the one with the gear-shifting magic touch – and released the Hurst-Olds 455. Based on the 4-4-1, but with a 7.5-liter mastodont upfront. At 455 cubic inches, the big-block V8 demolished the GM ...

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.