yellowsportwagon Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) This is my most obscure NASCAR build yet. Amt Hurst Olds. Scratchbuilt frt cage structure. Roll cage from Johan Torino kit. Lots of homemade bits and pieces. PPP wheels and tires and custom decals. Edited April 19, 2018 by yellowsportwagon Spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam Vet67 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Like it...................checked him out on Racing Reference website. Ran a total of 6 races between 1970 and 1971. Can't remember seeing that model Olds at the races. Very cool. Where did you get a photo of this car to make the model?? Edited April 19, 2018 by Vietnam Vet67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Vietnam Vet67 said: Like it...................checked him out on Racing Reference website. Ran a total of 6 races between 1970 and 1971. Can't remember seeing that model Olds at the races. Very cool. Where did you get a photo of this car to make the model?? There’s a couple floating around online here’s one from a different race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJake Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Another Shot of the #87 Olds, a couple more Olds and A Buick that tried Qualifying but Failed at a '71 or '72 Race at Ontario Motor Speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 That Buick is on my hit list for sure. Gotta know a color though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJake Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 This is the year and race Perry Cottingham tried getting that skylark in http://racing-reference.info/race/1972_Miller_High_Life_500/W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Looks great! Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Super nice rendition, your stance looks better than the real car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam Vet67 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 THANKS FOR THE PICTURES OF THE REAL CAR................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Very cool! I wonder why the Olds and Buicks of that era didn't do well? Same suspension set up as the Monte Carlo and Chevelle, difference in power plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Quote I wonder why the Olds and Buicks of that era didn't do well? This is a fantastic build! There is so much to like about it! I have a theory regarding why there weren't many Olds and Buicks back in this era; "familiarity". (Is that a word)? As I'm sure you already know, at that time there were many one-off race cars built by small race shops that were hopeful their race car build might find some success on the Nascar tracks. But, I also think many of those small race car shops built cars that they had already seen reach the finish line successfully, and those cars were the more common Chevelles, Monte Carlos and Torinos built by the bigger race car shops. It was pretty easy to see those "successful" cars up-close every Sunday, and also gather information when it comes to fabrication and building one of those more-popular brands; those race cars were easy to get familiar with. The 1:1 Olds and Buicks of the era would have been just-as-good of a platform and powerplant to start with, but they also would have required more modification, creative fabrication and build-hours to get a race car on the track; why not go with the familiar and more-easily-researched Chevys and Fords and start building a race car based off of those platforms. Just my 2-cents... Edited April 21, 2018 by '70 Grande Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 45 minutes ago, '70 Grande said: This is a fantastic build! There is so much to like about it! I have a theory regarding why there weren't many Olds and Buicks back in this era; "familiarity". (Is that a word)? As I'm sure you already know, at that time there were many one-off race cars built by small race shops that were hopeful their race car build might find some success on the Nascar tracks. But, I also think many of those small race car shops built cars that they had already seen reach the finish line successfully, and those cars were the more common Chevelles, Monte Carlos and Torinos built by the bigger race car shops. It was pretty easy to see those "successful" cars up-close every Sunday, and also gather information when it comes to fabrication and building one of those more-popular brands; those race cars were easy to get familiar with. The 1:1 Olds and Buicks of the era would have been just-as-good of a platform and powerplant to start with, but they also would have required more modification, creative fabrication and build-hours to get a race car on the track; why not go with the familiar and more-easily-researched Chevys and Fords and start building a race car based off of those platforms. Just my 2-cents... Factory money backed Fords and Chrysler’s won almost everything. GM put virtually no money towards NASCAR in the sixties. Buick Oldsmobile and to an extent Pontiac engines were not good for long periods of high RPM usage. Their piling systems couldn’t take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Obscure NASCAR cars are the best NASCAR cars! I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Cool looking build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<profile removed> Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 This is fantastic! Love the obscure stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Obscure is my favorite subject Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Prolly shouldn't say I'm much into NASCAR, but I'm really impressed with this! I appreciate the workmanship. I'm also familiar with the kit. I know it goes for every form of racing, but I'm amazed how real stock factory stuff they were then, zero for the cars now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<profile removed> Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 hours ago, yellowsportwagon said: Obscure is my favorite subject I get that! Howzabout a 4-door '67 Olds? And to think people made a big deal that the NASCAR Taurus was a 4-door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, AMC ROB said: I get that! Howzabout a 4-door '67 Olds? And to think people made a big deal that the NASCAR Taurus was a 4-door! 4 door hardtop at that. I wonder if it was a factory built 4 spd 4 door hardtop Cutlass. Would be super rare and desirable now. They put a louvered 442 hood on it too. Edited December 28, 2018 by yellowsportwagon Spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<profile removed> Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I know that is a NASCAR West competitor, but it almost looks like a Wood Brothers car on the inside. Here's another oddity from this race (but you probably already know this one): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 That probably the Riverside 500. The eastern Cars came out west for that one and the Ontario Ca race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Very cool build..... Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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