Hurst Performance

[bigsixman]

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.

[vistacruiser67]

[vistacruiser67]

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.

Originally Posted by bigsixman

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.

[vistacruiser67]

[vistacruiser67]

Prototypes

[vistacruiser67]

[vistacruiser67]

SUPER STOCK MAGAZINE MARCH 1968

455 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE W-34 TORONADO ENGINE

Originally Posted by BowtieFroggie

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.

[bigsixman]

Originally Posted by vistacruiser67

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.

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.

[vistacruiser67]

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.

Originally Posted by bigsixman

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.

[vistacruiser67]

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.







































Here is the link:

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

Originally Posted by bigsixman

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.