1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst

The 1970 Hurst 300 lacks the single-letter suffix of its forbears and appeared five years after the last Letter Series Chrysler, the 300L. Many automobile historians do not include the Hurst 300 as a Letter Series model. The concept of the car, however, does fit with the Letter Series cars, as it was a high-performance variant of the luxury 300, built with the input of aftermarket parts manufacturer Hurst Performance. Only 501 units are believed to have been built.

The Hurst 300s were all 2-door and shared a white and gold paint scheme similar the Oldsmobile and Pontiac Hurst models of the day. The scooped hood and trunklid (with a molded spoiler) are both fiberglass. All Hurst 300s had satin tan leather interiors that were straight out of the Imperial and could be had with column- or console-mounted 727 automatics. All came with the 375 hp (280 kW) 440 cui 4-barrel TNT V8 engine. Road tests clocked one at 0-60 at 7.1 seconds with the 1/4 mile in 15.9 seconds. "Not bad for a 4,100 lb (1,900 kg) aircraft carrier", they claimed.

In the 501 units sold, one convertible is documented having been used as a Hurst promotional car and another is believed to be dealer equipped with a 426 cui Hemi, also a convertible.

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The distinctive spoiler, intergated into the fiberglass trunklid.

The fiberglass scooped hood.

The rotating headligths. This is the same principle as the '66-'67 Charger

If you didn't notice it's color scheme, trunklid & scooped hood and still think it's a normal 300, than this badge let you know it's something completey different!
It's a 300 Hurst!