My firemist orange 69 came with a black top and interior, and now has a white top and black interior. I think it looks a lot better than it would with a black top. That being said, on your white car, I would probably go with a black top, but definitely gold wheels.
John, It looks great from any angle with any color top or wheels....or as pictured with no top! Way to go! Anybody know of a 68 Hurst convertible? I think Hurst at least built one of these, too, before we built the 500. I started one years ago, didn't get it quite done., sold it in just the Peruvian Silver. I would think that one would have to have a black top and interior to look right.
Chris the gold is trimmed with a black pin stripe. The black on the wheels , interior and top just accents this. The wheels are going to stay black, just concerned with the top color. I hate unknowns and the car is a killer like it is now. Probably going to go with Black top, interior and wheels. Thanks for all the input
The Sebring Yellow 70 W31 I'm getting has the black body stripe, interior, mirrors, wing, and wheels on it. Maybe a little much with that Yaller!
go to www.hurstolds.com then click on prototypes. There are 2 pics of the 68 convert. Also that car is sitting in Iowa. Same guy who has the 69 convert has the 68. Rusty knows him I believe
Looks like the convertibles in 68 and 69 were considered prototypes since they were hand built after the car was built on line as somethng else. That works for me. Got a kick out of the old pics of Demmer. Got there quite a few times on the 68 program, but only once or twice on the 69 program. The place really was the dump it looked like. Also see how some of the myths get started when I read the history section of the 69's where they talk about relocating the ram air scoops from under the bumper to the hood because they worked better than the 68 scoops. That's kinda right. The hood scoops worked better on the 69's (and 70-72) than the under bumper scoops with those front bumpers that had the parking lights right over the scoop in the bumpers. The 68's had the parking lights up between the headlights and had a smooth undisturbed flow right into the scoops off the bumper. They tried to adjust for that loss on the 69's by dropping the scoops a little lower to catch more clean air, and narrowed them up to maintain the same cross sectional area and velocity. No question styling also was greatly improved in the 70-72 Ram OAI hoods. Most of the airflow slides over the hood scoops resulting in a high pressure area so technically it's not a Ram air (that transforrms the kinetic energy of the high velocity air into the scoops) but is an OAI and a cold air system. The cowl induction hoods work even better than those with a higher pressure area at the cowl in the dead air spot at the base of the windshield. So the hood scoops didn't work better than the 68 system on a 68 with a 68 bumper, but did work better than a 68 system wiht a 69-72 bumper with parking lamps in the bumper disturbing the airflow. I know, I know, BFD. Just trying to se the record right. :bglasses:
Rusty, That friend of yours in IA that has the 69 H/O convert - I have tried calling him over the past DECADE (maybe once a year) but I only get a machine and never a return call. o No: I met him in Lansing in 97' and he seemed decent enough. The reason? Well, a certain collector (in AZ) owned his 69 H/O convert and my friend's (formerly mine) 68 Hurst hard top. He stated that he was pretty sure he still had the original bumper scoops for that car. That's why he gave me his number! While my friend has bought the best repros you could get for the car and spent numerous hours getting them to fit it would be nice if the parts "found their way home." So if you talk to him see what you can do. THANKS! I'd love to see his 68 Hurst convert - even if it is like the 69' and not really an official Demmer conversion. The owner of the 69' stated that there were 2 69' cars, one for the east coast and one for the west, but that one car got totalled and they (Olds) "bought" a 69 442 convert and made it a Hurst. I saw the other one for sale in the late 90's and I cannot recall which was the replacement car or not. Hey Dave, do you know anything about George Hursts 68 prototype - the one with the goofy wing? I hate that wing (and most wings on cars in general), or should I say spoiler, but I wonder what became of that car? o No:
Hi Joe, Good seeing you last week. I only heard of that car (movable wing prototype) years ago and no idea what ever became of that. There are so many cars like that put away somewhere, they usually don't surface until somebody assumes room temperature and the heirs go after the money. With Hurst corporation changing hands a few times, it's hard to say what happened to a lot of stuff.
