1968 Oldsmobile Hurst / Olds Post in Silver / Black 455 CI & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Another great muscle car and owner!

I loved that chirp to second gear 😎👍

"This is not your Father's......nor your Husband's Oldsmobile!" Thanks Lou!

0:28 lol i love the way she made all that rhyme. Sweet olds. Very nice owners

What a great car after all thoes years .👍👍👍

great story and great video

Nice couple with a nice car ..thanks for showing...

Good looking Olds!!!!

Beautiful car and incredible video. When I returned from Nam in '68, I bought one from a local Olds dealer. I still have the "Believe It" arrow card that was placed on the windshield by the dealer. There were two for sale and my friend bought the other one. I raced it on the street and strip for two years and then sold it like a jerk. I wish I had it today. I tracked it down 10 years ago to restore it, but the fourth owner blew the engine and it was a basket case. Dead end. I still see them for sale from time to time for big money. Maybe when I hit the lottery I'll buy one to relive my youth. Good luck to the couple who own this one.

Nice :) 😊

Best body style ever created in my opinion 👍

Cool original dealership pieces!!

Very sharp silver and black paint scheme!!

Wow. What a great car! Great trunk & treats too!

Incredible story Lou, what a great car by GM!

A beautiful and rare muscle car!!

Very beautiful Hurst Olds. 1968 has the best looking front end. His wife is a sweetie!!

"trunk-in-treats," a coupla' days after "trick-or-treats." AWESOME

Beautiful car , thank you PRO

Cool 68 Olds Match book too!!

I always liked the Hurst/Olds package. It gave the Cutlass a pizzazz that a regular Cutlass lacked. Sweet ridel!

Wow !!! I love it ! Thanks Lou !

Beautiful Oldsmobile! Thanks Lou.

Great offering, Lou. Loved the 'skeetch' for 2nd gear and the fact, This is The Wife's car :) btw, Believe It,,,,Tony Williams LifeTime. Intro to the band and Alan Holdsworth in '75. Fred. Good driving tune :)

Excellent straight line power, even by today's standards. And I sure hope that it has radials now, along with an R12 to R134a A/C update.

Lou, this car is soooo clean. Terrific condition all around. Imho the 1968-'72 GM A-bodys were as good a looking car that they ever produced. Beautiful lines throughout. Congratulations to the gentleman and his wife 👏.

Would love to have one. Have been an Oldsmobile lover since I was a young man when at one time I actually owned two 67 442s. One to go fast, and one for everyday driving. (back in the 70s) Tim has great knowledge of the specifics and specs of the car. He is obviously very passionate about his very cool classic Olds!

Nice old Olds! Tim is lucky Lela didn't see a model of a Bugatti 😬

Just one word from me: SWEET!!

This is my favorite

I miss the Oldsmobile division. The cars they made were solid upscale cars. I can only imagine what they would be turning out now with the muscle car craze of today. Great review Lou, and a very well informed owner!

lovely couple, great car another great episode Lou

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I’ve got a 1970 cutlass supreme that’s red with a black vinyl top I built it it’s got a butler 468 cid engine with a rossler 3 speed turbo 400 we did a hurst shifter in it with line lock when I bought it they was gonna build it so it came with a strange 9inche rear end but basically all I did was put floor pans quarters 1 fender rockers and stripped it down to the metal panted it put a 6 point cage in it and had all the interior put back almost stock because I love the stock interiors we updated the gauges to Dakota digital we actually just put everything new under the front end and all new strange evolution brakes and rc comp wheels where finishing it up gonna do a smaller pro charger on it and give it to my dad he loves the car so it’s gonna be a birthday gift.

Awesome!!

I had a 68 442 back in the 80's with a factory 4 speed. Body was a little ruff, but that thing would get it!

Hot Rod magazine ran a 13.9-second quarter-mile, at 103 mph. Jack Watson himself, the Hurst customizer who spearheaded the creation of the Hurst/Olds, managed 12.97 seconds (108.17 mph) for Car Craft, piloting the one and only Hurst/Olds four-speed, equipped with Hooker headers.

