Had a 1974 Cutlass Salon with the 455. Even driving it easy never averaged over 12 miles per gallon. Sunroof leaked and on making a right hand turn the water would pour down your neck. LOL.
Nobody had more fun than this guy doing the driving. Im 90% Bud Lindermann did the narration but the driver is unknown to me. Check out the test they did on the convertible 1971 W-30 442 4 speed car! This driver was an animal!
Wouldn't mind owning this sleeper muscle car today, especially in another color. We had a 75 cutlass 4 door in tan with the 350 olds motor. It wasn't fast but it ran good, decent on fuel and never used any oil even after 100 k miles.
I had a Cutlass -S 455 with factory 4-speed Maroon with a white vinyl top with white interior . I wish I never sold it was a great driver and held it's own on the street
My dad had a 76 olds cutlass supreme- great looking car- comfortable seats and you barely had to touch the gas to cruise at 80mph- not super fast but would still bark rubber off the line and pull pretty good w the rocket 350- overall a very good car.
So someone used to a 2011 Honda Civic driving a 1973 Oldsmobile should handle it very differently. Back then, everybody knew how cars worked and handled them accordingly.
@@Drchainsaw77 In 1973, the US saw 54,052 vehicle related fatalities equating to 25.52 deaths per 100K people. Fast forward to 2011 (you referenced that year, I didn’t) and the fatalities dropped to 32,479 equating to 10.42 deaths per 100K people. The U.S. population grew by 100M people in that time span but vehicle related deaths dropped 150%. Did our population become better driver’s? Nah, people have always been shitty drivers, it’s just that cars became better and safer. Please explain your logic.
@@scarbourgeoisie If I accept your figures at face value, then fatalities dropped by 59% on a per-capita basis, not 150%. In any case, your response seems to indicate I made some point that I didn't.
I don’t like new cars , far to complex for me, however it is amazing how far braking and all aspects of the vehicle,performance has come , if I had the money ,I would build restromods with practical and durability main objectives, not something you are afraid of driving.
I don't think anything got very good fuel economy in 1973. Our father, rest his soul, decided a Ford Maverick sedan was the car to buy. The 6 cylinder ran horribly and got maybe 15 mpg.
We had an identical one from 1973 till about 2005. What beautiful memories. I remember if I had a chance to steal it from my dad. Occasionally, I would burn rubber all over the city of Toronto, Saint Clair and Dufferin area. 🥹❤️
@@markanthony3275 we lived on Sellers Avenue from 1968 to about 1985 and then my parents sold and went to Woodbridge. I went to school at Stella Maris, and then after that RW scott and then after that I went to DANTE and then after that I went to Harvey and still uneducated. 🤣🤣🤣
I really wish that people would stop using this auto focus adjustment filter that seems to come default. It screws with the video causing it to jitter all over the place at times and is just annoying. I do appreciate the post of this roadtest regardless though, i love seeing how awful cars got in the mid-70s as time went on :)
@@mattwillman10 I guess I was lucky with my 71, 73 Cutlass ... my dad had 4 new Oldsmobiles and 2new Buicks throughout the 70s ... None had rust. Even my 68 Charger, 68 LeMans ... Maybe it was the turtle wax shell that protected so well.
I had a triple black 1977 cutlass salon my brother bought brand new. I remember he was sitting at the kitchen table and writing down what options he wanted on a piece of paper. Even the rocket Olds 350cu engine was a option 😮. Even rear axle ratio 273 strange options. Now we don't get to choose stuff like this 😒. It got about 11 miles per gallon driving normal with only rated 137 hp from factory. Beautiful car though 😊.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️😎😎👍 Mr. Hall I have a 70 442 convertible & 76 442 love both cars one is more comfortable than the other. Long trips 76 442 / w455 , around 70 442 /w 455 . Happy wife happy life !
I owned a 1974 Cutlass Salon , Factory 455 c.u. , 4 BBl, Dual exhaust. Dark Green . One of my favorite cars. Power windows , AC. Auto. I miss it!
I had a 73 and i loved it for sure .
Had a 1974 Cutlass Salon with the 455. Even driving it easy never averaged over 12 miles per gallon. Sunroof leaked and on making a right hand turn the water would pour down your neck. LOL.
Nobody had more fun than this guy doing the driving. Im 90% Bud Lindermann did the narration but the driver is unknown to me. Check out the test they did on the convertible 1971 W-30 442 4 speed car! This driver was an animal!
Check out the 71 Challenger 383 brake test. It's hilarious and probably gave the driver a near heart attack.
