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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Originally Posted by Jim Kaekel
Cool photos and interesting stories. I was told that Dover's '70 hardtop (brown) was sold about a year ago up in Kentucky. The older gentleman (can't recall his name offhand) that owned had passed away, but had previously raced it at the Bowling Green races some years ago. Was it an original 4-4-2 or a clone made from a Cutlass? I wondered because I recall it having a standard (non cut-out) rear bumper.
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