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October 31st, 2009, 05:54 AM

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1973 Hurst/Olds Resto....

3 years into Rusty's restoration. Thought I would share. Far from done, a hell of a lot of work for someone who has very little knowledge of cars.. "Me"
This is what I started with.

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October 31st, 2009, 05:59 AM

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A slow start..........

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October 31st, 2009, 06:04 AM

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WHat seems like a million peices......

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October 31st, 2009, 06:10 AM

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Frame sand blasted and rear.....

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October 31st, 2009, 06:13 AM

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Rear painted and frame twice...........

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October 31st, 2009, 06:19 AM

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Reassembly this Summer. Now a rolling frame....

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October 31st, 2009, 06:26 AM

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A few items restored on interior now. Seats sat in sun after this pictures and tightened up real nice now....
Soon some pics of the body....

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October 31st, 2009, 10:55 AM

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Lots of work done, lots to go, your doing great keep at it

October 31st, 2009, 04:07 PM

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Looking good. There are not a lot of these cars left do to the severe rusting of the bodys. My 73 442 was still pretty solid when I got it.

October 31st, 2009, 04:26 PM

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Wow dude I am impressed, keep up the good work.

October 31st, 2009, 04:26 PM

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Looking great! As Steve says, I don't think there are a lot of the '73-'77 vintages left!

October 31st, 2009, 06:33 PM

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Rusty!!!

Nice work so far....where did you find that thing, the Hudson River!!

November 1st, 2009, 06:51 AM

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Quote:

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Nice work so far....where did you find that thing, the Hudson River!!

Actually next to a barn a 1/2 mile from the Delaware River! Its not that bad of a car, it looks worse then it was.
Thanks for all the encouraging words guys! I have been a little stuck lately trying to get the frame back under the car.....Over whelmed!
Steve , I have been a big fan of your work on your 73 car for a long time.
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January 9th, 2011, 08:16 AM

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Over a year later.......Finally got the body back on the frame....

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January 9th, 2011, 08:22 AM

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Then we painted and started to detail the firewall.......
The never ending saga of Rusty ....Will it ever see the road again....

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January 9th, 2011, 09:36 AM

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It's coming out great Joe! (it looked so rough to begin with). Nice work. Keep the pics coming.

January 11th, 2011, 11:53 AM

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We all knew you'd bring out the "swan" in this one Joe. Nice work.

January 11th, 2011, 04:00 PM

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Thanks! Just installed SS brake lines and Parking brake cables from Inline Tube yesterday..... Sterring column is in too, so as soon as I can get rid of all this dam snow I can work on the front support.... Paint and motor to go....

January 11th, 2011, 04:04 PM

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Very nice!

April 29th, 2011, 06:11 PM

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Engine has been completed. Wrong shade of Olds Blue but I repainted it... Should have the Carb ,Vacume lines and the exhaust manifold bolted up and all the misc this weekend...

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April 29th, 2011, 06:28 PM

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Looking real good. Keep up the good work!!!

May 1st, 2011, 05:14 PM

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Edging closer to a ride this summer....

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May 1st, 2011, 05:33 PM

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Quote:

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Engine has been completed. Wrong shade of Olds Blue but I repainted it... Should have the Carb ,Vacume lines and the exhaust manifold bolted up and all the misc this weekend...

To the best of my knowlege that is the correct 455 blue the darker blue is wrong.

May 3rd, 2011, 09:14 AM

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there is no way someone could have a better car like yours out there. you are doing an awesome job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 3rd, 2011, 09:45 AM

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Quote:

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To the best of my knowlege that is the correct 455 blue the darker blue is wrong.

I agree unless '73 used the darker blue. The lighter silver/aqua more closely resembles my original block.

May 3rd, 2011, 10:05 AM

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Great job!!

May 3rd, 2011, 10:53 AM

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Hey Joe,

Looks AWESOME, great job!

-Tony

May 3rd, 2011, 03:27 PM

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Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it and need to be motivated so I can drive this car soon!

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I agree unless '73 used the darker blue. The lighter silver/aqua more closely resembles my original block.

I guess I should have removed it from the shadow in the garage and used a real camera instead of my phone. It is not as light as the color it was first painted and not as dark as it appears in the last 4 pictures. I'll try and take some better pictures....... Thanks!

October 17th, 2012, 05:29 PM

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Six years of work has come to this.......
Thank you to everyone that has helped or given me advice over the years!

Ill post before and after pictures when I put on the Bfg 245's and emblems!

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October 17th, 2012, 05:54 PM

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Joe, Very nice looking hurst you have there. Great job restoring it. Now enjoy it.

October 17th, 2012, 07:52 PM

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wow

Wow a great job so far it looks great and quite the inspiration I actually just put the frame under mine so there is hope for me yet lol thanks for sharing

November 29th, 2012, 05:12 PM

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I promised a before and after. Decided to leave the plain tired on for it.
Also a picture of it with the BFG's at the last local show of the season.
Best of Class 70-79 All......

Thanks again to all that helped me here!

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November 29th, 2012, 07:51 PM

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Nice work Joe!

November 29th, 2012, 09:26 PM

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Phenomenal job! Love the `73s!

November 30th, 2012, 10:22 AM

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[QUOTE=Hurstolds1973; a hell of a lot of work for someone who has very little knowledge of cars.. "Me"

Well, you must have learned a hell of a lot, because it looks great. Beautiful work.

November 30th, 2012, 12:20 PM

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WOW! I love it! The 73 is also one of my favorites. There was one of those parked next to my Olds when i dug it out of the boneyard but a guy eventually bought it.