The Oldsmobile Cutlass was the company’s and industry’s best-selling nameplate on more than one occasion in the 1970s and 1980s. This sweet example from 1976 has the Cutlass Supreme body but Cutlass S badging on the fenders. And an “Xtreme” crest on the Landau Roof, suggesting a special model. With a plaid interior, this interesting Olds is in Annandale, Minnesota, and is available through a dealer here on eBay where $6,100 has not cracked the reserve. But elsewhere in the listing, $17,500 is said to be the selling price.
From 1973 to 1976, Oldsmobile built the fourth generation of the Cutlass mid-size. These cars were noted for their “Colonnade” styling which meant the doors were frameless but were no longer considered hardtops. In 1976, the Cutlass S was the entry-level model while the Supreme was for those with bigger budgets. It was more like a personal luxury car. We don’t know where the Cutlass “Xtreme” fits into the mix with no definitive results coming up on Google. This car wears the front clip and roofline of the Supreme, so it must be one, right, despite what the insignia says.
We don’t know the history of this particular car, but the selling dealer says it has new paint. Some of the exterior trim may be missing and the plastic pieces behind the bumpers were not replaced during the project. The mileage is said to be 36,800 and it must be as a dealer would never say otherwise. A search of the VIN describes this car as only a “Cutlass” with a 350 cubic inch V8 using a 4-barrel carburetor. Do any of our readers know the background of the “Xtreme” edition?
The interior is probably the nicest part of this automobile, with the plaid two-tone upholstery featuring swivel bucket seats. We assume the partial vinyl roof was redone when the paint was. This is a well-equipped Oldsmobile with factory air conditioning and power steering and brakes, but not power windows. Only needing a few finishing touches, this should be a nice weekend ride for Cars & Coffee.
Xtreme badges attached with a couple wood screws. Seems legit
Those aren’t wood screws, different threads. The xtreme package was a regional dress up package in Minnesota, from a local Olds dealer. Like most of these dealer packages the emblems were mounted on the roof from the front, as opposedto studs on the backside. The vinyl top was also part of the dealer package.
Was legit for the dealership installed Xtreme package, all the dealership plaques were mounted from the front with flat head sheet metal screws.
Cutlass S had the swivel seats. Cutlass Supreme did not
I had a 75 Cutlass Supreme. It had factory swivel seats it was a top of line version.
My dad had a ’75 Cutlass Supreme with swivel bucket seats.
Sprung for new paint and vinyl top, but didn’t replace the bumper fillers at the same time as the new paint. Ran out of money or just lazy?
The top is not new, that was a dealership installed top, part of the Xtreme package.
Say what you will, Dr Olds was still the rare cool deal, in the disco era 🕺
At the top it states there are 42 comments to this article yet I only count 38. So 4 comments were removed including mine about how fastening a badge to the car with screws looks aftermarket. I guess the dealer is complaining so 4 comments were removed?
Saw that comment. Obvious and true. Don’t know what the issue would be?
I can’t imagine not replacing the bumper fillers when doing a complete paint job.
I would look this one over carefully
I can judge the pics provided well enough to know that the recent paint job is a Maaco special, or the like. As others have stated, you repaint but don’t take care of the fillers? I imagine other corners were cut as well and would bet that paint / body work issues will arise in short order. The “Xtreme” emblems…LOL.
This is a tough crowd. I really like it that way.
Its just keyboard warriors that feed off of one another. Some have no idea what they are talking about, its funny.
I worked at an Oldsmobile dealership in 1976. I’ve never heard of this model. The only special model I remember was a GMO. It stood for Gallant Men of Oldsmobile.
Actually Dave, I have heard of this model.
I don’t know about the sheet metal screws on the roof emblems; looks amateurish to me.
Joining others in wondering why the bumper extensions weren’t dealt with on the repaint.
I also wonder if the plaid seat pieces are removable like some other swivel buckets I’ve seen. That way if you’re Irish, you can take them out and wear them at the St. Patrick’s Day parade!😆
This car is about 45 miles up I-94 from me.
GLWtS.
I think it was regional thing.
In central Illinois they had the TMO Trusted Men of Olds. Same car. Same package. Different name.
Interesting. A not-so-close look at the driver’s seat demonstrates how poor GM’s quality control was (is?).
I don’t known that being a quality thing, looks like a normal seat from a car 45 year old car with 136,000 miles on it with basically normal wear.
I’d take a closer look under that vinyl top for rust and verify the mileage. Looks to be at least 136k miles. About that $17,500 asking price?……. NOPE!
Could be a dealer modification, the Extreme thing. A Minnesota car, if ever used in winter, was exposed to road salt, so I’d worry about rot, especially under that vinyl top, which looks amateurish. I also noticed that philips head screw. I wonder if they found this car in decent shape, and painted it, hoping to pass it off as original mileage. The interior condition suggests it could be original, but under the hood is filthy. It would have to be gone over very carefully. They should’ve made the effort to get and replace those rotted quarter panel extensions.
Another hack job! Odometer numbers are as very uneven, meaning only one thing?
