What’s the link between a performance-shifting hardware company, a marvelous Soviet technological achievement, and the only time a racing driver won the Indy 500 on his birthday? An astronaut, of ...
The Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds didn’t begin as an Oldsmobile model, but rather developed from George Hurst’s relationship with Pontiac. The whole thing began when Pontiac installed Hurst shifters in the ...
Before he had a working relationship with Oldsmobile, and well before the creation of the Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds, George Hurst had a history with Pontiac. Hurst shifters were installed in the 1964 ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TKCS-StL volunteer Luis Hernandez (left) poses with Jerry Wilson in front of Wilson's 1972 Hurst/Olds. It could not have been a ...
Following the command "gentlemen, start your engines," at the 1972 Indianapolis 500, a specially built Hurst/Olds convertible will guide the way for the 33 Championship cars. And after a couple of ...