eBay Find: This 1975 Hurst/Olds Was The Best Selling Model Ever and This May Be The Nicest One Left


eBay Find: This 1975 Hurst/Olds Was The Best Selling Model Ever and This May Be The Nicest One Left

Automotive history is full of surprises, right? Who would have guessed that the 1975 version of the Hurst/Olds was the best selling version of the car that was ever produced?! That’s right, the 190hp, 8.5:1 compression 455 was the optional engine under the hood, it was the first GM vehicle that ever had t-tops, it was popped full of stuff like a primordial digital tach, a Dual Gate shifter, swivel buckets, and cool two-tone interior. It was also the last of the traditional round-headlight Collonade styled Olds Cutlasses. Hey, the thing even had the good FE2 suspension package which meant that it wallowed slightly less than the other models on the road back then. All wins, right?

We mention the best selling part. It’s true that they sold more of these than any other Hurst Olds but the number was still pretty small at a shade over 2,500 examples.

The machine we are looking at now could be the nicest one left on the planet. It looks better than brand new in every way. It’s listed for more than $30,000 which seems high for the moment but knowing what we know about the old car market, these rare machines are not going to get cheaper as the years roll by.

It won’t win a lot of drag races, but with a turbo 400 and some tall gearing, it would be an awesome highway cruiser and road trip car. Another example of the iron from the middle 1970s, which was long the butt of jokes among domestic car enthusiasts coming into the wheelhouse of collectibility.

eBay: This 1975 Hurst/Olds is perfection in all of its big block comfort 


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4 thoughts on “eBay Find: This 1975 Hurst/Olds Was The Best Selling Model Ever and This May Be The Nicest One Left

  1. Realdeal

    Beautiful car and definitely not the first GM with t-tops and they weren’t factory installed. The Supreme two-door coupe that year started at $4,047; the Hurst/Olds conversion, which took place at Hurst’s Specialty Vehicle Division facility in Brighton, Michigan, added $1,095 on top of that price before the cars were sold through Oldsmobile dealerships. (For comparison’s sake, the 4-4-2 package cost just $128 in 1975.)For that money, the customer not only got the Hurst/Hatch roof with smoked glass panels, designed to satisfy those still longing for an intermediate convertible, but also a choice of two V-8 engines, the customary Hurst Dual-Gate shifter, special wheels, a padded half-top, gold accent body striping, dual sport mirrors and Hurst/Olds badging.For that money, the customer not only got the Hurst/Hatch roof with smoked glass panels, designed to satisfy those still longing for an intermediate convertible, but also a choice of two V-8 engines, the customary Hurst Dual-Gate shifter, special wheels, a padded half-top, gold accent body striping, dual sport mirrors and Hurst/Olds badging.

  2. Bill Greenwood

    Very little needed to wake that thing up, too. A set of 1.6 rockers, an intake change, headers and full dual exhaust, a dual-snorkle air cleaner housing (a proper Olds piece), and some carb and ignition tweaking would turn it back into an honest 15-second ride with 135-140 mph top speed on tap. Pretty easy to take. Nice car, too.

  3. Ted

    This needs to be dropped into the engine crusher. Sorry, this car is evidence of all that was wrong with the entire car industry in 1975. Gack………….

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