For Sale 1970 CHRYSLER 300 HURST CORPORATION MUSCLE CAR 1 OF 503 PRODUCED - $39500 (PORTLAND)

[tbm3fan]

Turbo Omni said:
I hope it sells for a F@ck ton of money. Why? Sure someone will be ripped off at least for a while but us lower life's on the C bodies food chain may get more recognition. I say sell the damned thing for as high a price as the market will bear. Kinda like real estate isn't it?

Ironwolf said: What with this "recognition"?
I, myself, have always said fly under the radar is better....

My response:
Well, in a way I kind of agree with Turbo at least in part - strictly from my avaricious side.

Leaving aside for a minute whether that car is real and/or correct, I do feel that our C bodies are way undervalued, which I know is a double edged sword:

1) Easy/affordable to get in to the hobby but just as easy to get upside down value wise with money invested in restoring/fixing up

2) Higher values would preclude some of us in getting in at all and make parts expensive but would allow some of to capitalize on our investment(s) when needed.

Thinking like that I think is what's behind that post...

I think our cars should be worth more - my 66 440 4-speed Monaco is a 1 of 1 car - among the rarest in the game, but couldn't command what I think it's worth if I were to sell it now...

Actually I said "I, myself, have always said fly under the radar is better...."

Anyway cars are a big boy toy hobby for me. I like them. I like to collect them. You could say I'd like to hoard them if I could however all would be driven. None would ever be considered an investment by me as I don't care and my long view tells me that won't be worth much 25 years from now.

The only car I know that worked out as an investment, especially since it cost him nothing, was a fellow member being given a 1968 Cougar 427 GT-E. The owner was kind of a hoarder, asked him to store the car, passed away with no family, and left him the car. It is his daughter's college fund and no doubt will pay for all of it.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

OOPS! Sorry! Quote attribution corrected!

You make good points too... and likely for the majority of us it's the more realistic way to enjoy the hobby - I drive 'em too!! It was just my inside greedy person talking before!

Mmmm... '68 Cougar 427 GT-E Nice... That's what I'm talking about - super rare... like my Monaco!!

 

[morepar]

Ok last week I had the A12 controversy now this....I left a message for the seller about the tag but as you all know not everything is on the tag, so lets wait and find out ( it should at least list the paint job)

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

There were actually 2 sunroof 300/H Hursts produced. Just so ya know....

AHHHHH? And your source on these Two Sun Roof Hursts comes from where? Please?

 

[Fury Pursuit]

AHHHHH? And your source on these Two Sun Roof Hursts comes from where? Please?

Jack Duffy and Dick Chrysler of Hurst Performance Research,...from Hurst.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

And what information does your Mr. Duffy and Mr. Chrysler have to say about a 2nd Hurst convertible put together for old Man Hurst's personal use running around Detroit back then, pray tell? BTW, I'm not trying to start a Pissing contest here. I've made a phone call the keeper of ALL the 300 letter cars AND the 300 Hurst records. I'm waiting for a call back which might take ah while as that person livez across the river from Baltimore and I think they're getting hammered by ole' man Winter rite now so please hang tight fer now, Jer

 

[Fury Pursuit]

And what information does your Mr. Duffy and Mr. Chrysler have to say about a 2nd Hurst convertible put together for old Man Hurst's personal use running around Detroit back then, pray tell? BTW, I'm not trying to start a Pissing contest here. I've made a phone call the keeper of ALL the 300 letter cars AND the 300 Hurst records. I'm waiting for a call back which might take ah while as that person livez across the river from Baltimore and I think they're getting hammered by ole' man Winter rite now so please hang tight fer now, Jer

Paraphrasing Mr. Duffy and Mr. Chrysler,.......They did build a car for George, one car. The car everyone knows today.

ONE convertible 300/H was built for promotional use, and George's personal use as well.

By the way, George Hurst didn't live in Detroit.

 

[saforwardlook]

Paraphrasing Mr. Duffy and Mr. Chrysler,.......They did build a car for George, one car. The car everyone knows today.

ONE convertible 300/H was built for promotional use, and George's personal use as well.

By the way, George Hurst didn't live in Detroit.

Since Chrysler didn't offer the sunroof option from the factory in a Chrysler at least until 1971, I am assuming the sunroofs were put in by the Hurst Corporation when it was in their possession or maybe sent out to American Sunroof to have the conversion done?

 

[Fury Pursuit]

Since Chrysler didn't offer the sunroof option from the factory in a Chrysler at least until 1971, I am assuming the sunroofs were put in by the Hurst Corporation when it was in their possession or maybe sent out to American Sunroof to have the conversion done?

You are right Steve, 1971 first year for factory orders of sunroofs on C-Bodies.

The 70 300/H sunroof cars were built in house by Hurst Performance Research.

I know the history of both cars.

This information deserves a new thread or it's own website.

 

[Fury Pursuit]

Ok last week I had the A12 controversy now this....I left a message for the seller about the tag but as you all know not everything is on the tag, so lets wait and find out ( it should at least list the paint job)

The top and paint woukd be on the tag, as shipped from Chrysler.

There will be no 999 or special order paint code as Chrysler painted them white, and Hurst Performance Research painted the remainder of the car.

There will be no unusual codes, as there were no cars built like the car in question.

 

[Snotty]

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This one is different , looks like the one at your newport.....!?!

