Update.. 'Russ Dunmire' 68 Hurst Olds Drag Car - Page 2

Belair62 · #11 02-08-2006, 05:20 AM

That was a horror story...I'm glad it's getting done too...

retengw31 · #12 02-13-2006, 04:19 AM

When I first looked at this, I thought he cut off the top with it sitting on its wheels, not clamped to a frame plate. That would have killed that car.

Jim Ferron · #13 03-14-2006, 12:27 AM

Here's a monthly update for anyone who may be interested...should be in epoxy primer by the end of the week...still looking for some Chrome Steel Slotted wheels if anybody has some 15X7 would be perfect...

**TimG** · #14 03-14-2006, 03:47 AM

Thanks for the updates, as an Olds lover I enjoy seeing the progress.

**Canuck** · #15 03-14-2006, 04:45 AM

Jim
Great job. This car is worth bringing back to life. I restored the 71 442 w-30 coampaigned by Terry Thatch out of Spokane. Terry ran the car from 1971 to 1979,in the later years as "The Old Spagetti Factory Special in White,Red and Blue. I should have restored it to its racing colors but I restored it to stock. It sknown in Olds Circles as the UPS Car as per the brown paint and butterscotch stripes.

**Charley Lillard** · #16 03-14-2006, 05:57 AM

WOW...Thanks for saving it and thanks for showing us the in resto pics. When it was for sale at Barrett Jackson I spent some time with the seller. He was a very nice guy and I'm sure he was crushed to see what happened to the car he put so much work into. It was his baby. Nice to see it being saved.

**PeteLeathersac** · #17 03-14-2006, 05:58 PM

Great progress! . Nice to see you saved the cowl also didn't clip the car. ~ Pete

Belair62 · #18 03-14-2006, 07:23 PM

Never knew this was purple top and what looks like Evening Orchid....

Jim Ferron · #19 03-15-2006, 01:45 AM

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Great progress! . Nice to see you saved the cowl also didn't clip the car. ~ Pete

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The restoration shop that had the car before I bought it was going to do just that, just rebody the cowl. Lucky for us all Kevin put a stop to that. Their next plan was to clip the car with the roof and quarter panels as one piece......Thank God I got it before they went nuts on that idea.

My shop pulled the original roof 100% back into position[window opening wise] before they chopped it off.
When they pulled the roof up where it belonged, the 'buckles' in the quarter panels popped right back to where they belonged from metal memory. A little dolly work and really all it took was a skim coat to cover any dents and not much more to go over the seams which we welded 100% and then ground so flat you couldn't even tell the roof had been off! By doing that the seam should never pop.

**Mr70** · #20 03-15-2006, 02:17 AM

You & your shop really do deserve a

for this.

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