History imfo 1967 pontiac af/x OLYMPIAN

looking for imfo photos history on a 1966 Pontiac AF/X or funnycar called the olympian...............imfo name was ParkTiger..........

 

1961g***er sent me this photo of pontiac GTO the olympia posted recently on the hamb 'drag cars in motion'
maybe photo will help those interested in Pontiacs to help me with imfo possible location this car thanks

 

I sure hope it's still around.

 

Wicked Machine!

 

SEARCHING have found some imfo on my own:
[1]ran in div6...fuel f/c direct drive...8/26/66>9.58@149.97
[2]was put up 4$ale end of season 67..........
[3]SuperStock magFeb1967 article
[4]SuperStock/Drag Illustrated vol3#4>centerfold &article
[5]???
[6]???
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LATEST Email >Not no more ...it got cut up into bracket car>>GONE
Anyone that can scan these mag articles please post them &any imfo

 

searching found another photo..........

 

great looking car lost to history. save them don't crush them.

 

John,
I've been a Pontiac guy all my 49 years. The faster the Pontiac was, the more I sought to learn about it. Over the years, I've collected and talk to numours people about various Pontiac powered cars. not sure if your interest is in Pontiacs or this particular one.
this car appears to be Pontiac powered but, I cannot be 100% sure. I've never seen a Pontiac with injector stacks that high. But, that does not mean he could have made them or had them made. After much study, it appears from the side view picture that is has chrome 389 style valve covers. It is definately a wedge engine with siamesed intake ports but, that could also meana small or big chev.
The 2 pictures posted are the only 2 pictures I have ever seen of this car and I have Never seen anything written about it. Surely, now with internet and 'old' private pics surfacing, Hopefully, more pics and info will come up on this GTO.
Obviously, it had a very short life. GTOs were extremely popular in 1966 and they got a lot of magazine coverage. If this thing showed up at any of the bigger events, surely it would have been photgraphed.
What is strange to me is even though it got a color 2 page spread, there was nothing written about it!
Another strange thing is , if you study the 2 pics, it appears they may have been shot at the same time! Look at the smoke pattern under the car, almost identical.
Weird, only 2 pics of this car and possibly at the same time.
It could have been wrecked, destroyed otherwise ( trailer accident as an example ), parked in the barn and forgotton about or something but, it has not been seen or heard from since early 1966. It would be an interesting find indeed if it still exists.

If you, or anyone else, is interested in Pontiac racing history, I have a page on my site dedicated to them.
I too, would like to learn more about this GTO.

Steve
www.pontiacheaven.org "Pontiac History" page

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dude its info as in information.

 

What is the smoke from? Fireburnout? Don't think so. very odd that smoke. There shouldn't be any smoke at launch, esp with the wheels in the air and the smoke is ahead of the tires and it ain't comin from the engine.

 

Well, that is more info on the car than i have ever seen. Early pics too. Good to know it was Pontiac powered.
Where did you find this info?

What is your interest in this particular car?

Steve
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in searching for iMfo under **** lewis found list the iMfo was suuplied in 2000 with the posters e mail link included... tried it & received the latest iMfo by e mail from him


the listed fact sheet for 66 said fuel direct drive ...interesting that 4$ale add lists mopar trans
>>>photo olds/pont diff >just got it as a spare for my A...person i got it from took it out of this car >???is one small part enought for this interest??< am using a 5.86 summers spool/axles in my modelA so this was an exact spare with summers spool siiting in the corner since 1970....

 

Anyone know what ever happened to Don Gay's AWB '66 GTO?

