A Lot More Cutlass
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Though now long gone, Oldsmobile was America’s oldest carmaker and its Cutlass was America’s best-selling passenger car for many years. This ’75 Cutlass Supreme offers up some very odd relics as Steve plays “What’s In The Box?” Handcuffs? Yes…handcuffs.
Handcuffs! For the pipe fitter! Everybody was a cop in '75 it seems....
😂😂😂
Lol
Good show, Steve. Owned a 1976 Supreme for years....sooooo comfy, quiet on the road, relatively good mpg. Loved it. And your 'what's in the glove box' segment....hilarious!! Thanks again for your work and efforts in producing these videos!!!
I had one also, blue with white landau and blue interior. I added dual exhausts to the 350 and it sounded good and was a real nice highway cruiser.
@@billycarpenter4740 Yep, I can imagine it sounded great. Miss that era. To me, cars were so much more comfy than the cramped up stuff we drive today. Back then, people had the ability to CHOOSE what options they desired on their cars. Today, we are FORCED to buy and pay for technology that we may or may not even want. The stupid infotainment systems, the stupid huge screens stuck in the middle of the instrument panels. Lane Departure Warning??? Are you kidding me? If a driver has a problem keeping their vehicle in their own lane, they don't need to be driving in the first place. The list goes on and on of crap that if 'optioned out', would drastically lower the cost of a new car.
@@santaclause2875 I agree with you. Back in the day an "upgrade" was an automatic transmission or electric windows. Seems to me the modern consumer is convenced that they actually need "decor packages" and all those convenience items to make their driving a more pleasurable and safer experience" while giving away their hard earned dollars for these non-necessities. it's mostly a sales plot to get consumers to buy fun things, and gain the bragging rights,... just gotta get the consumers to part with those earned dollars tho ! I still drive my original owner 2004 JEEP Grand Cherokee Laredo as I bought it cash back then, it's got a basic package upgrade and serves my needs. As this next generation of consumers is "softer" they believe they need things "done for them" rather than using some of their own effort. Back in the 1960's you could just pick individual upgrades for you new vehicle (8 track player, sport wheels, tinted windshields, different sized engines), then the auto makers grouped up decor items or performance items and you had to buy the entire "package" if you just wanted 1 or 2 upgraded items. Yep, sellers outsmarted buyers AGAIN ! 'cha gotta learn to smart with yer money folks !
@@billycarpenter4740 I hear ya!!! Yep, HANG ON to that Jeep!! Great vehicles, and will run forever if you maintain them right, and I'm sure you are. Yes, the stuff going on today with NO CHOICE in what we want in our vehicles is absolutely linked to a much higher profit margin per vehicle by the manufacturers when they load them down with all that crap we actually do not need. Another issue, also, is too much government overreach mandating all these new safety items we are forced to pay for. Air bags and safety belts...probably a pretty good idea. Adaptive cruise control? Automatic parallel parking? Sheeesh, if a person can not back their car into a tight space without crashing....maybe they don't deserve a drivers license. Automatic braking???? Seriously??? Sounds like a system designed to encourage FIDDLING WITH A SMART PHONE instead of devoting one's FULL TIME ATTENTION to the road ahead. Okay, I'll climb down off my soap box now! Have a good day, Billy!!
@@santaclause2875 Back in the 1970-1980's it was considered "ghetto cool" to have a real set of handcuffs hanging down from your rearview mirror. My Jeep is a 4 door Grand Cherokee, seemed high-tec when I bought it but after all theses years owning it (19) I'm able to diagnose and make most any repairs. My girlfriend has her original owner 2004 Honda Accord, it just passed 375,000 miles. She is easy on cars so hers looks like a 5 year old vehicle. Still has the original drivetrain and interior, no leaks or smoking . As you can tell I've been around for awhile ( just turned 64), so each newer generation of people want more luxuries out of life and less hard work to earn it. When I was growing up few had electric garage door openers, we all knew how to change a flat tire, and we owned and drove junk cars so we could afford other life necessities. Even now I appreciate seeing a survivor/restored old car/truck with just the basics and the joy of having a unique vehicle. Back in my time we carried dimes and quarters in our pockets in case we broke down and needed to find a public pay-phone to call for help. As you may know, modern truck drivers (18 wheelers) no longer carry spare tires for their tractor or trailer. In the past too many drivers were getting hurt changing a tire or getting hit alongside the highways. So now with cell phones, you get a flat ?, you call out a service truck to change out your flat for you. Things have changed.. I'm a Texan 'till I die, but living here just south of Cocoa Beach, Florida.
