![After three years in the weeds, the Hurst logo returned to Oldsmobile dealers’ lots with a version of the Cutlass Calais W-30. (The re-introduction of the 442 badge was still a year away, so this Hurst/Olds is kind of a malaise-era orphan.) And although it was the first of GM’s H/O-designated engines that didn’t displace 455ci, it was the only one of GM’s ubiquitous A-body models in 1979 with a 350 V8 — though it only produced 170 hp. So says Wikipedia:
This H/O was built by Oldsmobile at the Lansing plant and didn’t get sent off for additional work at Hurst Performance Products or Cars and Concepts. For this reason, there would be no possible loophole around the then current EPA regulations.
Plus, you could get any color you wanted as long as it was white or black. And don’t forget the Hurst dual-gate automatic shifters, which may have actually had a purpose.
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After three years in the weeds, the Hurst logo returned to Oldsmobile dealers’ lots with a version of the Cutlass Calais W-30. (The re-introduction of the 442 badge was still a year away, so this Hurst/Olds is kind of a malaise-era orphan.) And although it was the first of GM’s H/O-designated engines that didn’t displace 455ci, it was the only one of GM’s ubiquitous A-body models in 1979 with a 350 V8 — though it only produced 170 hp. So says Wikipedia:
This H/O was built by Oldsmobile at the Lansing plant and didn’t get sent off for additional work at Hurst Performance Products or Cars and Concepts. For this reason, there would be no possible loophole around the then current EPA regulations.
Plus, you could get any color you wanted as long as it was white or black. And don’t forget the Hurst dual-gate automatic shifters, which may have actually had a purpose.
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