Opel stockers & hudsons

[SAMATCOTOOLSMAN]

Opels have been in the classification guide.any info on opel stockers?-photos ect.
Any chance hudsons would be reclassified givin new year allowance.?

[mtkawboy]

Some guys out of a local Buick/Opal dealer that ran a Stage 1 Buick stocker tried running a new Opal at Miami/Hollywood Dragway in stock back in the real early 70s. Sorry I dont recall much about it but it had major driveline problems back when you had to run the factory trans & rearend. They didnt run it long. Im actually old enough to remember stocker Hudsons running and theres still some stout running ones at Bonneville, even repowered Opals too, the ones that look like mini Corvettes

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by mtkawboy

Some guys out of a local Buick/Opal dealer that ran a Stage 1 Buick stocker tried running a new Opal at Miami/Hollywood Dragway in stock back in the real early 70s. Sorry I dont recall much about it but it had major driveline problems back when you had to run the factory trans & rearend. They didnt run it long. Im actually old enough to remember stocker Hudsons running and theres still some stout running ones at Bonneville, even repowered Opals too, the ones that look like mini Corvettes

the opel 4 speeds were the same as 71-72 vegas.
garbage trans....
had 3 opel GT's sitting here a year or two ago (long story)



glad they're gone

[danny waters sr]

I recall a fast Opel Kadet running R/S around the Kinston ,NC area.

[Jeff Teuton]

Hudson Terraplain, Fastback, 370 CU IN, available in Red only. Rated 350-NHRA 360 Shipping 3200 lbs,

[Lew Silverman]

Originally Posted by SAMATCOTOOLSMAN

Opels have been in the classification guide.any info on opel stockers?-photos ect.
Any chance hudsons would be reclassified givin new year allowance.?

Unless they (NHRA) open up the Classification Guide, the only vehicles listed prior to 1960 is Chevrolet and Cadillac. Hudson isn't listed at all, so Twin-H Powered Jet's can't run Stock Class.

The Opel looked good to be a U/S in 1969. The GT was rated at 102 HP and had a shipping weight of 2041 lbs. But as was mentioned, the tranny was terrible and it had a very small one-barrel Solex. I had a shop teacher in high school that loved them, but because Buick only imported the Kadett and GT, we didn't get the really good stuff!

Lew

[THE LEGEND]

My dad had an 1968 Opel Station Wagon he raced it from new until about 76 or 77. He raced it for awhile with the Lil School Bus on the side because my mom was a school teacher and drove it to work. He then painted it red and called it Art's Little Red Wagon. He ran z/s with it until around 76 when the HP was refactored to T/S could'nt run index so he went bracket racing then. In those days local tracks ran stock 3 times a week. Daddy won lots of races in those days. He also won a IHRA national with the car in the ealry 70's and r/u a NHRA race in Warner Robbins Ga with the car.
The Transmissions were junk we carried a spare eveywhere we went and could change them in between rds. He had wholes cut in the floor boor to reach the bolts and the Opel GT trannys were better. That little opel is what gave me the desire to race Stock eliminator.
Chip Johnson

[Lew Silverman]

My high-school auto mechanics teacher had a summer Opel, the 2 door Record and a winter Opel, the 2 door 'wagon (more room for sand-bags for better traction). Part of our "program of instruction" was changing the one good motor he had twice a year!

Lew

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

My high-school auto mechanics teacher had a summer Opel, the 2 door Record and a winter Opel, the 2 door 'wagon (more room for sand-bags for better traction). Part of our "program of instruction" was changing the one good motor he had twice a year!

Lew

was that wagon the one that looked similar to a 55 nomad?

[jeff coyne]

it did look like a nomand wagon, i had opel gt, if anyone knows of one for sale now, PM me...tks