1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Junkyard Find
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Junkyard Find. Always a bittersweet moment when I find another 78-88 abody / gbody in the junkyards. I am a fan of these cars, especially the 78-80 models, with the 80 Monte being my favorite for obvious reasons(I own one). in my opinion, the 78-80 Olds Cutlass looked better than the 81 and later models. I was really digging the green on green goin on with her. I also liked the sun roof option that I rarely see on a gbody. I'd love to have that on my 80 MC but I just don't have the heart to cut a hole in my roof.
RARE, RARE, RARE!!! Whoa Nelley. The power sunroof option was not ordered that often, and this one is loaded. I spot PS, PB, PW, PDL, cruise, tilt, regular two speed wipers (CD4 delay was an option I believe), optional V8 engine (I was expecting a 260 V8 VIN "F" Olds 2 barrel to be honest) AC, the 8 track, power seat, the Brougham option, and the wire wheel covers (grab those...I had them on my '79 Cutlass when I owned it from 1990 to 1993, it was my sister's car from 1985 to 1990).
When we get the VIN, we win. If we had the (cowl) tag, we could brag.....VIN is 3 for Oldsmobile, M for Cutlass Supreme Brougham, 47 for two door, H for 305 V8 with 4 barrel (optional engine, very rare to see, I had a parts car with it), 9 for 1979 model year, R for Arlington TX assembly, and the rest is the production sequence. The original exterior color appears to be code 44 Medium Green. Yes, as others said, it looks like "appliance" Avocado Green. My own kitchen appliances are still this color. People will ask why don't you change them? The machines are clean and they work. When they need repair, they are easy to fix myself and parts are still available for them---even though they are from 1968 and all are Magic Chef, except the fridge, that's a GE. The local appliance parts shop would ask me "why I was putting money into an old appliance". I said, "Every 15 years even if I spend $100, I would have changed them 3 times already with newer ones or spent twice that in parts to fix them myself, and these still get the job done". I think that's a 1980 Reagan/Bush bumper sticker as the '84 version said "Reagan/Bush '84".
Berg Motors is out of business as of 2019, but it's now Sewell Buick GMC and it is located at: 3205 W Wall St, Midland, TX 79701. They are located here: www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x86fbd84f413b611f:0xb6f44e49add3b47d!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/berg%2Bmotors%2Bmidland%2Btx/@31.9837488,-102.1083373,3a,75y,121.09h,90t/data%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211s_EQdu4CmYNd775SFB655iA*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x86fbd84f413b611f:0xb6f44e49add3b47d?sa%3DX!5sberg+motors+midland+tx+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e2!2s_EQdu4CmYNd775SFB655iA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4oPz7zs7oAhWIg-AKHQuiA60Qpx8wCnoECBAQBg
2 speed wipers on a full show brougham is crazy... someone must have missed that option. I guess maybe the Rally wheels would be the only other thing missed. At least they went with the wire wheels.. I bet you it was a stunner when it was new. I love the green paint.
@@markj2838 More options could be had: "C49" rear defogger, other higher cost radio options (CB, cassette), possibly a power passenger seat, maybe a lit vanity mirror. As others have said, possibly a sunroof which I think would have been higher cost. Maybe a towing package of sorts, possibly a block heater (although you wouldn't need it in TX of course), but yes, pretty loaded up.
Love what you had to say about your "Avocado Green" kitchen, would love to see that. Shame the Olds wasn't taken care of. But those things probably weren't in demand back in 91. Wonder who would throw a bunch of cans in the engine bay in 93ish. Ah well, miss the green tho. I've seen modern Hyundai and Toyota cars in some kind of light green, especially the Konas.
@@nathankim7664 Regular looking kitchen, really. Back when appliances were made with real US steel. In fact I believe the back of the wall oven has the "US Steel" logo on the back outer wall (from what I remember when I had to take it out of the wall to do a repair). As long as they work, look decent and parts can be had when they need repair, I will continue to keep and fix them when I can. I just had to replace the 1987 Whirlpool made Sears Kenmore dishwasher because the tub rotted out. Wasn't worth me repairing it, so I replaced it with a new Whirlpool made Kenmore in April 2019. The '87 Kenmore only needed minor repairs over the course of 30+ years and I did all the repairs myself.
@@googleusergp I believe the one I just posted a video on is even more rare. Factory 260 V8 and Borg Warner T50 5 speed.
Midland Motor Company was owned by Rudolph "Rudy" Berg who started it at the Wall Street location in 1956. Mr. Berg died in 2010, he was 93. According to his obituary he had a degree in petroleum engineering and was active in Berg Motor for fifty years, so he may have been the one that ordered this car for stock for his inventory back in 1979 or may have been the person to sign off on the deal with the original owner. I would have had to think that the person that bought this new may have ordered the car with these options, or it was a higher end car on the showroom floor to attract traffic. I would think it was a real looker when it was new and I agree, the green is quite striking.
Love that 70's green!
Bet that looked sharp back in the day. Still love those G bodies....stay safe everyone!
Awesome cars , and to drive . My moms sister had a blue 79 cutlass with T-tops and I fell in love with it then my buddy got a 80 with the square headlights that had the bucket seats and center console.. You don't see any of these amazing cars anymore
Never seen a moon roof like that!! This is why love your vids!!
This was a nice ride back in the day man.......gotta love that factory moonroof.......
Dude thanks for the memories...
My late father had a silver one I love that car
Oh hell yes bro. I had one of these when I was a junior in high school. Mine was baby blue and sat on silver chrome Dayton’s. Nice cars.
