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Barn Find Expert Unexpectedly Uncovers A Dodge Superbee And An Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
https://www.hotcars.com ^ | December 19, 2022 | LORI W. WILSON

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?


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1 posted on 12/20/2022 11:49:52 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: muleskinner; Fiddlstix; TexasTransplant; Squeako; dennisw; norwaypinesavage; 1Old Pro; weps4ret; ...

Ping!.................


2 posted on 12/20/2022 11:50:17 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

From a better, vanished time.


3 posted on 12/20/2022 11:51:27 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Soon, these cars will be forbidden.........................


4 posted on 12/20/2022 11:53:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Rush - Red Barchetta

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…

5 posted on 12/20/2022 11:54:24 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

My first thought, as well.


6 posted on 12/20/2022 11:55:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
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

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".

7 posted on 12/20/2022 11:56:16 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Red Badger

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.


8 posted on 12/20/2022 11:58:12 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (A man's rights rest in 3 boxes. The ballot box, jury box and the cartridge box.- Frederick Douglass)
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To: Yo-Yo; dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOkbcKgDl80


9 posted on 12/20/2022 11:58:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dfwgator

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?


10 posted on 12/20/2022 11:59:08 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: z3n

oops, pasted wrong quote. Meant to be “From a better, vanished time.”


11 posted on 12/20/2022 11:59:34 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: pepsi_junkie

All those shows a are fake. The first thing I ever taught my son was that EVERYTHING on TV is fake! Look it up!


12 posted on 12/20/2022 12:01:16 PM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Red Badger

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


13 posted on 12/20/2022 12:09:48 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare its ? And the ambassador to Ukraineelf)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“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 ....


14 posted on 12/20/2022 12:14:19 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: gr8eman

I was on T.V. once....I ain’t fake.


15 posted on 12/20/2022 12:15:58 PM PST by Osage Orange
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To: Red Badger

Expect the FBI to arrest the guy for an environmental hate crime and destroy his cars.


16 posted on 12/20/2022 12:16:44 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: gr8eman
All those shows a are fake. The first thing I ever taught my son was that EVERYTHING on TV is fake! Look it up!

Come on, man. What about the news?

Oh. Oh I see. Yes, it all makes sense now. Carry on.

17 posted on 12/20/2022 12:16:46 PM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Red Badger
The future is here now.

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18 posted on 12/20/2022 12:17:45 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Red Badger

What are these “L”s you speak of?


19 posted on 12/20/2022 12:22:26 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: Red Badger

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’.


20 posted on 12/20/2022 12:29:51 PM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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