Pat submitted this cream puff, low mile 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass that is for sale here on Craigslist. The car is located near Tulsa, Oklahoma and has on 30,100 miles on the odometer. The seller is asking $11,950 and there are 16 pictures in the ad that show how nice this survivor really is. The white and blue interior contrast well with the exterior paint color.
The two door coupe is said to run and drive great and even the air conditioning is said to blow cold. The gauges and power windows are said to all be in working order. The car is equipped with a bench seat, tinted windows, side body moldings, rear window defogger and Landau roof.
Most 1977 Cutlasses came with the L34 Oldsmobile 350 cubic inch V8 engine which delivered 170 horsepower and only came mated to the turbo hydromatic 350 transmission. This car has new rear coil springs, new brakes and 15′ steel wheels with hub cabs. It doesn’t get much more original than this. I wish there were pictures of the engine compartment.
My wife had a late 70’s Oldsmobile Cutlass when we got married with a V6 engine that was just a dog to drive. The vinyl interior was super hot and sticky in the Texas summers. Oldsmobile sold more Cutlasses in 1977 than any other year with 632,742 cars being sold in the US. This one is certainly nice. Is it a fair deal at $11,950?
It’s a beautiful model, no wonder it sold well. In the early 80s when I was in the Navy I had this car in white with a white landau top and sharp black velour interior.
Love the Cutlass … had a ’73 4-door sedan, a ’74 two door hardtop and also a ’77 Delta 88 4-door … all 350s … they wre great cars and I loved them. Sad there re no more Oldsmobiles.
If you had purchased a 1987 Cutlass Supreme, you would not have such fond memories. Mine was junk from the time it was new.
Those and all the rest of the GM collonades of that era are still great looking cars even today.
Great car. Great motor. Great transmission. Great colors. Priced within reach of reality.
Tough to go wrong here, assuming she checks out. With very minimal care I can’t see losing $$$ in the long run, having a little fun along the way.
That’s what it is all about in my book.
For that price I would hold out for a Supreme Brougham with the soft intrior.
Unfortunately, that car may never show up and life will pass you by.
Nothing wrong with holding out for a little brohamage. I’ve often said automaker should bring that back for the giant behemoths they are building now. The pillow interiors in these coupled with the floaty ride really coddled you.
Anyway, if you think this is The One, just make sure it doesn’t have the 260 or the odd fire 231. Both motors would be dangerously slow in modern traffic. So unless you want to get pancaked by one of said 400 horsepower behemoths, make sure it has the 350 or 403.
To simply run errands today with a beater ’73-77 cutlass, the problem would be that most parking spaces are so short & narrow, you would have to take up 4 spots with this car! & i bet “some authorities” would find a way to give you a ticket & make it stick! Heck, this car might not even fit lengthwise in a handicapped spot
The pellet cat conveters used back then sure didn’t help the “performance”. Wonder how a cutlass with either SMALL motor would perform with true dual exhaust fitted – or at least, modern honeycomb converter(s).
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I have no clue what youre trying to say? You telling me you need 4 parking spots to park this two door? Maybe its time to give up driving cause most vehicles on the road are longer and wider than this car and dont need two, let alone 4 spaces!
Heck i daily a cheap 2018 chevy sedan and its 2 inches longer and 14 (!) Inches wider and the only time i have a problem with parking is when there are full size pickups next to me
Four parking spaces is an exaggeration but anyone who’s ever owned one of these Colonnades knows that door is Very long. It definitely takes some room to open! There was a reason they offered these with swivel bucket seats.
This one has the 350, as stated in the article and the CL ad. But agreed, I wouldn’t consider one of these with the weak V6 or baby V8.
I had a 1976 Curlass Supreme Brougham, Silver w/Maroon Velour interior, loved it and wish I still had it.
i agree with Miguel.
Me too. And if this has the 260 or 231, life, and pretty much anything else on the road, is going to pass you by anyway.
I actually had a 1977 olds cutlass DBSX it was a special ordered car for the Dade and Broward County Sheriffs Department it was their captain’s car it had the general motors 350 with air conditioning and the turbo 350 hd trans with that came from the dealership with ladder bars and a thicker sway bar for stabilization during pursuits. I loved that car i wish i had it back unfortunately my father sent the car out to a salvage yard where they used many parts of the car to put together another car. But not after getting the motor and trans from the car did we send it to its fate.
I’m a Dodge guy but this Olds is stunning. Who cares if hasn’t got huge horsepower, that can be seen to. Has beautiful interior and body condition, that’s all that really matters.
The picture showing the option list states that it has option L34 350 engine.
