Hard to believe it has been a decade since GM shuttered the Oldsmobile brand. By the end of its life as a brand, Oldsmobile truly was a car solely for the “mature” crowd, but back in the 50’s and 60’s Oldsmobile was as much a performer as any brand. Perhaps no car better exemplifies this than the Hurst Oldsmobile 4-4-2, a true muscle car that could stand with the best of them.

To help drum up publicity for both Hurst and Oldsmobile, the two companies combined to build the Hurst Hairy Olds, a twin-engine, all-wheel drive muscle machine that HairyOlds.com dug up some awesome old pictures of. Crafted from a ’66 4-4-2, the Hairy Olds was destined to be one of the duo’s most famous – and wildest – exhibition cars.

The idea behind the Hurst Hairy Olds was simple; place two Oldsmobile 425 engines in the front and rear of the car, and hook them up to the drive train. The front engine would power the front wheels, the rear engine powering the rear wheels. This was a time before anybody had even heard the words “all-wheel drive.” Oh, and both engines were fuel injected and supercharged, just because.

It is estimated that between the two engines the Hurst Hairy Olds made around 2,000 horsepower. “Gentleman Joe” Schubeck was the pilot of this bad boy, which made its rounds across the U.S. from spring of 1966 until 1967, when the Hairy Olds crashed. The car was scrapped the drive train salvaged, and since then likely long ago parted out. It is an incredible testament to the inventiveness of 1960’s automotive engineers though, and we’d love to see something like this reemerge from today’s Detroit.