This 1971 Cutlass Supreme Convertible is When Oldsmobile Got It Exactly Right
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- 1971 was a very good year for the Cutlass Convertible - Oldsmobile sold twice as many as they did in 1970, and it outsold the combined number of Buick Skylarks, Chevrolet Malibu, and Pontiac LeMans Convertibles - cars with a lower sticker price that rode the same platform.
Why? I think it's because Olds got the formula exactly right, with beautiful styling, and excellent choice of engines, and very effective marketing. The Cutlass was the perfect car for people who wanted to feel a bit upper crust, but didn't want to get the neighbors talking. It had quality from stem to stern, looked terrific going down the road, and had a lovely driving quality. This led to sales, and plenty of them.
Full review and test drive of a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible. Vehicle is available at Autohaus of Naples, on the web at www.AutohausNaples.com, or by phone at (239) 263-8500.
whenever im scrolling through my subscriptions and i see a thumbnail of a car in peter's yard, i know the next 30-45 minutes of my life will be a good time. thanks bill.
30-45 minutes that you'll never get back LOFL!
Where did this car came from I think I know something about this car you don't it taken from me my family stole it from me and sold it alone with 12 others plus a air plane just ask Cathy Conroy and Brian Hudkins of West Virginia and Cathy in Ohio!!!!
@@TheJeffcurran but what are you doing with your 30-45min huh? Nothing more usefull
When I was 18 I had a girlfriend who owned a ‘71 Cutlass convertible. The early ‘80’s was a great time to be alive.
I had a 70 Cutlass. Hands down funnest car I ever had. Took all the abuse a young man could dish out and never gave up.
I had a 72 Cutlass S. Always wished it had been a 442, but it was still one of my favourite cars.
I can imagine going into a car dealership and chatting to Bill about a car, 45 minutes later I pretty much forgot what I went into the dealership for 😂
How true.
Not me. I would end up buying a couple 😂
...yeah lol it would be pretty cool to hang with Bill, he's very up to speed on American cars. The closest i got to knowing about American cars in my youth was buying an import copy of Road and Track in July 1986 and seeing cars on shows like Hunter. I'm more a Brock/HSV guy myself being from that country. His car and general cultural knowledge off the top of his head is intrinsic-like.
@@bradford_shaun_murray I'm 10 years older and figured he'd be my age at least but passion is passion. He gets it.
@@iceyu2235 yeah Bill seems like an old soul. He was 25 when he was 10?
The side mirror adjuster commentary was spot on 😎
"This is just a lovely boulevard cruiser"... Then goes 100 on the freeway. 👍This is how you do it. Thanks Bill.
Bill: "I don't want to do any more forty-eight-minute videos!" So he does a forty-three-minute video. 👀
Such a beautiful piece of machinery! My dad bought nothing, but Oldsmobile. Used to say they were the gentleman's hot rod!
Manson was in fact released from prison (and to the mortuary) in 2017
I was gonna comment that Manson was dead and in hell.
Nobody ever said Bill knows EVERYTHING! But he's up to speed on MOST things.😁😁
Has anyone ever seen what Bill looks like? He must be camera shy. I saw a reflection once, but didn't see much. Come on Bill, show us your face some time.😁
Awww, Charlie...
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Great to have a second video this week Bill! Always like to hear the weather and humidity, the animal reconnaissance and who stole the whiskey? Best car channel too!
Don't forget 👩🎓the toddler and the three Canadian, guns and drugs cubbie etc. Great show
Also the genuine but faux Good Morning
@@gm12551 that’s what kills me about him; I genuinely feel this is exactly what’s in his head, and when he turns the camera on, it just spews out of his mouth with no recoil of what’s to come afterwards. 😂
Finally someone who gets it. 71 is the best looking year. In 1994 I purchased my first car 71 Cutlass Supreme convertible. Dark Green with Light green interior. I was just a young kid and I had to sell it. Then in 2009 I purchased another one exaclty the same. But the second one had to go because of buying a house and our second child coming soon.
