Its finished 66000 original miles. All matching numbers. Retains the original black lacquer paint. Repainted the gold and put original style stripes back on it. Put a lift kit in it. Rebuilt transmission with shift kit, stall converter, 3.23 posi, Tuned carburetor and timing, open element air filter. Headers, true dual exhaust with thrush turbo mufflers https://www.hurstolds.com/tips/1979 Hurst Spotters tips.pdf https://youtube.com/shorts/lhEL0HPZbRQ?feature=share
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!
