Tom's '84 Hurst/Olds
Tom's 1984 Hurst/Olds
Here's my '84 Hurst/Olds, which I've owned since October of '95.
I'm the third owner. It's my daily
driver for three seasons of the year, I have a '70 Vista Cruiser for winter use (they don't use salt here). The '84 Hurst/Olds has just over 100,000 miles on the original drivetrain. It's number
2118 of 3500 built in this last batch of H/O's. The H/O comes loaded with almost every option. Click here for a sheet of
specifications. Optional on
this model were a posi rear end, T-tops or a moonroof, and a choice of stereos.
My car does not have T-tops or a moonroof,
which is rare as the majority of H/O's had them. It didn't come with a
limited slip rear differential, but it now has an NOS GM doublock limited
slip unit that I had installed last winter.
I purchased the car in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho with 70,000 miles on it. The previous owner garaged it during winters and only put 10k miles on it in the 6 years he owned it. It was the guy's wife's car, and while he knew what he had, he didn't know what it was when they bought it. He bought it from a used car lot in Oregon because it rode nice and firm and his wife had a bad back. They sold it because they were moving to Arizona so she could go back to school.
The most common question asked to me about the car is "How do the lightning rods work", or "What's with them crazy shifters?!?" They're very good for confusing valets and emissions testers :-)
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Here's a picture of the Lightning Rods shifters (along with my Kenwood CD player and EQ), and a little clip from the H/O brochure that came with the car detailing the upshift procedure. Downshifting is the same, but backwards. To shift from D to OD (or vice-versa) you have to push the button in. To shift from OD to N the button must be out. From N to R and P the button must be in. This prevents you from going forwards past OD into neutral when manually shifting into fourth. It also works like a normal automatic, I can leave it in OD (or D) and it'll shift like any other car (just a bit firmer, the code OZ tranny on these cars does that). |
I get a lot of inquiries from people wanting to get more power out of their 307. Here's how you can do it!
If you're looking to buy a Hurst/Olds, or looking for parts for your Hurst/Olds, you need to go to my Buyer's Guide page.
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The car is stock except for the following mods. Note that all modifications
done are reversible, all original parts have been kept and no wires cut
or extra holes drilled (save two for the exhaust system, but they're down where nobody will see them).
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Edelbrock Performer Intake.
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180 degree Mr. Gasket high-flow thermostat.
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KYB shocks on the front, and on the rear replacing the factory air shocks.
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K&N Air filter.
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The second intake snorkel has had it's vacuum hose rerouted so that it
opens when the first snorkel does (when the heat riser is no longer needed)
rather than only at WOT.
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Home made cold air induction hooked up to the second intake snorkel.
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Custom Burned PROM by Steve Ochs.
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Accel HEI Super-coil and Taylor Spiro-Pro wires (red, of course).
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MSD 6AL Multiple Spark Discharge Ignition unit.
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Optima Battery.
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B&M Supercooler transmission cooler.
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Air-Lift air bags in the rear spring to take over the job that the air shocks were
doing, and also to preload the right rear for racing traction.
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Hooker 2.5" cat-back dual exhaust system, using the supplied test pipe in place of the cat.
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Synthetic engine oil, tranny fluid, and rear end lube (I know, not a mod.
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An A-pillar gauge pod holding a vacuum gauge.
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Kenwood CD player (detachable face), Kenwood EQ.
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Infinity speakers front (highly recommended!) Kenwood speakers rear (not
so highly recommended, but still better than stock).
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Amp, x-over, and 8" Pioneer subs in custom made box in trunk.
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Crimestopper Alarm. Auto door lock/unlock, anti-carjack, trunk popper, courtesy light, and lots of other bells and whistles.
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Licence plate frame "Not your father's oldsmobile". An X-mas gift from
my SO.
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Bell radar detector (only listed here because it's hard-wired in).
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Tinted Windows
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"Oldsmobile" script mud-flaps.
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Magnetic oil drainplug (definitely the most expensive and difficult mod
yet :-) ).
Possible future stuff, given a source, time, money, etc.
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A remote-mount radar detector, so I can get rid of the lights on my visor that say either "arrest me", "steal me" or "follow me and let me take point".
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Slick-50, splitfire plugs, a fuel-line magnet, a hula-girl on the dash,
and a dog that blinks his eyes when I signal on the rear deck (no, i'm
not serious about any of these, just seeing if you were still paying attention).
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