I had a 73 cutlass in high school with swivel bucket seats with t-tops! We built a Pontiac 455 and put in it as a school project in auto tech. A lot of cool memories with that car.wish I still had it.
I had a 74. Wait, I still do! Haha!
You could do a whole episode of "What's in the Glovebox" and wander from car to car checking for treasures!
That would be oddly entertaining. Lol
It's amazing how popular these cars were, and how respected a brand Oldsmobile was. I still shake my head at the thought of Oldsmobile has being defunct. 1 million Oldsmobiles were sold in 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, and 1986. In December of 2000, it was announced Oldsmobile would be phased out. In April of 2004, the last Oldsmobile was produced. Unbelievable, and sad.
And the only reason GM kept Buick was because its popular in CHINA
I was working the assembly line at the Moraine, Ohio assembly plant when the last Olds Bravada rolled through. We all got to sign our names on the parts we installed. I believe it's at Carillon Park in Dayton with one of the first S10s built at the plant.
Oldsmobile was the best-looking designs general motors made, and Saturn was one of the best money making divisions. Yet they got rid of them, and kept the Buicks, which are the ugliest division, and Chevrolet which is the junk division.
@@garyszewc3339 they kept Buick because it's a popular brand in China. Thats it
@@samholdsworth420 they're building them in China to be sold in the US.
That block off plate was for optional clock Steve, welcome back, love your commentary on Barrett-Jackson!
I had a friend that had a 75 Cutlass and I thought that was the dumbest place ever to put a clock! It looked like they just shoved it in last minute as an afterthought!
Wasn't the clock display in the radio
@@rogergoodman8665 Check out the '69 and '70 full size Fords - they had the radio to the left of the steering column, but higher up than the Cutlass's clock. In '76 or '77 the clock moved to above the glove box.
In '75, radio tuners were still all analog, so no integral clocks.
@@tompaciga7386 Not in these years. Later on with digital radios they would be. That wouldn't be for several years for the Cutlass line.
@@tompaciga7386Nope, standard analog radio with knobs and push buttons. AM/FM. You could get a factory optional 8 track. Most people usually opted for aftermarket Kraco, Jenson, or Pioneer units in 8 track or cassette. I dont remember digital units coming along until around 1980.
I had a 75 442. Swivel bucket seats. Bought it in 86 for 250 bucks. Had a bad trans and no keys and we towed it home with a chain! I pulled a 455 motor and trans from a 69 delta 88. That car used to kill the iroc z’s and other 80s cars.
That block off plate is for the factory dash clock. It’s interesting that someone went for a Cutlass Supreme yet didn’t bother with the dash clock.
Alternatively, hard to believe dash clocks were options. Then again, my dad's old Toyota pickup didn't have one either.
Why would they put the dash clock in a position only the driver can see? Odd, every car I've owned with a clock (all of them, from the "digital quartz" of my 89' Accord on.) have had them in the center part of the dash for everyone to see.
@@marcusdamberger not only is it way down and to the left, it’s also an analog readout on a wide rectangular dial with only 4 numerals. It’s definitely not an easy clock to read at glance while driving.
Not always bought by ordering from the factory, how many times can a car be bought and sold? Many times I think. Most people got what was on the lot .
I really look forward to your daily videos. Thank you for all the work you put into each. You’re appreciated!
@R.Joseph O’Brien You and Me both Steve puts out great Content. 👍
Feeling a little punchy today Steve?
This is the first time I've seen you dig into a glovebox and actually been interested in seeing more. That car was clearly a fleet car for a city government, at one time being used by utility personnel, and at another for law enforcement. To me, that's part of the story of this particular vehicle, and I wish you wouldn't have cut it short.
Most fleet cars were four door.
Did you notice the handcuff case also had the name Gill (town clerk) printed inside?
The cuffs appeared to be unused - just like Barney Fife’s bullet……😂
@@turbobuicksix I'm thinking Mr. Smith was some sort of constable or law enforcement officer.
Clearly we can have some disagreement over the use of this car; I think the important point though, that we all agree on, is there's a story in that glovebox and we'd love to hear it.
I think those cuffs freaked steve out! 😂
My late brother loved them! He owned 4 of them! He’s last one was a brand new in 1984 burgundy with the brougham top and red interior and full power. Great car’s.
