The Chrysler Letter Series cars were part of the corporate ensemble from 1955 to 1965. The luxury/muscle car made a one-year return in 1970, thanks to an arrangement with Hurst Performance. Only 500 of the Hurst/300 2-door hardtops were produced – and one convertible specially ordered by George Hurst himself. The vehicle here is said to be that car, and, as a 1-of-1, no asking price has been established here on Hemmings. So, you’ll have to submit an offer based on what you’re willing to pay for this really rare machine located in Kirkland, Washington.
Chrysler apparently had no plans to build any drop-top versions of the Hurst/300. But they couldn’t say no to George Hurst, who set out the specs for this car for his personal use. It uses Chrysler’s PR “Q” code, which we assume was like Chevrolet’s COPO program. We’re told this vehicle comes with full ownership records, though we don’t know who else was in charge of the Chrysler besides George, as he passed away in 2010.
We’re told the treasured Mopar here is numbers-matching and has never been restored, even though the odometer read 92,000 miles. When it was new, Hurst also used the ragtop to promote the Chrysler/Hurst partnership. The car sports a paint job specified by old George, a unique shade of Metallic White and Hurst Gold. Unique to the car is that the hardtops didn’t carry a factory-installed Hurst shifter and a set of Cragar wheels.
This special Chrysler is no stranger to recognition, which includes the “Lion Award” bestowed by Chrysler executives and another at The Concours d’Elegance of America in Detroit from 2018. Besides a top-dollar offer, the seller is willing to make a trade for a 1969 Dodge Daytona or a 1965 Shelby Cobra, as well as big-buck automobiles. Our thanks again go to “Curvette” for a way cool tip!
What a gorgeous car ! …😮😮
What car?
That’s Linda Vaughn. Met her years ago at St Ignace, Mi car show. Very nice, good looking lady.
Did you notice those cool Hurst boots 👢 Howard ?
It still baffles me how the Chrysler Hurst cars all had automatic transmissions.
Well, those particular cars are land barges, so would you really want to be rowing through gears on those? I wouldn’t, and I like manuals.
It would be like if Alaskan Airlines didn’t fly to Alaska.
I agree with Terry AND Rex on this one. A big land barge is minimally more fun with a stick. I had a one ton ford work truck years ago with a stick and I imagine something this size would be similar “fun” with a manual transmission
Rex, it may interest you to know, Alaska Airlines major hub is Seattle,, :0
Pontiac and Chevy offered manual trans I their land barges.
4 on the floor is fun in any vehicle
Well, I will concede one point to Fred. You can race through town and nobody else knows that you’re racing.
Even more ridiculous is the giant Hurst shifter on the trunk of the car!
You’re missing the whole point. Do you not understand automotive advertising in the 70’s?
None of the 9 years of Hurst Oldsmobiles were equipped with manual transmissions either. The Hurst Grand Prix was an automatic as well. The only two manuals trans variants I can think of were the 69 Hurst SC/Rambler and the 71 Jeepster.
Google the Hurst Dual Gate his and hers Shifter.
The Hurst/Oldses of that era were all automatics, too I believe, to showcase the Hurst dual-gate shifters.
I’ve seen just one of the hardtop versions in all of the car shows I’ve been to in my life. No telling what this one’s going to end up costing the buyer. Low 6 figures for sure.
The trades that are suggested, a 1965 Shelby and a 1969 Daytona Charger are twice that amount.
Steve R
I’d guesstimate this peal brings at least $175K. It’s spotless heritage, 1-of-1 build status, and current UNRESTORED condition should help the price reach for the stars.
There are a couple fake 300 cvts. made into ‘tribute’ Hurst models, but this is THE only factory built, verifiable unit built. Very hard to argue with that! GLWTA!! I bet it sells within days.
I’m in Love. I could just look at her all day and night now to break the news to my wife.
You mean ex-wife?
This baby would take 2 cans of Simonize (remember that) to wax. Big Bucks.
That brings back some memories. My arm hurts just thinking about waxing this car with Simonize wax.
When I was about 6-7 years old, I decided to wax my Dad’s 1960 Buick LeSabre. Used a whole can of Turtle Wax paste. Good thing it was in the garage otherwise the sun may have turned the red car white! Probably why my shoulders are sore now. Crawled on the roof and hood to get everything.
And you could land a piper cub on the hood!
1969 last year for clutch pedal availability in Chryslers, not even Mr. Hurst could get one in his special build 300H ragtop. At least one 300H hardtop with a dealer- installed 426 Hemi still exists…
Whoop, whoop, this one is bound to have your filter working overtime. How can you( the site) feature a 300H, not really a letter car, although it was considered, and not mention Linda Vaughn. Even have a picture for younger readers,,,who grandpa? Gather ’round kids, an old man is talking,,in the 60s, floor shift conversions were HUGE. I even submitted a tip, a Hurst floor shift, like the tape player, I thought for sure would get a few comments, but now that tip is probably on page 52, anyway, if this car is 1 of 1, it must be the car Ms. Vaughn rode on. I’m not sure what was a bigger attraction( pun intended) her or the race cars. Apparently, there were several “Hurst Girls”, Ms. Vaughn was the most popular. Take it for what the image of her suggests, it helped sell a LOT of floor shifters. Linda Vaughn is still around, at 82 and big as ever, I’d have to think she would want this car. That 92K indicates, this car did a lot of traveling, she was at every major event, but I’m sure took the private jet.. An exceptional find.
