1983 Hurst/Olds (modified) value

[SupremeSpeed]

Nice ride Q, I can see the value in the asking price.

 

[DROLDS84]

Yes that is correct............ brain fart!!!

TURNA...remembering back to your post on putting a face to a name a brain fart is totally understandable.lol

 

[TURNA]

 

[88hurstolds]

Problem with custom cars is that they're only worth the owner's asking price to someone with the same taste.
What are you willing to pay for it?
Hard for others to put a value on it... to me $8k is what something like this would sell for, not a penny more.

 

[1983calais]

For what it's worth, it is a very nice car and done very well. Who knows what the history is on this car. The 307 could have took a crap, it could have been stolen, the list goes on. But this is a 1983 hurst olds. Only 3001 of them made. I love a restomod as much as another guy. It's a way to make a cool car better. But don't do it to a rare car like that. If the car has been totally redone, paint, wheels, etc, get a basic cutlass and do a clone project. As far as the value of this car goes, it's only worth what the guy who wants it wants to pay for it. It would have been worth more all original. Q dub, if this is what you like, buy it! We buy these cars and have forums like this because these cars are what we like and we build them to meet our standards and preferences. I love these cars and they will always be my favorite. I built my monte as the way I wanted it, not anyone else. I may be rambling on now. So these are all opinions and thanks for asking us but in the end it is ultimately your decision. I think you will make the right choice . It will be a fun car with that big block!

 

[1983calais]

I'm not picking on your statement in particular, but this reminded me of something I've been thinking about for a while in various discussions....Is anybody REALLY looking for dead stock G bodies (aside from GNX), or do most people think that way because of where the musclecar market went?

In my mind, the G body specialty cars (again, aside from GNX) do not have the so-called "brute power" of the muscle era, so little is lost by updating (backdating?) drivetrains to something with more power.

I just don't see people 20 years from now obsessing over having the "correct" 307 in their Olds, or HO305 in their Monte SS. I think it is more driven by the idea (belief? hope?) that "someday" the car will be worth way more than the same car with a different powertrain. Given the choice of the example Qdub asked about and a dead stock example in same condition, there is no question in my mind that I'd take the modified one....but I like "drivers" more than "collectors"

I think there are collectors out there looking for stock g bodies. probably not the basic v6 car with bench seats and wire wheel covers but definitely the hurst olds, 442's, gn's, gnx, mcss and so on. The limited production cars. I hate to see a gn with a chevy 350 in it. Can't stand a hurst olds with any different engine in it and a heater delete plate on the firewall. A 442 shouldn't have A big block chevy in it with a matte black paint job. There are only so many of these cars left and getting harder to find. These weren't power house cars but I think they are better factory than altered with aftermaket parts. That's what the all the other base models are for. Those are the canvas cars. Make them whatever you want and they are better than the stock 3.8 with the 2.42 rear. I altered my monte ss because the guy who had it before me trashed the engine so I had to do something with it. This may be the issue with some of these cars I see. Everyone is different and as long as your in a g body your alright in my book but please leave these limited number cars alone. Just my opinion. Thanks.

 

[Qdub24]

Hopefully, everything goes as planned next weekend when I get back to the States, and I'll have two big block (BBB & BBO) G-bodies.

 

[thunderball]

I think there are collectors out there looking for stock g bodies. probably not the basic v6 car with bench seats and wire wheel covers but definitely the hurst olds, 442's, gn's, gnx, mcss and so on. The limited production cars. I hate to see a gn with a chevy 350 in it. Can't stand a hurst olds with any different engine in it and a heater delete plate on the firewall. A 442 shouldn't have A big block chevy in it with a matte black paint job. There are only so many of these cars left and getting harder to find. These weren't power house cars but I think they are better factory than altered with aftermaket parts. That's what the all the other base models are for. Those are the canvas cars. Make them whatever you want and they are better than the stock 3.8 with the 2.42 rear. I altered my monte ss because the guy who had it before me trashed the engine so I had to do something with it. This may be the issue with some of these cars I see. Everyone is different and as long as your in a g body your alright in my book but please leave these limited number cars alone. Just my opinion. Thanks.

The owner of any limited car is that owners property and if he wants to drop a honda 4 banger in his gnx thats his choice even if i wouldnt do it. He doesn't have a duty to you or the world to treat his car like a rolling museum thats what museums are for. If he likes stock great.

This olds big block upgrade is also very tasteful and fun.

 

[Turbolq4]

The owner of any limited car is that owners property and if he wants to drop a honda 4 banger in his gnx thats his choice even if i wouldnt do it. He doesn't have a duty to you or the world to treat his car like a rolling museum thats what museums are for. If he likes stock great.

This olds big block upgrade is also very tasteful and fun.

I'm very rarely a purist but one car in particular really bends me out of shape when messed with.

A Grand National HAS to have a turbocharged V6. Modified is fine but some stool pigeon dropping a N/A V8 (or any V8) ruins the cars character. Takes it from something special and makes it into just another Regal.

 

[thunderball]

I'm very rarely a purist but one car in particular really bends me out of shape when messed with.

A Grand National HAS to have a turbocharged V6. Modified is fine but some stool pigeon dropping a N/A V8 (or any V8) ruins the cars character. Takes it from something special and makes it into just another Regal.

I definitely agree I wouldnt want that. The engine is the car with TR's.