Great 👍 review Steve ! Oldsmobile were a good car company
In the late 70s or very early 80s my brother had a beautiful 75 Olds Cutlas Supreme. Black with a white vinyl roof. Bucket seats and console. I don’t think they were swivel seats but had the reversible cushions. I liked it as much as his 68 GTO. In the mid 80s when looking for my first car, I set out to find one. Ended up with a 75 Grand Prix. Loved it. Still have one to this day. GM colonnade cars are actually my favorite body style of cars. These days the lack of performance is easily cured. These deserve more love than they get. If nothing else they are probably America’s most reliable and durable cars ever built. I bet most muscle car die hards have a soft spot for these cars wether they admit it or not.
I had a 1974 Olds Cutlass Salon International Series. Mine had velour reclining bucket seats that were very comfortable. I sadly sold it over 20 years ago but recently purchased a fully loaded 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau from an old lady that had it in her garage since 1995. The car still looks and even smells kind of new on the inside with under 15,000 original miles on the odometer.
Love the Cutlass, my first exposure was a friends Dad's plain-jane 1970 but it had the 350 and lots of torque What I remember the most is the sweet sound of the factory exhaust, not sure why, it wasn't modified or anything, but for a single exhaust it sounded great, but hey, I was 15 at the time (1972) and was easily impressed. Thanks Steve!
Agreed, the Olds engines had a unique snarly exhaust note.
Especially the 455 Rocket.
@@unclebob7937 But those Olds V8s were still smooooooth as could be!
@@DanEBoyd You got that right! Rocket Power! 👍😎
Makes me think of the Laguna.
These GM cars, designed way before the crash bars, were originally quite pretty. They were to be the 1972 but Nixxon’s response to the inflation caused by his bosses’ taking us off the gold standard, was a “price freeze”.
Childish I know.
The back of the 73 shows that GM designers were still among the best stylists at that time.
a black 74 W30 is a dream car of mine. ten years ago you could buy one for like $5k. Now that my house is paid for and I want to look for one of course the inner city folks picked Cutlass as a prime donk mobile so now basket case rot traps go for 10k.
People can tell an Olds V8 from a chevy or other because the oil fill tube is right up front. You put your hand on it in this video.
Handcuffs may seem strange to find in a glove box but considering its location in MA, it's not. Springfield MA. has the two largest makers of handcuff probably in the world, Peerless, and Smith and Wesson. That pair may even have collector value...
Yes, sadly, another brand is history. Kinda like returnable pop bottles, juicy PRINT car magazines, and A GOOD DOUGHNUT SHOP ON SUNDAY MORNING! GM still makes a Blazer, how's that going? But hey, there's coffee and the Steve Magnante channel
The good old Oldsmobile. Thanks a lot. I had a 1976 Buick and a 1978 Buick. the 76 was a better car better motor and transmission. the 78 was Junk.
Don't forget , You could get a 260 V8 and a 5 speed trans in your 442 this year though 👍😀 and a full on 125 HP. !!🔥🔥
Race car...😎
1976-1977 in this body style for the five speed, not the 1975 model year.
Amazing how large the personal luxury coupe market was back then. The Cutlass was everywhere. Growing up, I knew a few families that had the Cutlass Cruiser wagon variant. Our family bought a 79 Old Cutlass Salon Brougham..the four door aero back...with the fixed rear door glass...and a 260 V8 Olds V8...which has the same oil filler spout as the 75 350 V8. Not much on power but decent enough fuel economy and reliable enough to get us 140,000 miles and 12 years...we sold it in 1991.
My first car was a 74 Cutlass Supreme have so many memories of where I went and what I did in that car.
I had a 73 and a 74 back in the 80s. I preferred the 73. The rear styling is more attractive.
looking good at the auction yesterday,wanted to yell STEVE YOUR THE MAN,during a pause but was able to maintain some dignity and keep my mouth shut..lol
Thanks 👍
It was mandatory by law in the US to have round headlights until the mid 70's, even for imported cars.
Strange. Why would the federal government give a rats ass if the headlights we're round or not. With all the problems in the world, I am often amazed at the stupid shit they spend time worrying about. We have every shape and size of headlight imaginable now and we all survived it.
