pacekar

i have been looking at the 69 hurst olds wheels and have noticed that some are painted gold and some are silver in the center of the wheel. why?? which is correct or are both of them correct?

jensenracing77

They came both ways. I don't know if it was a change mid year or if it was an optional thing, or a luck of the draw. I am sure a 69 H/O guy will let us know soon.

firefrost gold

Argent is the color they should be .

jensenracing77

I should have read more closly. I don't think any were gold but there were for sure two differant colors.

pogo69

the convertables were gold(for promotion)....some people with hardtops had dealers paint them gold or were painted gold but otherwise they came factory grey

joe_padavano

^^^ This.

ALL 69 H/O Holiday Coupes came with Argent wheel centers. Many dealers or owners painted them Firefrost Gold because, frankly, it looks better.

mmurphy77

According to Mark Fletcher's and Richard Truesdell's outstanding book "Hurst Equipped: More Than 50 Years of High Performance", the initial plan was to paint the (already Argent) centers Gold on all '69 H/Os. This proved very time consuming to an already behind production effort so the decision was made to not paint the wheel centers Gold anymore in the interest of saving time. They guess-timated only the first few dozen or so cars got the Gold wheel centers.

pacekar

i like the gold centers

Don R.

Incorrect - but better looking IMHO.

sicky olds

Argent silver like the others have said earlier. Have you had any luck finding a Hurst yet?

pacekar

i quit looking for a hurst for a little while bought a 70 buick gsx and now im looking again

firefrost gold

post up some gsx info

pacekar

Number 247 out of 687. Documented by Wayne Roberts.image.jpg Project car, auto w/air & Saturn yellow. Going to body shop in a few wks.

1969Hurst

Spoke to Dick Chrysler last year, he was working at Hurst and was dealing with the 1969 H/O's at Demmer, the Scramblers @ AMC and the NYC Taxi cab program, was also responsible for sourcing parts. He verified that no 1969 H/O's left Demmer with gold centers, all argent grey.. He mentioned the Firefrost paint was also expensive back then and they weren't going to waste it on the wheels.

pogo69

very good info

69442murph

I have some 4 NOS Hurst wheels and they are painted Argent...as well as my originals...

69ho aurora

I bought a set of 69 H/O rims many years ago that were sold over the counter originally (they were on a real nice 67 GTO when I found them). They were originally painted black. Traded the guy a nice set of 15" Poncho rims even up for them. I have seen a few others just like them over the years...