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sammy pizzolato 12-21-2012 11:34 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
danny, johnny did wreck the old 72 fornof former dover car it was a trailering wreck. my 71 car is the only one left of the 4 fornof olds cars that dover drove.the first was a 1969 hurst olds that they sold and put back on the street was crashed and burned.the 70 car crashed and crushed. my car and the 72 car was the only two that were never street driven.and the red 72 convert was a co sponsered by remlinger and fornof at the end of 1972 if you look at old pics of the red car at the end of 72 had remlinger on the door and fornof on the rear quarters.and dover and wheeler on the front fenders. mid 1972 mr bill fornof was killed in and air show crash.he was a wwII flying ace that was a pilot of mustangs and f8f barcats.him and his son flew a pair of bearcats and they were flying at and air show with the blue angels mid 72 when the wing came off of mr fornof's plane and then he crashed and he died in the crash.his son corkey fornof still flies in movies today he used to fly the little bd5 jets that flew in the james bond movie where he flew through a plane hanger he still does all air stunts for all movies today.he flew the air liner through a hanger door in the movie face off.danny a lot of old history with the fornof's.if you look up bill or corkey fornof on the computor there is a lot of history with the fornof's.i hope you enjoyed the old stories.thanks for the memories.

Dan Lattimore 12-21-2012 01:37 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato (Post 361874)
danny, johnny did wreck the old 72 fornof former dover car it was a trailering wreck. my 71 car is the only one left of the 4 fornof olds cars that dover drove.the first was a 1969 hurst olds that they sold and put back on the street was crashed and burned.the 70 car crashed and crushed. my car and the 72 car was the only two that were never street driven.and the red 72 convert was a co sponsered by remlinger and fornof at the end of 1972 if you look at old pics of the red car at the end of 72 had remlinger on the door and fornof on the rear quarters.and dover and wheeler on the front fenders. mid 1972 mr bill fornof was killed in and air show crash.he was a wwII flying ace that was a pilot of mustangs and f8f barcats.him and his son flew a pair of bearcats and they were flying at and air show with the blue angels mid 72 when the wing came off of mr fornof's plane and then he crashed and he died in the crash.his son corkey fornof still flies in movies today he used to fly the little bd5 jets that flew in the james bond movie where he flew through a plane hanger he still does all air stunts for all movies today.he flew the air liner through a hanger door in the movie face off.danny a lot of old history with the fornof's.if you look up bill or corkey fornof on the computor there is a lot of history with the fornof's.i hope you enjoyed the old stories.thanks for the memories.
Great story Sam ! As a WWII warbird buff I love all the stories pertaining to the planes from that era. Two good friends , both gone now , one a Marine pilot in the pacific, flew with Greg Boyington but not the Black Sheep in a Corsair and the other B24s also in the Pacific used to sit and tell stories for hours. I will definately look the Fornof's up. Thanks

vistacruiser67 12-22-2012 11:53 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Ok. So are either of the pics posted the SX or both the acid dipped car?


http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5007447_n.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/JAN-1980-SUPE...2n9Bgw~~_3.JPG






Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore (Post 361798)
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. :)

Hemi Moose 12-28-2012 05:10 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato (Post 361761)
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!!
Hey Sammy do you still own this black Olds Cutlass, can you post some current photos of it...how many miles are on this one.


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sammy pizzolato 12-28-2012 11:48 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
moose i have some current pics of my black car on my facebook page i still can't down size them to put on class racer.i still own it and it has 7 miles on it. and this thread some pages back there is a pic of it when it used to be the fornof olds.it is the pic with the 60 corvette that ran in to the back of it in the burn out box.the other pic of the fornof olds is the 72 car that has the ss/ja on the window.mine is the 71 car that i painted black.

vistacruiser67 01-01-2013 09:34 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...61937431_n.jpg


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...62740547_n.jpg


https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...77575280_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...48467480_n.jpg


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...08260895_n.jpg





copy and paste.






Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 362904)
Hey Sammy do you still own this black Olds Cutlass, can you post some current photos of it...how many miles are on this one.


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sammy pizzolato 01-04-2013 12:59 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
thanks for the pics cruiser.i will get the hang of posting pics one day the down sizeing is hard for me.