@@xfactorautomotive1496 Perhaps lighting surface area. Even today, lighting has to meet a certain surface area/coverage area to comply with FMVSS. Citroen used covers on their headlights on their SM and imported some to the US that way, thinking the US would give them an exemption. They did not and they stopped importing them. All the better, the car was a heap anyway.
Burt Reynolds sinks one into the drink in the movie "The Longest Yard" while Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" is playing on the radio.
That was funny, Steve was done in by the cuffs and stopped digging
I honestly love the 73-77 gm a bodies, they’re really cool cars and very rarely seen anymore. I’ve had quite a few of them between the chevelles/Malibu’s and the Monte Carlo’s and pontiacs. Thanks for sharing.
I've owned 2 Cutlass's. A 1976 Cutlass Supreme Brougham, blue exterior with white landau top and blue bench seat interior. I added dual exhaust to the Olds 350 in it. It sounded good and was a very nice highway cruiser. I currently own my original owner (bought it new) 1985 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham, white exterior with dark blue landau top and dark blue 60/40 bench seat interior. It has over 350,000 miles on it. Came with the Buick 3.8 V-6 originally. Now a SBC 350, aluminum heads and headers, Q-jet, duals, Grand National 200-r4, and I enjoy street racing it.
The block-off space under the wiper and headlight switches was for an optional clock.
wow handcuffs you never know what you will find in the box!
There’s some cosmic alignment going on in my life apparently - I’m like 442 for a Cutlass video. I need to buy a lottery ticket. Handcuffs - well - it WAS the 70s 😂. Thank you as always ~ Chuck
One of my uncles bought one new from the showroom in 1976. It was the 442. Black with yellow graphics.
Swivel seats and all. But the catalytic converter and restricted heads made it slow. I was 6 when he bought it new and they kept that car, after painting it brown, for years they sold it when I was 23 years old.
The reason it was painted brown was due to my uncle getting pulled over by our local police on a regular basis.
All they knew was 442s were supposed to be fast and that uncle Marvin used to race around the town on the reg. . So he painted it brown and put ugly hubcaps on it.
😁
A friend of mine raced a 73 cutlass on a dirt track twenty something years ago. It was like street stock class with a real Rocket 350 Olds engine, I was the "pit crew" and those were good times.
Nice! Junkyard crawl is back.👍
No, that block off plate is for the clock as others stated. This one had AC as you can see that some of the parts are still installed under the hood. Now it's a "Gutless Cutlass".
No, the catalytic converter doesn't reheat the exhaust gas, it merely (by means of platinum and palladium inside of it) converts byproducts of combustion into less harmful substances emitted from the tailpipe. The monolith style converter used on these cars was very restrictive. I can remember hearing stories of the small pellets being emitted from the tailpipe when there was malfunction.
No VIN, can't win, but easy to figure out, no doubt: 3 for Oldsmobile, J for Cutlass Supreme, 57 for two door hardtop coupe, K for 350 V8 with four barrel, aka "Olds Rocket V8", 5 for 1975 model year, possible M for Lansing, MI assembly, or G for Framingham, MA assembly or D for Doraville, GA assembly, or R for Arlington, TX assembly among other choices and the rest is the production sequence. Doraville, GA closed in 2008, Arlington, TX still operates today and assembles trucks and SUVs, Framingham, MA closed in 1989 and Lansing closed in 2006 with today's Lansing Grand River plant "assuming" the duties of the former Lansing, MI "home" Oldsmobile plant.
No tag, can't brag, but easy to figure out, no doubt: ST75 for 1975 model year, 3AJ57 for Oldsmobile (3), Cutlass Supreme (AJ) two door hardtop coupe (57), possible FRA for Framingham, MA, D for Doraville, GA, LAN for Lansing, MI or R for Arlington, TX assembly among other codes, possible 10 or 40 for Black interior trim, 11L for Cameo White lower exterior paint, A52 for bench front seat, and possible B or BB for Black vinyl top.
I was thinkin' the interior may have been blue? Those early cat's were meant to be serviceable, a plug was underneath where the beads could be taken out and somehow "cleaned." For whatever reason, don't think any were serviced that way.
@@tomwesley7884 Door panel looked black.
@@tomwesley7884 Wow, never knew that. I remember seeing that plug and thought it was where the manufacturer put in the pellets and then sealed it. Those things were junk. I'm glad my 74 Charger was the last year before mandatory cats.
@@LongIslandMopars There was a service kit for them I believe back in the day.
