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Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais (1979)
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1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais H/O Hurst for sale equip with the W30 package. 61, 333 miles. 350 high output V8 engine and TH350 automatic transmission with the Hurst shifter. It is all original as it came from the factory. All under hood components are in place and are working as they should. Matching numbers car. Stored indoors most of its life. Overall the vehicle is in great shape. The exterior and mechanical condition is good with no problems. Interior is a little rough due to cloth interior getting brittle and has some tears. (see pictures for details) Runs and drives great. Has current PA Inspection. Only 2499 of these vehicles were built in 1979 and only 1165 vehicle came in this color. Very rare find! Clean title in hand! Buyer is responsible for pick up or shipping. If you have any questions or if you'd like to know any more information just ask and I'll get back to you ASAP. Thanks for looking and happy bidding!!
History
This name was assigned to Oldsmobiles that were modified by the Hurst Performance Research Corporation and resold through select Oldsmobile dealer channels. They represent the most powerful production Cutlass available for the model year. They are also the most sought after Cutlass model along with the W-30, W-31 and W-32. Hurst/Olds were made in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1983 and 1984.
1979:
Authentication:
All were built in Lansing. The only Cutlass-bodied cars built with the Olds 350 in 1979. Actually built at an Oldsmobile plant instead of Hurst Performance. These are the only year of Hurst/Olds production which were produced completely in an Oldsmobile plant and not trimmed out in a Hurst or Cars and Concepts facility. Last year for Hurst Dual/Gate Shifter.
A total of 2499 were built. 1165 in Cameo White, 1334 in Ebony Black, and 537 came w/Hurst Hatch T-Tops. Hurst/Olds in '79 were the only Cutlass with W-30 stickers in '79. The Hurst wheels were actually an Oldsmobile factory aluminum wheel that was available on the 1978 Cutlass'. The Hursts wheels were painted gold, and were not on any other Cutlass in '79 but the H/O.
To order a '79 H/O, you had to start by ordering a Cutlass Calais. Therefore all of the standard Calais features for that year, such as reclining bucket seats and Rallye Pack instrumentation, were standard on the H/O. In addition to the 350/350 engine and transmission combination, the Hurst/Olds package included aluminum wheels and the two-tone sport paint which were Cutlass options. Only on the Hurst/Olds however, were the wheels painted gold and was the second paint color gold. No other Oldsmobile in 1979 used that gold paint, but I believe that it was available on some Pontiacs.
Sport steering wheel, bucket seats, 442 suspension, and guage package was standard on H/O because it is a Cutlass Calais which had these standard.
Engine Specs:
Rocket 350. All had the Olds 350 V-8 and TH-350 transmission which were standard in the Delta 88 that year. These were the only Cutlass-bodied cars built with the Olds 350 in 1979. H/O did not come with true dual exhaust.
Transmissions:
TH-350 with Hurst shifter. The Hurst shifter and console is exclusive only to the '79 Hurst/Olds and no other Cutlass in '79.
I strongly doubt that a 4 speed manual transmission option was ever considered for the 1979 Hurst/Olds. As most of you know, 1979 was the only year in which H/Os came off the end of the Lansing assembly line as completed cars, and didn't get sent off for additional work at Hurst Performance Products or Cars and Concepts. For this reason, there would be no possible loophole around the then current EPA regulations.
In part and summary, those regulations stated that as long as an engine/transmission combination had been certified in any production model for that year, the same combination could be used in any other model that the factory desired, so long as less than 2, 500 were produced. If 2, 500 or more were built, the engine/transmission combination had to be certified specifically in that particular model. Certification was (and I assume, still is) an expensive and time consuming process. The R code Olds 350 engine in combination with the TH-350 transmission had already been certified in the 88 models for 1979, so legally that same combination could also be used in the Cutlass body without specific certification as long as less than 2, 500 were built. That's why 2, 499 1979 Hurst/Oldsmobiles were produced.
Now, there were no 350/4 speed combinations already certified by Oldsmobile in 1979, so certification would have been necessary. Even if management could have been convinced that sales volume would have justified the cost of certification (extremely doubtful that it could have, in anyone's wildest dreams), the necessary time probably wasn't available for this mid-year model to get through the process. After all, by mid model year I'm sure that they're already feverisly at work to get the next year's models through the process.

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