Now I drive a 21 Bronco to fit my 3 kids it is nice but it will never beat the feeling of driving my 71 cutlass!!
What an absolutely stunning machine! I was born a year later in 1972, so clearly curiously classic people like us just aren't made anymore.
I have a 72 Supreme... love the car more than anything else. Beautiful body and machine. Blessed to have my dream car!
I know what you mean. I owned a ‘72 Cutlass S 2 door hardtop. Bought it when it was a couple of years old, with average mileage and in perfect shape. It was such a great car.
I love it when he is annoyed almost fearful of the birds and animals
Love me a 71 Cutlass. My dad had one as his first car, and it’s one of my all time dream cars
My sons mother had a 73 grand am ,455 possi ,loaded !!! Black buckets that turned out ,power sunroof ,first model year to have it .What a beautiful example of a 70,s muscle car ! Cost two hundred dollars from the original owner ,who bought it brand new .it had 49 k when she got it ,show room gorgeous after a good cleaning and new tires .I miss that car ,just being driven in it was a pleasure!
I was born in 71 and that thing is in a hell of a lot better shape than me
I had a 71 Cutlass w/350 in 78. I loved that car.
25:22 My grandmother had a white on white on white, 1975 cutlass supreme (custom ordered with her initials on the door) and whenever me and my brother would hop in the back seat, the seat would always hit the horn and my grandmother would always jump! Memories!
Great way to start the weekend … thanks Bill
Just another short and quick review! 😀
You’re the best Bill!
“I *promise* this won’t be another 39 minute rambling video.”
…Clocks in at 38:57
It's not only for the bautiful cars, but also for your original comments I like this channel a lot. Thank you sir!
Looking at this gorgeous Cutlass Convertible, brings back memories of the 1980s TV show Full House
I sold my '71 Cutlass Supreme 350 4bbl last week, what a car it was. Sienna paint/Sienna interior/Tan vinyl top.
Extremely relaxing ride, yet peppy enough to be fun. Just an all around sweet package. And it was 99% original (one paint job and aftermarket radio), down to the vacuum hoses and spark plug wires. Off course it started leaking all over the place after driving it for a bit, but since everything was 50 years old, that was to expect.
Your criticism of Dalton is hilarious. And I love that you show a picture of him while your doing it. He must be aware that you do this… yet he continues to slack on the detailing. He must not care.
If someone was working for me and they done a shitty ass job like he has, he’d be fired. Having someone who NEEDS money to pay bills goes a long way, especially if it’s someone who gives a fuck about the type of job they’re doing. Dalton clearly shows he doesn’t pay any attention to detail, and don’t anyone give me an excuse that he’s only one person doing it all, while Bill does nothing; we don’t know that, nor do I give a fuck to care, but that’s neither here nor there. If Dalton wants to literally show how much he cares about his job, then he needs to kick rocks and file unemployment or welfare like everyone else. Either be apart of a solution, or be apart of the problem, either way, he’s becoming a problem right now. Can’t stand someone who wants to be lazy and take advantage of someone just because they’re, ‘a decent person’. 😒
My first car was in 1979...a passed down, gold 1969 Buick Sportwagon. It wasn't the Trans Am I wanted...but as dad said at the time... " third-class driving is far better than first-class walking"
You guys are quick! Seeing these beasts takes me back to my ill spent 70’s youth. Thanks Bill, from W Central Fl.
Truly one of the most beautiful cars of the late 60's and early 70's era.
My Dad ordered one of these for my Mom from Gage Oldsmobile in Detroit in the fall of 1970...exact same car, exact same color. His brother, my Uncle, was service manager at Gage. Unfortunately, my Mom passed in April 1971. My Dad then let me take it to college at Emory University. So many great memories...drugs, sex and rock and roll!