@@googleusergp Amazing. Never knew that. My dad would cut the cats off. He could tune them to run better and still pass the tailpipe emissions test.
The block off plate is for a clock. The car has AC.
Most interesting edition of what's in the box ever! Lol
I think I like the karmann Ghia convert better than the gutless, though..
Don't think there's but a very small handful of government officials who have common sense or any sense. Automotive roofs have to be strong enough to survive a rollover but yet you can buy a vehicle from the same manufacturer WITHOUT A ROOF. Sometimes I think how much better the world would be without government having so much power and influence
I have always wondered what people named Smith or Johnson use for a last name when registering at a no tell motel. At least they can still use the “555” prefix phone number though.
That block off panel on the left side was for an optional clock. Not many of them had them, but I remember a few. Probably the most god-awful place to put LOL. You got to look down under the dash to see what time it is when you're driving
Had a Laguna with swivel seats
The catalytic converter didn't reheat the exhaust - the exothermic chemical reaction between the exhaust gasses and the coating on the converter pellets produced the heat. The emissions reduction was due to the reaction, not the heat.
Wow, memory lane. My brother had a 75 Salon 455. Still got 18 mpg. Thanks, Steve.
the writing was on the walls in the 80's. Oldsmoturd made some real crap.
Another AWESOME VIDEO, hopefully you purchased those handcuffs there really COOL. Guy must have been an officer of some kind.
Always liked the looks of the 76/77 442...real classy compared to many.
OH YEA! Love those, my uncle had one back then, black and gold, but crashed it..DWI.
An excellent video Steve been a fan for a couple of years now and I've learned a lot from you sir 😁
Better have a key for the bracelet 😅
Thanks Steve.....excellent content......😁
Cutlass, common sailors short sword, also the Carribean name for a machette. I suppose by the time the Olds model came out there were few culasses on navy ships any more otherwise they would have picked a loftier name for it.
I'd grab that block off plate.its probably kinda rare.
Oh man, what's in the box is one of the best parts...you gotta finish seeing what's in the box! lol
Had a 75 2 door bench seat 455 turbo 400 transmission, fooled many fox body 5.0.
I went to oil change establishment one day to have the oil changed in said Oldsmobile and there was an Advance Auto Parts beside the oil change place so l bought and installed an air filter before l pulled in there and the technician comes to the waiting room with this very dirty filter and so l play this along like I'm a idiot so I say l wasn't aware that filters got dirty that fast and of course he tells me it doesn't take long for them to get that dirty so l show him the receipt where I just purchased a new filter and he goes oh I'm sorry this goes on the other vehicle in the service bay which was a Subaru.
The air filter is almost as large as a Subaru engine. 🙃😃🙃
I had a similar experience at my local Acura dealer years ago. I told the service rep that I write the date and mileage on my filters when I change them and the one they showed me didn't have it. "Oh".... was the answer I got and she walked away to another unsuspecting customer. I always thought she and a tech were in on that scam. They had some turnover years later and seem to have gotten more reputable staff.
They tried to get my coworker with the cabin air filter scam. I think he fell for it once, and then told me his was due to be done. I showed him what to buy on Amazon and then we went out to his car before lunch and I had it done in five minutes, barely getting my hands dirty. As we came back into the office to wash up and have lunch, he said, "The dealer wanted $150 to do that". I said, "Man, I'm in the wrong business."
Another time, I took a friend for cancer treatment at an outpatient facility and I changed her cabin filter while waiting for her to come out. She was quite sick from the treatment (fortunately, she's been cancer free for a few years now) and said, "How did you do?" I said, "All good. You couldn't have been in the procedure room and I had it done....".
When my Sonic was in for warranty work they told me it needed plugs. I said that they could change them for free because they were 100k replacements and the car had a lot less miles. The zone rep who was and still is a dope said smugly that those are maintenance items. It is then that I asked if he read the warranty booklet as I had where it clearly stated the plugs were covered by the emissions warranty. That is when he agreed with his tail between his legs. I then told him that if they got cute and said they changed them and did not that I would run the date codes on the old ones by NGK who made them for GM. If they came back as not in line with the cars build date I would run them up and down the flagpole seven ways to Sunday with fraud.
