Jim Oddy's Austin is Alive and Angry !

that thing is a beast... love it

 

Thank God you saved it from what it was becoming John!

The car was metamorphosing into something that was going to make me puke!

 

so cool!
thks for posting the video!

 

SWEET. I thought I heard it all the way in Syracuse ...

VR&C.

 

Thank you for posting....that was great!!!

 

John it was my honor to do the easy stuff like posting a video, you keep doing all the hard work....lol
Nice to see you gained some more photos in the storied history of the little Austin from Elma,NY.

 

sounds schweet! thanks for sharing!!!!
plans for the car? will it be raced?

 

Which engine? The Donovan?

 

Bad ass!!!!

 

Thanks for saving the Oddy Austin, and thanks for posting the recent start up too! Put a big old smile on my face! Had to save and bookmark the Youtube video so I can listen to it often!

 

Going to make it to the gasser Series race this weekend at Empire?

 

John, ah the sweet music of a vintage blown gasser, you've done an outstanding job now lets get that "stinking back" problem rearranged so that you can get some seat time. Thanks to you and the boys from Buffalo in keeping a sizable group of 60's gassers alive.

 

John:

It must have been great to finally fire that baby off. I would have been grinning ear to ear. I know you must be proud, and deservedly so. It's a beautiful car.

Mark

 

Did you restore it with the Austin tailites I hope? and yes that engine sound is puuure ear candy!

 

Suuuuuunday Niagra! blasting over the radio ,WKBW in Buffalo. WOW the early 70's, those were the days for kick ass drag racing. I remember this car making many blasts down that track. I keep thinking the car was red at one time also. Correct me if I am wrong. That car is awesome. So cool it was brought back to life.

 

That Snoopy fella would be Bob Bialecki, another Rochester resident and another Mopar or nocar fanatic. Bob has had and continues to have some very tasty Mopar stuff as well as some very neat drag stuff. Bob and Ron Podsiadly, (Moparon) a past owner of Oddy's Austin, were and are still good buddies although seperated by a continent. Funny how Rochester guys and their cars figure into a lot of the history of hot roding.

 

You may be confusing Jim Oddy's Austin with Big John's Austin.

 

Running on Gas or Methanol? Sounds real good!

 

Oddy's car was always blue, I think you are thinking about "NEWELL" brothers car, that car was red and raced at Niagara also.
and Jim Zakia's anglia was red too.

 

Amen to that! It is hard to beat the look and sound of a 60's correct, let alone famous A/GS. Maybe someday Vintagegasser and I will make it back there to see you guys. Job well done.

 

I was going thru some photos for the Gasser Wars story and forgot about this one. It was on the cover of National Dragster April 2002. But the caption on the inside cover is about Jimmy's Opel, I guess I got lucky.
I remember when I saw the magazine cover, I had a BIG smile for about a week

The car which is in black in the 2nd photo was driven by a very good friend of mine "Buzzy" Krause R.I.P who helped me so much in the restoration.

 

Looks real good and sounds fantastic!

Need a driver?

 

If the sound of that hemi doesn't raise the hair on the back of your neck, you probably wandered on to this forum by mistake!! I hope that more of the history of this car will surface ... great stuff!

 

AA/So fine.

 

In this Holley Hot Rod Reunion video Jim Oddy and the Austin appear at the 11:40 mark. Jim talks about the history of why he raced the Austin and also the lengths that John has gone through to restore it. He also even makes mention of the Dunkirk Drag Strip...lol


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That car is awesome!!! Thanks for posting!

 

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