Had it restored to original condition in 1985 and happily cruised the streets of Kansas City...till a house fire claimed it 1987. It was the only car in the garage, our 2 Audi's were in the driveway and survived. I wish I'd lost the Audi's. Miss that ride!
We also had a 1968 4-4-2 which was an incredible muscle car
My Dad was a cool dude!
Your parents did good. Now we have a friend who shares great and interesting cars with us, and is a good philosopher as well.
My sister had a brand new 72 Cutlass Supreme convertible, it was one cool car, plus she had that for 11 years
I was in First Grade in 1971. My dad bought a new Toyota Corona Deluxe that year, a 4 door compact sedan with 4 speed. It was a fairly good car, that dieseled every time you shut it off.
Olds Cutless is one of most beautiful cars. Thx
My dad worked for John Brown Olds from 1971-1977 and he was allowed as part of his pay to use vehicles on the lot. So, we experienced lots of those cars. The Cutless 442 he brought home one week the drivers seat turned 90 degrees to let you out and in if you wanted to swing it that way. Also he drove home 4 door Cutless and we owned a 1972 Delta 88 4 door. Blue with a dark blue roof. It also had the rocket 350 and we did flip the air cleaner cover to hear the secondaries open. So much fun thanks Bill for the trip down memory lane. Love love love the content and videos!
Budlight
I know this vid is a year old, but....I had a 71 Cutlass Supreme SX Convertible back in the early-mid 90's. What a fantastic car it was! It had the 455 4V, T400 tranny.....SIGH....transmission....and was silver with black Rallye stripes on the hood and decklid, had a black vinyl interior with bucket seats with console and floor shifter, and a black convertible top. Also had the rear bumper that was 442-stlye, with the cutouts for the dual exhaust, and the chrome trumpet exhaust tips. Man, she was something! That 455 had GOBS of torque. I don't know what the rearend ratio was, but it was most likely a 3.08 or something like that, and a one-legger. She had the Olds Rallye wheels, BFG T/A Radials, and even had A/C! She was an original California car, and still in Cali at the time, so there was ZERO rust anywhere. The trunk inside was a s clean as could be, right down to the original trunk mat and spare tire/jack. Man, what a sweet ride. Thanks, Bill, for the trip down memory lane. I had the time of my life in the late 80's through the late 90's. It was definitely a PARTY back then! Take care, man.
Corvette and then this Oldsmobile. Perfect machines. God bless you Bill!
Bill, great job on promoting the Olds. A touch of whiskey never hurt anyone. Be yourself.
I just love this guy! What a salesman. Best thing is the weather comments. Keepem comin!
This has become my favorite UA-cam channel. Bill is informative and funny as hell! I love hearing him bitching about the weather and the animals! I’d love to have have a few beers with this guy! Guarantee I’d laugh my ass off!
I absolutely hate animals, too. F them all.
I bought my 71 cutlass S 350 rocket when we were both 17 and drove it for 6 years, best car ever, and now I am the old guy who wishes he never sold it....wtf nice content thanks btw my first car was the 77 Monte with swivel buckets and a 350, you are working your way through my youth thanks man!
Bill, I've never heard someone with your voice in Gen X, which I am part of (born in 1969). The way you articulate, you sound more like an older Boomer, like a Dennis Farina. That's a compliment, BTW.
I had a '71 Cutlass Supreme SX 455 TH400 What a screamer! I truly miss that car.
Oldsmobile built the finest GM A-body, period. From '68 - '77... a hands-down winner in all respects.
Having worked in the auto business for many years, many of my colleagues back in the day concurred on that.
I owned a '69 442 many years ago, one of the few cars I regret selling. The new owner of this one, will love it.
Cheers Bill and thanks for the memories...
Thanks Bill Beautiful Cutlass, the old girl has plenty of get up and go.
That is one sexy car my brother-in-law had one for about 2 years just before he left for the military I miss him and I Miss the car love driving that thing
My first car in 1978 was a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme coupe. Sherwood Green with buckets and console. $725. Kept it for nine years. Now I have Oldsmobiles I have owned for thirty years!
