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The 1954 Oldsmobile Cutlass on display at the 1955 General Motors Motorama. Oldsmobile first used the Cutlass name on an experimental sports coupe designed in 1954. It rode a 110 in (2,800 mm) wheelbase, and featured a dramatic boat-tailed fastback roofline and stock V8. Its platform was similar to the compact F-85 introduced seven years later.
The '74 Stage 1 455 was only available with the Turbo 400 automatic and detuned to 245 hp (183 kW). This engine was also offered on other Buicks in 1974 including the Riviera, LeSabre and Electra. 1973-1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds W-30 — These were built using 455 cid V8 engines in the W-30 trim.
1972 was also the final year for Olds to offer the Cutlass Supreme convertible, until 1990. In its final year, it was the best-selling convertible in the U.S., with 11,571 sold, or 16% of the market, beating the Eldorado and Corvette. [2] From 1973 to 1975, the only Oldsmobile convertible offered was the full-sized Delta 88 Royale.
1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass; 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme; 1968 – 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser; 1968 – 1972 Pontiac GTO; 1968 – 1970 Pontiac Tempest; 1968 – 1972 Pontiac LeMans; 1970 – 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 1971 – 1972 GMC Sprint; The successor to the A II platform. 1973 Buick Century. A IV: RWD: 1973: 1977: ...
The aluminum V8 was replaced by conventional cast-iron block V8s of 300 cubic inches for the Buick Special/Skylark and 330 inches for the Oldsmobile F-85/Cutlass, while Pontiac carried over its 326 cubic-inch V8 to the '64 Tempest/LeMans line while switching the base engine from the four-cylinder to a 215 cubic-inch inline six-cylinder.
A taillight on Kurt Meier's 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Walls was offering up an emerald green 1972 Olds Cutlass convertible purchased just that year. It had 1,000 miles on the odometer.
The 322 Fireball V8 in a 1956 Buick Century. Buick's first generation V8 was offered from 1953 through 1956; it replaced the Buick straight-eight.While officially called the "Fireball V8" [1] by Buick, it became known by enthusiasts as the "Nailhead" for the unusual vertical alignment of its small-sized valves (Originally it was known to hot-rodders as the "nail valve", because the engine's ...
The original program was intended to replace all midsize cars produced by Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick on the G and A platforms. This ultimately did not happen; while the A-platform Chevrolet Celebrity and Pontiac 6000 were quickly discontinued, the A-body Buick Century and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera remained in production until 1996.