My father was a car dealer for over 40yrs, when I was a kid in the mid-80's he brought home this exact spec'd car one day. The shifters had me mesmerized to say the least. I'll never forget it.
Your a lucky man...83 Hurst is a gorgeous car...and its a family heirloom..never sell it...clay bar and polish paint..seal it with F11...I had an 86 442 with same color interior black with silver and gold..miss thst car..never sell my friend youll regret it
Who ever gave you a thumbs down was probably neutered at birth I'm a oldsmobile man my self peace and much respect to you Jason I'm the proud owner of a 1986 oldsmobile cutlass supreme brougham and in my home town am known as " THE CUTLASS KING " my first car hot rodding I'm my life and in my death oldsmobile power and powered to the end 😎
Why do these old cars seem to have so much soul compared to the new ones? I'd say it's because more human hands put them together versus more robotics.
My mom had one just like this when I was a kid but hers had the T-tops an the interior was that burgundy color every Saturday we would go up 2 my granny’s house an we would stop to get the car washed an I remember my mom would hold her wide open after leaving the car wash lol her excuse was she had to get the water off the car haha good times we had in that car!!!! Ur very lucky to have that car take care of her thanks for sharing take care!!!!
Your Uncle had great taste for cars! My first New car was an '84 Hurst/Olds. and I loved it. They also came with factory rear air shocks, when you pull down the rear license plate to access the fuel cap, there is a valve stem to adjust the height of the car. Looks like you have taken really good care of this car. Your Uncle would be proud!
Can’t believe I didn’t even think to mention the air shocks! Definitely knew about them! And thank you, I pride myself on this car more so than all the others!
@@yodacode43 About a month after I bought my '84 Hurst, I received in the mail, from Oldsmobile, a really nice booklet/pamphlet that gave the history of all the Hurst/Olds along with information on the new' 84 Hurst. It was in reading this book I learned of the air shocks. Anyway, one of my co workers helped themselves to this book. If your uncle kept that, it would add value to an already rare car.
Very good review for our G Body vehicles. My mom bought one brand new the 1984 off showroom floor. The engine sounds healthy if the 200r4 transmission is all original with the original torque convertor based off the video have the quadra-jet rebuilt or get a new comparable Holley. Because from zero ours wood light the tires up and scratch 2nd and 3rd gears without using the lightning rods. Beautiful car when you rebuild the carburetor it's night and day.
Thanks for the kind words! 39k original miles! Carb has been rebuilt twice. Original quadrajet. Trans was just rebuilt and built up with shift improvement. Factory converter. Mine has always been a soft shifting car long as I can remember. I do have 235 tires on mine. Maybe extra grip keeping it from a spin! Does seem as through my limited slip is worn though.
@@yodacode43 make sure you have the G80 code on the sticker on the bottom of the trunk lid. It represents posi traction. You should but it's not uncommon for cars come without the code or peg leg as we call them lol. Also make sure your Throttle position cable is not out of adjustment so that you get firm shifts at WOT. Makes a big difference that goes not only for the Oldsmobile GBody but all of them. Keep her beautiful
Yes! I'm glad I have the gray! The red is too intense for me. I also learned that you could technically get the vinyl version of either color as well. Though I've NEVER seen one!
Great car! My first car was the a 1974 olds cutlass Hurst with a rocket 350 and swivel bucket seats. Metallic brown with 60 series tires on the front and 50 series tires on the rear. On chrome slots. I currently have a 1972 oldsmobile cutlass 442 u code numbers matching car. Love my oldsmobiles!
This and the Monte SS helped usher the automotive landscape out of the Malaise era. 180 horses doesn't sound like much today but these had the most power of all the mid size sporty cars of the early 80's.
You're right. Today you can get 600 + but does it do much for you? You can only go 25 MPH around town. My brother bought a brand new Monte SS in 1986 and it was a great car.
Wow outstanding video and time capsule Hurst/Olds. Better yet you got all the facts right. I is funny how many owners of these cars today don't know the back story and you nailed it.
Beautiful car and thank you for the time posting. Those automatic shifters were way ahead of there time. I think they called them a shift kit. I had a friend who had a brand new 1976 Volare Road Runner with a shift kit and it would go into gear quickly. IMO much quicker than a clutch deal.
I love your hurst olds those cars were the top of the muscle car line up this car was based off of the cutlass calis and the cutlass 442 was off the cutlass Supreme your car is a classic master piece
My uncle was in Rochester. He got the plate from a local who had it on his 1969 car in 1984, then he passed in 1994, and my family held onto it until 2016 when I brought the car to Michigan. It’s purely a display plate on the front, but it is the actual plate my uncle ran on the car.
the "lightning rods" are ridiculously expensive to fix when it breaks ... and parts are SUPER rare now that Oldsmobile doesn't exist anymore, so 99.99% just use "automatic" like a regular shifter (yawn)
If it ever comes up for sale , please keep me in mind .... traded mine in 92 for a 1 ton GMC and I've been kicking my tail for doing it ever since !! Thank you !!😎