My friend had the exacty car I still remember racing a 396 Chevelle I was gone after 75 mph

Gorgeous Hurst Olds. Very seldom do you see a post coupe model. Nice to see the owners not afraid to take it out and run the car thru the gears. Thank you Lou for featuring such a rare car.

I'll have to keep my eye out for that 1/64 Johnny Lightning 68 Hurst Olds...

Those were beautiful awesome muscle cars. Love it

There’s a RU-vid clip of a 68 hurst/olds doing a 0-60mph run, it sprinted to 60 in 5.4 seconds with bias ply tyres, I think the 1/4 was in the low 13s..

Great rare and classic Olds. “Mr. Miyagi” has great taste and the perfect muscle car attitude. Thanks, Lou. 👍 ~ John

I read that tag in the trunk,it said 390 up @5000 rpm & 500 ft lbs @3,600..!!!!!!!!! That's spot of low down ftorque.no wonder these gave hemi hell!

Great car with a terrific story, Lou. I've always been a fan of the front end and taillights on the '68 Olds Cutlass / F85 / 442 (the best year IMO was 1970 but that 68 front end has a cool, sinister look to it). What's even cooler about this first-year Hurst Olds is that it's a post car, making it about 100 lbs. lighter than the hardtop, and I prefer the silver & onyx paint scheme (over the white & gold) which gives it more of a sleeper vibe - and with that torque monster 455 under the hood it's a killer. My fav GM A-body will always be the 70 Chevelle, but I'd be proud to have this 68 H/O sitting in my garage!

My Sunday car to cruise in. I like the paint scheme, but in my minds eye try to picture it the opposite way, Onyx black with Peruvian silver stripes, but she's a beauty.

I had a 68 W 30 442 I went to the Street Machine Nationals in 1980 and there was a guy there that had a 68 Hurst Olds he had headers on his car and he could not understand why his car had a a slight idle miss well he was deaf and could not hear the leak ! nice car they were advertised as the Bankres Hot Rod they were close to 5k back in the day .

Now this guys is an Oldsmobile guy. Knows his stuff! Love that the family can enjoy the Olds legacy. I have now my self a G Body Cutlass Supreme, along with my father who has his '72 442 since he was 19 years old. 56 now! Keeping the Olds name alive!

This Olds was one of relatively few GM intermediates to come with the HO Toranado 455 rated at 390 hp, the auto 400 also came with a higher stall speed too. Hurst/Olds were the hot ones.

Lou you can pick them.

Thanks, All.. that was nice overview: There was lots of 1967-8 talk of these HURST/ Olds, & W,s , BUICK GX, GTO Judge Stage 4s(?),etc in Car circles & MAgazines.. impressive,& were really expensive! *********Actually,I was impressed by ROAD Runner Publicity,**PRICING , PERFORMAMCE OPTIONS, DEALERSHIP CHUTZPAH,etc. AND , IT WAS :1968** ,!! That, was quite a year in CAR PEOPLE times.. I had special,**ordered a 1968 ROAD Runner/Green/ disc/Fan /Black DELUXE (?)Interior/4 speed/ 383 ( the HEMI TO EXPENSIVE FOR ME, a Pharmacy Student*)early in 1967 (??) paying my $200.00 deposit.. I rethought financings & forfeited my DEPOSIT, keeping my “ improved”1966, Burgandy/Ford Galaxie 500 XL /4 SPD for years. Actually, a group of fellow Students and I checked out my SPECIAL ORDER , **early Road Runner: a good build…, and sold quickly….

Wow, that looks and sounds fantastic!!!

What a great car Lou nice body style

Sweet car

Just a few clarifications: John Beltz, then Chief Engineer at Oldsmobile ordered the Red plastic "Fender Plates" instead of the normal Black plastic ones to be installed. The camshaft was 308 degrees of duration rather than 328 mentioned. The last cars were shipped from Demmer on Friday, July, 12, 1968, so this car was shipped very close to the end of production at Demmer. The Demmer Assembly Control List does indicate 64 34477 Sport Coupes (Post Coupe) and 451 34487 Holiday Coupes (Hardtop) production cars assembled there. Very nice video indeed Lou, Lela & Tim.