Whoever painted this obviously can’t even paint’ refrigerator white ‘? The easiest color of all to paint. Headliner wrinkled to high heaven.
I would love to see a before picture on this one?
These were really good cars. I have owned a 1974 and a 1976.
I would love to own a really nice 1976 Cutlass again someday.
Just my oponion!
My mom.had a 76 cutlass Supreme car..velour interior bench seat vinyl top. Nice car..I drove it alot..350 Olds motor. Drink a lot of gas.in 1977.at 99 cents a gallon…for the time..it was a really nice car..good driver..put my old 66 chevelle to shame…Olds are great cars..that 74 Olds 455 cutlass is a hoss.
Missing rear quarter window trim…I would also question the mileage…if a repaint was needed..but overall ..looks to be solid. no cracks in dash .but lots of luck finding a buyer for the $17k price tag .
A hard pass. And that’s from someone who bought a ‘76 Supreme as a new college grad. Mine was quite enjoyable.
Could have at least blown the bondo dust from under the hood.
Never seen Bondo dust that looked like that before. Its just 136,000 miles of road dust.
& the rat dropings on the air cleaner
I owned a 76 Oldsmobile cutlass SALON in the 80’s. And it had the swivel bucket seats. Loved that car.
I owned a 76 Cutlass supreme when I 1st got married.
It was black with a black vinyl top and black interior with a gold pin stripe I loved that car.
The 350 was a great motor I put 160000
Miles on it and it ran great.
Unfortunately the salt and the upstate NY. Winters finally did it in.
Was there ever a 455 engine with these cars
When was the 455 stoped in production ?
Extreme would never have been spelled “Xtreme” in 1976.
I believe it was eXtreme. Minnesota Dealer package…Wally McCarthy’s Lyndale Olds?
I believe 76 was the last year for the 455. They then had the 403, 350, and 260.
In the Cutlass the last year for the 455 was 1977 if memory serves me correctly.
If you look closely, you can see the outline of the plugs inserted into the rear side windows to turn an airy Cutlass S into a fake Cutlass Supreme. Probably concocted by a dealer who couldn’t get enough Cutlass Supremes.
I worked as a service manager at a very busy Chevy Olds dealership in 1976. We sold truck loads of Cutlass models. Best selling vehicle in the world at that time. Today it’s ugly SUVs. I never heard of this model. I had a 76 Monte Csrlo with swivels. Also had an every option 76 Salon with Hurst Hatches. Of all the 50 cars I’ve owned since 1973, that includes two Corvettes, two GTOs, a Road Runner and 66 Chevelle convertible, I want that Salon back. But the jack ass I sold it to trashed it. It’s in a central PA juml yard trashed to a pile.
These were regional cars that the dealers came up with the various options such as the GMO. That’s why most people wouldn’t recognize the model if it weren’t in their region. The GMO was a Chicago area model which I remember.
Fresh “it will hide everything ” white paint with no extra charge overspray. “Well equipped” standard options,I’ll give the swivels as a checked box–for the dealer,or an inebriated guy on the assembly line.Any patch,placard or stitching,striping or decals,not corresponding with the build sheet is just another dealer trying to make a buck. This is a “not anyway special” cutlass. I’ll give 750.00 1986 dollars for it 😉
Bahahaha!! Xtreme?? No such car. The word “Xtreme” wasn’t even invented until the late 90’s when the “Xtreme” Chevy S10 came out. Then to follow was the “Xtreme” CMX snowmobile, “Xtreme” beard shaver, “Xtreme” hamburger at Burger King, and “Xtreme” sports.
Actually, I believe that this is real. Look carefully, the badge doesn’t say Xtreme. It says eXtreme. Also the font is the same script as the Regency badge by Olds.
Stylized badging actually say’s eXtreme.
I think ’77 was the last year the colonnade. My bro had a ’77 Cutlas Salon same body.
This car was part of a regional package called the “Y76” option. They were made from 74-77 and included the Knight, GMO, TMO and several other local variations. The package included a vinyl Landau top, fat steering wheel, dual chrome mirrors, Argent wheels, the standard roof line was a 442ish fast-back with the large triangle window covered to look like an opra style window. Don’t be too hard on the guy for not fixing his bumper fillers, they are like hens teeth, and the repops are crap.
The Cutlass S had the slanted front end. The front end on this car is from a Cutlass Supreme. I have the 1976 brochure
This car is a model G37…Cutlass S Coupe, not a Supreme. This package was a “Regional or Zone” mod done by Oldsmobile, not the dealer. In NC back in ‘76 when I was an Olds Dealer, we had the “Carolina Cutlass” in the Charlotte Zone. Modified roof, special badging, swivel bucket seats and a Supreme front grille. Was quite an improvement from the “bulldog front treatment on the “S”.
@ Alero
You are correct. They looked different in the front end.
