Equipment
455/275hp, automatic, Ram Air hood, power steering and brakes, air conditioning, Dual Gate shifter, sunroof, 8-track stereo, gold SSII wheels, Firestone Indy 500 tires with Speedway insignia.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
One of 27 Hurst Olds cars used in the Indy 500 Festival. Numerous chips, microblisters and scratches on the nose and hood. Poor paint masking. Decent chrome. Long touched up scratch on the left front fender. Long scratch on the driver’s side mirror. Surface rust poking through the paint ahead of the rear of the left quarter window. Several cracks on the tail. Faded sticker graphics. Good interior with lightly worn switchgear. Showing 53,707 miles and certainly showing use, this Hurst/Olds clearly wasn’t treated as a collectible from new.
Market commentary
Sold at Barrett-Jackson’s Northeast auction in 2016 for $27,500 and having 522 more miles on the odometer than it did then. The restoration wasn’t very good to begin with and isn’t holding up well, with noticeable deterioration in the past six years. Bidders here didn’t seem to notice, however, and paid a premium price for the Indy 500 Festival history and the gate pass on the windshield.