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Malaise Era Project: 1974 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds

Oldsmobile collaborated with Hurst Performance on several occasions in the 1960s through the 1980s to produce some limited-production automobiles. Hurst shifters and special graphics helped set the cars apart from other mid-size Olds products. This 1974 edition does not… more»

Restore Again Or Drive? 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass

1972 was the end of the road for the third generation Oldsmobile Cutlass, with the car set to emerge the following year with a complete redesign as part of the new General Motors Collonade style line-up.  While the fourth-generation… more»

W30-Equipped 4-Speed! 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442

Emissions regulations and rising insurance costs were taking their toll in the muscle-car era by 1972, and the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 was no exception.  By ’72, the 442 had reverted back to being just an options package on the Cutlass… more»

1 Year Only: 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Rallye 350

With an additional cost of just over $150, adding the Rallye 350 option package to your Cutlass back in 1970 seems like a no-brainer, which makes it surprising that Olds only produced 3,547 such-equipped cars.  But 1970 was sort… more»

Muscle Car Project: 1970 Oldsmobile 442

The Olds 4-4-2 (aka 442) was Oldsmobile’s response to the successful 1964 Pontiac GTO. As Pontiac had created a performance car from the Tempest/LeMans, Olds would do the same with its F-85/Cutlass. Though not quite as popular as the… more»

Worth $45k? 38k Mile 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Update 6/10/23 – The seller of this low-mile Olds has cut their asking price in half! Is that enough to convince someone to give it a new home though? Find it here on craigslist for a still eye-watering $45,999… more»

Moving Sale: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 Project

In the 1960s muscle car scene, General Motors had several formidable players. Pontiac had the GTO, Chevrolet had the Chevelle SS 396, Buick had the Skylark GS, and Oldsmobile had the 442 (aka 4-4-2). The latter was in production… more»

Hurst/Olds Project: 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Oldsmobile and Hurst Performance teamed up to market the Hurst/Olds, a muscle car that was offered sporadically between 1968 and 1984. Over the duration, more than 16,500 copies would be produced, based on four generations of the mid-size Cutlass… more»

One Prior Owner: 1972 Oldsmobile 442 Drop-Top

By 1972, the muscle car market that had been so hot in the late 1960s was cooling down. The 442 (or 4-4-2), Oldsmobile’s mid-size entry, was back to being an option on the F-85/Cutlass rather than a series of… more»

One Family Owned: 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Offered With No Reserve

I’m pretty sure that if most of our readers were to pick between two identical classics where one had a known ownership history and the other was a mystery machine, they’d choose the first car every time. That is… more»

Insurance Buster: 1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350

Though Oldsmobile had the 442 to compete in the mid-size muscle car arena of the late 1960s, they added one more product to the mix in 1970. It was the Rallye 350, using a smaller engine than the other… more»

Field Find Muscle: 1972 Oldsmobile 442

The 4-4-2 (also 442) was Oldsmobile’s version of a mid-size muscle car. It was produced between 1964 and 1987, or as long as rear-wheel-drive was still applicable to these intermediate automobiles. By 1972, some of the beef had begun… more»

Real U-Code 455: 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442

1972 was anything but a pinnacle year for muscle cars in general, with high-priced insurance and increasing emission standards creating a dual whammy that was really starting to take its toll on the decline of performance-oriented vehicles by this… more»

Award Winner: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442

This 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 belongs to a genuinely passionate Oldsmobile enthusiast. There can be no doubting that because it is 1-of-28 vehicles in their collection wearing the Olds badge. They need to downsize, choosing to list this award-winning… more»

No Reserve 15th Anniversary Driver: 1983 Hurst/Olds

Don’t step up to one of these at a car show and call it a Cutlass, at least not in front of the owner.  That’s like going to a Yes concert and referring to Rick Wakeman as the piano… more»

45k Mile: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

This mint 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is located in Tuscon, Arizona and has custom license plates that state “No Mo Snow.” I think I would feel the same way, if I had a car this pristine. I would be… more»

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