The Cutlass Supreme debuted in 1966 as another competitor in the growing personal luxury car segment. For the next 20 years, it was one of America’s best-selling automobiles, reaching first place in 1977. The seller has a low mileage (54,500) Salon with the popular Colonnade styling that signified the 1973-77 generation of GM mid-size cars. Located in Madison, Alabama, the seller has owned it for more than two years and has invested a small fortune in making it a solid performer. With an asking price of $17,500, this Olds is available here on eBay.
Supreme sales reached 329,000 units in 1976, the car’s best market performance to that point in time. Many of them sported the Salon option, including the seller’s white over blue beauty. When you checked that option on the order form, it added things like radial tires, bucket seats, a beefier suspension, and a few more desirable goodies. This ’76 Salon looks as good as new, complete with a 350 cubic inch “Rocket” V8 (back in the day when each GM division had its own powerplants).
The originality and low mileage of this Olds attracted the seller to obtain ownership. While its use wasn’t extensive for the age, the prior owner had let some of the maintenance slip, which the seller went about rectifying. Work done or parts replaced include, but are not limited to, the brake master cylinder, alternator, some of the seals, distributor, radiator, carburetor, shock absorbers, and the list goes on and on. The seller even invested a pretty penny in the factory A/C, but more attention is needed.
In terms of condition, the body, paint, vinyl top, and interior all look shipshape. To help present the automobile, the seller has provided three videos: walk around, an engine, and a restored 8-track tape deck. If you’re in the market for a 1970s Cutlass Supreme and still have some 8-track tapes, this one might be hard to beat.
Beautiful Cutlass. A good family friend had a White Salon blue vinyl top, blue bucket seat interior and I was hooked. ’76 and ’77 are my favorite years overall but I like all of them. This one has had a lot of work done as of late by the seller. Really like it has a working 8 Track too. If I was in the market I’d take a good long hard look at this one.
In my opinion, the 1976-77 Cutlass Supreme was the best looking Colonnade. Most ’76s had the 350, because it had 60 more HP than the standard 260 and only 20 less than the 455, albeit with 75 fewer ft/lbs of torque.
I had a 76 Cutlass Salon with T tops in high school
I had a 76 with the 350 I put 160,000 miles on it and it still ran great.I would probably still be driving it if the NY winters hadn’t eaten it up.
My first car was a 76 Salon four door that i bought in 85 for 800 bucks. Never buy a car from a family member whom is a car salesman. I bought it on first site on a rainy day. Only to discover a week later the windshield leaked, the floors, what floors ? The carpets were all that was left and both rear fender were made out of bondo. When i complained to him that day i discovered the meaning of the words “AS IS “. Aside that it was a nice car. Brown on brown, same insides as this one, floor shift.power windows and locks plus a/c. 6 months later the frame cracked so it was all over.
Where did it crack on the frame? I have a rusty one that hasn’t cracked yet so I’d like to know where the weak spot is…
Good bones. A comfortable ride. I had a ‘76 Supreme and was probably my second best ever American car, next to my ‘62 Nova.
Beautiful looking car. I hope it goes to a good owner.
Too funny about the Meatloaf 8-track. I have friend into audio gear whose goal was to get one iconic album on as many media types as possible. LP, 45, Cassette, reel-to-reel, 8-track, DAT, CD, minidisc, etc. Meatloaf’s “Bat out of Hell” was his choice for that collection.
Lovely example here, and I applaud the seller’s willingness to spend the $$ to get the car well sorted prior to selling. Would love to own this, but out of room.
I had a 75 Salon sedan as my first car. I liked it and then leased a black 77 salon with red interior 403 4v and all options. I miss the 77 and would like another but am surprised at the price of this one.
nice olds. these salons ride really nice. i had 2 of them back in the 80s. i can’t believe they had the timing cover off saw it had an O/E chain and did not replace it. should have been done while it was open and just save the old 1. that was just a stupid decision. the ask is a bit stiff to me
It will probably be decades (if ever) before this car gets another 50k miles on it. That OEM timing gear will hold up fine. When you notice you keep having to advance the ignition timing every six months is when you know it’s time to replace it.
Nice Cutlass!! These cars rode and drove nicely!!
This is very beautiful car. These were everywhere back in the day. Hard to believe it’s 50 years old. Stunning blue. The price seems right.
Had a 76 silver Salon with Hurst Hatches. Hands down the best looking, most comfortable bucket seats and that great Colonnade ride of the 50 plus cars I have owned. If this blue beauty had t tops I would be on a plane down south. Ironically, I saw this car today with my morning coffee on eBay surfing classic Oldsmobiles. No cat. More power, but more noise. At age 70 I prefer quiet.
The door bottoms tell a guy all he needs to know to buy a really rust free car.
I had a 74 Salon, a 2 door coupe in triple black. It had the landau top, and a white factory pinstripe that went along the rear quarters and up and over the roof. I bought it in 1981 with 28,000 miles on it and sold it, against my better judgement, in 2001 with 126,000 miles on it. Having grown up in the Northeast, I was thrilled to find it, since it had been in Texas almost from new and as such was completely unrusted. It took me through college, then became a second car till I sold it, so it saw very few Long Island winters. I never got over letting it go, so in 2017 I found another 74 coupe, this one a Supreme, in what I’d call sage green with roughly 32,000 actual miles on it. It was in uncommonly great original condition. I was hoping for another Salon, but I reasoned that if I let this one go, I’d likely not see anything comparable again any time soon, if ever. So I bought it, to right the wrong of selling the Salon all those years ago. I love the car, and it kinda sorta filled the void, but I still miss those incredibly comfortable Salon reclining bucket seats and the attractive console, even though the Supreme bench seat on my current 74 is more comfortable than I thought it could be. It’s been suggested that I swap out the bench for swivel buckets, but I’m a traditionalist and want to keep it original. Plus, the whole interior is in excellent condition. I’m a firm believer in the old adage – they’re only original once…
I don’t buy the mileage claim, looks like a full resto to me; 26k in 1981 is over 5k per year times 50 years is 250k! Based on the good compression I’d guess the car has 150k but I’d have to see a copy of the old title. I bought one from the 2nd owner & Title had 80k on it but owner said had 175k (title dated 10 years earlier when it was registered by 2nd owner). I’ve had over 10 of these cars in the last 50 years & did see a couple cars that had over 100k that still had all the nylon teeth on upper gear. Ball joints last over 200k if lubed at oil changes. These seat covers look redone (the extra stock pillows the 76 Salon’s had not there), car obviously repainted (it looks clear-coated). Only one Olds I saw that had a noticeable rear main seal leak (was overheated badly by a guy I knew. I had a couple of these that developed steering box leaks but that was over 100k miles. The idler arms do wear out around 75k but the tie rods hold up well, I only did 2 right side ones in the last 45 years, these 2 had over 100k miles. One oil sticker has 48k from 39 years ago, even if 3k per year = 117k+48k is 166k! It’s a nice car, I just hate peoples BS.
Love this Cutlass. My late Wife had a 72 Supreme when we met. Beautiful car, but that “Rocket 350” got me in trouble a couple times, lol. GLWTS