I think this is my favorite muscle car. I remember they tested it and it did 0-60 in 5.3 seconds and a quarter mile time of 13.24@107. And that was on the polyglass tires.

That's so cool how Layla and Tim have this car signed by the guy who helped create this awesome car and also invented an incrediblle life saving device

Neighbor a few doors down from me in the 70s had a yellow?W30 and an exact duplicate of this car. Love the dashes on these. Noticed Olds Buick Pointiac had nicer interiors and dashes compared to the Chebby A bodies.

Hurst Olds are top dogs for sure!! You just know that these were build to melt asphalt, especially with this kinda wild engine. This is a roaring dragon 🔥🐉 ready to own the streets. Not much besides the wood and the sporty steering wheel when it comes to interior decoration, but who needs that...muscle cars are all about raw power and in your face looks on the outside and this silver dragon delivers it. The separated lights on each side on the front of the car are madness, but in a cool way. Never knew about the air intakes under the front bumper, once again learned new stuff from Lou's channel. The slick back with the black on it separating the thin taillights from the big chrome bumper looks so sporty. Love it!! The wheels are as amazing as the rest of the car. I feel so great just lookin' at the car. Seeing is believing...owning is unreal!! Now that's a slogan 😀 By the way Tim, if you'll read this comment, you're a real firecracker for purchasing Layla this super Olds 🤘

Hi Lou! Thank you, for this cool video! And Leila got a whole lot of personality! The way she said this is MY car made my heart melt! And then she said she likes this car because it looks good and makes her look good! She said it all! I loved the charming owner and the car, of course! :) And she is got the deserving car caretaker and the driver! :)

Good morning Lou. Nice Hurst Olds

That car has such a great look and stance and is stunning in silver and black. Normally, the "Gentleman's Hot Rod" it's great to see this one is a "Lady's Hot Rod", well loved by a true car gal!!! It was such a cool feature to have that cold air induction under the front bumper giving the car such clean lines. 1968 was a great year for GM styling for sure and the rear of this car is very nice with the style of the taillights and how the rear bumper tucks up so close to the body and the front bumper has that point to it and mirrors the point on the hood. Great styling, great owners who aren't afraid to drive that car the way it was meant to be driven, full beans!!! Very cool car Lou!!! You always have the best of the best!!!

Lou, holy crap ! I found an exact identical "post" car in an old CT tobacco barn several years ago. It was totally rust free and was parked in that tobacco barn in 1970 when it's owner was drafted and went to Vietnam. He was killed over there and his dad had no interest in doing anything with the car. I bought it for $2000. It took near three years, and $15,000 to restore the car correctly. I drove the car occasionally for two years and the only problem was traction. Michelin tires proved to be better than any others. I eventually sold the car for $50,000 at a spring Carlyle PA event. Those cars were awesome, and fast, right from the factory. Are you aware that those W30 442 engines used the W31 camshaft? The '68 silver 442 is very rare today and this couple is very lucky to own one in such great condition. I now regret ever selling mine.

Great Looking Olds, Those Turbo 400 transmissions were bulletproof 🤙🏻

Very clean and straight Olds! Love the colour combination. Lovely people and car to match. Thanks Lou!

This one is a bit of a sleeper compared to later years. The ram air is hidden instead of a scoop and the graphics are low key. I had no idea that the hurst olds was only available as an automatic transmission. At least my impression was that it would be a manual transmission. Nice car, lucky she let him drive it.

