My SCR7 two cents

[fuzzbuster]

I am going to help everyone out with this discussion of Mark's Nova and "THE GREAT HURST WHEEL DEBATE". (LOL, LOL)First, seeing as how this orange Deuce has had several owners over its life, as soon as Mark got the car home, he wanted to personalize it to his taste, and set the car apart from others. Knowing that this is a "HURST PREPARED" Deuce, I noted, that it would be a great new look for the car, if it had "HURST MAGS" on it. Take the "Hurst Mags", and add "skinnys" on the front and "fatties" on the back, giving the car a sweet "almost Day 2" look. Through Mark and our connections, we were able to track down a set of ORIGINAL 14x6 mags, that would fit the car. The mags were on a 1965 GTO convertible, the owner of the GTO was dying from cancer and sold the GTO, keeping the mags. The mags are original, NOT REPO (ORIGINAL CENTER CAPS AND TRIM RINGS) as there is a tremendous difference from originals and repos. We were able to strike a deal and the wheels were bought. The owner of the mags gave Mark ALL the paperwork concerning the wheels. He said he bought the wheels back in the late 1970's early 1980's from a "wheel guy". He had the complete instruction manual, warranty card, maintenance paperwork, etc. Not only was it great to be able to buy the mags, but how often do you get paperwork and documentation with them. Also the guy gave me the original "Hurst Equipped" badge. When you bought a BRAND NEW set of Hurst Mags, they included this emblem. If you noticed the car at the reunion, Mark had a lot of the paperwork on display, with the car. Mark's Nova already had a "Hurst Equipped" emblem on the deck lid, so it was neat how everything went together. I then cleaned them up and we mounted them on the Nova for the reunion. Mark is NOT trying to say that the wheels came on the car from Hurst, nor is he trying to say that "Hurst prepared" Novas had these wheels or "Hurst Equipped" emblems, on them from Hurst. All he is trying to do is personalize the car for himself and give the car a "Period correct" look. We were anxious to see what the "Nova Guys" thought about the new look, (we weren't trying to make anyone mad). When we pulled the car out of the trailer and Marlin came over with his paperwork pertaining to the car, Marlin said that he had pictures of this car from 1971, with WHAT APPEARED TO BE- HURST MAGS. (I would like to thank Marlin and his expertise on this car, Mark and I learned a lot.) The car in the 1971 picture had "skinny" Polyglas with mags on the front and and "fatty" Polyglas on the back. We did not know this, prior to this time. As Mark is still waiting on the rest of the paperwork for the car. Just the possibility that the car "COULD OF HAD" Hurst Mags on it in 1971, and now they are back on it again, (thanks to Marlin's incite) was awesome to know. It also appeared from the pictures that Marlin had, that the Nova was "Day 2" as soon as the original owner got it home. He painted the underside white (or what appear to be white), junked the original wheels and tires and in favor of mags. We know the car was sold new from "Marv Minimun" Chevrolet in Warren, Ohio. We also know that the original owner lives (and possibly still lives) in Cortland, Ohio. Cortland is about 25 minutes directly South from us. What I am in the process of doing is; tracking down the original owner, and ask him about the car (mainly type of mags he added, and what the car was used for. I.E. street racing and/ or drag racing). Like I said before, Mark is still waiting for the rest of the paperwork to come, if Marlin or Balc(-spelling) has the original owner's name, that would be a great start and save a lot of time on my part. Then maybe I could find out for sure, all the answers to our questions. Thank you for all your inquiries about the car, and many thanks to Marlin. The "Hurst Mags" are going to stay, irreguardless if the original owner states it had something else. They finish the car-and make it Marks' (even the Motion is jealous). Thanks again to everyone!!! Hope all the Pontiac guys don't get mad that the sacred "Hurst Mags" are on a Chevy-LOL!!!
-Later