Table Of Contents: Acknowledgments 6 Foreword 7 Chapter 1: Humble Beginnings: Birth of a Performance Empire 8 Don Lane and Bill Campbell Join Hurst 9 A Couple Early Conversions 10 A Partnership Made Official 14 Accidental Innovation 15 Barely Hanging On 15 Chapter 2: Turmoil and Triumph: Hurst's Growing Pains 1959-1963 16 The ANCO Alliance 17 Hurst Performance Products Floor Shifter 18 The Wangers Connection 21 Hurst Shifter Hospital 23 Racing Promotions 24 Chapter 3: Shifting into High Gear: Hurst and Campbell Establish an Icon 30 Facility Expansion 33 Chapter 4: In the Heat of Battle: Hurst Competition Cars 36 Hurst Floor Shift Special 37 Hurst Shifter Special 38 Hemi Under Glass 38 Hairy Olds 43 Baja Boot 49 Goldenrod 51 Chapter 5: AMC Gets Serious: American Motors and Hurst Join Forces 54 1969 Super Stock AMX 59 1970 Super Stock AMX 65 SC/Rambler 65 1970 Rebel Machine 71 1971 Hurst Jeepster 74 Chapter 6: A Legend is Born: Hurst Teams with Oldsmobile 76 One Thing Leads to Another 77 1968 Program 78 1969 Program 86 1970 Program 94 1972 Indy 500 Pace Car 97 Performance on the Decline 102 1974 Program 106 1975 Program 111 1976, 1977, 1978 Proposals 112 1979 Program 113 1982 Proposal 114 1983 Program 115 1984 Program 116 1988 Aero Program 118 Conclusion 118 Chapter 7: Mopars with a Twist of Hurst: A Match Made in Performance Heaven 120 Competition Heats Up 121 Tarozzi and the Test Mule 121 Mr. Norm's 1968 Dart GSS 124 Hemi Darts and Barracudas 126 The 300H 135 Chapter 8: The Hurst Marketing Machine: Making History 136 Hurst Ads 137 A Passion for Racing 138 The First Hurst Girl 142 GeeTO Tiger Giveaway 142 Miss Golden Shifter Program 143 Chapter 9: Hurst Performance Company: Missed Shifts and Rebirth 148 Hurst Innovations 149 Hurst Goes Public 156 One-Off Vehicles 156 Chapter 10: Inside the Doors of HQ: Business Changes 162 Management Shift 163 Sunbeam Buys Hurst Performance 163 Allegheny Acquires Sunbeam 165 Chapter 11: Changing Hands and Changing Times: An Era of Transitions for Hurst 176 Tribute Cars 177 B&M Acquires Hurst 180 Afterword: Hurst Legacy 188 Index 189.