I found this today on C/L and thought I'd share.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4038368434.html

ORIGINAL YELLOW PAINT AND STRIPES
HURST DUAL GATE SHIFTER
VERY RARE 1 OF 2527 MADE IN 1970
BUILT JANUARY 1970
OWNED 29 YEARS STORED FOR 20 YEARS
SECOND OWNER
PWR STEERING
PWR BRAKES
NEW SEAT COVERS BY FUSICK OLDSMOBILE READY FOR INSTALLATION
WELL CARED FOR, REPLACED BALL JOINTS, BRAKES, SHOCKS, TIE ROD ENDS, MASTER CYLINDER, HOSES, BELTS AND WHEEL BEARINGS.
NEW FRONT TIRES
80% RESTORED
64K
NEEDS MINOR INTERIOR WORK
3.73 GM 12 BOLT POSI-TRACTION REAR END
OVERHAULED OLDS 400 BIG BLOCK
ALUMINUM W-30 AFTERMARKET INTAKE
REBUILT QUADRAJET CARBURATOR
COPPER HEAD GASKETS
BILLET PULLY'S
DUAL TIMING CHAIN
FORGED ALUMINUM PISTONS
CHROMOLLY MAIN STUDS
CLEVITE 77 BEARINGS
BUILT STRONG RUNS STRONG!
OVERHAULED TURBO 400 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SHIFTS GOOD
GREAT CAR!

925-849-5387
DARREN

 

Looks like a smokin deal. Original or not. I'm shure it will find a home quick.

 

its been out there for some time I looked and talked to the owner this spring when i was looking.

 

Whats the inside scoop on it?

 

It says original paint and stripes but the stripe around the back window doesn't look likethe others I've seen. Are they correct?

 

No.

 

Not to mention the chrome bumpers.

 

Randy, chrome bumpers are possible, as these cars weren't flying out of the dealer's lots back then. Dealers were swapping to the chrome bumpers in hopes to make them more sale-able!

 

Never knew that.

 

The hood is not stock if I remember from talking to him the car has the heater unhooked the heater core is out on the car 400 bb with c heads.

 

I saw the engine in the pics. Interesting about the heater.

 

So the hood is an aftermarket ? Shame about the 350 missing...

 

I'd like to see the data plate to know if the - - is there for the color code.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. May solve several questions....

 

This is a deal that the big block doesn't make it more valuable.
I wouldn't have one without the painted bumpers.
I don't see and aftermarket intake either.
I say the car is not even a Ralley350.

 

He said it was a W30 replica intake so it will appear to be stock.

 

So, if one is converted to chrome bumpers, before sale, by dealer, is that "correct" for that car?

 

Koda I would say no. He didnt have any paperwork that said it was done by dealer that I can remember And yes I would remember that and it would have made it much more interesting to me if he did. The tag was a - - tag . I did find it funny that the test car in the car life may 1970 road test Had White wall tires and Trim rings. I Think that olds new people would add Trim rings on there dime latter ? . He said he had the rear stripe painted on the back of the car I could not get out of him if it had the factory stripe and the black or just the black stripe? I still like by the way its on ebay right now also.

 

Missing the cutlass emblem off the trunk also It does have blacked out grills.

 

I wouldn't want one with chrome bumpers. That yellow rear bumper with the vertical tail lights framed in black is the best part of the whole car. I missed buying a running/driving one locally when I graduated from high school in 1987 for $2500. I took my uncle with me and he picked it apart because it wasn't like new. The Rallye 350 has always been "the one that got away". I still hope to someday get one. I recently found out where the one from 1987 is, so who knows....

 

IMHO I would feel the reason they didnt have the trim rings was because they were getting away from the "shininess" and give it that more "sporty" look. Good part on them as i am not a fan of the trim rings or those goofy things that go in around the holes