Nicest One Around? 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
The relationship between Oldsmobile and Hurst ended in 1984, but not before a long and well-remembered run of cars emerged, with the earlier examples packing some serious punch. After being on hiatus since the ’79 model, the H/O came back on the G-Body one more time for the 1983 and 1984 models, with the ’83 featuring mostly black paint with silver accents and reversed colors for the final year. If you’ve been in the market for one of these cars, this 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds here on eBay is almost sure to please. It’s located in Uniontown, Ohio, with the opening bid of $30,000 yet to be placed at the time of this writing.
The seller mentions that his H/O was a one-owner vehicle up until 2020 and is an all-original example, with only 41,000 miles racked up over nearly 40 years. He goes on to say that it has been meticulously maintained since day one, and even claims that based on the condition it could pass for 4k miles. That’s a pretty bold statement, but judging from the photos there’s hardly anything to find fault with on the outside, with the body said to not even show a door ding. Assuming that’s the original paint, the finish looks about as good as it did in the mid-eighties, which is especially noteworthy considering how quickly silver tended to fade during this era.
Things inside look just about as good as outside, maroon just about everywhere and very nicely preserved. Like them or not, you got those Hurst Lightning Rods shifters on every H/O in 1984, with the company trying to one-up itself from its earlier Dual Gate sequential shifter. Most folks found them complicated to operate, but they looked cool and I’m sure were a good conversation starter when your friends jumped in for a ride. It’s always nice to have those T-Tops for fair-weather driving as well.
The one engine choice for ’84 was a modified version of the Olds 307, fitted with heavy-duty valve springs and a hotter cam, plus you got an aluminum intake manifold with the Rochester 4-Barrel on top. The configuration produced 180 horsepower, a far cry from the glory days of the H/O but not bad for the mid-eighties, and I’m guessing those 3.73 gears helped the car at least feel faster. Everything under the hood is looking to be in good order, with the seller telling us that the car runs and drives perfectly, and if I had room and the cash I’d totally like to see this one in my garage. How about you?
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Comments
Love this body style Olds! And this is a nice one (and already gone).
My parents ordered a new Cutlass Calais in 84, black with ALL VINYL red interior. Calais was the sporty model of this body in 84 and prior (buckets, console and full gauges), before they moved the Calais nameplate over to the ugly little compact car in 85.
Apparently the all vinyl gut was a rarely ordered option. It took about 2.5 times as long to get it as was estimated when it was ordered, and when my folks complained the dealership blamed the interior for the delay. But it was worth the wait – looked great inside, much better IMO than the mid 80’s “Velour” interiors!
I had an ’83 Supreme, black with a black top and with a grey all vinyl interior (buckets and console). The vinyl they used had to be the closest thing to leather that I’ve ever come across.
It was an interesting Olds. Bought it from the original owner who ordered it for his wife. No A/C, no power anything (including rear window defroster). 307 with a TH350, limited slip, gauge package, rally wheels and that was it.
I still think these are about the best looking cars to ever come out of the 80’s, Oldsmobile hit it out of the park with the styling and the interior is just as nice. I know I sound like a broken record, but I’d love to see how much power you could get out of the factory 307, and build the transmission while keeping the super cool lightening rods shifters. I bet it would bark pretty good when you banged an upshift from 1-2 and 2-3! These were pretty respectable performers for the era, and I would love to park in in my driveway just so I could sit there and look at it all day.
Buick made some great looking cars in the 80’s. And they were better performers.
Oh yes and I have one!
I ran a Buick dealer parts dept in the 80s. GM had clearance sales on engines and trans etc from time to time. We had a mechanic who had one of these and GM put the 403 Olds motor on clearance so I got one for him. It naturally looks the same as a 307 but after he did his things to it that Olds would scoot.
Cool 😎 olds worthy of a “Rocket” 350ci.
nicest one around, that belongs with ‘only one left’. bol statements and not to belittle the owner but how do you know this.????????