wen't in business for my self.and the origonal owner of that car was jimmy butler another close friend of mine.he passed away 3 years ago from agent orange he was a nom vet he was a tail gunner during nom.

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Ive got the trunk off that red car. Rust free but warped. still original paint and pin stripe. Its on my 71 442 beater. I remember the red car circa 1980 at a small car show at the Bowling Green Walmart. Show consisted of maybe 10 drag cars from the area.



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Bill Hudson's old rust free warped trunk.

1971 Olds 442 for sale by the way. Click on link below for more info.


http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...tml#post477634

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I remember the ex Dover and then Bill Hudson brown car had a sign on the dash. " When the green flag drops the BS stops". Also a license plate " Lee surrendered but I didn't." Seems like the dash on either the Red or brown car or both didnt have any ac or vent holes. Most of the time these non air cars have vents in the dash but this dash was filled in. Both cars had black interior I think.

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tweed vorhees just sent me some pics of the old bill robinson car all restored man is it fine he told me that ron gary had the car then sold it to the current owner and he restored it.it is on my facebook page.

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[QUOTE=vistacruiser67;360369]I Seems like the dash on either the Red or brown car or both didnt have any ac or vent holes.

I recall seeing some dash pads without vent holes, maybe in an F-85 post (sports coupe) car.

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I saw a Silver 70 w-31 f-85 in a Classic Sixties magazine back circa 1983 that didnt have any vent holes. At the time it was a 15k mile original. Moon hubcaps and original tires. Black stripes. It may have made it into other magazines at the time.

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http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...erry-dover.jpg

Sam, Is this the Corvette you have in your garage?

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My 70 W-31 sedan did,nt have the dash vents .... Bench seat 4speed no option car .Enjoyed it ........

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http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe...0428898857.jpg

Dan, This car has Seven Corners Shell on it and is multicolored. Could this be the former Ron Garey 71 Supreme that was blue?

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http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=4559

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Tweed is a great guy. He got me registered on wildaboutcars.com. He is a wealth of information.

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Is this Remlinger Old's still around...how many cars did they sponsor or own.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...3&d=1284295388

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Dont know but that is same car as Ron Garey's 68 W-31 that won the springnationals 1968.

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[QUOTE=Hemi Moose;360518]Is this Remlinger Old's still around...how many cars did they sponsor or own.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...3&d=1284295388
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with the race history of the 72 remlinger does anybody have any idea what is the worth of this car! barret jackson maybe.

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I would say the low mileage is even more of a factor.

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Original race cars are taking a beating right now at Barrett Jackson, if it is a low mileage car it probably would do a lot better with just a nice restoration done to it.

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thanks guy's i think i will restore it but save all the old race stuff.

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You said it had less than 300 miles on it? How many?

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39 miles

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Wow. I would leave it as is and take it to Barrett Jackson if I wanted to sell it. I believe 39 miles would be a good selling point. Seems like a even a race car would have more miles than that. Yeah I guess I should have read that first post again. "....Street miles....". Seems like Tweed told me the red Remlinger convertible had 243 miles. I still think mileage would be the seller for this car. Whether it was 39 or 300.

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off topic: This is Tom Kasch's photo from Indy 75. Can anybody ID the 72 Full Size Olds in this picture. Not much to go on. Driver and/or car. Any more pictures? Thanks.

http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=2279

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Cruiser, 1972 Olds Delta 88 2r. Royale 455 C.I. SS/RA 4700 plus lbs., tubbed , Dana 60 with 5.57 and Firestone 14/32 on Cragar super tricks. 1975 NHRA record holder 1/4 and 1/8. We built this car in late 74 and raced it in 75. This was the first year of two that we raced off the index with the first car to the stripe the winner without any breakout. There is a long story about this car involving Dale Smith, Oldsmobile and fellow racers. Some of it interesting some unpleasant but all fact. I don't want to go into the unpleasant part at this time but will be happy to share the rest with you. I'll see if I can dig up some photos. This car was dismantled and crushed in 1977.

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i remember that car danny it is a shame it was crushed. yes and the red 72 remlinger has only 39 miles on it. my black car has 7 miles on it.

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Danny ,, I always wondered what happened to the 72 delta 88 car ,,,Man was that thing fun to watch leave !!! Hate the last part about the end .. Dennis

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Thanks for solving that mystery Dan. I wish I could win the lottery that easily. I was fascinated to see the nose of that big Olds. Feel free to share the story either here or private message me. By the way, Is this green car Ron Gareys Old 71 blue Cutlass repainted? Thanks.

http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe...0428898857.jpg

Seven Corners Shell. Ron Gareys old car?

