1972 remlinger olds

[vistacruiser67]

I wasnt talking about the blue 71 Remlinger ragtop by the way but the 71 Supreme formerly raced by Ron Garey which appears to have been a Remlinger car briefly. I wasnt sure if you were speaking of the ragtop or the hardtop. Sorry I mixed up some other race cars in this thread. Great thread you started here.

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

no it is not the blue 71 car this is a different car.i don't remember who wheeler sold the blue car to.

[Hemi Moose]

I was just wondering, is this the same Olds convertible or a different one...

[vistacruiser67]

It is not the same car. I once thought it was but the author of this thread and owner of the red Remlinger convertible said it was not.
He may be addressing this in post number 31 above. Although it was common for 71 Cutlasses to be converted to 72s courtesy of Oldsmobile's Dale Smith sending the racers grilles, headlights bezels, and taillights. That Cooper Speed Shop Al Seger convertible in my signature picture below is and example of a 71
later converted to a White 72. The chrome strip along the lower body(also on the blue Remlinger convertible) is incorrect for 72 and you will notice on the white 72 converted car below they left this 71 molding in place. It would take some bodywork to switch out the molding- filling in holes and making new holes and if the blue and red Remlinger convertible was the same car it would have been a painstaking conversion but not impossible. But per the current owner we know they are not the same car. On the red Remlinger convertible you see a thin bodyside molding that is correct for 72 and the chrome rocker panel molding along the very bottom. 70 and 71 Supremes had the wide chrome molding that you see on the black and white pictures below but in 72 they moved to a thin strip like the red Remlinger car below. Too much information Im sure.




Two cars above are same car. Cutlass SX 455 were rare cars
and convertible SXs are even more rare. Correct me if Im wrong
Ive heard this car was sold with an incorrect 350 engine installed and
the 72 changes intact? Al Seger then moved to the 72 Go Shop
Cutlass Cruiser flat top wagon in 1973 that he must have raced until
he got a white 76-77 Cutlass? and then a 78-79 98 Regency?





[quote=Hemi Moose;359493]I was just wondering, is this the same Olds convertible or a different one...


Different cars

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by vistacruiser67

It is not the same car. I once thought it was but the author of this thread and owner of the red Remlinger convertible said it was not.
He may be addressing this in post number 31 above. Although it was common for 71 Cutlasses to be converted to 72s courtesy of Oldsmobile's Dale Smith sending the racers grilles, headlights bezels, and taillights. That Cooper Speed Shop Al Seger convertible in my signature picture below is and example of a 71
later converted to a White 72. The chrome strip along the lower body(also on the blue Remlinger convertible) is incorrect for 72 and you will notice on the white 72 converted car below they left this 71 molding in place. It would take some bodywork to switch out the molding- filling in holes and making new holes and if the blue and red Remlinger convertible was the same car it would have been a painstaking conversion but not impossible. But per the current owner we know they are not the same car. On the red Remlinger convertible you see a thin bodyside molding that is correct for 72 and the chrome rocker panel molding along the very bottom. 70 and 71 Supremes had the wide chrome molding that you see on the black and white pictures below but in 72 they moved to a thin strip like the red Remlinger car below. Too much information I'm sure.





Two cars above are same car. Cutlass SX 455 were rare cars
and convertible SXs are even more rare. Correct me if Im wrong
Ive heard this car was sold with an incorrect 350 engine installed and
the 72 changes intact? Al Seger then moved to the 72 Go Shop
Cutlass Cruiser flat top wagon in 1973 that he must have raced until
he got a white 76-77 Cutlass? and then a 78-79 98 Regency?



Different cars

VC, thanks for the additional info...now I know.

[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.

[sammy pizzolato]

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.

[vistacruiser67]

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.

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.

[dennis dunlap]

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...