I purchased my 1972 Hurst Olds Indy Pace Car in 1979 for $700.00 back in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. It didn't run, was very dirty, and had chevy rally wheels when I towed it home. I cleaned out the interior, put on the correct SS III rally wheels, installed a new battery, points and plugs, and changed the oil. It started right up and ran excellent. I spent a week detailing everything and after I finished it looked like new again. This was my first true muscle car and of all the cars I ever owned, it was my favorite. My wife and I would cruise every chance we got and take it to the dragstrip at St. Louis International Raceway on grudge night. I joined the Air Force and had to have my father-in-law sell my H/O in 1981 when I received an assignment to Germany. A week later my assignment was changed to California so I returned home to buy my H/O back. Unfortunately, my Father-in-law failed to keep any paperwork from the sale. I searched everywhere but had no luck finding it. I continued to search for over 24 years. Through a very bizarre string of events too long to explain here, I found my H/O while returning home for my Grandmother's funeral in April 2005. It was still back in St. Louis where it had been all these years. I bought it back and dedicated it to my late Grandmother. It now wears a vanity plate with her name. Since getting it back, I've spent alot of time returning it to original condition like it was when I bought it in 1979. It still has the original numbers matching 455 V-8, 400 turbo automatic tranny with the Hurst Dual Gate shifter and 3:23 posi rearend. It's still as fun to drive now as it was then, although it doesn't do daily driver duty anymore. It was a miracle that I got my H/O back, but now she's here to stay.

My H/O
Bringing her back home after 24 long years.....
Right after I got it home...
Under the front....
Under the back

Replacing the core support, radiator, and putting on missing pieces....the restoration that had been started was pretty sad and very poorly done......

Another shot before pulling of the entire front end.....