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Sammy,
Here is a picture of one of the 72 white Fornof cars (in what looked like the staging lanes) rear ended by a late 50s or early 60s vette? Was that your black car or the other Fornof car later destroyed in an accident? I know you already stated that the color picture below is not the same car as your black car and that car was later destroyed in an accident. Thanks
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http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=4623

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Cruiser-----The second photo ( actually blue ) was the way I remember Jim getting it from Ron then it was painted on as in the first photo. Next it was painted in a beautiful multicolor scheme as it is today. Jim has the car in N.C. sitting in his garage after getting it back from Glen Myers who owned and raced it about 6 years back. Jim got it back when Glen had some health issues. When I talked to Glen recently he said he was doing better and negotiating with Jim to race the car again.

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Sam------ I never really liked the car but it was definately unusual.------ You beat me by 5 miles. My black Supreme sx has 12 miles on it . :)

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Dennis-------I left out Dale sent us a 2.75 low gear set out of a GM motorcoach, didn't know it even existed. 15.31 starting line ratio with a 5.57 gear and 5000 conv. If there was bite it could run with a Hemi in 60 ft. --------- :)

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I didnt know it was an SX. I did notice the 71 molding along the bottom and at least thought it was converted from a 71 to a 72.

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I can't one-up you guys on odometer mileage, my red '70 has over 140,000 of hard Michigan (salt induced) miles on it.

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Ironic how the race cars are often the ones best preserved.

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Dan
You mentioned your black car was a SX. Do you know if the Ron Garey Supreme was an SX? I dont see the emblems. This car was a 455 car right? Funny how alot of 71 Supremes and convertibles that raced had the wrong grilles in them. These 71 Supremes are supposed to have metal grilles. Maybe they changed them out to the S grilles for weight saving.

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hey danny that is my black olds in that pic with the 60's corvette in the crash.that was at dallas spring nats 1971.the corvette had heavy front end damage.my car we replaced rear bumper and trunk but never put the wing back on.the rear end of those early cutlass cars was no match for the fiberglass front end's of those early vett's.that was in the burn out box when the vette lost the brakes. do you have anymore pics of the 71 fornof olds.if so please post them.my car was never a super stocker.the 72 car in the other pic was a super stocker till jimmy butler bought it from fornof.dover raced it with a 350 then later dover bought it from butler than made it in to a stocker.dover later sold it to a local guy when jerry bought the camaro from kenny. the local that bought the 72 car sold it to johnny williams i think!!

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http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=4623



Only Fornoff pictures I have. Ive got a white 70-72 with similar painted woodgrain like the one that you said
Jerry Dover had. The brown 70 one that was originally a w-31 that later Bill Hudson from Kentucky owned.
I have a white car like that with 72 taillights and painted woodgrain. Just white where Bill Hudson former Dover
car was brown. The brown and white car are actually sitting side by side. You think it came from Fornof?


http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=4630

Note the brown former Dover car in the background. 4775.

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Cruiser---- There are two cars 1 Stocker and 1 S/Stocker. They look almost identicle including most of the decals. The stocker 1971 Supreme 455 sx has 12 street miles --started with John and Ezra Beachy , Beachy Machine in I believe Kokomo Indiana then Ken Shawver Defiance Ohio then 1980 George Cable father of Tommy Cable with our old D and L Chestnut SS/K conv. then 1981 my partner Bob Dodson then me in 1982. The S/Stocker bought of the street in 1974 started life as a 1970 Supreme 350. It was stripped sold all the parts and kept the roof, firewall, floors and quarters. New doors were stripped of guard beams and dipped. All new panels replaced and acid dipped 28% The frame was cut into 4 pieces acid dipped and reassembled and narrowed. All control arms, bumpers , back braces and anything that wouldn't melt dipped. Back when most S/S stockers would barely lift a tire this thing would and has scrapped the rear bumper. Always thought it was a pretty sight Black S/S on black car hauler pulling black trailer with almost identical black stocker. :)

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Sam-----That's interesting, I didn't know yours was one of the Fornoff cars. It sure made a mess of that Vette. Sorry I don't have any photos of the Fornoff cars and I think you're right , seems Johnny told me he wrecked a car then bought another one from down your way.

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Jim------We spent a ton of money and work to acid dip our old S/S er and the state of Michigan did yours for free :)