1972 remlinger olds

[sammy pizzolato]

danny, johnny did wreck the old 72 fornof former dover car it was a trailering wreck. my 71 car is the only one left of the 4 fornof olds cars that dover drove.the first was a 1969 hurst olds that they sold and put back on the street was crashed and burned.the 70 car crashed and crushed. my car and the 72 car was the only two that were never street driven.and the red 72 convert was a co sponsered by remlinger and fornof at the end of 1972 if you look at old pics of the red car at the end of 72 had remlinger on the door and fornof on the rear quarters.and dover and wheeler on the front fenders. mid 1972 mr bill fornof was killed in and air show crash.he was a wwII flying ace that was a pilot of mustangs and f8f barcats.him and his son flew a pair of bearcats and they were flying at and air show with the blue angels mid 72 when the wing came off of mr fornof's plane and then he crashed and he died in the crash.his son corkey fornof still flies in movies today he used to fly the little bd5 jets that flew in the james bond movie where he flew through a plane hanger he still does all air stunts for all movies today.he flew the air liner through a hanger door in the movie face off.danny a lot of old history with the fornof's.if you look up bill or corkey fornof on the computor there is a lot of history with the fornof's.i hope you enjoyed the old stories.thanks for the memories.

[Dan Lattimore]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

danny, johnny did wreck the old 72 fornof former dover car it was a trailering wreck. my 71 car is the only one left of the 4 fornof olds cars that dover drove.the first was a 1969 hurst olds that they sold and put back on the street was crashed and burned.the 70 car crashed and crushed. my car and the 72 car was the only two that were never street driven.and the red 72 convert was a co sponsered by remlinger and fornof at the end of 1972 if you look at old pics of the red car at the end of 72 had remlinger on the door and fornof on the rear quarters.and dover and wheeler on the front fenders. mid 1972 mr bill fornof was killed in and air show crash.he was a wwII flying ace that was a pilot of mustangs and f8f barcats.him and his son flew a pair of bearcats and they were flying at and air show with the blue angels mid 72 when the wing came off of mr fornof's plane and then he crashed and he died in the crash.his son corkey fornof still flies in movies today he used to fly the little bd5 jets that flew in the james bond movie where he flew through a plane hanger he still does all air stunts for all movies today.he flew the air liner through a hanger door in the movie face off.danny a lot of old history with the fornof's.if you look up bill or corkey fornof on the computor there is a lot of history with the fornof's.i hope you enjoyed the old stories.thanks for the memories.

Great story Sam ! As a WWII warbird buff I love all the stories pertaining to the planes from that era. Two good friends , both gone now , one a Marine pilot in the pacific, flew with Greg Boyington but not the Black Sheep in a Corsair and the other B24s also in the Pacific used to sit and tell stories for hours. I will definately look the Fornof's up. Thanks

[vistacruiser67]

Ok. So are either of the pics posted the SX or both the acid dipped car?

Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore

Cruiser---- There are two cars 1 Stocker and 1 S/Stocker. They look almost identicle including most of the decals. The stocker 1971 Supreme 455 sx has 12 street miles --started with John and Ezra Beachy , Beachy Machine in I believe Kokomo Indiana then Ken Shawver Defiance Ohio then 1980 George Cable father of Tommy Cable with our old D and L Chestnut SS/K conv. then 1981 my partner Bob Dodson then me in 1982. The S/Stocker bought of the street in 1974 started life as a 1970 Supreme 350. It was stripped sold all the parts and kept the roof, firewall, floors and quarters. New doors were stripped of guard beams and dipped. All new panels replaced and acid dipped 28% The frame was cut into 4 pieces acid dipped and reassembled and narrowed. All control arms, bumpers , back braces and anything that wouldn't melt dipped. Back when most S/S stockers would barely lift a tire this thing would and has scrapped the rear bumper. Always thought it was a pretty sight Black S/S on black car hauler pulling black trailer with almost identical black stocker.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

hey danny that is my black olds in that pic with the 60's corvette in the crash. that was at dallas spring nats 1971. the corvette had heavy front end damage. my car we replaced rear bumper and trunk but never put the wing back on. the rear end of those early cutlass cars was no match for the fiberglass front end's of those early vett's. that was in the burn out box when the vette lost the brakes. do you have anymore pics of the 71 fornof olds. if so please post them. my car was never a super stocker. the 72 car in the other pic was a super stocker till jimmy butler bought it from fornof.dover raced it with a 350 then later dover bought it from butler than made it in to a stocker. dover later sold it to a local guy when jerry bought the camaro from kenny. the local that bought the 72 car sold it to johnny williams i think!!

Hey Sammy do you still own this black Olds Cutlass, can you post some current photos of it...how many miles are on this one.


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[sammy pizzolato]

moose i have some current pics of my black car on my facebook page i still can't down size them to put on class racer.i still own it and it has 7 miles on it. and this thread some pages back there is a pic of it when it used to be the fornof olds.it is the pic with the 60 corvette that ran in to the back of it in the burn out box.the other pic of the fornof olds is the 72 car that has the ss/ja on the window.mine is the 71 car that i painted black.

[vistacruiser67]

copy and paste.

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Hey Sammy do you still own this black Olds Cutlass, can you post some current photos of it...how many miles are on this one.


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[sammy pizzolato]

thanks for the pics cruiser.i will get the hang of posting pics one day the down sizeing is hard for me.

[Hemi Moose]

Sammy, you don't have to resize any photos if you already have them posted on facebook (or any other website) you just have copy & paste them, that means all you do is "right click on the image & press copy" then go back to the classracer reply box and insert image just above the box where you type out your message into the "white envelope"but remove the http/ part first, then drop your photo in there.

[vistacruiser67]

Sam correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this is your red 72 Remlinger convertible in a magazine article from the March 1973 issue of Hi Performance Cars Magazine featuring the dentist and racer Jack Doc Robinson with Jim Wheeler. Unfortunately you cant tell much about the car from the pictures.

[sammy pizzolato]

yes david this is the same car.thanks for sharing this article it is priceless.you would have to have know jim wheeler he was a trip.we used to share motel rooms with him and his bud's when we were on the road racing.my most memorable was the 1974 gatornationals when i was racing a 1966 chevy in SS/R and wheeler was in SS/KA with the red olds.i towed his car behind my ramp truck.the good ole days!