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I am happy to announce that I just purchased a 1969 Hurst/Olds, #868. It has been in storage for 25 years and was in the process of being freshened up before it was put away. It is a bare-boned car with manual steering, no gauges, deluxe wheel and am radio. The only option I can find is tilt column. Though it is missing some important pieces, it does have the correct heads, intake, and trans. It also has the 3.91 rear end. There is a chance that some of the missing parts are in a storage unit.
This is really good. Nice to see these cars go to someone who really enjoys them and knows them vs sitting in storage forever. You probably aren't going to be able to sleep for a while...
Cleaned up the interior some to see what condition they were in. Looks pretty nice...still needs more work. Also scraped some of the gloss black "paint" off the firewall looking for stamps. No luck.
Awesome find Tim, The paint looks great in the pics is it as nice in person? Were you able to find some of the missing parts from the storage unit ?? I passed on one back in '82. It was down the road from my 1st ex-wifes' aunts place in West Va. It had been sitting outside,kinda of covered since '75 when the owner blew the motor. The short block was still in the car but it had a big chunk of the block missing from tossing a rod. All the engine parts were in the trunk. It was pretty solid except for the trunk lid,the paint was poor shape & all the chrome was green from corrosion. He knew what he had & he wanted $5k for it,that was a pricey sum for any muscle-car in '82. That was more than a 22 yr old could afford back then!!
The car was painted in '89 and never reassembled before being put in storage. It has a small dodgy repair in each rear quarter behind the back wheel. I'm still debating whether to start over with new paint. I won't know what is in the storage unit until Thanksgiving time.
Sure would be great to go back in time and revisit decisions we made back in the day. $5000 does seem crazy in '82, especially with a blown motor.
Jeff I am anxious to park them next to each other, so I can compare the gold...The gold on the hard top looks good for '89 match.
I think you have made a excellent well thought out choice.
The Holliday Holiday is going to be a unbelievable addition sitting beside the Holliday Vert.
Also, it is an excellent purchase because of rarity/availability, and because it looks like a solid car to restore.
I am confident that the new addition will receive top notch restoration & care based on the efforts and work you placed into the convertible.
Oh Oh which one to pick to drive when? Decisions, Decisions...a nice place to be.
A very nice one of one combination & collection!
What's your plan for the car, Tim? Are you going to go all the way with it or are you just looking to drive it once you get it going? I bet these are hard to find in this kind of shape.
A couple more interesting photos from the car. The first picture is a parking pass on the rear view mirror from somewhere in Nebraska I'm assuming.
The second photo are the lug wrench clips. They differ in location from the assembly manual.
The last photo was when I removed the valve cover. Everything looks fresh with paint marks. It has the aluminum bridges. I want to manually turn over the engine but could use some advice before I do. I added Marvel Mystery oil to each cylinder but the engine is dry otherwise. Should I add oil to the engine first. Just trying to verify it is not seized.
Nice find Tim. Can't comment on the lug wrench clips.
Just keep the cylinders wet with your choice of lube, oil sure, just keep it wet and work it back and forth. Sea foam, a lot of things can work for you here. Any thing is better than dry.
If your just checking the engine for seizure your just going to turn the crank by hand with a breaker bar so you should be ok with a little lube in the cylinder...I like using a boating fogger oil in the cylinder if the engine is going to sit a while and at the end of the driving season
August 17th, 2016, 06:46 PM