Hemi Moose 01-04-2013 01:46 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Sammy, you don't have to resize any photos if you already have them posted on facebook (or any other website) you just have copy & paste them, that means all you do is "right click on the image & press copy" then go back to the classracer reply box and insert image just above the box where you type out your message into the "white envelope"but remove the http/ part first, then drop your photo in there.

vistacruiser67 01-09-2013 01:13 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Sam correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this is your red 72 Remlinger convertible in a magazine article from the March 1973 issue of Hi Performance Cars Magazine featuring the dentist and racer Jack Doc Robinson with Jim Wheeler. Unfortunately you cant tell much about the car from the pictures.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...29563134_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...67041733_n.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...11632926_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...11416351_n.jpg


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...43721653_n.jpg


http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1285820457.jpg

sammy pizzolato 01-09-2013 05:34 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
yes david this is the same car.thanks for sharing this article it is priceless.you would have to have know jim wheeler he was a trip.we used to share motel rooms with him and his bud's when we were on the road racing.my most memorable was the 1974 gatornationals when i was racing a 1966 chevy in SS/R and wheeler was in SS/KA with the red olds.i towed his car behind my ramp truck.the good ole days!

vistacruiser67 01-09-2013 06:38 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Well I thought you would like it and the article certainly is pertinent to this thread. I didnt know if you knew about the article and/or already had it. Let me know if you get in touch with Jim Wheeler and see how he has been doing. I think Im going to crop down the other photos in the article and add them to this post. I think cropping the photo of the car enlarged it a bit.



Quote:
Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato (Post 364571)
yes david this is the same car.thanks for sharing this article it is priceless.you would have to have know jim wheeler he was a trip.we used to share motel rooms with him and his bud's when we were on the road racing.my most memorable was the 1974 gatornationals when i was racing a 1966 chevy in SS/R and wheeler was in SS/KA with the red olds.i towed his car behind my ramp truck.the good ole days!

Hemi Moose 01-10-2013 10:40 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vistacruiser67 (Post 364533)
Sam correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this is your red 72 Remlinger convertible in a magazine article dated August 1972 from Hi Performance Cars Magazine featuring the dentist and racer Jack Doc Robinson with Jim Wheeler. Unfortunately you cant tell much about the car from the pictures.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...29563134_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...67041733_n.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...11632926_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...11416351_n.jpg


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...43721653_n.jpg


http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1285820457.jpg
VC, nice find...and whats the cover look like on this one.

Hemi Moose 01-11-2013 05:33 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Sammy, is that your car in the background or someone else's...

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/a...100-06-jpg.jpg

vistacruiser67 01-11-2013 11:14 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Its not the Remlinger car but I sure would like to know who it is. I cropped that Olds out of the background and posted it on the classicoldsmobile Olds Race Car thread. Its looks alot like the Al Seger/Dick Griffin Cutlass SX convertible in my signature and profile pictures and that I manage to post everywhere but that car had a white top and interior whereas this car has a black top and dark interior. The Seger/ Griffin SX also had painted sport mirrors and this car has a chrome mirror. The car is a 71 and I think its a SX. I think the track is Indy isnt it?


http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/membe.../ztoday610.jpg




Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 364817)
Sammy, is that your car in the background or someone else's...

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/a...100-06-jpg.jpg

vistacruiser67 01-11-2013 11:26 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/MARCH-1973-HI...JIw~~60_57.JPG





Above: Remlinger Olds issue.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...1285820457.jpg



Moose,
Im still looking for that white Cutlass SX Al Seger article. Let me know what that cover looks like if you run across it. Got to be sometime post March 1972 to circa mid 1973 and I believe it to be Hi Performance Cars also. Thanks. Sam I stumbled across the Remlinger article looking for the car below so we have this car to thank for that. And I made a mistake Sam. The Remlinger issue is March 1973 instead of August 1972 which doesnt make sense why the Remlinger letters are not the car when we have the October 1972 picture with the Remlinger letters.

http://classracer.com/classforum/pic...pictureid=7052



Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 364715)
VC, nice find...and whats the cover look like on this one.

sammy pizzolato 01-12-2013 02:58 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
moose tweed found jim wheelers phone # so i will try to contact him and maybe he can give some info.but i think that has to be my car in the photos with him and doc maybe that was and old photo that they used.

vistacruiser67 01-14-2013 08:39 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Or maybe the article took a long time to go to press.