Yes it does. The one on my Newport and the one on Steve's Hurst were the same. I remember because the guy who did the restoration on it did not remove the mirror before painting the car. I even went to the shop and told/showed him how to do so. He taped it up instead. Dummy!

You think the one on this particular car is, indeed, different? I can't really see it clearly.

 

[Snotty]

You guys haven't even mentioned the bowed trunk lid or the incorrect exhaust tips! You must be slipping, LOL!

The trick is to try to find one without a bow in the trunk. That is a very common item on those fiberglass trunk lids.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

You're talking about

Paraphrasing Mr. Duffy and Mr. Chrysler,.......They did build a car for George, one car. The car everyone knows today.

ONE convertible 300/H was built for promotional use, and George's personal use as well.

By the way, George Hurst didn't live in Detroit.

You're obviously referring to the convertible that everyone now and has for a long time reffered to as the Linda Vaughn car. A fellow named Steve McCloud down Tennessee way wound up with that car some time in the late '70s or early '80s. I met and talked with Steve and saw the linda Vaughn car at the Mopar Nats in Reynoldsburg, Oh. in I think either '84, '85, or maybe '86(hard to remember just when. Pulled up beside him and parked with My Hurst at that time). Steve also owned the Hurst "HEMI' convertible with the all black interior that waz put together with the 426 by the Mopar Dealership in Bristol, Tn., that every one now swares is legetamite 300Hurst Hemi, lol. A Dentist out in Tulsa believed it to the tune of somewhere around 75K back in the late '80s or early '90s az the story haz been told? As Steve haz now gone to meet his Maker for ah bit over a year now His Hairs are and have been trying to sell the Linda Vaughn car for some obserd figure??? And as for George Hurst and what you call the promo convertible being driven by him, there must have been a quick release to disconect the 8' tall shifter that Linda always held on to so he could get the top up in foul weather? I know he did not live in Detroit, and I'm not sure nor care where he lived. My statement waz just a figure of speech because of the auto industry in S.E. Michigan! I'm not sure where Mr. Hurst lived az stated above, I'm not positive but think I've heard in my travelz that Mr. Hurst lived out near Brighton somewhere north of Ann Arbor and not sure the corporation wasn't also out that way too somewhere on Grand River? No big deal on that one. Still waiting for a reply from My 300 archive friend in Maryland, Jer

 

[Fury Pursuit]

The top and paint woukd be on the tag.

There will be no unusual codes, as there were no cars built like the car in question.

You're talking about

You're obviously referring to the convertible that everyone now and has for a long time reffered to as the Linda Vaughn car. A fellow named Steve McCloud down Tennessee way wound up with that car some time in the late '70s or early '80s. I met and talked with Steve and saw the linda Vaughn car at the Mopar Nats in Reynoldsburg, Oh. in I think either '84, '85, or maybe '86(hard to remember just when. Pulled up beside him and parked with My Hurst at that time). Steve also owned the Hurst "HEMI' convertible with the all black interior that waz put together with the 426 by the Mopar Dealership in Bristol, Tn., that every one now swares is legetamite 300Hurst Hemi, lol. A Dentist out in Tulsa believed it to the tune of somewhere around 75K back in the late '80s or early '90s az the story haz been told? As Steve haz now gone to meet his Maker for ah bit over a year now His Hairs are and have been trying to sell the Linda Vaughn car for some obserd figure??? And as for George Hurst and what you call the promo convertible being driven by him, there must have been a quick release to disconect the 8' tall shifter that Linda always held on to so he could get the top up in foul weather? I know he did not live in Detroit, and I'm not sure nor care where he lived. My statement waz just a figure of speech because of the auto industry in S.E. Michigan! I'm not sure where Mr. Hurst lived az stated above, I'm not positive but think I've heard in my travelz that Mr. Hurst lived out near Brighton somewhere north of Ann Arbor and not sure the corporation wasn't also out that way too somewhere on Grand River? No big deal on that one. Still waiting for a reply from My 300 archive friend in Maryland, Jer

Yes, the "promotional" 1970 convertible 300/H, known today as the "Linda Vaughn" car, was actually called "George's car" in 1970-1971, and after that. Everyone at Hurst called it that. Doc, Bud, Linda, Jack, called it "George's car", because it was George's car. Linda still calls it George's car.

It was his favorite car built by Hurst.

Hurst built ONE convertible to promote the 1970 300/H and Hurst products. Cragar was actually a sponsor as well.

The platform and shifter were easily removed and installed and didn't interfere with the actuation of the top.

There is a lot more history to talk about... in the appropriate place.

 

[livininharrow]

would the build/broadcast sheet not tell all ? other than the options added by hurst.

 

[rapidtrans]

You guys are right.
Something is definitely off. The gold paint seems to be too "orangey". Never seen a Hurst 300 with the vinyl top and or the lower black paint treatment. If this were an exec. built car these items may not appear on the tag.
Modifications like this could've been done by the Highland Park executive maintenance garage.

 

[Jim 68cuda]

Heres another one on the east coast

1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst Edition

 

[polara71]

Heres another one on the east coast

1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst Edition

The one in the photo isn't the actual car....HA! One can only imagine

 

[Snotty]

"Very hard to find, complete car !"

Must be hard to find if he can't provide a picture of his own car! For 15 grand he had better do better than that!!!

 

[cm23uoc]

Talking about Hursts I was under the Impression the Gold Color accents used to be a 1970 Cadillac Color by the Name of sauterne Gold metallic in contrast to the Gold used on the Olds 442s ?