Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running?

Fred Connell · 02-02-2012, 12:46 AM

We have one. I sold it to Bob Dennis and got it back . I ran it in M/SA then put it in P/SA. Now its in O/SA. It's like part of the family.

Dwight Southerland · 02-02-2012, 09:07 AM

Fred, I was waiting for you to join this. Seems to me your car has been around since inception. What do you know about the car Sammy Pizzolato raced in the '80s? I got to see the famous "windowed" 307 block for the first time in his car at Baton Rouge. I had no idea a manufacturer would do that. Of course, it was in pieces at the time.

Chuck Norton · 02-02-2012, 10:35 AM

Dwight,

Sammy's car became Karl Geist's car and eventually one of my friends bought it and brought it to California. It repeated its prior performance with the center main webbing shortly after it arrived. That was a spectacular explosion! Happily, it appears that those issues have been resolved. It has been very durable since we addressed the "window" mains and took advantage of some rules changes relative to stabilizing the valve train.

c

Dwight Southerland · 02-02-2012, 05:20 PM

Chuck -

I knew that Karl bought the car from Sammy; I didn't know what happened to it after that. Thanks!
Didn't surprise me about Sammy. He's the only person I have ever seen lay a SBC crankshaft on the ground from a stocker. He did it at Baton Rouge also in the 327-250hp '68 Chevelle wagon that the Doughty brothers have. Set the record on that run, IIRC.

Dean Feiock · 02-03-2012, 12:13 AM

Curt Reese, Pierre, SD has one. Running 9 inch rear tire & stock suspension in GT/MA with a 283

Tracy Battest, Aberdeen, SD has one. Running P/SA I believe.

Glen DeMenge, in northern MN had one of the fastest M/SA but sold it. Where did it go?

Ed Drucker, CA, has one running J/SA

Bob Elliott, AZ ran one last year in K/SA

holben · 02-03-2012, 01:46 AM

The car that Bill Prince had was originally mine. We never had any issues with the windowed blocks and we ran it pretty hard: shifted at 6500 and ran through the lights at 7000.

Bernhard · 02-03-2012, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by holben

The car that Bill Prince had was originally mine. We never had any issues with the windowed blocks and we ran it pretty hard: shifted at 6500 and ran through the lights at 7000.

Where you using a steel crank?

02-02-2012, 12:46 AM	#1
Fred Connell Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nashville,Tn Posts: 73 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? We have one. I sold it to Bob Dennis and got it back . I ran it in M/SA then put it in P/SA. Now its in O/SA. It's like part of the family.

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Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,002 Likes: 64 Liked 783 Times in 195 Posts	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? Fred, I was waiting for you to join this. Seems to me your car has been around since inception. What do you know about the car Sammy Pizzolato raced in the '80s? I got to see the famous "windowed" 307 block for the first time in his car at Baton Rouge. I had no idea a manufacturer would do that. Of course, it was in pieces at the time.

02-02-2012, 10:35 AM	#3
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 110 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? Dwight, Sammy's car became Karl Geist's car and eventually one of my friends bought it and brought it to California. It repeated its prior performance with the center main webbing shortly after it arrived. That was a spectacular explosion! Happily, it appears that those issues have been resolved. It has been very durable since we addressed the "window" mains and took advantage of some rules changes relative to stabilizing the valve train. c __________________ Chuck Norton

02-02-2012, 05:20 PM	#4
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,002 Likes: 64 Liked 783 Times in 195 Posts	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? Chuck - I knew that Karl bought the car from Sammy; I didn't know what happened to it after that. Thanks! Didn't surprise me about Sammy. He's the only person I have ever seen lay a SBC crankshaft on the ground from a stocker. He did it at Baton Rouge also in the 327-250hp '68 Chevelle wagon that the Doughty brothers have. Set the record on that run, IIRC.

02-03-2012, 12:13 AM	#5
Dean Feiock Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pierre, SD Posts: 204 Likes: 0 Liked 49 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? Curt Reese, Pierre, SD has one. Running 9 inch rear tire & stock suspension in GT/MA with a 283 Tracy Battest, Aberdeen, SD has one. Running P/SA I believe. Glen DeMenge, in northern MN had one of the fastest M/SA but sold it. Where did it go? Ed Drucker, CA, has one running J/SA Bob Elliott, AZ ran one last year in K/SA __________________ Dean Feiock -- Stock 5002 Last edited by Dean Feiock; 02-03-2012 at 12:22 AM.

02-03-2012, 01:46 AM	#6
holben Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Ledge, Michigan Posts: 25 Likes: 5 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running? The car that Bill Prince had was originally mine. We never had any issues with the windowed blocks and we ran it pretty hard: shifted at 6500 and ran through the lights at 7000.