Anyone my age will certainly remember Linda Vaughn and I agree with Howard. Somehow her name would have been near the beginning of any description of this car.
I am pretty sure Linda has been a special guest at a few recent car shows including maybe the GTO Nationals and POCI Nationals (I think?).
What serious Mopar Collector would not want this car. It’s the ONLY ONE, and is both a piece of Mopar AND Hurst history.
Wrong interior , from Chrysler -69 . And not correct paint . All 300 Hurst have Imperial interiors .
If it is original unrestored and not modified since it left the factory, it is by definition correct.
It’s impossible to say what is “correct” if it’s a true one-off. Yes, all of the 300 Hurst coupes had a tan leather Imperial interior. But if tan leather wasn’t available in an Imperial convertible (Does anyone still have a 1970 Imperial Data Book lying around after fifty-five years?), then the parts and pieces wouldn’t have existed for the 300 Hurst convertible. If that was the case, then it makes sense that they would have used a standard 300 convertible interior.
Correct Phil , and also tan dashboard not black . And yellow stripes in grill . And 300 Hurst emblem on the scoop . I have 2 of them so know what I talking about . I think this car is a 1969 from beginning….
There is one (a hardtop) in IL. For $22K
That’s Linda Vaughn. Met her years ago at St Ignace, Mi car show. Very nice, good looking lady.
Great looking car. Only downside is that you could drive it to car shows and that’s about it. You’d also have to add onto your garage to get it in and close the door.
When I was a kid I worked at a car detail shop and I buffed and waxed a lot of land yauts with carnauba paste wax.
Either a bad interior angle, or where is the Hurst shifter? Further, he specified a Hurst shifter, but no console?
Interesting.
A neighbor had one and I thought the fiberglass trunklid with built-in spoiler and hood scoop looked cool, and that’s what separated these from the std 300, aside from the paint.
How do you set a value on a “1-of-1” car with such provenance?
Mopar C-body guys are probably drooling!
If the seller is looking for something like a Charger Daytona trade, you know this car is somewhere in the $250K territory.
Look at the third photo in the above sequence or #27 in the Hemming’s photos, sure looks like a floor shift conversion has been carried out. No doubt, Miss Vaughn holds a “vaunted” position in race queen history, but my vote for number 1 still goes to Edwina “Winkie” Louise!
It appears to me to have the Hurst Auto Stick 1 shifter, which looks like a traditional manual transmission shifter. All the other Hurst cars received the Dual Gate shifter from what I remember. The 67 GTO was the first to offer the Dual Gate from the factory.
Where is it listed “for sale”?
Click the link tat says “here on Hemmings” and you will go right to it.
No console, talk about a missed opportunity to market his shifter
They better remove this car before someone gets sued. It says one of one, BUT a gentleman on here says he owns two more just like it, PR Q code, hence this car is not a one of one. A one of three at least. He says this car is a 1969 model, not a 70.It has the wrong dash, the wrong grill, wrong emblems on the scoop, wrong interior, and wrong color paint. If his two are just like it, are they 69’s or 70’s? Just curious. Good luck to whoever buys this Johnny Cash ride. Wouldn’t it be neat though if this car turned out to be a REAL specially built one of one and the other guy was mistaken!?!?!?
The gentleman on here that says he has two is referring to coupes, not convertibles. They also talk about why it may have a 69 interior.
Beautiful land yacht, with a truly interesting provenance verified by all the historic photos. Couldn’t the seller have included at least one under hood photo for gearheads like me? For someone like me who knows nothing about Chrysler/Hurst it’d be nice to see how the hood scoop is configured.
I agree JoeBob about under hood pictures and a close up of the shifter!
my brother and I were Mopar nuts back then. he put a Hemi crash box with pistol grip in our 70 Chrysler convert. like this one. never changed the rear end ratio.he got a earlier Barracuda to toy with. I got a girl friend; only used 1st and 2nd. most boring boat to drive! only thing that saved my summer love was the Scorpions blasting…love drive.
why is the hood gold, but in the picture with Linda on the trunk; the hood is white. Scam if you ask me.
How so. I’m not saying its real, I don’t know, or really care, but if you make a claim like that it might be nice to lay out your theory as to why you think it’s not real.
Steve R
The ad says unrestored but something don’t add up. The car from the pic with the gal and ridiculous shifter and the one in the show room show two different paint schemes. ?
Not difficult to find real Hurst for sale….
Here is picture of 2 genuine 300 Hurst !
BEST REGARDS : Hurst Brothers Sweden .
Regarding the two paint jobs. It does start out with the white hood and trim. but judging from the photos in the Hemmings ad it seems it got the current paint pattern early in its career. I would consider it a non issue.
This has been on BF before – 10 years ago. Have I been around here that long? Yikes! https://barnfinds.com/one-of-a-kind-1970-chrysler-300-hurst/
We have also seen several convertible tributes to this car over the years, along with several of the 500 made coupes.
Yes, I like these, a lot.