In 1968, the initial significant collaboration between Hurst and Oldsmobile kicked off, introducing a potent big block-powered iteration of the Oldsmobile Cutlass 442. The last Hurst/Olds produced in 1983-84, based on the Oldsmobile Cutlass platform, presented slightly diminished performance. However, it boasted the distinctive Lightning Rod floor-mounted shifter, notorious for perplexing passengers and hindering romantic […]
For the 1978 model year the Oldsmobile Cutlass was downsized to GM’s new A-body platform shared with the Buick Century, Chevy Malibu, Monte Carlo & El Camino, Pontiac Grand Am, Grand Prix, and LeMans. You couldn’t throw a bent tie rod without hitting an A-body on the road back in 1979, but these things are […]
This next car is offered by the seller as a “dream car for sale!” Dream car? A late 90s Oldsmobile. Okay, I’ll bite. But I’m not the typical car buyer. I purposefully searched craigslist for the word “Oldsmobile” and then sorted for late 90s examples that I knew would be super cheap. So maybe, yup, […]
In 1968 the first major Hurst/Oldsmobile collaboration vehicle started with a big block powered version of the Oldsmobile Cutlass 442. The final Hurst/Olds built in 1983-84 on the Oldsmobile Cutlass platform was slightly less of a performer, but it came with the wicked Lightning Rod floor mounted shifter that has confused passengers and stifled make […]
The 2nd generation Oldsmobile Cutlass was part of GM’s Legendary mid-sixties A-body lineup that included the Olds 4-4-2, Olds Vista Cruiser, Buick Skylark, Buick Sportwagon, Buick Special, Chevy Chevelle, Chevy El Camino, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest, and Pontiac LeMans. The A-Body was an intermediate sized car with a full perimeter frame, a four-link coil rear […]
The 4-door coupe is a crowded segment on the road these days, I can’t drive more than a few miles in sunny SoCal without seeing a new Audi A7, Mercedes CLS, BMW 6-series, or a Porsche Panamera driven by some lady with freshly bleached hair. The Germans might be having all the lately, but it […]
This next car is another model where I’ve enjoyed a few miles inside a similar car, and I understand the tug of nostalgia, but I’m not sure I want to relive the Chevy Celebrity/ Buick Century/ Pontiac 6000 / Olds Cutlass Ciera experience. These cars were not the most terrible thing to ever come from […]
I burnt through a few brain cells trying to figure out what to call this next car. I know it was the product of a collaboration between Hurst Performance (company that invented the Jaws of Life) and Oldsmobile…but everybody on the internet just calls it the Hurst/Olds, which is not a proper name because this is technically the Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Coupe (not Cutlass Ciera, that was a front drive pile o junk) with the Hurst/Olds option…so why the Olds name twice in the name? I don’t know and stop interupting me, I was just getting to the part why you should be interested in this car. The Lightning Rod shifters? Yes. We’ve all come to the conclusion that manual gearboxes are superior to autos, but sometimes an auto comes along that is to bizarrely complex that it becomes interesting. Keep reading. Find this 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Hurst/Olds offered for $10,500 in Kunkletown, PA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
I know what you’re thinking. You think that ten large is a skosh high to pay for a malaise era Olds Cutlass with a dirty engine bay…but hold on thought before you click away and start searching for used Fiats or something that doesn’t have the solid elegance, solid comfort, solid economy, or solid feeling of a vintage Olds Custlass Supreme Brougham. Plus, bad boy has a stick shift! Find this 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with 4-speed offered for $10,000 in Mira Mesa, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
If you own a car with the words “Official Pace Car 69th Indianapolis 500, May 26, 1985” on the doors you are going to have a few conversations that go like this. Random dude: Wow, so that car was used as the pace car at Indy…that’s wicked. You: Well…it is actually a commemorative version of […]