Rare 1979 Hurst-Olds W-30 Low Miles Beautifully Preserved Last of an Era

This car was owned for decades by the same owner who cherished the car and spent countless hours working on the car and who hired the very best people he could find to complete whatever repairs or restoration was required to keep this excellent original car in tip top shape. We were able to purchase the car from the family of the late previous owner. Thanks to the family and a close fellow car guy friend we were able to gather the details of the history and work performed on the vehicle. This is a really rare car and its numbers all match, utlass Calis Hurst Olds W30 with 70K orginial miles. Only 2,499 made and only a handful left on the planet. Only a short time ago, he car received a nice restoration. Here is a partial list of some of the things done to it. Mechanical: The carborator was professionally rebuilt by Custom Carbs Complete tune up New belts New hoses New fuel pump New valve cover gaskets New heater core New shocks New brakes New catalytic converter New partial exhaust Body: All moldings and chrome removed Paint stripped to bare metal Quality base coat clear coat pain refinish All gaps are perfect along with the body which is nice and straight. Never any rust repair. Interior: New carpet New bucket seat upholstery (NOS vinyl) All gauges work. The car also has been fitted with new BP Goodrich TA radial tires, he original wheels are in excellent condition. Overall the car is in very nice shape inside and out. Not a trailer queen but definitely nice enough to show at local car shows and dependable enough to use as a daily driver if you choose to do so. It is a comfortable and fun car to drive. Please call with any questions 941-928-2339. We buy, ell, rade, onsign, inance and ship world wide. More about the Hurst Olds in 1979: However, n 1979, uring the second gas crisis, hen prices shot up to about $1.25 a gallon from around 70 cents, ldsmobile brought back the famed Hurst/Olds name in the new Cutlass body and based it on the Calais model. In the January 1980 issue of Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, n article by Mike Rowell almost apologized for featuring a 1979 car in a 1980 magazine, ut he had good reason. In 1979, he G-body GM cars all had small, nemic engines, anging from a V-6, 260 V-8, r the 305 Chevrolet V-8. But the Hurst/Olds used the 350 engine from the larger cars to add performance. In fact, he 1979 Hurst/Olds was the only A-body GM car to use this engine. Rowell went onto say that the Hurst/Olds was the kind of car that some racers like as a daily driver. While some drag racers drive hot, emi-race cars on the street, nd some rattle around in pickups, sizable number want a sharp-looking, omfortable luxury car with above-average performance and perhaps a little extra something to set it off from the crowd. The Hurst/Olds fills these specs. While the '79 Hurst/Olds was the first of its breed not to offer an engine of more than 400 cubic inches, t was a performance car, hen, n 1979, ven the top Corvette engine wheezed out 225hp. That year, he 170hp Hurst/Olds held its own against similar performance cars of the day like the Turbo Buick and R/T Dodges. The 350 Olds that year featured a 700cfm Rochester Quadrajet and offered decent response and fuel mileage. The Hurst/Olds also featured a dual exhaust system consisting of a single pipe leading from the Y-pipe through a single-inlet catalytic converter and into a dual-outlet muffler with twin tailpipes. Nevertheless, lds engineers insisted that the system offered reduced back pressure, ven if it had a single catalytic converter. The engine was hooked to a Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 transmission (because the stronger Turbo 400 was discontinued) that was stirred by the already legendary Hurst Dual Gate shifter, hich was last available on the '79 cars and came with a lifetime warranty. The rear axle had 2.73 gears (2.56 in California) and the Hurst/Olds rode on 14 x 6-inch special