Hurst Shifters Embroidered Patch – 4 1/4″ X 3 3/4″ Wax Backing with a Non-Merrowed Edge – NHRA – Hot Rod – Muscle Car

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Hurst Shifters Embroidered Patch – 4 1/4″ X 3 3/4″ Wax Backing with a Non-Merrowed Edge – NHRA – Hot Rod – Muscle Car

Hurst Performance was originally named Hurst-Campbell. The company was established in 1958 as an auto repair shop when George Hurst and Bill Campbell were both young men. The original shop was located on Glenside Ave. in Glenside, Pennsylvania. They later moved to a large building on the corner of Street Road and Jacksonville Road in Warminster, PA. An older man named Lawrence Greenwald (who is credited, among other things, as one of the inventors of stretch nylon hosiery), took certain cars from his collection to Hurst’s shop for repair. Greenwald saw promise in Hurst and Campbell and decided to finance them in a venture to manufacture large aftermarket bumpers for VW buses, which were becoming increasingly popular.

When Volkswagen began manufacturing its own large bumpers for the buses, Hurst-Campbell branched out into the piston-driven gearshift business. They also manufactured, at various times, engine mounts, wheels, and shift knobs in addition to its line of gearshifts.