Funny thing about the cutlass conv. You could get the 442 options with none of the badging. My neighbor has a sub 30k original car that has been wrapped in plastic as Italian ladies do since her husband passed in 1986. It still has the original tires. White with blue stripe, white and blue leather interior, power top/windows, W30/4sp. I have been trying to buy it for 15 years.
Bill, you are loved by the Lord. You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
I really enjoy all the automotive knowledge that you have. You have a great radio voice. Have you ever considered doing a Podcast?
We are about the same age. I was born in 1969. You remind me of a guy I grew up with. He liked to cuss as well.
We are getting older now. I worry about guys that drink and smoke into their 50’s. It’s usually not a good ending. It’s not too late to turn things around.
Anyway, I want you to know that the only way you will experience real peace in your life, is to have a relationship with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. This is what I did back in 2012.
Bill, I hope you will consider surrendering your life to Him, so you can have the gift of eternal life in heaven.
God bless Bill,
Mike
I was born in 50,in 71 I was still in the Hanoi Hilton in Vietnam.
Gorgeous car! I love how one second you are talking about the car then in a flash your worried about bird poop, and squirrel attacks! long live the Corona Virus whiskey.
I don't want these videos shortened in any way...
What a beautiful car. I envy you getting to drive so many different special machines. Great video as always Bill!!
Cheers
Kevin
This guys commentary is unexpectedly golden!
I owned a 1971 Cutlass Supreme 2 door coupe. It had a V8 engine 350 2 barrel which was a great,smooth performer.👍❤️
Great work Bill, like always. Not sure about anyone else, I find these videos not just informative, comedic but almost therapeutic.
You hit it on the nail for me > “therapeutic”
Thanks Bill ☝️
Thanks Bill. I respect your carology. No nonsense and great humor!
Had a brand new 83 hurst, black with red interior. Wife rolled it in 87, still haven't forgave her. One hell of a cruiser
Listening to Jimmi Hendriz with a pack of Newports. Love it. Bill, you're on top of your game.
Such an authentic good morning routine
Thank God we have alsome people like you making great videos so we don't have to watch TV anymore.
Some beauty car lately Bill enjoyed every single one so far keep 'em coming.
My dads uncle and brother in-law both had Oldsmobile in thier car dealerships from the 40's to the 80's, We've always been a GM/Olds family and when Oldmobile died I think a little bit of dad died with them.
My dad bought a 1976 Cutlass Salon loaded, boy was that a nice car!!!
Handled fantastic
Good power from the Olds 350
Beautiful brown interior
Quite ride
Like this car everything was right!!
Olds was a really good car back in the day...
Then it all went to shit with the front wheel drive platform...
Oh well....
Bill, I love your videos and all of the personal anecdotes you include in them. From the wild birds to the miserable weather reports...it leaves me in stitches after a long day at work. I grew up in the 70’s and I love all of the classic cars from the 60’s and early 70’s. I wish that I could go back in time. Please keep bringing us your great videos!
My first car was a 72’. Same car but white interior and white top. The 72 had fake hood louvers. They built a wonderfully reliable and comfortable product. Fast and really good looking too. It was 9 years old when I bought it in 1981 for 999 bucks. I was 16 and saved money for years cutting grass with my grandfather’s business. Memories...
Very nice Cutlass!! I once owned a 1972 Cutlass S, 2 door hard top, 350 2bbl, in a metallic bronze colour. It was one of my favourite cars and the closest I ever got to a 442. The biggest difference in those days was how difficult it was to find information. It was like being in the dark ages compared to today. It was really hard to know what was available, at what cost and where. Researching today is so simple in comparison. Over the years, I’ve had a few nice cars, but I think those GM mid sized 2 door hard tops and convertibles were the perfect size, whether they were Chevelles, GTO’s, 442’s or GS’s.
Man you got a warped sense of humor . So do I . Thanks man .
