Never heard or seen one...until now. Kind of fugly.....

Anyone here own one of these!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RARE-...item4a9c79bf26

 

never happened,only in this moron's dreams

$9500 reserve for a bunch of BS

 

I dont think Olds would have built such a car with a chevy engine....and goofy stickers that say H/O

 

You're right, Olds didn't. The Chevy engine is probably correct but Hurst didn't make a 78 Omega (or modify one)

 

That's a new one for me. Don't really remember seeing to many Omega's around back then, especially anything like this. Looks very clean but good luck getting to that reserve.

 

Not the first time this car has been on ebay either. You could get an Omega SX in 1978, but there was no Hurst-collaboration Oldsmobile built that year.

 

Once again, big claims, no documentation to back it up.

 

Ah, the one-of-none. The 305 Chebby was definitely an available option on the 1978 Omega. I like the fact that the seller claims to have seen three others.

Considering that the wheels on the car didn't come out until the 1979 model year, someone has clearly assembled this car and it ain't Hurst. I also like how he seems to think that the fact that the "H/O Omega" stickers are one piece somehow makes it legit. I guess he's never heard of Phoenix Graphics.

 

he wont give tell me the vin#,that's a real good sign

scumbag car flipper bought it at an auction,trying to hit a lick on an idiot.

typical for ebay

 

This is why I like to cruise around this forum ...

 

I wonder too why Olds would round up a cruddy pitted metal H/O emblem and paste it onto the console???

 

In this case, H/O means Hardly Original..........

 

 

H/O = Hyped Owner

 

If i may be so bold as to offer H/O = Hass 'ole

 

Just my thoughts on a few items... I don't think Hurst or Olds ever deviated from the Cutlass platform unless from when necissary, as in the 74 Delta 88 for the pace car and the Vista's for Indy duty. Just from other common sense points, I think the H/O 'decals' s/b emblems, they were readily available and were on the '79 prototype. I don't think they would have used a 'Hurst Equipped' emblem and the only reason I think that's on there is because they were just started to be re-popped a few years ago. Also, if you think about every production and 'prototype' Hurst/Olds I've seen, the name of the vehicle is not on the car anywhere, as in 'Cutlass', only one I believe was the 1973 as it still retained the 'Cutlass' script on the fender... The 'Omega' on that car is just too much and looks fake. One last item, the ad states the VIN# as: 3E37U8W139480... and that lends more credence to it being not real as I've always heard that ALL production Hurst's and prototypes were Lansing made vehicles and that's not a Lansing VIN

Unless there is some reliable documentation for that car, consider it a creation

 

Well, considering that the Hurst Heritage book DOES talk about the 72 VCs and the 74 Delta convertibles, but makes no mention of this car, well, that should tell you something.

 

Did anyone notice the speedo was in KM's? It really lends this to being a Canadian car and of course a fake.
Now I just read the entire listing and I don't know if he has changed it or what, but he clearly states that he has no paper trail to say this is a real car. He only has the build sheet with the listed options that he found under one of the seats.

So who knows what the deal is with the car, but I for one am convinced its a fake that someone did up to be different.

 

It's entirely possible (and probably likely) that this is a dealer-built special. There may even have been more than one made. As you correctly point out, without documentation it's difficult to swallow the story. Of course, until earlier this week I hadn't heard of the 1970 Supreme Hurst prototype either...