This car is a not an original Cutlass Supreme. CUTLASS S due to the side windows. The Cutlass S was the cheaper version of the Cutlass line. My dad bought a Cutlass Supreme in 1976. Unfortunately, it had the 260 V8, no AC, power windows, power locks, anti spin axle, and landau top. No power but great car
Correct. My dad bought a 76 Olds Cutlass Supreme Broughm edition, top of the line. T tops and everything. Loaded. Black. He liked it so much, he bought another 76 Olds Cutlass SALON, or S edition. Which he gave to me for HS graduation. I drove it for years. And this is identical to mine. Save the color.
Had a ’76 Cutlass Supreme. Taillights are not correct for a Supreme.
Also, no Cutlass hood ornament. Always thought of that as a classy touch.
It appears that we all agree that this car is Different. We had regional packages in mid and SE Michigan on Cutlass S that included the quarter roof, chrome sport mirrors and s/s wheels. I don’t recall the Supreme front treatment but it was all S otherwise. The name also escapes me but GMO may be it.
I like all the collenade cars and these are a real thing. The Xtreme thing maybe not.
Xtremely priced for what it is.
I currently live in North Dakota but spent many years in MN. The comments about winter and road salt are very true.
Looking at underside and engine bay pics, they seem more consistent with 136,000 miles. It looks like rust in pic of trunk lid open and I’m noticing no clear and close pics of rockers. I say cheep paint job and hoping for quick flip. I’m calling this as a polished turd. Buyer be ware!
Over spray in the wheel wells, rust in the trunk and what looks like the remnants of mouse droppings on top of the air cleaner, this looks like something someone is trying for a quick flip
Doesn’t look like they’re going to have any success on here! Lol!
Man they want a boatload for anything they sell. Looked over sellers other items and although it’s some nice stuff, most of it’s worth about half the asking price. Good luck with that in todays economy.
Nice car but 17,000 is a little steep 12 tops
Was a Minnesota dealer added package, I remember the commercials. For the extreme winter weather. Think it included the badging, a plug in block heater and maybe limited slip
Mn dealer package, remember the TV commercials. For extreme Mn weather. Included badging, block heater and possibly limited slip differential.
Ugh! That rear bumper though. Not only are the inserts missing but it doesn’t look straight at least on the drivers side photo. This was the generation of GM cars where the dissimilar metal problem struck the rear bumpers and they would corrode and fall off from the chemical reaction. More prevalent in the rust belt I believe, but quite possibly it wouldn’t line up like stock after some jury rigged repair? That combined with, (IMO) the suspect underside shots tell me this had more rust than is showing now. Looks like a newer gas tank and the surrounding metal looks like it was cleaned up somehow, not natural looking patina. My eye also spies a lower case “e” in the eXtreme badge for what it’s worth.
I’ve had my 76 Cutlass Supreme Brougham for 28 year’s and still love it, my very first car was a 76 Cutlass and I’ve owned 11 different others from 73-77.
I’ve never heard of the extreme. I’m not saying they didn’t exist because anything is possible. The bumper fillers can be a pain in butt to replace so just my opinion is someone to lazy to replace them so what else we’re they to lazy to do!?!? It is a nice car and priced about right if everything is mostly correct.
Only my opinion but that is ugly color interior, but GM color’s were to pretty in the 70s. My 76 was bright green and looked like a can of Mt Dew on wheels coming down the road! Lol. The comfort in the ride of these cars are amazing
This is a real car,special edition made for the bicentennial (1976) called regional custom cutlasses.was a cutlass s (lower priced cutlass),had a cutlass supreme nose,cutlass supreme rear side windows & landeau vinyl roof. the trunk lid & taillights are cutlass s. they all had chrome sport mirrors.(never saw these on any other oldsmobiles.they all had swivel leather bucket seats,center console & floor shift & an upgraded steering wheel.they had different names for different parts of the country. I have the version made for the new england states as I live in vermont.they also had different paint schemes depending on where they were sold new.I believe they were also called Y76.I’ve had mine since 1983,great car.
Originally from MN. If I remember correctly, the Extreme package netted you a heavy duty battery, engine block heater, antifreeze good to minus 40 F., undercoating, vinyl or half vinyl roof and full power.
Regarding the bumper fillers, seems most classic and antique car parts suppliers don’t see passed 1972. The seller might be wanting new fillers as I do for my 1973 Pontiac Grand Am but haven’t had much finding good quality fillers.
Lindahl Olds became Wally McCarthy’s Lindahl Olds.
Rick, still living in Mn. I said earlier that I’d seen this eXtreme name before and you confirmed it.
I bought my collector ’84 Cutlass Brougham from the main store in ’92. Owned by an elderly person, it escaped the salt bath from what I could see. Had it for 27 years, showed for 10 years after improvements and took home 19 trophies before I sold it in 2019.
Wally’s Lindahl Olds Richfield property became Best Buy world headquarters years ago. The family had a Buick dealership in Coon Rapids for years as well as a Cadillac dealership in Roseville but both are some other name now. Wally passed away at 94 many years ago.
This Cutlass is a Y76 Regional model. It’s based on the Cutlass S platform, but you got the Supreme header panel and special emblems. I’ve seen numerous comments on 1977 was the last year for the 455. It wasn’t 1976 was. Engine options for 77 were the 3.8 V6, 260 V8, 350, and 403.