By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

We’ve dug up several vintage road test videos from the classic television show, “Car and Track” during our time on the blog here, but this one may be the coolest. The 1968 Hurst Olds was an awesome car and today commands insane money on the market. This video shows one being thrashed by Jack “Doc” Watson of Hurst fame. Watson was responsible for cars like the Hemi Under Glass and you’ll hear him elude to a new project that Hurst was working on at the time. Can you say Hemi Darts and Barracudas?

As much as we love seeing these cars fry the hides in straight line action, watching them plow through the corners while host Bud Lindemann describes their wallowing performance as being “agile as a bobcat” is priceless.

Jack Watson is a rodding hero!

By Matt D'Andria

Motorator.com

If you’re heading out to Scottsdale, AZ for the Barrett-Jackson auction this week with a pocket full of cash and want to do the right thing, then check out the Hurst Mustang. BFGoodrich and Hurst will be auctioning off a 2010 Hurst Mustang Pace Car convertible with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Victory Junction Camp, a year-round facility that serves children with chronic medical conditions and serious illness. As an added bonus, the winner of the auction will get to shoot stuff with racing icon Kyle Petty. Jump over to Motorator for more information and specs on the Hurst Mustang.

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to expand your mind while doing so. After the success of the Hurst SC/Rambler for 1969, and with the continuing popularity of the Javelin, the product management team at the smallest of the US based automakers decided to put into production a car that has been lurking around in prototype form for at least two years. It was also a car that carried a nameplate steeped in American Motors history, as the first model to carry the “Rebel” name in 1956 surprised everyone with it’s performance. Introducing the 1970 Rebel Machine by AMC.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This was a well-organized, professional job involving at least five people. Only one car has been recovered (though it was stripped). Keep a lookout. Rewards of up to $10,000 have been posted. More details over at Hemmings

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to re-discover true performance machinery while doing so. 1969 was close to the pinnacle of the Muscle Car Era. Almost every car company in America had at least one “muscle” car. And they were offered in all sizes, from compact to full-sized, to everything in between. With Chevy alone offering the Chevy II SS, Chevelle SS, Impala SS, and even an SS version of the El Camino car based pickup, it was no wonder that the number four car maker, AMC, felt they needed to get into this lucrative market. After tasting success with the AMX and Javelin performance cars, they decided to expand into the budget-muscle arena, with the help of a famous performance parts supplier. Introducing the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler.

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and have some fun in the process. It wasn’t the Pontiac GTO, Ford Mustang or Chevy 409 that began the performance car wars, it was arguably, the Chrysler 300. Making its debut in 1955, the 300 was so-named because of its 300hp Hemi V-8. The 300 Letter Series, as they would be known as, were produced as llimited edition, factory hot rods, through 1965, when the last 300 “L” was produced. After an absence of four years, a full-size Chrysler muscle car made an appearance once again in 1970. Introducing the Chrysler 300 “H” Hurst edition.

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By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

You’d probably be jailed for even suggesting this type of thing today. Two motors? Four wheel drive? Factory freakin’ parts? Yes, yes, and yes. The Hurst Hairy Olds, one of the most infamous exhibition runners in drag racing history contained those three aspects and delighted crowds from coast to coast while showing them off.

The story of the Hurst Hairy Olds is, like for so many other “out of the box” cars, relatively short. It was born from the minds of George Hurst, Jack Watson (Hurst’s president of R&D back then) and a factory Olds engineer named John Beltz.

The plan was simple. Stick a blown, fuel-burning Olds 425 engine under the hood, do the same thing in the trunk, use Olds Toronado drivetrain components, and voila! You’ve got a four-wheel-drive race car that would double as a moving fog bank down the track, roiling all four tires from the starting line to the finish line stripe.

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