Posted on 12/20/2022 11:49:52 AM PST by Red Badger
The YouTuber Auto Archaeology muscle car gold on his drive home to Wisconsin.
parked white 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst/OldsYouYube Channel Auto Archaeology The most satisfying finds are those that you're not even looking for. Whether it is a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner for $250, or a few Shelby Mustangs in an airport hanger, sometimes great classic cars appear almost out of nowhere.
That's what happened to Ryan Brutt from the YouTube channel Auto Archeology on his drive home to Wisconsin recently. When passing by a stranger's garage, Ryan noticed a 1969 Dodge Super Bee and a 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds, both of which need a good wash but are in near-perfect condition.
Read more about these dusty gems in the video.
A Super Bee That Stayed In The Hive
VIDEO AT LINK...........
The 1969 Dodge Super Bee was an affordable yet respectably fast muscle car option in its time. Its name comes from the B-platform it shared with the Plymouth Road Runner and the Dodge Charger. The Super Bee was slightly heavier and longer than the Road Runner, and the same 6.3-liter Magnum V8 engine powered both cars.
This Super Bee, along with the Hurst/Olds, has spent some thirty years undriven in its owner's garage and is well-preserved under all the dust. It's got a great color scheme; red exterior, black top, and white interior. The rally gauge cluster is still intact, and someone replaced the original Mopar four-speed transmission with a version that's a year older. But, as Ryan shows us, its garage-mate can't help but overshadow the Dodge.
The Uncovered Hurst/Olds
1969 Dodge Super Bee and a 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst Barn find Source: YouTube @ Auto Archaeology
In the mid-1960s, Hurst shifters became a popular option in the Oldsmobile 442. The car manufacturer followed up the concept to create a high-performance, special hand-built edition of its Cutlass, the Hurst/Olds. This car comes equipped with a Hurst Dual Gate shifter, which is a precursor to today's manumatic transmissions.
Oldsmobile lifted the massive 7.5-liter Rocket V8 engine from its Toronado and dropped it into the Hurst/Olds, giving it 380 hp, 500 lb-ft of torque, and a blazing 0-60 mph record of 5.6 seconds. It also happened to look very cool with its dual exhaust system, "mailbox" fiberglass hood scoop, blacked-out grille, and functional rear wing.
So we hope that Ryan is able to convince the owner of these two awesome muscle cars to bring one of them to a local Mopar club meeting. After all, why shouldn't he share these handsome classic cars with the rest of the world?
Ping!.................
From a better, vanished time.
Soon, these cars will be forbidden.........................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uukZgfHZIoc
My uncle has a country place, that no-one knows about
He says it used to be a farm, before the Motor Law
Sundays I elude the ‘Eyes’, and hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire, where my white-haired uncle waits
Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine –
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta, from a better, vanished time
Fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar!
Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime…
Wind in my hair –
Shifting and drifting –
Mechanical music
Adrenalin surge –
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly ahead of me, across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires, to run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley as another joins the chase
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud
With fear and hope, I’ve got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside…
My first thought, as well.
It's cool to see these and I have no doubt they were legit barn cars but I have to admit that I am always skeptical of how "random" is is when shows like American Picker go to a random house and a stranger shows them all these amazing antiques he has. Seems like a pre-arranged "surprise".
Taking something old like this and then putting in the time to restore it is quite fun. There is a lot of value in both the restoration process and what’s being put in to be restored.
Channel money to whoever he is lobbying for.
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The tires don’t even look dryrotted. Was this barn involved in a temporal event?
oops, pasted wrong quote. Meant to be “From a better, vanished time.”
All those shows a are fake. The first thing I ever taught my son was that EVERYTHING on TV is fake! Look it up!
If I walked into an old barn and found these I would STILL be going “OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGODOMIGODOMIGOD” probably with a massive erection
“It’s cool to see these and I have no doubt they were legit barn cars but I have to admit that I am always skeptical of how “random” is is when shows like American Picker go to a random house and a stranger shows them all these amazing antiques he has. Seems like a pre-arranged “surprise”.”
If it is a TV shoe it is not random ....
I was on T.V. once....I ain’t fake.
Expect the FBI to arrest the guy for an environmental hate crime and destroy his cars.
Come on, man. What about the news?
Oh. Oh I see. Yes, it all makes sense now. Carry on.
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What are these “L”s you speak of?
A nice story, though it seems he found somebody who found them, that he wasn’t aware of.
Maybe the excerpt should include *’No barns were disturbed in the filming of this video’.
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