History Oldsmobile race cars

Thanks for showing us your impressive collection, any info on the green coupe ?

 

Many thanks, what a great collection of pictures. Brings back many memories.

 

Very cool thread...awesome racing Oldsmobiles!

Here's mine, 1965 Olds F-85 dirt track racer, photo from 1993. We've run this car every season from 1990 until this year....it's in dire need of a new body skin currently. Someday we'll restore to original race car condition.




Another shot...earlier, 1990

 

And here's two I just saw September 26, 2010 at Lebanon Valley Dragway in NY

 

A few more for oval racing fans:

 

it's sad to think so many young people now think Olds is a grandmas car, they think Nova's and Camaros and mustangs. So much history and some of the baddest fire breathing big blocks ever to live. What happened?

 

I heart this thread! Subscribing!

JK

 

they never should have phased out Olds, of course the bean counters at GM didn't live in the real world anyway, Now that there's the new high performance muscle cars coming out, they should have brought back the Cutlass with it's OWN engine, not something thrown in from the rest of the line. When they slap different car bodies on the same chassis, you lose that loyalty, Everyone I knew who had one in the day was very proud to have had those motors under the hood, they wouldn't be caught dead in anything else. Thank you so much for this thread, such a shame they killed one of the proudest American cars out there

 

great stuff! I love the 50's era olds racers... 55' olds are king.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYTxFzOs3V8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGMAmhiXmJc&feature=related

 

How about this one from 1903?

 

Nice pics!!! Old, Old, OLDS!!!

 

I know I have posted these pics before, but I wanted to hold back the Cutlasses.
She cracked the 13s, with a blown head gasket.
Its stronger now , but I haven't been back to the track

 

Looking at this makes me sad. Not only is Olds gone, but my local dealer in Culver City, CA finally closed their doors after more than 60 years. I used to like to look at the Olds racing pictures on the walls of the parts department while they worked on my late model Chevy. Alberson Olds, they had a 4 story rocket outside the show room. They used to race drag cars, and the Mexican Road Race back in the 50s and 60s

 

Lots of great pics...even the post 65 (I know, we need some rules, I guess)

 

Would that rule out the 442 Much boss?

It was a 66, AWB 442.

JK
(PS, I know, I'm only kidding. It's your house, your rules.)

 

Boy Ryan, your going to have a lot of threads to edit

 

Does anyone have any photos of Bud Moore when he was wrenching on Olds? before he went to the Hudson Hornet? I was very suprised to see him Inducted into the Nascar hall of fame, he deserved it thats for sure, not everyone who was a legend was a driver. One of the best wrenches ever to work on a race car. I spotted him in the audience before the nominations, and it blew everyone away he got picked, still remembers everything even at his age.

 

Keith still owns the car (it is a '50) and restored it recently.



Norm

 

Thanks for posting. Its great the car survived.

 

Great avatar. Always loved the Young Ones. Got em on DVD.

 

IHRA stocker from the late 70's

 

Vistacruiser67 -
Thanks for posting all of the pix of my car and all of the other (in)famous Chesrown Olds race cars!

Ryan -- How bout changing to post- 72? MOO

Tweed

 

i have a customer that raced a 66 olds "dealer" car....he ran out of warsaw ky. will have to see if wayne has any pics of the car. he did tell me that the car was waaay light compared to the others....with nothing done to it.