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Hurst Performance

If you have anything from Hurst Performance Industries post it in this thread, any stories on some of their cars they built or any old articles and advertisements.

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Miss Hurst 1966,,,,,

Linda Vaughn's coronation,,,,,,

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Was at carliyle pa. swap meet years ago and had two sets of those wheels, onenew set in the original barrel as they were shipped from hurst ,un-opened and a set of used ones . It turned into a auction, I think the new ones sold for $1600 plus , they went nuts over them !!!!!!

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Has anyone ever heard of a one off 68 or 69 442 that was built for George Hurst with the Tornado front wheel drive system? A coffee talk discussion brought this issue up. I am not referring to the any of the Hurst sponsored race cars.

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Yes. There was a magazine article on it but I can't think of which issue at the moment. I think it was a Hi Performance Cars issue circa 68. I'm pretty sure the car was a 68. Had those vented rims like Toronados had. I will try to find it or the magazine issue. Not to be confused with the 67-68 Hairy Olds. The car you were talking about looked like a regular 68 442 on Tornado rims. I think it was a challenge to get everything into a GM A body.

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Originally Posted by bigsixman (Post 361270)

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SUPER STOCK MAGAZINE MARCH 1968

455 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE W-34 TORONADO ENGINE

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Originally Posted by BowtieFroggie (Post 361282)

Yes it's true I worked on that program it was built at the 11 Mile bldg the same one that built the Hurst Hairy Olds (the twin engine car). Drive train part of the frame was cut off a new Toro and grafted on a Cutlass frame.

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Originally Posted by vistacruiser67 (Post 361273)

vistacruiser67: That would be the car that was spoken of at the coffee table. I would sure appreciate any info and pictures that you may have to add to this thread.

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I had mistakenly thought it was in a Hi Performance Cars issue from 68 but in fact it was March 1968 Super Stock. You may be able to find an issue on ebay. All I did was google FWD 442 and there it was. I saved it to my computer and Im going to print copies for myself.

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Originally Posted by bigsixman (Post 361290)

vistacruiser67: That would be the car that was spoken of at the coffee table. I would sure appreciate any info and pictures that you may have to add to this thread.

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Here it is in color. According to the link at the bottom of the post this car was a one off car built by Hurst for George Hurst.

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Here is the link:

http://sbctango.activeboard.com/t416...1968-olds-442/

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Originally Posted by bigsixman (Post 361290)

vistacruiser67: That would be the car that was spoken of at the coffee table. I would sure appreciate any info and pictures that you may have to add to this thread.

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VINTAGE ROADTEST OF 1968 HURST OLDS YOUTUBE VIDEO

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpmxaamNwhw"]1968 Hurst Olds - vintage road test - YouTube[/ame]

VINTAGE ROADTEST OF 1971 OLDS 442 W-30 WITH HURST 4 SPEED

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzBOsbcvOxk"]1971 Olds 442 W-30 4-speed Convertible - vintage road test - YouTube[/ame]

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1968 FWD 442

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1968 442 with a 455 with front wheel drive. It was purchased in 1970 from Guy Martin delarship in Woodland Park, California. The story is that only 3 of these cars manufactured as a special order from Hurst from Oldsmobile. This is the only one known to still be in existence. It is gold with a black stripe down the hood. The VIN is 344878M137975.

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Originally Posted by bigsixman (Post 361290)

vistacruiser67: That would be the car that was spoken of at the coffee table. I would sure appreciate any info and pictures that you may have to add to this thread.

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VC, nice photos & articles on the Oldsmobile & Buicks that Hurst built...if you happen to come across any info on the '68 Hemi Darts & Hemi Barracuda's or the '69 AMX factory race cars, don't hesitate to add some of them as well.

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Vista,

Do you happen to have any information on the Nova that was shown in the above photo? Just curious, did Hurst keep records of all of the Vin #'s of their cars?

Mike

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Olds and Pontiac. I dont know that Hurst made any Buicks. I offered up the 70 Hurst Chrysler 300 (in recent post) as a burnt sacrifice of pleasant aroma to appease the Mopar gods.:D

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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 361493)

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I noticed that Nova and marvelled but I dont know anything about it. I was desperately trying to post Mopars to balance my flood of Olds shots. Not sure about the VINS either. Just know a little about the 442s being shipped down the road to Demmer Tool and Die in Lansing for striping and the installation of Toronado 455 engines to make them Hurst Olds. At the time GM had a ban on intermediate A bodies of 400 cubic inches. Although the Chevy 396 was a 402. So the 455 engines had to be put in the Olds outside the GM plant. The ban was lifted in 1970 as we all know. Hurst seemed to make a variety of vehicles of different makes. Most I guess were one off vehicles.

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Originally Posted by Lt1Mike (Post 361723)

Vista,

Do you happen to have any information on the Nova that was shown in the above photo? Just curious, did Hurst keep records of all of the Vin #'s of their cars?

Mike

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I'm really confused on the shot with the guys in the Hurst shirts hanging onto a hemi It looks like a 273,or 318 2 bbl. dangling over the engine compartment of a 65???? Barracuda, but then you have a couple guys trying to wrestle a race hemi into the interior of it. Was this the first wheelstander??

liteweight

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Originally Posted by vistacruiser67 (Post 361724)

Olds and Pontiac. I dont know that Hurst made any Buicks. I offered up the 70 Hurst Chrysler 300 (in recent post) as a burnt sacrifice of pleasant aroma to appease the Mopar gods.:D

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VC, I don't know why I was thinking Buick when looking at some of the photos you posted back on page one, it obviously was an '74 Hurst Olds W30, maybe the similar body styles that year threw me off, not to mention all the others that they built over the years such as Pontiac Chrysler Dodge Plymouth AMC/Jeep models back then or perhaps a few others that I don't recall at the moment...I am curious though how many '71 SSJ Grand Prix's did they make, because I didn't see to many of those around.

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Originally Posted by Liteweight (Post 361736)

I'm pretty sure it was this car, the '65 Hurst Hemi Under Glass...notice the different front grills though.

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Worked for a dealer that drove one of these new. He would NEVER let anyone else drive it. That was one fine automobile!

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I won the Nascar Winternationals in Daytona ( De land ) Fl. in 1968. I recieved a really nice letter and an unexpected generous contengency check from Hurst after I got home. It was signed by someone named George Parrot, does anyone know who he was or his capacity in the Hurst Corp ? ------- Thanks, Danny

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I didn't know the original intent for this car was for it to be competitive. Thanx for that info Bowtiefroggie

First time I've seen a crossram on a wheelstander. Prolly didn't run well with carbs at a 45* angle alot of the time. Thus the Hillbornes

Are those grills 66?

liteweight

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i like the a-833 four speed upside down!

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Originally Posted by DMann0825 (Post 361882)

i like the a-833 four speed upside down!

Never noticed that. No reverse either??

liteweight

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Yep,, That is the '66 grille shown. I remember the October '65 Car Craft magazine cover had a multi shot sequence of the '65 car in action.
Danny Durham

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They made the Grand Prixs in 70 and 71. The 4 headlight cars are 70s like the bottom photo and the 2 headlight cars are 71s. Im not sure of the production. My guess is about 500 per year. Pontiac guys can weigh in.

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