The Old Yeller II Buick Special Race Car was built in the fall of 1959 at the legendary Hollywood Motors which was a well known Hot Rod and motor "transplant" shop in Hollywood, California. Max and Ina Balchowsky had raced cars in Sports Car Races since the early 1950s with a highly modified 32' Ford Roadster with a potent Buick motor and with that great experience, they decided to build the Old Yeller II from "ground up."