@@LongIslandMopars Years back my friend called the Chrysler dealer for a fuel pump for his 1991 Shadow. They quoted him $300. I told him to come with me. I had the parts store pull out the Airtex pump unit off the shelf. As I worked for an auto parts manufacturer at the time I knew Walbro supplied the OEM pump. Walah, the Airtex pump unit was a reboxed Walbro (now TI Automotive) so we got it and installed it at my house. The car had 100k at the time and when my friend donated the car with over 200k on it that pump was still operating fine.
@@googleusergp Cool. Dealer prices are what they are. I take the Acura to the dealer when it's something I don't want to do. Luckily they are pretty reliable which frees up time to work on the Coronet. Just did one rear shackle today. After 57 years, that old one just didn't want to let go....
Friend of mine had a 75 Hurst Olds. Had the swivel buckets, and T Tops
I remember in my early teens my blonde neighbor had a Cutlass and I used to like watching her wash her car! 😍😂
Wow. I had a ‘73 model 4 door. In white. 350. Don’t remember the gas mileage as good or bad, also I wouldn’t have considered the car to be fast either. It was reliable, only changed a water pump while I owned it.
Had a 88' Cutlass black tinted red interior 307 ehh but with a H.O 350 that was the ticket!
Great job 👍 love these cars have a Hurst Olds with the 455 1975
Morning Steve.... drove a 75 coupe . Always liked these colonnade styled gm cars of the era .it had the swing out front buckets and real comfy ride.
What's in the box! Awesome!!!!!!!!
LOL. I hated when people did that. They often overtightened the wing nut and ruined the air horn of the Q-Jet.
Growing up we had a 75 Vista Cruiser which I used to get my drivers license with so that model of Olds is a bit sentimental for me. It looked nice, rode nice and was very comfortable. It got poor mileage though with about 10=12 MPG using the 350 4bbl engine but wagons were heavier.
@David Child’s wow that is a big vehicle more like land yacht. 👍
I owned a 71 Cutlass Supreme back in high school (84/85). It had a blown 350 when I got it and I put in a 350 out of a 74 full size Olds I bought from the junkyard. I pulled the EGR intake and replaced it with the intake and carb from the 71 engine. It was so carboned up that you couldn't even see the cam and lifters. My dad told me to chip it out with a hammer and chisel and clean it with Gunk. I also pulled the valve covers and cleaned around the rockers and valve springs. It was really horrible. Needless to say I didn't expect much. Boy was I wrong. That engine ran great. It would light up the right rear tire in 2 gears and on a trip from the Kansas City area to Ft. Worth to visit my grandma one summer it knocked down a solid 19 mpg with the A/C running the entire time. I was pretty hard on that old car but I was a teenager. Towards the end of high school I sold it to my sister and brother in law. My brother in law was even harder on it than I was. It continued to run great and to get exceptional fuel economy for a carbureted mid sized car with A/C. One day my sister was driving it and someone ran a stop sign and T-boned her. She wasn't hurt but the Cutlass was totaled. My brother in law sold it, still running, to someone needing an engine for their Cutlass. I wonder if the engine still survives? That was probably 1988 or so. Anyway, great memories from a great car. I owned a 78 Cutlass years later and I replaced the anemic 260 with a 72 350 plucked from a wrecked Cutlass. It was quite a sleeper.
Nice story
There's no block-off plate under the vinyl top of a Supreme to create the small side window. The roof of the base Cutlass S is a different stamping than the Supreme. Vinyl delete cars will show a solid roof with no plate. The Supreme rear window is more upright and formal and has a vertical fold down the center, but the S is lower and has no fold like a fastback. I had a '77 Supreme in high school.
Good call. I'm pretty sure the Supreme shares its B-pillar (and maybe entire roof) with the Chevy Monte Carlo. Looks like a probability. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Still a lot of controversy over GM killing Oldsmobile over the lower volume Buick but then they were looking at the chinese export market more than the domestic. I think there was some government input on that one.
Actually the Chinese market was the excuse given for dropping the axe on Pontiac. When GM axed Olds, it was the mid market nameplate of their lineup. I guess they felt it would be the logical choice to axe. By that point in time, (or really since the 70s) there really wasn’t a dime’s bit of difference between the divisions of GM anyway. They had no use for the innovation developing division since Cadillac had already took the Aurora V8 and turned it into the Northstar V8. When you think about it, what has GM actually done in recent memory other than hang on and avoid collapse?
My ‘77 Cutlass Supreme Brougham is still the best riding car I have ever owned. And I have owned many cars…..
Steve also 1975 was the first year for the HEI ignition in the Oldsmobile!