Goodday Lou, As Australia's biggest Oldsmobile fan this is on my hit list as a Old's that I want to be as a passenger in like yourself. Hope to meet Tim one day. Just missed out on being the winning bid on Ebay on the exact diecast Tim had in his trunk. It would complete my Oldsmobile Diecast collection. Love to buy Tim's one with Linda Vaughn signature. Oldsmobile way ahead of the Chevy guys in putting a Big Block into the A bodies. Beautiful colour combo. Sounded awesome with the headphones. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

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Nice couple and great '68 Olds, love the color combo on this car, very nice.

GORGEOUS CAR! Lou....I want your job! 😆 🤣 😂..Only thing I'd change is a set of Flowmasters..I know he's a stock, oem guy, and that's me too, BUT it would sound sooo cool. 👍I had a chance to buy one YEARS ago but went with my 70GS455 STG1 4SPD...

Wow!

Another cool car, Lou. Great job as usual showing off all the features and specifics. I am a car buff and consider myself pretty knowledgeable but always learning some fine details from your car story segments. Thanks Lou.

Gem

Beautiful Rocket😍 Thanks Lou!

Unlike many muscle cars, the stripes on these cars are painted on and not stickered on the car.

I did not know that they made those as a post coupes. I thought they were all holiday couples. Aka hardtop coupes. Soo f---ing cool.

Lou , Dave here again..love your shows! You told me you would love to live in Ca. because of the no. of nice cars there..but it looks like Illinois is slowly gaining ground with spectacular cars! This 68' Hurst Olds is awesome. I think i mentioned before that my cousins husband had a 64' 442, a 66' 442, and a 68' 442 in the same silver as this one! This Hurst Olds is dynamite..all the documentation is phenominal! Post car to boot..he's a lucky man..he knows his Oldsmobiles! Thnx Lou!

ohhhhh that is the muscle car I want!!!!! Love it!!

Looks brand new, jaguars had same type of shifter but only 30 years later.

ALL BUSINESS!!!

Another incredible gem! Thanks, Lou!!

My grandparents bought one in 1974 my grandfather drove until 86-87 then stored it till 97 when it was restored, he died in 2003 and now my uncle has it amazing car that started my passion.

I've never seen one in silver and black. Noice! 😈 Great Olds and caretakers Lou.

Man that's nice! Can you tell I'm an Olds guy?

Lou I have lots of favorite cars but a 69-72 Cutlss 442 w/ the W30 package is hard to beat .Even had his n hers shifter.Correct me Lou ,did some of these come w/ swivel buckets??

Mileage looks like 84k

Great video Lou needs tee shirt Give it a rev .. could sell ?

Unbelievably beautiful 68 Hurst Olds. I love these and this one is MINT!

When I was a kid (maybe 10 to 12 years-old) Hurst was located right near where I lived. About the only thing I remember is seeing that recognizable logo on the building. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurst_Performance

another "generation" classic cruiser! thanx lou!

You can’t beat the black and silver color theme on the Hurst Olds. Tim and Layla have a real gem there, and with the 455 engine makes it even better. I love Oldsmobiles and this is a very special one. Thanks for showing it Lou.

Hi, Lou! Seeing is believing, and seeing something as rare as one of 64 signed by Doc Watson and Linda Vaughn is like a once-in-a-lifetime thing, unless of course, you're the owner. That dual-gate shifter makes it even more unique and special, and so does the fact that this belongs to a lady! Back in black (AC/DC take note!) and mission accomplished! Believe it! Thanks to both of you for yet another amazing presentation and the SCREEEEEEEEEECHIN' ride!

that is a woman with good taste 👌

Another great looking & rare post Olds! I remember Tim's Olds really could scoot, too. Tim & Lela have quite the garage. Thanks, Lou!

I always liked the Hurst Olds. Never seen any in person though. Great video as always Lou.

Hurst is similar to the 442

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Olds did a good job of hiding that post. It's difficult to tell a hardtop and sedan apart, with the windows rolled up. My dad had bought the butt ugly '67 F-85 new. Had he waited one more year, he could have gotten a good looking one. His was a good reliable car. But an eyesore

Can this car be used for special car events and what type of engine does this car have

Look like the Big Rock, IL area. Lots of "Rich" paranoid folk out there.