OLDSMOBILE RACE CARS
General Discussion
WHITE 70 W-31 JIM WAIBEL CAR AGAINST GOLD COOPER CAR ALSO A 70 W-31. BOTH 70 W-31'SCARS WERE CONVERTED TO 71 AND THEN A 72. GOLD COOPER CAR IS SEEN ABOVE IN POST NUMBER 17 AS A 72. WHITE KING OLDS CAR IS SEEN ABOVE IN POST NUMBER 18 AS A 72WITH LIGHT BLUE FISH SCALE PAINT. BUDDY INGERSOLL TOOK OVER RACING THE CAR AFTER JIM WAIBEL. SO IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO 70 W-31S HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF CARS THAT WERE CONVERTED TO 71 AND 72S. A THIRD EXAMPLE OF A CONVERTED 70 W-31 IS THE ABOVE POST NUMBER 6. THE BOTTOM BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF THE 70 442 AGAINST THE VETTE WAS ALSO A 70 W-31 CONVERTED BY THE DOVERS TO A 70 BIG BLOCK442. THIS LATER ENDED UP WITH THE LATE BILL "FUZZY" HUDSON AND WAS SOLD AT AN ESTATE AUCTION WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS. SO THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THREE 70 W31S. I'M NOT SURE OF THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE CAR IN POST NUMBER 6 WHICH IS NOT THE SAME CAR AS THE BROWN AT SUFFOLK RACEWAY.
vistacruiser67 wrote:
ORIGINALLY A SHOW CAR WITH SPECIAL PAINT STRIPES ON THE HOOD AND TRUNK,THIS RED 442 (TOP PICTURES)WAS SENT TO RON GAREY FROM OLDSMOBILE TO RACE. HE HAD WON THE 68 SPRING NATIONALS IN A WHITE 68 W-31; HOWEVER IN THIS RED CAR HE WAS THE RUNNER UP BEHIND A 69 BISCAYNE WITH BOTH CARS SETTING THEIR RESPECTIVE RECORDS DURING THE RUN. CAR IS SEEN ABOVE IN POST NUMBER 13 (AND BELOW)AS JACK "DOC" ROBINSON ( A DENTIST) TOOK OVER RACING THE CAR AFTER RON GAREY. RON GAREY THEN RACED A 71 SUPREME ABOVE
RED 442 UNDER CAMPAIGN OF JACK ROBINSON
BELOW IS THE SAME CAR AS THE RON GAREY 71 SUPREME ABOVEREPAINTED AND CONVERTED TO A 72 (TAILLIGHTS)WHILE RETAINING THE 71 ROCKER PANEL CHROME. IT CAN GET CONFUSING.
FORMER RON GAREY CAR HERE BEING CAMPAIGNED BY JACK ROBINSON. REFER TO POST 23. NOTE SPECIAL PAINT STRIPES AS THIS CAR WAS A FORMER SHOW CAR WITH SPECIAL PAINT. YES ANYONE COULD PAINT THESE STRIPES ON THE CAR BUT ITS CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A SHOW CAR SENT TO RON GAREY BY OLDSMOBILE TO RACE AND THEN RACE LATER BY JACK ROBINSON.
vistacruiser67 wrote:
THIS CAR WAS ORIGINALLY A 70 W-31. IT WAS CONVERTED TO A 71 BELOW AND LATER A 72 ABOVE AS THE WHITE JIM WAIBEL
BUDDY INGERSOLL CAR THAT ALSO ORIGINALLY A 70 W-31. OLDSMOBILE SENT CONVERSIONS KITS TO RACERS TO MAKE THE 70'S INTO 71'S
INCLUDING RADIATOR CORE SUPPORTS!
vistacruiser67 wrote:
THIS BROWN OLDS WAS ORIGINALLY A 70 W-31 THAT WAS CONVERTED TO A BIG BLOCK 442 BY THE DOVERS IN LOUSIANA. 442 FENDER EMBLEMS DO NOTAPPEAR TO BE IN THE CORRECT POSITION AND CAR HAS THE REGULAR CUTLASS REAR BUMPER BUT HAS RED INNER FENDER WELLS. THIS CAR WAS LATER RACED BY THE LATE BILL "FUZZY" HUDSON OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. CAR WAS SOLD AT AN ESTATE AUCTION WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS.
VINTAGE PICTURES OF JOE MONDELLOS TWISTER 442 PROBABLY UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP IN THESE PHOTOS AFTER 1975 UNTIL MONDELLO FOUND IT IN THE 90'S AND BOUGHT IT BACK PAINTING IT PURPLE.
REMEMBER THIS OLDS WAS FORMERLY A 70 W-31 FIRST RACED BY JIM WAIBEL KING OLDS AND HERE RACED VERY SUCCESSFULLY BY BUDDY INGERSOLL.
vistacruiser67 wrote:vistacruiser67 wrote:
THIS CAR WAS ORIGINALLY A 70 W-31. IT WAS CONVERTED TO A 71 BELOW AND LATER A 72 ABOVE AS THE WHITE JIM WAIBEL
BUDDY INGERSOLL CAR THAT ALSO ORIGINALLY A 70 W-31. OLDSMOBILE SENT CONVERSIONS KITS TO RACERS TO MAKE THE 70'S INTO 71'S
INCLUDING RADIATOR CORE SUPPORTS!
FINALLY THIS OLDS BELOWAS AN ORIGINAL 70 W-31 AND LATER CONVERTED TO 71 AND THEN 72 AS SEEN ABOVE.
