Has anyone seen this article? I like the story of course, but a few things made me curious:

http://driving.ca/oldsmobile/auto-ne...oldsmobile-442

• "L34 high horsepower 350 engine?"
• sending the original 4-speed shifter back to Hurst for a rebuild? Do they do that?
• A 442 delivered without the bumper exhaust cutouts?
• steered away from the W30 by a drag race champion?!

Hmmmm....

 

hurst might do that.i know if you blow out a cerwin vega speaker you can send it to them and they will rebuild it.

 

Hmmmmmm... L34 at 180 HP vs L77 / W30 at 300 HP, weighing about 60 more pounds...
Total BS.


L34 350: Available on all 1972 midsize cars, standard for Cutlass Supreme.
Total BS.

If he actually believes either of these two things, then the salesman really gave him a good working over in 1972.


As for the Hurst shifter rebuild? Yeah, they used to do that.

- Eric

 

Nothing to it - it's a journalist for a small paper who doesn't know anything about old cars like we do, relating a story as told by an owner. I think we know being an owner doesn't mean (s)he's knows as much about his car as some geeks on the Internet.

 

sending the original 4-speed shifter back to Hurst for a rebuild? Do they do that?

Yes - had mine done when they were still in OH before being bought out by B & M.

Looks like they still do, though says through a third party now:
http://www.hurst-shifters.com/shifter-rebuild-program/