Number of 81to 88 Olds stockers still running?

[Dwight Southerland]

Chuck -

I knew that Karl bought the car from Sammy; I didn't know what happened to it after that. Thanks!
Didn't surprise me about Sammy. He's the only person I have ever seen lay a SBC crankshaft on the ground from a stocker. He did it at Baton Rouge also in the 327-250hp '68 Chevelle wagon that the Doughty brothers have. Set the record on that run, IIRC.

[Dean Feiock]

Curt Reese, Pierre, SD has one. Running 9 inch rear tire & stock suspension in GT/MA with a 283

Tracy Battest, Aberdeen, SD has one. Running P/SA I believe.

Glen DeMenge, in northern MN had one of the fastest M/SA but sold it. Where did it go?

Ed Drucker, CA, has one running J/SA

Bob Elliott, AZ ran one last year in K/SA

[holben]

The car that Bill Prince had was originally mine. We never had any issues with the windowed blocks and we ran it pretty hard: shifted at 6500 and ran through the lights at 7000.

[Bernhard]

Originally Posted by holben

The car that Bill Prince had was originally mine. We never had any issues with the windowed blocks and we ran it pretty hard: shifted at 6500 and ran through the lights at 7000.

Where you using a steel crank?

[JRyan]

Dean,
Joe Reid has Glen's old car.

Curt Rees' car was a fun street car. When we had it. It had an aluminum headed Olds 455. It would run high 11's in street trim.

[sammy pizzolato]

dwight the car that i sold to karl was not the car i won the world championship with.we put the drive train out of the green car in that one.i still have part ownership in the origional car with and old friend i grew up with. it sits at his house still has the same paint on it.and the 307 blocks were JUNK!!! as you witnesed.the car i sold bo bo was a six cyl car i bought with a junk motor in it.

[holben]

Originally Posted by Bernhard

Where you using a steel crank?

No, standard cast crank.

[JRyan]

Originally Posted by Bernhard

Where you using a steel crank?

We're still using the same lightweight cast crank that we started running in 2000. It has well over a thousand runs in our Superstocker. It probably helps the crank a bunch to have it in a sleeved 350 or DX block as ours is. Keeping your fingers crossed must help too, as those cranks certainly don't look as though they'd take that kind of abuse.

Jerry