Wouldn't mind owning this sleeper muscle car today, especially in another color. We had a 75 cutlass 4 door in tan with the 350 olds motor. It wasn't fast but it ran good, decent on fuel and never used any oil even after 100 k miles.
This generation was the best of all time!
I had a Cutlass -S 455 with factory 4-speed Maroon with a white vinyl top with white interior . I wish I never sold it was a great driver and held it's own on the street
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 I have a 1976 Cutlass S love it , it’s my 2nd one!
My dad had a 76 olds cutlass supreme- great looking car- comfortable seats and you barely had to touch the gas to cruise at 80mph- not super fast but would still bark rubber off the line and pull pretty good w the rocket 350- overall a very good car.
No radials back then.....wallowing through turns. Also, a bad year for emission controls.......the 455's power was down a lot.
I like this car better than the ‘73 Grand Prix.
By this point, even the Hurst Olds 455 was only doing mid 17s at 85mph.
My 1973 Cutlass-S 455 4-speed I took too Maple Grove on the weekends and would run high 14s in the Quarter.
198' to stop from 70mph. That's about over 10 car lengths (at that time). That's a huge pile up.
That was the norm back then
So someone used to a 2011 Honda Civic driving a 1973 Oldsmobile should handle it very differently. Back then, everybody knew how cars worked and handled them accordingly.
@@Drchainsaw77 In 1973, the US saw 54,052 vehicle related fatalities equating to 25.52 deaths per 100K people. Fast forward to 2011 (you referenced that year, I didn’t) and the fatalities dropped to 32,479 equating to 10.42 deaths per 100K people. The U.S. population grew by 100M people in that time span but vehicle related deaths dropped 150%. Did our population become better driver’s? Nah, people have always been shitty drivers, it’s just that cars became better and safer. Please explain your logic.
@@scarbourgeoisie If I accept your figures at face value, then fatalities dropped by 59% on a per-capita basis, not 150%.
In any case, your response seems to indicate I made some point that I didn't.
I don’t like new cars , far to complex for me, however it is amazing how far braking and all aspects of the vehicle,performance has come , if I had the money ,I would build restromods with practical and durability main objectives, not something you are afraid of driving.
I don't think anything got very good fuel economy in 1973. Our father, rest his soul, decided a Ford Maverick sedan was the car to buy. The 6 cylinder ran horribly and got maybe 15 mpg.
Just think what we could have had if government hadn’t ruined them, like it ruins everything.
We had an identical one from 1973 till about 2005. What beautiful memories. I remember if I had a chance to steal it from my dad. Occasionally, I would burn rubber all over the city of Toronto, Saint Clair and Dufferin area. 🥹❤️
That was YOU? LOL!
Possibly 🤷♂️🤣
@@markanthony3275 we lived on Sellers Avenue from 1968 to about 1985 and then my parents sold and went to Woodbridge. I went to school at Stella Maris, and then after that RW scott and then after that I went to DANTE and then after that I went to Harvey and still uneducated. 🤣🤣🤣
LOL!!!
It's a good looking car ...No they were not rocket ships but for the time they ran in front
I really wish that people would stop using this auto focus adjustment filter that seems to come default. It screws with the video causing it to jitter all over the place at times and is just annoying. I do appreciate the post of this roadtest regardless though, i love seeing how awful cars got in the mid-70s as time went on :)
Dam nice car.
Man! Rip the pollution junk off and bump the compression and look out!
Better off with GTO/grand am...or even the mighty century gs stage 1...but you can't deny the cutlass appearance...superior.
Rust bucket.
Your Toyota?
Any car from the 70s rusted
@@mattwillman10 I guess I was lucky with my 71, 73 Cutlass ... my dad had 4 new Oldsmobiles and 2new Buicks throughout the 70s ... None had rust. Even my 68 Charger, 68 LeMans ... Maybe it was the turtle wax shell that protected so well.
All black would look good
I had a triple black 1977 cutlass salon my brother bought brand new. I remember he was sitting at the kitchen table and writing down what options he wanted on a piece of paper. Even the rocket Olds 350cu engine was a option 😮. Even rear axle ratio 273 strange options. Now we don't get to choose stuff like this 😒. It got about 11 miles per gallon driving normal with only rated 137 hp from factory. Beautiful car though 😊.
Those 73-77 A bodies drove very nice but they were downright dumpy looking compared to the beautiful 68-72 generation.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️😎😎👍 Mr. Hall I have a 70 442 convertible & 76 442 love both cars one is more comfortable than the other. Long trips 76 442 / w455 , around 70 442 /w 455 . Happy wife happy life !
The Cutlass got ugly in '73.
what a dog a kia would beat that today
Who wants to drive a Kia???
What an ugly car.