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1969 Hurst Olds Prototype

Up for sale is my 1969 Hurst Olds Prototype car. This is the original 1969 styling prototype car for the 1969 year model. Here are the special points about the car as provided by Don Morton who worked for Hurst Performance Research in 1969 and drove the car for two years after the 1969 year model was done. He drove the car for two years from approx 1970 to 72 as his personal driver while at Hurst Performance Research then Hurst sold the car after that to Gary Cox in Wisconsin (more on that later).

1.      This car was the prototype for the 1969 Hurst Olds painted gold base pearl white by Chuck Miller for George Hurst to promote the 1969 Hurst Olds.

2.      This car was the first 1969 Hurst Olds

3.      This car was in the New York Auto Show to introduce the 1969 Hurst Olds.

4.      This car had a special 517 motor built by Dale Smith for George Hurst

5.      This car spent most of its life in Detroit except for shows. exhibits and other functions to promote Hurst Performance Products.

I know it's a really good resume but it is all true and I have all the proof. I have the complete title history back to Gary Cox who was the first owner after HPR. I also have an 8mm video of the car provided by Gary Cox. There are stills from the video posted for your review also. The video was taken by his father at his wedding reception and shows Gary leaving the reception in the Hurst Olds. Its classic!!! Gary also came down to Kansas City and duplicated the special gold base pearl white paint job that was done for George Hurst by Chuck Miller. Gary has been a body and paint guy all his life. He did a very nice job on the paint also. it looks great!!  I also have written documentation from Gary Cox. Don Morton who drove the car for two years at HPR. and Chuck Miller who did all the fabrication. paint. and body work on the prototype car making all versions presented to Oldsmobile. There is a link to his site below if you don't know who Chuck Miller is. There is also physical proof left from the early versions presented to Oldsmobile. Hemmings Muscle Machines Magazine did a very nice article on the car in August 2013 and it was the cover car. If you want to read the article just type in your search engine “Hemmings Detective Stories” and the article will pull up for you to read.   Now they would'nt confirm or say 100% it is the car and I am sure you can figure that they can't because of possible legal issues with that and they stated that they thought it was a negative point that you would have to always prove what the car was. Yeah. well. ok. but there is no problem proving what it is I have all the proof to prove 100% that it is what I say it is. If they would have come down and actually looked at the car and all the proof they would be convinced also. I can say that with 100% confidence. I would be happy to pick up anyone who is interested in the car at the airport here in Kansas City and bring them here to inspect and prove the car.   I would also be happy to talk to anyone interested in the car if you would like. My number is 816-529-1535 Marc. I originally listed the car for a lot more money the first time on Ebay but I am lowering the price considerably compared to the price before. We do need to be realistic about the car though. Mark Fletcher who wrote the book “Hurst Equipped” told me that he wouldn't take less than 400K for the car based on it is one of one and from evidence of other special cars he has seen sold lately. I have the buy it now price set at the 400K mark but I will consider other reasonable offers but they do need to be reasonable.   This is not a regular Hurst Olds which sell for 70K to 100K depending on what condition they are in. So naturally I won't accept that. If you have seen in recent auctions prototype cars have sold for 1. 2 or even 3 million dollars. One of one prototype cars are very special as you know. The car recently appraised at 225K here locally and the appraiser said he would have appraised it higher but he couldn't because he couldn't find anything higher to compare it to in 2012.   Linda Vaughn's 1979 Hurst Olds sold this summer for 200K in Dallas. A 1979???? Well I think you can see that my asking price is really not unreasonable compared to that. This was George Hursts Car. Although Linda was much more attractive. LOL!!

I don't have near the room to tell the whole story here or how all the evidence came to be but I would be happy to discuss over the phone with you if you are interested. There are so many interesting details about the car from the previous owners. The car is in excellent condition. Underside is original with original pans and undercoating in very good condition. A miracle it survived that good over all these years in itself. Body excellent. paint excellent. It doesn't have the original 517 built by Dale Smith but does have the correct 455 in it in good condition. Don blew up the 517 motor racing while he was at HPR. Interior is all original except for the two front seats were recovered. The owner before me had them recovered. He said the original ones weren't that bad but he wanted them perfect so he had them redone. They are perfect now. The other entire interior is in very good condition especially considering the age. All original Glass and excellent.   The only gauge that doesn't work is the gas gauge. all the other original gauges work even the tic tac clock. Tires and wheels excellent. If this car doesn't sell on eBay I will probably sell it at Mecum so don't miss out on this opportunity. You are well aware what can happen at an auction. The price could be reasonable but with worldwide Mecum advertising the price could go as high as other prototypes. I think better to get it now at a much better price if it is a car you're interested in. I can't keep it since I am too scared to drive it on the normal street for obvious reasons. I won't risk it getting hit.   

Credits go to

Don Morton / Formerly Hurst Performance Research

Chuck Miller / Styline Customs http://chuckmillerstyline. com/

Go to Chuck Millers site and click “Press” and you can hear the interviews he has given concerning his involvement in the 1969 Hurst Olds project.

Doc Watson / Formerly Hurst Performance Research

Gary Cox previous owner

Hurst Olds Club of America

Hemmings Muscle Machines Magazine

Also published at eBay.ca

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