Our 1979 Hurst Olds

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  1. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

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  2. BYoung

    BYoung Stage me

    Sounds strong!
     
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  3. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

    my sister with her husband who bought it for her, she couldn’t be happier!
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  4. FLGS400

    FLGS400 Gold Level Contributor

    Car is beautiful Doc!
     
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  5. Mike Sobotka

    Mike Sobotka Founders Club Member

    Where the hell did you find something like this??
     
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  6. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

    Snatched it out of Mike Sobotka‘s personal collection… What do you think brother?
     
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  7. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

    2 years of tinkering, when I had time. 38BD5573-20B1-48DE-A9E5-167B10B312C2.jpeg 73613AA8-A035-4F17-AC55-2C1FA70C91C8.jpeg 12E7D5B5-BEC7-425A-901D-7189B579456D.jpeg 84F5ABB6-E9AD-4B55-B52F-85D1E3B4B0CF.jpeg 71CC4D4D-BE45-40E6-96DD-A78E298821FD.jpeg 2E921B85-F8AF-4582-97F7-3898BDF9B2D1.jpeg CE71D528-A710-46C3-B4C7-105A6D36DABA.jpeg 2642689F-6DD6-43BF-920D-D2B01A404FEF.jpeg 5783F54A-EE23-43B7-8ABF-01153BAF7892.jpeg 97B337DD-DF4E-4B96-8DFC-F4ABD5FE6975.jpeg 211A81F0-74F5-456E-8C31-F23BC5A8908B.jpeg 32656817-DA65-472F-9030-9FF05061B609.jpeg
     
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  8. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

    Became a nice “driver” D56EA538-84ED-419B-9C18-0B9AF6EF4802.jpeg 4E9F995F-7CF7-4345-AE1B-092C3B7CB064.jpeg FF2B30BD-90C8-4AA1-96BE-4904A149BA4A.jpeg BF555DCC-50C1-4571-8980-BE4F1C8F09B4.jpeg FB5054D4-D4DC-4115-86E8-80A7F95F0241.jpeg E2058DC4-0B29-4D5D-8A49-8BEDE0396747.jpeg 352E0447-7248-4EE2-833B-CEE64F7927C2.jpeg 3BFCD2D1-D680-453B-9D00-C9BC4651FA26.jpeg 866EE210-2516-4743-B6F3-9F12A9F0DF66.jpeg 0611B91A-0CAF-49CC-ABE4-539CF2265BAF.jpeg 80591243-75D7-4DD5-8F5A-A082AB453844.jpeg
     
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  9. Mike Sobotka

    Mike Sobotka Founders Club Member

    That's awesome. Made a hell of a nice car out of it.
     
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  10. gs66

    gs66 Silver Level contributor

    Very nice!
     
  11. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    Nice! 350 or 305? 2004R trans?
     
  12. Redmanf1

    Redmanf1 Gold Level Contributor

    Looks great..... Nice work.
     
  13. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    Yes nice work fixing that up! Very sharp car!
     
  14. docgsx

    docgsx It's not a GTX

    It’s all original numbers matching. In 1979, The hurst olds was the only Oldsmobile which guaranteed that you got an Oldsmobile 350 in that cutlass Calais body. I guess everything else got a “corporate “engine. The transmission is the original numbers matching 350 TH. I had it rebuilt locally here at Larry’s who does a phenomenal job. He reprograms the valve body/put a shift kit in, added the heavy duty components as needed. I also added a JW converter. I highly recommend that converter! Jim Weise worked with me extensively on building a converter that would be right for this, mostly street driven application.

    Mike Sobotka had the car in his collection since around 2006 I believe. It’s a California car which means it had all of the California emissions and a special gas tank door. We could not find a California gas tank for it so we had to put the regular one in there and alter the filler neck. The gas tank had to be replaced because of the ethanol fuel sitting in it for so many years without being driven very much. The inside of the gas tank was absolutely corroded beyond belief. The outside of the tank literally looked almost brand new. As I was taking out the sender/fuel line unit, it literally fell apart in pieces. I could not believe that the car actually ran because of how really bad the sock was.

    I was amazed at how clean this car was when we started. I could not find any rust bubbles or even surface rust anywhere. Those California cars are amazing!
     
  15. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    Very cool! My car is from Cali as well, no rust
     

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