Photo: Hemmings
If there is one American defunct car brand that we would have loved to still have around, that’s definitely Oldsmobile. The brand born in 1897 was responsible during its glory years for a number of iconic car names in the industry, including the Toronado, the iconic 442 muscle car, and of course the Cutlass.
The latter, introduced in 1961, started life like most nameplates, a trim for one of the carmaker’s existing models. Its success prompted GM’s higher-ups into deciding to create a distinct range, that soon grew large enough to include a number of variants.
Sitting on top of the Cutlass range was the Supreme, a model born in 1965 that would become the most popular Oldsmobile out there in the following decade, and the model that sold the most in its class. That was enough to keep it in production well into the 1990s.
The Cutlass models made in the 1970s remain the pinnacle of the line, though. They are favorites of the custom industry, and from time to time we get to see some fine examples of it hitting the market.
But there are some Supremes that deserve much more than they got, like the one we have in the gallery above, currently selling on a specialized website for just $9,000, begging to become someone’s summer restoration project.
The car doesn’t look bad, but that’s mostly due to the fact that it received a paint job in Cherry Red early this year, and the allegedly new wheels.
This Cutlass hides a 350ci (5.7-liter) engine under the hood, the larger of the two options originally available for this second generation. Linked to a three-speed automatic, the engine received a mechanical overhaul sometime in the past, it has 15,500 miles on it, and develops 260 hp.
With fitted but non-functional air conditioning and heater, this Supreme will probably need a bigger investment than the sale price to get were it deserves, but we can only hope to see it in a more extreme, muscle form sometime in the future.
Sitting on top of the Cutlass range was the Supreme, a model born in 1965 that would become the most popular Oldsmobile out there in the following decade, and the model that sold the most in its class. That was enough to keep it in production well into the 1990s.
The Cutlass models made in the 1970s remain the pinnacle of the line, though. They are favorites of the custom industry, and from time to time we get to see some fine examples of it hitting the market.
But there are some Supremes that deserve much more than they got, like the one we have in the gallery above, currently selling on a specialized website for just $9,000, begging to become someone’s summer restoration project.
The car doesn’t look bad, but that’s mostly due to the fact that it received a paint job in Cherry Red early this year, and the allegedly new wheels.
This Cutlass hides a 350ci (5.7-liter) engine under the hood, the larger of the two options originally available for this second generation. Linked to a three-speed automatic, the engine received a mechanical overhaul sometime in the past, it has 15,500 miles on it, and develops 260 hp.
With fitted but non-functional air conditioning and heater, this Supreme will probably need a bigger investment than the sale price to get were it deserves, but we can only hope to see it in a more extreme, muscle form sometime in the future.
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