I have been involved with collecting and restoring high performance Oldsmobiles and been a member of the Oldsmobile Club of America since 1979. I've had numerous models at one point or another including: a 1968 442 hardtop and 3 convertibles, a 1970 Rallye 350, a 1970 F85 W-31, a 1972 Cutlass Supreme, a 1982 Cutlass Supreme (upgraded like you wouldn't believe), a 1983 H/O, a 1990 Cutlass Supreme I-Series, and the item I've owned longest, a 1969 Hurst/Olds. I've had it since 1979 and completed (is anything ever complete???) a frame off restoration in 1985. It hasn't seen the road much in a couple years, but one of these days it will... I recently traded in the I-Series and am now the proud owner of a diamond-white 1997 Aurora. I love having all of the toys and I'm spoiled rotten!
I have a fair number of photos, so they are organized roughly by year and have thumbnails to help all of you who are bandwidth challenged.
I scanned all of the photos on the following pages and they, and their thumbnails, are in 24-bit JPEG format. They are best viewed with a 64K or better colors graphics adapter. If you really want a better copy of a photo than the larger image linked to the thumbnails, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do... I now have numbers on the pictures to assist in identifying them.
One other little note. While I love getting e-mail and talking cars, I haven't done any buying or selling of cars in quite a few years, so I really don't have any decent idea of what cars are worth today. Besides the JWO (OCA's monthly magazine), I would suggest checking Old Cars Price Guide or Hemming's after visiting Bryceman's www.442.com for an idea of what is being asked for various cars.
| 1968 | A number of photos you may have never seen of the original Hurst/Olds prototype plus a number of other interesting shots |
| 1969 | Some nice (rare) factory 69 H/O shots, a number of shots of my car, and a couple other interesting cars |
| 1970 | My F85 W-31, a nice 442 Indy pace car, and a 110 mile Cutlass Supreme |
| 1972 | Shots of the actual backup '72 Indy pace car and my 72 Cutlass Supreme |
| 1982 | A couple shots of my modified project car (can you say 454 small block Olds???) |
| 1983 | Lots of H/O shots including: manufacturing photos, one used as a pace car, and WJ's car. I'm also starting a registry and have all of the VINs and their associated sequential numbers... |
| 1985 | Indy Pace Car photos |
| 1988 | Indy Pace Car photos |
| 1990 | (Coming someday...) My I-Series and a number of Olds drag cars from the same era |
| 1997 | My Aurora |
| 2001 | Aurora Indy Pace Car photos |
| Other | Other cars that may be of interest... Aerotech, FE3X Cutlass, 1970 Chrysler 300H(urst) |
I also enjoy NHRA drag racing (although I sorely miss Oldsmobile's involvement).
Links
Oldsmobile Club of America
Texas Gulf Coast Oldsmobile Chapter
Real Olds Power (check out the forums!!!)
Bryceman's Oldsmobile Page 442.com
Hurst/Olds Club
Oldsmobile Corporation
National Hot Rod Association
This page last updated on July 1, 2007.