I agree, she is a beauty well worth considering. What a shame the great name Oldsmobile is gone.
Not seeing $12k. Needs to be a higher HP option. These were really slow in base form. $7000 seems fair.
One of these in good tune is no slouch at all. And if you’re not particular about emissions, a little tinkering can add mucho performance.
I owned a 75. 3 77’s. A 71. An 81 that I transplanted a 350 rocket into from out of a 74 delta I purchased just for that. I wrecked them all and enjoyed every second.
Poppapork(love the name), it’s the trend of what’s happening to parking lots in urban area, especially when they repave them & also highways when they “mysteriously add a new lane”. Parkin spots get smaller & smaller – in my area anyway. Maybe not in the boonies. I seen a parking lot where the spaces were a wee too short for a chevy nova!! It was sticking out!! wth!!
It’s a death sentence if you try to drive an early ’70’s imperial in my neck of the woods on some highways – & forget construction areas – i guess those guys in hard hats are a big fan of bumper cars because they love to put the concrete barriers right at the EDGE of the much narrower slow & even fast lanes! (compared to lanes in the 70’s). You WILL be taking up 2 lanes with that car & the extremely wide bloated cutlass – good luck! lol
My brother bought one of these back in ’77. It was dark blue and had a white Landau top. The interior was a lighter blue velour. I loved that car. It was a lot better and smoother ride than cars today.
That’s a nice car, love the white interior, I’m a lil nuts and love white, I’d add a white half top, throw some true spokes and Vogues on it, make sure the 8 track is working, Lil 70s Disco and go cruising
I wonder if Oldsmobile knew that ’77 would be the best selling year that they would have continued with plans for the downsized ’78.
Or, if it was the news that a downsized Cutlass was on the way, that everyone jumped at the last chance to buy the outgoing model?
I did that when I found out that ’81 was the final year of the 2nd gen Camaro.
Any year second generation Camaro is far better than the cars wearing the Camaro nameplate from 1982 onwards.
My wife ha don’t one of these when I met her!! It had the V6 and was a real dog but she loved that car!!!
I can’t believe that this beauty is still listed.
As I stated Saturday, these are GREAT cars. If it weren’t for total lack of space and the fact that I already possess a beautiful time capsule Collonade (14K miles) I would jump on this one in a heartbeat. Of course unless there is something terribly wrong with it, which nobody has mentioned thus far. My experience with these leads me to believe that this is a true, low mileage survivor – nothing that I see indicates otherwise. BTW – If she were a Brougham in this condition the ask would be closer to $15K, or better. This one is loaded and personally I like the white vinyl bench with the blue trim and the comfy armrest.
I have no skin in this game.
Come on people, wake up!! Somebody here make this guy (or gal) a reasonable offer and snag this classic, hard to find Olds!!
Damn, I might just do it myself anyway. She’s too pretty to put outside but not valuable enough just yet to justify paying for individual covered storage.
Aargh. These guys on my shoulders keep talking in my ears! Which one will prevail???
Purchased a new 1976 Cutlass Supreme ordered with the last of the Hurst modified T tops. Waited 6 months for the car. Was mid night blue with white full vynal top and white buckets. 350 olds engine. Would bark the tires when a b & m shift kit was installed.
The 76 and 77 Cutlass (and Regal ) 2 doors were “slimmed” down from the earlier models. The fenders and quarters no longer had the body lines of the 73-75s and were more slab sided. Whatever was done to the redesigned cars cars made these rust out horribly (at least in New England ) , the bottoms of the fenders ,doors and the tops of the quarters by the vinyl top mouldings would have gaping rot holes , which only made other areas rust out . The rear bumper reinforcements also rotted away ;it was very common to see this model with a wood board bolted to the bumper shocks.
That being said, this is one beautiful car ; hopefully it goes somewhere where winters dont exist.
I had a new 77 Cutlass Supreme in bright red, with white interior with bucket seats and console and no vinyl top. The 350 had plenty of power and got over 23 mpg which was great in those days. Drove it 146K miles and sold it to my neighbor who drove it 300K more miles. He rebuilt the engine at 275K miles. Incredible car and way better than the 81 Coupe deVille Diesel (What a POS!) that I replaced it with I
My uncle had a gold ‘77 Cutlass Supreme Brougham. It was a gorgeous car – flawless paint, double-plush interior seats, a/c that blew colder than a meat locker. But Lord, that car was slow – it had the 4.3 liter V-8 – and it was downright frightening trying to get up to merging speed when entering a highway.
If I weren’t on my way to the graybar hotel in 3 weeks, this would be on it’s way to Milwaukee. I want this one BAD!