For Sale A Hurst that actually looks like it might be a good deal!

[1969vert500]

After we have all seen every single one of these ever produced and then some for sale this one actually looks like it might be a good deal for someone looking for one. It appears to all be there and complete and not a basket case on the rust.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/5264422908.html

 

[polara71]

weve seen this one before ...

 

[saforwardlook]

weve seen this one before ...

Hmmm, wonder what is wrong with it then - seems like a better than average car for a better than average price.

 

[gts95]

Probably your typical flipper....it's not even off the trailer yet.....Yes it's been on Craigslist off and on for at least a year now

 

[The Horvaths]

He took it on as a trade...

 

[Beep Beep Dave]

Looks good to me for the price. Too bad it is so far away or I'd be tempted to check it out.

Dave

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

looks like a decent deal to me if someone wants a project

 

[detmatt]

Rare?

 

[65MonacoND]

Rare?

They are rare. It's just the same half dozen dogs popping up over and over on the net. People buy them and then find out what it costs to restore them, or the flippers get a hold of them and think they are going to get rich. How many restored versions do you ever see for sale?

 

[commando1]

Never seen one. Not a #1, anyway. Too many #3's being pimped as "restored".

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

No actual production #s that we know of on console car but of the 485+1 produced 10-1 ratio has been bounced around for column shift over console shift carz on the 140-150 Hurst's that are still recorded out there. Pretty neat to have a C-body with the shift stick coming out of the floor even if it is a 727

 

[1969vert500]

Rare?

NO

But better than a column shift car in my opinion

 

[Samplingman]

Pics for the people:

 

[LocuMob]

1 in 500ish isn't sorta rare? There isn't 500 of these things floating around for sale. I'm just asking, not stating they are like hens teeth. I have only seem a handful in person in various conditions. I've only seen 1 #1 car ever. Totally restored and it looked like it just came from the factory, but that was close to a decade ago.

 

[polara71]

1 in 500ish isn't sorta rare? There isn't 500 of these things floating around for sale. I'm just asking, not stating they are like hens teeth. I have only seem a handful in person in various conditions. I've only seen 1 #1 car ever. Totally restored and it looked like it just came from the factory, but that was close to a decade ago.

He didn't say 1 of 500. I think he's saying less than 50. Hell, I've seen a dozen console cars in my 35 years of looking.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Hurst were rare cars when new back in the day.

Ironically they seem to be one of the most surviving cars from all full size cars.
They were so "special" that nearly none got thrown away or smashed in demo derbys. Even the lesser condition cars seemed to have ended up in some kind of barns.

Despite that many original owners took care of them and did let them retire when they got older.

So the surviving rate is extremly high with a few perfect examples, a huge band of driver cars (#3) and some projects.
It is (if you don't want a perfect car) one of the most easy to find models.

Think the whole story is similar with today modern cars.
How many Challenger SRT get beat into the ground? How many do survive as low mileage cars? A lot of them.

Carsten

 

[detmatt]

When I question the rarity of these cars it is in relative terms. For example I'll pick one of my favorites, hmm let's see...ok the '67 Imperial coupe. They made over 6 times the number of these over the Hurst cars yet within the confines of this site I would say that I see more Hurst cars than than '67 coupes. I think the same can be said for most of my favorites so do I like the Hurst cars? What's not to like?? Do I consider them rare? Not really.

 

[polara71]

Then we ought to define rare............

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

RARE= Knock its hornz off, wipe its *** and put it on ah plate

 

[polara71]

Thats one way to look at it