Had a "75 Cutlass Supreme 2 Dr like this....Chocolate brown with a brown full vinyl top....All of the 2 dr Supremes had the more formal "V" shaped rear window with the smaller quarter windows....All the other Cutlasses had the fastback shaped rear window with either the larger or smaller quarter windows.....There was no "block off" in the c pillar on this Cutlass Supreme like Steve alluded to on this particular example.It was all a solid metal stamping......If you had the smaller quarter windows on a fastback Cutlass,they all used vinyl tops covering up the larger window as the "block off",making it appear that it was a smaller quarter window.Underneath that vinyl top was the larger quarter windows.
🤗 👍 tooling around in a 75 back in the day ! Loaded with a 350 managed to get it up to 100 but backed off figuring there had to be a copper somewhere waiting for me, the first guy on a new stretch of highway 🤷♂️😝😎 .. … Rudy would’ve made a good navigator back then 😂 .. ✌️🤙
My parents bought a new 77 cutlas supreme wagon.. power windows a d locks a cruise for 7 k.... that car took us everywhere for about 12 years
My first car was a black '74 Supreme with a console. Nice driving car.
I was 6 or 7 when these colonnade Cutlasses and A bodies hit the streets. I didn't like them, particularly the rake of the taillight panel. Then in 1975, my Dad bought a new Cutlass, but then I grew to like those cars.
The block-off plate was the clock, until '76 or '77, when the clock moved to over the glove box.
Rollover protection is good, but new vehicles are blind as a bat. The A-pillars on my Dodge Ram can hide Harleys, cyclists, pedestrians and other vehicles remarkably well. Even other Dodge Rams in the right spatial situation.
ALL handcuffs use the same key. Spenser's Gifts cuffs even have a workable cheap ass version of the key
You mentioned the rollover standard a few times in this video. Fun fact. Rollover standards were supposed to be upped in 1972 or 1973. The Fiat x1/9 was just in development, so it was built around the new standard. When it came time for the new standard to go in effect, the Fiat x1/9, was the only car in the world that passed the standard. The new standard was cancelled, and rewritten to a lower standard, until the rest of the automaker's could raise their rollover capabilities.
Hi Steve 👋I had a 73 Olds Cutlass 442 black @ white interior lots of fun times in the backseat 😁
Best episode yet. So many Freudian slips!
Paging Dr. Freud...paging Dr. Freud...Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Had one of these bad boys in high school...the 442 version (Cutlass S).
It looks like on that left plate (from images on google) that the block off was an analog clock. Could've been something else too (maybe the clock was part of a larger plate of features.)
Hard to believe it was number one for all those years and 20 years later extinct. Goes to show how you can’t stop trying when you’re on top.
Miss you Steve. Hope you’re getting better. Can’t wait for you to return.
Hard to believe they sold that many . What were they all smoking 🙀🤦🏼
a friend of mine had a 73 supreme 455. it was stupidly powerful
The cutless wads an awesome car I had two of them ,I had a 1975 and I loved it boy do I miss it
Nice one Steve.
Keep them coming
Will the days of the 2 door coupe ever return to rule the roads you can’t take your woman out on the town in a sedan or wagon or suv coupes & convertibles & T tops shall return
Town of Gill?!? I like it😁👍
Excellent vid, Steve!
Block off plate on the dash was for the clock. It could be dealer installed..
If those are Smith and Wesson cuffs, they worth some good money.
I would grab those handcuffs because I think Lizzie frem left them there for you to find!
I hope you kept those cuffs!
Love this video!!! Rebuilding my 1974 Cutlass Supreme on my channel. Great info, Steve. Thanks for this one!
I worked at a Buick dealership in the very early 1980s. We had a 1977 Cutlass with 260 V8 and 5 speed as a used car. I had driven it.
The handcuffs.. lol. That was it for Steve!😂
I think it's amazing that all these cars have magazines about the cars in them
I’ve always wondered about this myself.
I had a 76 cutlass GMO. I think it was a special edition for the Chicago auto show.
You have his info, return his stuff. He must've been a town official or something. Yes, i've had a few Olds in my day. Great cars from a great car company.
Body by Fisher !! Hooo-rahhh !! 😅
Yes they definitely had to reinforced roof. I spent about 30 years in the fire services first responder and in my early days we had a special technique to cut the roof open on those GM cars with the reinforced B pillars.