Quote:
Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato (Post 364944)
moose tweed found jim wheelers phone # so i will try to contact him and maybe he can give some info.but i think that has to be my car in the photos with him and doc maybe that was and old photo that they used.

vistacruiser67 02-25-2013 11:31 AM
1972 remlinger olds
 
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21222413_n.jpg


REMLINGER OLDS UNDER DOVER OWNERSHIP. TAKEN FROM JANUARY 1980 SUPER STOCK MAGAZINE.

vistacruiser67 02-25-2013 11:37 AM
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https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...69460866_n.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...79101783_n.jpg


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...03193077_n.jpg



https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21561986_n.jpg





LATTIMORE, DODSON, AND GROSS FROM SUPER STOCK MAGAZINE JANUARY 1980


Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore (Post 361673)
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.
http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1363821584



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

sammy pizzolato 03-05-2013 04:10 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
that was at the gator nationals final round. gary long in the other lane was the winner and dover jr was the runner up.

vistacruiser67 03-06-2013 08:26 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21222413_n.jpg

JAN 1980 SUPER STOCK MAGAZINE



Quote:
Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato (Post 371996)
that was at the gator nationals final round. gary long in the other lane was the winner and dover jr was the runner up.

Chuck Garey 03-06-2013 09:30 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds Jack Robinson olds
 
If ANY one has info on the Jack Robinson Olds please contact me, I have been trying to locate that car. It was a 1970 W29 show car that was built by my father then sold To Dr. Robinson, it was unique as it was the only car to have the striping over roof and trunk (production cars did not). I pitted next to Glen Myers on several occasions in the past wish I knew what I was parked next to!.

vistacruiser67 03-14-2013 08:03 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds Jack Robinson olds
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck Garey (Post 372098)
If ANY one has info on the Jack Robinson Olds please contact me, I have been trying to locate that car. It was a 1970 W29 show car that was built by my father then sold To Dr. Robinson, it was unique as it was the only car to have the striping over roof and trunk (production cars did not). I pitted next to Glen Myers on several occasions in the past wish I knew what I was parked next to!.


http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...73834034_n.jpg





http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...srown-olds.jpg





http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...srown-olds.jpg





http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...lubik-olds.jpg


http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...lubik-olds.jpg



http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/...-lunchtime.jpg




http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/854...smobile02b.jpg



Vintage pictures of the car in question. Color photos are property of Rallye Bob.

Dan Lattimore 03-20-2013 07:26 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
2 Attachment(s)
Cruiser----I ran across this stuff if you're interested.

vistacruiser67 03-21-2013 07:37 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Very interested indeed. Please send more if you have them. Any Olds racing pictures. Thank you.




http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1363821584


http://classracer.com/classforum/att...2&d=1363821627













Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore (Post 374274)
Cruiser----I ran across this stuff if you're interested.

vistacruiser67 03-21-2013 07:47 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Dan

This doesnt look like the same car as the Chestnut SX convertible. What do you remember about this convertible? Thanks.


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21561986_n.jpg




Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore (Post 374274)
Cruiser----I ran across this stuff if you're interested.
http://classracer.com/classforum/att...2&d=1363821627






http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1363821584

vistacruiser67 05-16-2013 11:57 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
Is this your car Sam?


http://classracer.com/classforum/att...5&d=1364166866

Jim Kaekel 05-28-2013 10:20 AM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
That's Craig Couris' '72 convertible. If I recall, he sold it to Larry Hausch (as seen in photo) for a while and later bought it back.

vistacruiser67 05-30-2013 01:04 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
[QUOTE=Jim Kaekel;383431]That's Craig Couris' '72 convertible. If I recall, he sold it to Larry Hausch (as seen in photo) for a while and later bought it back.

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...5&d=1364166866


Thanks. I figured that out some time after I posted this and meant to come in and delete the post
but kept putting it off. Thanks again.

tommy d 01-08-2014 08:30 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
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Time to wake this thread up. Figure as long as it's Olds related it would fit here. Wonder if Chuck has this ad from the August 1970 Hot Rod. Well crap! Now I see that I got tree'd a few posts back! DUH!

Dan VanKoevering3403 01-11-2014 02:59 PM
Re: 1972 remlinger olds
 
I remember this car very well, and the car that Jim raced for Jerry Remlinger before this one. Jim had a blue '71 convertible with a wild arrow/stripe paint scheme. Wheeler and Garey(Ron) travelled and pitted together during those years, when of course Ron was running with Norm Chesrown's backing. I was a team member on the Brothers White Pontiac team out of Valparaiso, IN. The Whites were on the factory program along with Truman Fields, Arnie Toftland, Gary & Charlene Wood, and others. We commonly raced against Ron and Jim in the same classes. We would defeat them, they would defeat us, all good, all fun. Both great guys.


Dan Van Koevering, 9th-term President, Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame
www.mmshof.org

Van Koevering & Son Oldsmobile Stock Drag Racing
Grand Rapids, MI
Driver: U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Andrew Van Koevering
Iraq '04-'05 '09-'10

mopar68 04-29-2018 08:34 PM
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https://image.ibb.co/c4AfPH/004_w_ma..._nationals.jpg


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