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Old April 14th, 2016, 01:40 PM
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Old April 15th, 2016, 11:01 AM
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I am a long time proud owner of a 67 Cutlass Conv and 1968 Hurst Olds. I enjoy yapping about all things Olds....
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Old April 15th, 2016, 11:12 AM
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Welcome to the club, 68-W46! I really like the '68 and '69s, as do a large number of others here. Lots of great folks here, willing and eager to share information and help. I'd like to see your Hurst! Show us your rides!
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Old April 15th, 2016, 04:49 PM
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<a href="http://s77.photobucket.com/user/realdoneHurst/media/100_0352_zpsfmjm7r0z.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/realdoneHurst/100_0352_zpsfmjm7r0z.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 100_0352_zpsfmjm7r0z.jpg"/></a>

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Here are both...
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Old April 15th, 2016, 05:02 PM
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Nice looking cars. Isn't it amazing how much the design thinking changed from 67 to 68?
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Old April 15th, 2016, 05:04 PM
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Old April 15th, 2016, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Allan R
Nice looking cars. Isn't it amazing how much the design thinking changed from 67 to 68?

True but one thing I learned from working with the 68 is under the skin many parts are closer to a 67 than a 69...That 68 has a ton of one year only parts...
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Old April 15th, 2016, 05:33 PM
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I'd believe that. There's an awful lot to transition in a year to produce a completely different machine. 1970 also has a lot of one year only parts even though the body lines look the same from 70-72. Can you imagine how the tooling engineers must have felt when they had to scramble to make the drawings and molds for production? No computer assisted design like we have now, and everything was done by manpower instead of robots. Times sure have changed.
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they also had a union strike
many several 1971 cars are rife with
'1970" parts
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Old April 15th, 2016, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Allan R
I'd believe that. There's an awful lot to transition in a year to produce a completely different machine. 1970 also has a lot of one year only parts even though the body lines look the same from 70-72. Can you imagine how the tooling engineers must have felt when they had to scramble to make the drawings and molds for production? No computer assisted design like we have now, and everything was done by manpower instead of robots. Times sure have changed.

My dad bought a lot of Buicks and Pontiacs back in the day. I remember one of the service guys telling him to wait until a car had been out for three years to buy one. It takes them that long to work out all the bugs....lol
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