How many 1968 Hurst/Olds cars were built?

Oldsmobile built 515 Hurst/Olds cars for the 1968 model year. The limited production run transformed regular 4-4-2s into specially equipped performance cars created with Hurst Performance Research Corporation.

The 515 cars included 459 Holiday Coupes and 56 Sport Coupes according to the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 account. They wore Peruvian Silver paint with black striping and white pinstripes, plus distinctive H/O badges and walnut dashboard trim.

The Hurst/Olds used a 455-cubic-inch Rocket V8 rated at 390 horsepower. Every example used a modified Turbo-Hydramatic 400 automatic transmission with a Hurst Dual-Gate shifter; it was not a four-speed manual car. Air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned versions used different engine and rear-axle combinations.

The number 515 is sometimes confused with later Hurst/Olds production figures. The 1969 version was a separate, larger run of roughly 900 cars, while the 1968 cars are especially collectible because they marked the beginning of the factory-linked Hurst/Olds series.