’70 OLDS W30 4-4-2 ROAD WARRIOR

’70 OLDS W30 4-4-2 ROAD WARRIOR
Few midsize Musclecars from the 1970s can match the road and track creds of the ’70 OLDS W30 4-4-2 ROAD WARRIOR. In many ways, 1970 was the storm before the calm. The war in Southeast Asia continued casting a pall over a much-divided country and thinning the ranks of young enthusiasts. Carmakers’ racing budgets were being drastically cut and engineering resources reassigned to prepare for restrictive emissions and safety legislation. And, Ponycar sales had been plummeting and would regi...
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455 HURST-OLDS – LANSING’S EXECUTIVE EXPRESS

455 HURST-OLDS – LANSING’S EXECUTIVE EXPRESS
Conceived by Hurst’s Jack “Doc” Watson as personal transportation for George Hurst, Oldsmobile turned his one-off Concept - 455 HURST-OLDS – LANSING’S EXECUTIVE EXPRESS - into a Supercar legend. Hemmings Muscle Machines’ Barry Kluczyk writes about the restoration of a rare 455 HURST-OLDS. With about 30 Oldsmobile A-bodies that have passed in and out of his garage, including several that he’s campaigned in Pure Stock drag racing, James Kryta has a feel for how a big-block Olds feels out of the h...
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455 HURST-OLDS: LANSING’S EXECUTIVE EXPRESS!

455 HURST-OLDS: LANSING’S EXECUTIVE EXPRESS!
Conceived by Hurst’s Jack “Doc” Watson as personal transportation for George Hurst, Olds turned his one-off Concept into a Supercar legend. Some of the brightest engineering minds in the industry created the only GM midsize car powered by a rules-bending 455-inch engine. In 1968, GM policy still limited the displacement of engines in midsize models to 400 cubic inches. However, corporate policymakers turned a blind eye to Oldsmobile’s rogue 455-inch Cutlass: 455 HURST-OLDS: LANSING’S EXECUTIVE E...
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