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The Oldsmobile Story – Why Is This Brand Still Relevant

Hurst Olds (1968)

Photo Credit: Vista Pointe

Back in the late `60s, Hurst transformed the Oldsmobile 442 into one of the fastest cars available on the North American market and equipped them with the famous shifter and signature gold and white or black and silver paint jobs. At the time, Oldsmobile was under GM`s ban, which forbade the company from putting engines larger than 400 CID in intermediate cars. However, since Hurst was an independent company, GM rules didn`t apply, and Oldsmobile shipped partially disassembled 442s to Hurst, where they installed the biggest engine Oldsmobile had, the mighty 455 V8 with 390 hp. 

Written by
Vukasin Herbez
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