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CCCCC Part 13: 1992 Cutlass Supreme – How The Mighty Have Fallen
Posted on February 24, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 8/11/2011) From tiny acorns grow mighty oak trees. The 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 planted the seed that grew into the best-selling Cutlass Supreme. Unfortunately, during the 1980s […] -
CCCCC Part 12: 1982 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe – A Classic Death
Posted on February 23, 2024 | 91 Comments(first posted 7/29/2011) Is the final version of the RWD Cutlass Coupe a Classic? Not exactly in the definition of the CCCA. More like CC, as in Coca […] -
CCCCC #11: 1980-1987 Cutlass Supreme Sedan – The Oldsmobile Seville
Posted on February 22, 2024 | 85 Comments(first posted 6/23/2011) There were benefits to being GM. Rush out on stage in a bold new outfit, and get laughed right off it? No problem, just run […] -
CCCCC Part 10: 1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham: Supremely Popular, With Certain Exceptions
Posted on February 21, 2024 | 66 Comments(first posted 2/13/2011) The Complete Cutlass Chronicles are about the rise and fall of the house of Cutlass. And here we are, at the very zenith of the Cutlass […] -
CCCCC Part 8: Cutlass Supreme And Brougham Coupes – Absolute Supremacy
Posted on February 19, 2024 | 59 Comments(first posted 4/21/2011) What a coup! Here they are, America’s sweethearts, that jumped right to the top of the sales charts. In 1976, the Cutlass line was the number […] -
The CC Complete Cutlass Chronicles (“CCCCC”): Part 1 (1961-1963) Unfulfilled Ambitions
Posted on February 12, 2024 | 45 Comments1962 Cutlass by William Rubano (originally posted 3/4/2011) How did the Cutlass eventually become one of America’s best selling cars for years on end, after such a rather modest beginning? […] -
Cohort Classic: 1987 Cutlass 4-4-2 – Bittersweet ’80s
Posted on February 10, 2024 | 18 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by nifticus392. Unwittingly, I’m being thrown into 1980s GM-Oldsmobile history thanks to the Cohort. Last week, it was a Cutlass (Ciera) in Mexico. Today, it’s a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham: Finest Brougham In All Of Hampton, IL!
Posted on February 4, 2024 | 162 Comments(first posted 9/24/2013) OK, right off the bat: I love Broughams. Cadillac, Mercury Marquis, Gran Torino–I can find something positive to say about all of them, never mind the strangled […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – A 1970 4-4-2 It Is Not
Posted on January 4, 2024 | 54 CommentsLord, won’t you buy me an Oldsmobile sang no one ever, certainly not Janis, and not any of the legions of artists since. Yet here we were in the times […] -
Car Show Classic: 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 – Pressed In A Book
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 51 CommentsI wouldn’t wish being a 13-year-old boy on my worst enemy. Rarely in life is a person more self-conscious and annoying than they are at 13, but there is no […] -
Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions
Posted on November 3, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […] -
Car Show Classics: 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – 394 cubic inches and 3-on-the Tree
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 75 Comments(first posted 10/21/2017) Earlier this year, while wandering through a cruise night, I came across this 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88. At first glance, I didn’t give […] -
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […]