Butch Hirst Cutlass

[yellowsportwagon]

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
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[Vietnam Vet67]

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

[yellowsportwagon]

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.

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[afx]

Love it.

[JustJake]

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.

[yellowsportwagon]

That Buick is on my hit list for sure. Gotta know a color though.

[JustJake]

This is the year and race Perry Cottingham tried getting that skylark in  http://racing-reference.info/race/1972_Miller_High_Life_500/W

[Jim N]

Looks great!  Very nicely done.

[Maindrian Pace]

Super nice rendition, your stance looks better than the real car!

[Vietnam Vet67]

THANKS FOR THE PICTURES OF THE REAL CAR................

[bbowser]

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?

['70 Grande]

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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

[yellowsportwagon]

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.

[oldcarfan]

Obscure NASCAR cars are the best NASCAR cars! I like it!

[Truck parts]

Cool looking build

[slusher]

Great build!

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This is fantastic! Love the obscure stuff...

[yellowsportwagon]

Obscure is my favorite subject 

[89AKurt]

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.

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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!

[yellowsportwagon]

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
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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):

[yellowsportwagon]

That probably the Riverside 500. The eastern Cars came out west for that one and the Ontario Ca race

[Sledsel]

Very cool build..... Looks great