For Sale 1970 Chrysler 300H Hurst Coupe
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68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Yawn...
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
Ruff, ruff!
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Well, the hood, trunk lid, and rear fender extensions look salvageable. You could clone one from a nice Newport...
Yeahrightgreer
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I’m getting woozy just looking at it...
JC68vert300
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I can't believe the bids are up to $9000.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Fusies are in !
A rust bucket is still a rust bucket, wonder if there are some shills bidding. I do not think anyone who know cars would pay much for this one even though it is relatively rare.
Dave
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
Hopefully somebody that's ok with a major project and just has to have one brings it back.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
That doesn't change supply and demand . If it's hot then rust won't stop the guys that gotta have it.
bigmoparjeff
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Although this car has some rust issues from being driven in the northeast, it has a fresh look to it. It doesn't appear to have been sitting in some barn or back yard for two decades, then hosed off right before going up for sale, like most of the project 300 Hursts that we've seen recently. Though not stated directly, the seller implies that the car is road worthy, or close to it. That's why the bidding is enthusiastic on this one.
Jeff
Jeff
tbm3fan
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Well the first bidder has put in 726 bids on 255 items, many cars, in the last 30 days. He was the first bidder which tells me it is kind of a game.
I tend to agree with you. The seller seems more honest than usual and has a 100% positive feedback rating, and he doesn't try to just say it has 41K but leaves the door open to it having rolled over once at least. Nonetheless, he does say the pedals look very good, the bucket seat side shields are still in place, the power seat switch buttons are all still in place, the wheel lips are surprisingly nice, the road wheels still have much of the decals in place (and the wheel centers don't look all that bad), the original power brake booster seems to still be there and shows its age, the radiator looks like the original top tank and the seats are not ripped much, the lettering on the dash hasn't been removed from someone running a damp cleaning cloth over them, and so on, so I would not discount that it is low miles. While at first glance it appears there isn't a straight panel on the car, I wonder if that is due to the respray of a body that was poorly done, like with spray cans? While the rear quarters look rusty where he shows they are, the insides of the panels from the trunk views do not show that they are messed up above the lower body line and not that far up the lower rear of the quarters either. He also states the underside is clean although some photos would be nice and saying that if not true wouldn't help his excellent feedback rating. The seller obviously knows these cars it seems to me. Also, the decklid isn't warped upward in the center due to constant torsion bar force upward on the all fiberglass lid and I note the torsion bars are in the second slots, not the higher tensioned 3rd ones where they usually are on these cars since the all fiberglass decklid is significantly heavier than the steel one. I can't really see any rust around the rear window either, which is a positive sign. The engine doesn't look too greasy or the paint on the valve covers worn enough for the car to have been around once.
I do note some unusual things about the car though, such as the brake master cylinder is a drum brake one (were disc brakes standard on a Hurst or not - I can't tell whether the brake pedal has the words power disc brake on them in the photos?), there are no springs on the hood hinges, probably to preserve the hood from bulging upward in the center too, there is a black painted(?) band surrounding the windshield - does that mean rust repair there? Also the area above the fuse block and to the right of the starter relay on the firewall looks funny - like it has a wrinkle in it and the underhood brace looks pretty rusty like most are.
Overall, I believe the car merits an eyes-on in person lookover. It also has a lot of the most desirable options too. It might well be better than it first seems and maybe others see the positives that I and Jeff see. The engine/trans numbers might well match too.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
All due respect Dave, the desire to drive or invest in an old car to many doesn't make sense.
For someone wanting a Hurst and could inspect this one while driving it home or putting it on his trailer it makes sense.
They all can't be rust free examples
MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
Clean it up and DRIVE it!
I get the fact that everyone has their dream car, maybe for someone it is this Hurst. My enthusiasm for this car is tempered by the fact that The rear quarter rust that has been gone over and bondoed up at least once suggests that there is probably also a lot of additional rust on the underside and wheel houses, frame rails, frame mounts etc. I am also thinking that even if the underside is reasonably solid, there is probably $25k in body and paint work on the shiny side before talking about mechanical and interior. I know I am getting cranky in my old age but this one looks like a money pit to me. If somebody goes in eyes open and takes it on, all the power to them.
Dave
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