Hurst Performance Inc. of Warminster, Pennsylvania, manufactured products for enhancing the performance of muscle cars. Warminster Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern These included manual transmission shifters and other automobile components. A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift or just 'stick' 'straight drive' or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in Hurst was also an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplier for automakers and provided services or components for numerous muscle car models by American Motors (AMC), Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors. An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product or sells the product of the second company The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles American Motors Corporation (AMC was an American automobile company formed on January 14 1954 by the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Their products were included in the AMC Machine, AMC AMX, Pontiac GTO, Ford Mustang Boss, Plymouth Barracuda, Plymouth Superbird, and Oldsmobile. The AMC Rebel (known as the Rambler Rebel in 1967 is a Mid-size car produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC from 1967 to 1970 Origin of AMX The AMX name originates from the " A merican M otors e' X' perimental" code used on two early AMC prototypes that were shown on The Pontiac GTO was an Automobile built by Pontiac from 1964 to 1974 and by General Motors Holden in Australia from 2004 to The Plymouth Barracuda is a car that was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1964 through 1974 The short-lived Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, a sister design to the Dodge Charger Daytona, was designed to beat the Ford Torino Talladega at NASCAR Oldsmobile was a brand of Automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Many renowned specialty models were produced in cooperation with the company and sported the Hurst brand as part of the official name. These included the AMC SC/Rambler, Jeep Jeepster, and various Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds models, based on the Oldsmobile Cutlass. The Rambler American was an automobile manufactured by the American Motors Corporation (AMC between 1958 and 1969 The Jeepster was an Automobile sold under the Jeep marque The original Jeepster was produced by Willys-Overland from 1948 to 1950 Following the success of Hurst components in Oldsmobile 's 442 models Oldsmobile in collaboration with Hurst Performance of Warminster, The Oldsmobile Cutlass was an Automobile made by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors.
History
The original company was called Hurst-Campbell, which was co-founded by George Hurst in 1958 to make Hurst shifters and other aftermarket high-performance car parts. By the late 1960s, Hurst transmission shifters and other products became legendary in auto racing, particularly in drag racing and among custom car makers. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been modified in either of the following two ways For example, many automobile enthusiasts replaced flimsy factory shifters with Hurst shifters to get better control of gear selection, particularly for competitive driving. The Hurst units were so good that U. S. automakers were forced to offer it, although they preferred making their own parts. [1]
The company was bought out by Sunbeam Products in the early 1970s and later became part of the Mr. Sunbeam Products is an American brand that has produced electric Home appliances since 1910 Gasket Company.
Today
Hurst is now part of B&M Automotive Products [2].
Book
- Robert C. Lichty and Terry V. Boyce (1983). Hurst Heritage High Performance History. Dobbs. ISBN 0-941596-24-9.
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