 

Gays 66 GTO funny was sold and became the Blue Bandit. It also got a stretched front end. Word has it that the car still survives but, no proof. There is also a clone of it in Texas last I heard.
Originally it was built by Jay Howell and is based on an original GTO (not a gl*** body).
Hope this helps some.
Steve
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First of all, this photo obviously was taken at Bremerton Raceway. Secondly, many years ago (probably mid to late 70's), I looked at a 66-67 "GTO", that had been an ealy funny car. Painted a faded red, red plexigl*** type side windows, chromed tube axle, but no engine/trans. It was in the Lake Stevens-Marysville area at the time. I wonder IF it could have been the same car? Don't remember much more about it, not even the price, or why I went to look at it, or how I knew about it. Maybe someone else can add something about the car I looked at. In your photos, it has "Olympia" on the doors, in the same pattern/script of the Olympia Beer Co. who must have sponsored the car. I don't even know if Olympia Beer is still around. If they are, you may want to check with their P.R. folks. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

That thing's ****ing wicked

 

I'm very interested in finding out what happened to this car as I am a Pontiac fanatic and work a few blocks away from the old **** Lewis Pontiac dealership (long gone). The Olympia brewery mentioned earlier in this thread was shut down several years ago (was owned by Miller by that time).

Have you tried contacting the local GTO clubs www.northwestlegends.com (Seattle area) and www.goatherd.com (Portland area) to see if any of the members know of the car?

 

found this iMfo on a gto pontiac site
many photos showing details Zombie GTO 4$ale 65,000 show car
look at you tube 'mr norms 65 dodge&Zombie match race
>maybeit is still out there???

 

btt anyone ???

 

My dad was the manager of **** Lewis Pontiac in Olympia, WA for about 20 years.

The history that I remember was that **** Lewis hired a couple of local legends as mechanics to build and race the GTO. Bill Crow was one but I forget the other, maybe Kent Harp. It was originally white and named the Park Tiger, playing on the dealership name of **** Lewis Pontiac/Cadillac Park.

They got it running shortly before I went to Viet Nam and ran it a few times at Shelton. The first time out was kind of memorable for me as the wind snapped that hood right off - must have gone 50' straight up in the air

As I recall, regardless of it's success - or not - the novelty of it wore off for the business guys and the real world of expenses set in. Kind of hard to justify a full time 2 guy crew for it, and parts, travel and all that stuff, so the guys were put in the shop to work on regular cars. They got fed up with that setup and left. No interest left for the car so the dealership sold it.

Next time I talk to my dad I'll see if he remembers anything about it.

BTW - Back in the day it was not uncommon for everyone in town to use a similar logo to the Olympia Brewing Company. Doubt if they had anything to do with the car, and that script is not the brewery script, just similar. "It's the Water" - the City of Olympia's small claim to fame, well along with the Fleetwoods!

And my memories of that hood blowing off could be why, in the pictures of it in white, it has no hood!

 

Quick followup. Talked to my dad tonight and he remembers it about the same as I did. The car was campaigned for about two years. Other than solo runs, it won a total of ZERO races. Now that is from my 90 year old dad, so maybe it was marginally better than that, but was pretty close.

The Olympia on the side was simply for the location of the dealership - the brewery had nothing to do with the car. To it's last race, it was "The Park Tiger", not the Olympian or whatever.

 

found this pic on the net awhile back, thought it was same car but wasn't sure till now. note it says Shelton raceway 1966 near bottom of photo.

 

I am from the area. If anyone knows about the car its Rahn Redmond. He is the dude who brought the drags back to Shelton Wa about 30 min north of Olympia. I have his # pm me

 

On a strange note the Olympia brewery was in Tumwater a town that shares a border with Olympia, I see kids all the time with that logo tattooed on them, also the local fire depts use it.

 

You might be able to find Scott Lewis (**** Lewis' son) around Olympia. I think he has (or had) a business converting tugs into luxury yachts. He worked at the dealership as a mechanic during that time period.

Another is Rich Turner. I think he still owns Olympia Auto Body down by the old dealership. I think he was a body guy for **** Lewis, but maybe not. Things get cloudy at my age

 

Forgot it was in Tumwater. OK - so now it's just the Fleetwoods!

 

I know Rich I could ask him. Or his number is in the phone book Olympia auto body .
My buddy Steve at Capitol chev worked the parts dept a lewis cadillac at that time too. if it needs to be done we can find out. I still think Rahn Redmond is the key to were it is now.

 

The best thing to ever come out of Oly high other than me ha ha.

 

I talked to the guy who had the rear-end and he said the car was crushed sometime in the 80's. I sure hope not.