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Nice one Don. Very clean! Congrats!
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Thanks Rick for posting the pictures, maybe someday I'll figure out how to do it.
The car is 1972 Hurst/Olds unrestored, untouched 49K mile car. The car was bought new in Seattle and spent it's entire life there. Not one sign of rust anywhere on the car. It needs a good cleaning inside, outside and underneath and a visit to a paintless dent repair shop. There are chalk marks, inspection stamps and paint dabs all over the car. Equipped with Auto, A/C, PS, PB, AM radio w/rear seat speaker. Came with POP and I found the broadcast sheet within 1 hour of getting the car. It was inside the back of the front bucket seat. The '72 is the lowest production of all H/Os, with 130 convertibles, 499 hardtops, 220 of the hardtops were sunroof-equipped, for a total production run of 629. Mine has the sunroof. All were equipped with the 455 motor and Turbo 400. I have verified all the drive train numbers and they all are correct and matching and are VIN stamped. Absolutly no reason to believe that they are not born with components. The interior looks brand new. The original, never down, spare is in the trunk and the trunk looks like it has never had anything in it. The car, after clean-up will be a driver for local cruises and shows. I'm also considering driving it on next years power tour. The car came out of the estate of a former member of The Smothers Brothers Oldsmobile racing team. It was his everyday driver and track car. It still has a couple of NHRA track access stickers on the windshield. It really is one of the nicest unrestored cars I've ever seen. Don |
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This car is optioned very much like a '72 HO that my best friend in high school won on a bet (yes a bet) with his father. We picked up our new '72 442 from Nortell Olds and the dealer showed the two of us the information on the new HO. He asked his dad to buy him the HO and his father later said to him that if you win class President for senior year, I'll get you that car you wanted. We spread the word at school and everyone voted for him and his dad kept his promise. He bought my friend a new '72 HO. It was a non W-30 motor with AC. No windows and no posi, the dealer installed an AM/FM 8 track in place of the AM radio. Could this be the same car??? We put glass packs on it in 1973.
We would park his HO next to our family orange 442 in the school parking lot. I have no idea of the VIN of his car. His last name was Minucciani and he was the original owner. |
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Don, your post wasn't up when I posted. Your car came from Washington, so not the car I knew. It is a beauty, though.
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Nice find!
I am a huge olds fan. You just never seem them. I always run into everything in the GM gamily exect for 442's and HO's. Not sure why they do not get a lot of respect out there. My first car was a 1970 Cutlass SX with a 455. That thing won a lot of street races. Sorry, getting off the subject here. Awesome HO!!!!! |
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Tim, cool story but not the same car. Mine was sold new in Seattle based on the POP info.
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I recall seeing that car at local Olds shows in the Seattle area in the 80's.
In 1990 I purchased a 72 H/O hard top out of Seattle that was also sold new there. I cannot recall the owners name of the time. Paul |
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I think the HO was sold New at Riach Central Olds.
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-----Man,,,What a nice original Oldsmobubble. That thing would look cool with the G60 Goodyears back on the rims........Bill S
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Goodyear Polysteel, if I remember correctly, Bill. I bet those are fun to find used. I'd love a picture of what looks like the original spare. There's an X code '72 HO here in Austin. No sunroof, but a very nice car. The only X code available in a Cutlass Supreme coupe. No doubt that it's an original HO. That car brings back so many memories.
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Very cool Don! Congrats https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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Don,
Glad to see that the car looks as good as you described!!! Plan on the H/O national event at Indy in August!! I have talked with John Kelsey about those Polysteels and the likelyhood of those being reproduced are really low! Looks like you need need some Chrome trumpets on the exhaust. Contact Supercars Unlimited Great supplier of stuff. Or contact Fusick Another great supplier. Congrats on that sweet ride!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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Ride? Come on back and you can drive it!
Don |
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Ride? Come on back and you can drive it! Don [/ QUOTE ] https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif One of these years... |
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-----Man,,,What a nice original Oldsmobubble. That thing would look cool with the G60 Goodyears back on the rims........Bill S [/ QUOTE ] Those G60 look nice but they were an awfull tire. Most suffered belt separation. Polysteels were used on a lot of 73 and 74 Mopar products and they ran as hard as steel. I have a set of original G60 polysteels for my H/O ragtop. I have shown the car twice with them and install them only at the showfield. Paul |
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Way cool. I finally got to see the pictures, they are blocking some of them at work now. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif
Nice one Don! |
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Wow! Seriously nice find!! Nice to see one that original.
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IT'S A CLONE!!!!!!!
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif I don't know how you turned a White '70 Chevelle LS-6 into a White '72 H/O but I ain't buyin it! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif Beautiful car! Lookin forward to an up close and personal peek at it,..... SOON! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif |
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Theres a guy who races his vert at BIR.
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Bob, as I use to tell my kids, "Pick one".
Don |
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