Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

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[SuperBuickGuy]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

Hmm.. find one of those AMC Eagles (solid front/rear axles) put a couple 401s in it... and voila a safer version of the Hust Olds..... nahhh

[zombie289]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

Wasn't there a similar car built know as the "terryfying toranado"??? I believe that one was a non-factory developed car

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

Correct-a-mundo.

That was a one race wonder. It wrecked on it's mainden voyage. There are photos on the web of it prior to it's violent disassembly.

Brian

[Bigbuds1]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

At the LSX shootout in Memphis this fall a dude had a real nice single engined look alike one. he had the old patina look and all, and was running it on the dragstrip.

[MOPARS RULE]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

George Hurst was selling so many shifters back then they had time to play around with all kinds of projects like this and the HUG. My very first aftermarket purchase was a Comp Plus Hurst 4-speed, they were the chit.

[tiresmoke!]

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The baddest-assest Hurst creation EVER..........

The Hemi under Glass? Cool, but not as much as this buck-wild Oldsmobile.

makes me want a Hurst auto shifter for my Camaro that much more...LOL

[chryco63]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

At the LSX shootout in Memphis this fall a dude had a real nice single engined look alike one. he had the old patina look and all, and was running it on the dragstrip.

I bought the Nov. '08 issue of Hot Rod for what is probably that same car, pictured in the Power Tour article. LT1 350 power... the thing just rocks, and it's low-buck, too.

The real deal car, however... just plain bad ass. Looks like almost as much of a handful as the Winged Express was.

[MOPARS RULE]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

I'd saw the best creation from Hurst was the Jaws of Life.

[malc]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

Remember getting the CC mag with this.



Shame these attachments don?t show in the Blog.

[oldrustycars]

Re: Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds

They used those Toronado transaxles in those big six wheel GMC motorhomes, they were pretty bulletproof. I wonder if that thing ever hooked up if they would have been as reliable.