Bill, I’m only two years younger then you and my first car when I was 16 was a 1972 Cutlass S! Jealous? Lol Thanks for the memories. Mine was a coupe with bench seat and vinyl top. Just some things I remember. The noisy speedometer. I believe the only speaker in the front was in the middle of the top of the dash. The radio antenna was embedded in the windshield. I only had a 2 barrel carb, so not sure if 4 was optional or discontinued for 72. 72 was very much a carryover. You set your mirrors once and done. The most annoying thing was the windshield wipers. Off, low, high. So you had to constantly do your own intermittent! Oh, and I was one of those punk kids with the Cherry Bomb and no tailpipe setting off car alarms, lol. Even got a ticket for it! And I can agree this is one of the most wonderful riding cars I have ever Been in. Really the best!
"I'm not that drunk"😂 Love ya Bill, nice ride. Thanks for the video, so many of these cars bring back many memories.....I was born in 1968, so we aren't far apart on age. Buddy had one of these, so beaten up, it just kept goin.
That was the top of the line for 1971. RH remote mirror didn't come out until the 1974 model year for most of the GM divisions. Cadillac had it earlier
. The early 70's were great and the cars were fun to drive.. I miss Oldsmobile, they were dependable and fun to drive., that was the original factory 8 track player. Our 68 Olds had one.. Our 71 Olds had it in the radio.
Beautiful car. It was a shame they retired the Oldsmobile mame plate. Thanks Bill
In 1979 I bought a mint 72 cutlass with the 350 4bbl with 70,000 miles on it for $700. That's about $2,500 in today's dollars. Drove it from Boston to L.A. when I moved to California. God, I wish I had kept that car!
Bill. You do an awesome job. Always putting smiles on both myself and my wife Penny. Thank You so much and carry on. Don & Penny
I was 16 years old when this beautiful machine was on the roads of America. They were gone so soon..... 😔
My mother owned a blue Buick 1972 Skylark, and I had the pleasure of driving it on a pretence of going to store while up North. I must have been 19 or 20 in 1976 when I had the joyride with my baby brother Wayne with me as a very young 9 year old willing passenger. The twin Cutlass brought back pleasant mother memories as she passed away September 2019, this is October 3, 2021.
Beautiful car takes me back to my high school days I graduated in 74 so I have a soft spot in my heart for these time period cars but I must say my all time favorite has to be the 1966 Chevelle 2 door 396 4 speed convertible thanks for sharing
My mom had a 71 with the front bench seat and the shifter on the column it didn't have those sporty mirrors but it did have a remote passenger mirror adjustment. The color was blue and the seats were as well. My parents ended up giving the car to my brother which he totally restored installed those sexy rally wheels and once he got rid of the biased ply tires and put radials on it it drove like a new car. It has a white top too along with a blue boot
The “cigarette console slot” is genius. Brakes send your pack forward, and acceleration brings it back. Form follows function. Perfect ‼️
Voting age should be 30.
Good evening Bill from Ron from Manchester in England. The weather is cold and wet today. Sorry the weather is muggy and the birds are causing you some distress
I'm a sucker for any Cutlass. Now that I am 42 I think the voting age should be raised to 30.
Enjoy your show and absolutely love the unfiltered commentary, even tho some things don’t always fit my worldview. Can’t wait for the next!
The way Bill describes his introduction into the world was hilarious.
My first car was a '68 Cutlass S with the 350, bought in '73. Great car. Thanks Bill!
I owned a red 69 Cutlas S 350 in 77.
I love Bill. My mom had a Cutlass of this vintage, no not a convertible. Yellow creamish color with black interior. She loved it, I was pretty young but I kind of remembered it.
Also, you are right Bill about Oldsmobile. It was quality and luxury without being ostentatious. My parents who were originally from the mid-west would have been more comfortable buying an Olds than Cadillac, they never would have wanted to look flashy or fancy.
22:12 “Is that a chimp or a bird?
