Only 906 hardtop examples of the most radical high-performance Oldsmobile muscle car were built for the 1969 model year; this survivor is impeccable ...

Demmer Engineering in Lansing began putting together 4-4-2s with 455 cubic inches of motor displacement and all the Hurst augmentations. The Hurst-Olds 455 started rolling off the line for the ...

Someone, probably a Cutlass owner, glommed the 455-cubic-inch V8 before I got here. Rated at 365 optimistic gross horsepower, the 1969 Olds 455 was one of the greatest of big-cube Detroit V8s.

The 1968 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds was shipped to Demmer Engineering who crammed the Olds 455 Rocket V8 under the hood. The Olds Big Block generated 390 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of pavement ...

Unfortunately, like most V8 engines of the era, the 455 V8’s performance dwindled over the years as more stringent emissions requirements became established. While Oldsmobile became overshadowed ...