I’ll keep an ear out for that.
I hope it doesn’t come any closer!”
🤣😂🤣
Beautifully explained, this one is a gem, Thank you
My father owned a Vista Cruiser in a metallic green. It had. 400 4bbl and dual exhaust. I think it was a ‘69 or ‘70. It was a really great car. I used to take it out every once in a while and race my buddy in his dad’s Olds. It was a mid 60’s full size with a bigger engine. Something like a 430 ci high compression. We were side by side all the way up to over 100 mph. Amazingly even performance considering how different they were. With those air cleaners, you could flip the lids and get such a great intake sound.
A number of years ago, a buddy of mine had a 1971 Cutlass CV and I was fortunate enough to have two 1972 Cutlass Supreme coupes. Favorite cars I've owned by a long shot and for many reasons... styling, comfort, power, ride, attention and more. Deals like I made to get those don't exist anymore.
the Cutlass is the car I learned on 'ie drivers ed' Eisenhower highschool had one with a brake pedal on the right side - and he did use it on me coming to railroad tracks. That Cutlass had insane power for a drivers education car. It was touch the the throttle and boom she rocketed away like the damned thing had no weight - which it had plenty of including the other 4 or 5 high school students. And my girl Liz had one in the family. A beautiful baby blue with a white vinyl top. She got to drive it around and I got to ride along because she liked me more than my best friend. Thanks Bill for this video on the Olds - damn I miss Oldsmobiles!
How can you look at this car and not smile!!! The styling, the proportions, its just spot on. Its a great convertible cause the windshield header isn't right at your head like newer cars with their fast rake windshields. Then the red on black, looks stunning, but if I had ordered it new I'd gone with white vinyl(doesn't cook you in the sun)
Oh shit bill , that's , this is one on my favorites , I love this style of car , from child hood , my aunt had a hard top , white an 1/4 tan vinyl top , tan inside full power an hopped up for barrel , I'm 54 Bill so this is my era of automobile , wished I had alot if extra cash , buy this baby , but it's exspensive for me , I can dream tho , so I'm good
It's always a pleasure to listen to Bill's "Corona-Virus-Whiskey-Voice". It's no problem at all to listen to that "CVWV" for hours.
my family had a72 442 convertible white with black stripes the rocket 350 what a ride it was out of all the car's we had it was the best and we had a 67 GTO with the 326 back in 69 but that old's was a head turner
Your reviews are awesome and you're more humorous and witty than any current or late night comic. Thanks for the Love of cars.
Wow, Bill when you said pink speedos and simulated prison six, and then show the screen shot - you were not kidding.
I'm ten years older than you so I get how you feel. My grandmother thought Danny Bonaduce played that giant bass for real, this would make her head explode
Great review! My father had a garage full of Oldsmobile cars, from the Cutlass, to the Vista Cruiser you love so much. By the time I was twelve years old (1976), I had already had my hardship drivers license, and was cruising Westheimer Rd., which was the main drag in Houston, listening to a JBL stereo and equalizer through a ton of speakers and amplifiers I had installed all around the car without cutting holes in any of the panels. My secret was that I had two big home stereo speaker towers in the trunk, hooked up to their own dedicated amplifier. It was always a hit and a ton of fun at parking lot gatherings. They don’t make cars like that anymore, and no one cruises like we used to, thanks to anti-cruising laws. It was fun while it lasted, but it didn’t last long enough, in my opinion. Just like the cars. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Keep ranting Bill , 30 40 50 60 min , it's all good man , it's knowledge u give alot of times we never heard so , keep up the good work , an if I had money to spend spend , I'd have snatched up many a cars u have shown , but this olds is a beautiful beautiful ride , keep it Bill it's you man , sale your truck man , keep this bad boy
This is Bill from Texas, a love everyone of your videos! Your commentary is fantastic!
Pontiac guy here, but these Cutlasses were gorgeous and they ran hard, whether a 350 or a 455.