I like that color too....I had a ‘79 Broham with the 260v8. Really nice car. We called it “The Gutlass”
Yep she be a sad old girl now. What people fail to realise about these old beuties is that for the most part and in most cases theses awesome vehicles were built by HAND. Not like the cars of today. These cars were built with love and pride. A job well done and a awesome creation at the end. yeeaaah.
Wow I used had '79 olds cutlass for 4 yrs ago
I remember these Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme cars, started to look better in the 80's but I do miss seeing wire wheel covers which looked on the these cars as the years went on.
ol girl was loaded with options
Love my 1980! I bet this one was sweet once!
My old girlfriend Ella had a 79 Cutlass same color green and all she was a nurse. Had some good times!
Always liked those Cuttys
I had a 79 Cutlass Supreme Supreme Brougham. Just like this one fully loaded but brown with tan vinyl roof. I got it for a dollar from my friends Dad it was one of his old parts car lol. It took me two years to get it running. I had to sell it because I had to pay for tuition.
I agree! I have a 85 cutlass.
Thanks for keeping the videos flowing through tough times..
Cool car
I always liked the style of these. This one was in nice shape when it was parked almost 30 years ago. The odometer has probably not been around. The rodents and the weather did it in with assistance from that vinyl top. It would be interesting to know what the story is as to why it was parked and sat so long. I'm guessing something failed on it and whoever parked it did not want to take a depressed value for it and said that they would fix it someday. Well someday never came and here it sits awaiting a not so far off date with the crusher.
Another cool vid Bro. From your number 1 fan in Lock Down New Zealand. cheers .
I have a 79 Cutlass Wagon in the same color. Lets say the color has really grown on me. Thanks for sharing this one. I believe that is called an astro roof and is like you said very rare. I've seen plenty with T-tops but not the sliding roof.
Blast from the past bro. Awesome vids keep them comin # 1 fan bro
Cool car. With a power sunroof! My Grandad bought a new baby blue one in 1979, he traded his 1973 Cutlass for it. He kept the '79 until summer of '84, then traded for a new grey Honda Prelude. Five years later, he traded for his last car, a black '89 Honda Prelude.
That was one nice Cutlass back in 79. I know the car is sitting low because of flat tires, but see how diminutive it looks next to those two SUV's. Those are compact SUV's and they still look massive next to that Olds. I am surprised the plastics inside that car have held up so well. Usually they've turned to dust by now. Too bad this one wasn't one of the lucky few to have been saved to show future generations what a loaded Oldsmobile Cutlass looked like in real life. This would have been a hit at car shows. Back then a sunroof option was pretty expensive so not many around from back then. Now it seems.like half of the cars have a moonroof (glass). Sunroof was metal. My brother had a 1978 Ford Fiesta with a removable or pop up sunroof. It also came with a glass panel that could be switched out. Moonroof makes more sense then a metal sunroof. With glass you can pull the shade closed when not in use, or at night you pull the shade back and still enjoy it without having to open it.
79 cutlass had five of em back bumper was prone to rottn and falling off painted mine choc brown takes me back thanks for posting
That sun roof I've never seen one like that pretty rare oh it's a sky roof hey they came with t tops too I think you ever see a delta 88 holiday edition? They had bucket seats floor shifter and ralley gauges in a delta! Cool video
Awesome car and way awesome bumper sticker !
I like that color of green to man 👍
Solid interior in this as well...
Love them bumper stickers
I own a 79 with a glass moonroof 1 of my grills was broken and i struggle to find it and also the side chrome trimm finally found it i love my Christine
You know I'm kinda digging the green interior . Crazy all the g-bodies you get on video man . Unheard of here up in canada . I maybe see one a year at the yards here if I'm lucky .
Not bad except the rust holes. I'm digging the Avocado Green.
They called it a “Skyroof” it had no glass, very rare, take the motor and any parts to it!
It's a 305 boat anchor. I'm not sure anyone would bother. A 305 these days is only good for someone that has a nice ride but does not want to hot rod it, but just wants to cruise and have it look the part when you pop the hood. You could probably get about 300 HP out of it, anymore than that, it's simply not worth putting in the money.
@@kennethsouthard6042 I think he was talking about taking the electric motor and any other parts from that moonroof
@@kennethsouthard6042 😆
Looks like this is a fairly solid body..
That’s a nice G body. There’s not that many in green. If it wasn’t rusted and didn’t stink, I’d save it.
Have you ever seen one of these 78-80 g bodys with a factory manual trans, those are super rare and cool
g body for the win
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Buy The Entire Roof Clip & Cut It Off!! Six Cuts With The Old Sawzal!! Extremely Rare Option, Gotta Be Worth A Bunch Of Money!!
This is like asmr
I digging that green too. It looks like a coca cola life green to me.
I bet that was a very nice car at one point in its life sad it was neglected ☹️
Agreed
Wasn't that color called "Avocado Green"? I like seeing it on transistor radios, kitchenware, and even tupperware lol
Guess someone wanted to do a 'barn find' sale, but the rust and rat crap is too much to handle. I won't say anything about the 8 track, sitting in rat crap isn't worth it. The OEM GM mirror is cool though, it's funny how some passenger side sun visors don't have a mirror! Score for your Monte!
It was code 44 Medium Green. See my comment about Avocado Green appliances...LOL.
@jdslyman My one fridge in the house was a housewarming gift from my grandmother (my Dad's mom, who died in 1980) when my parents bought the house new in 1968. I fixed it once in 2000, for $35, a thermostat was needed. Great machine, you won't find GE making them like that anymore, that's for sure. Back in 1967, they were proudly made, and made well in "Appliance Park" in Louisville, KY.
@jdslyman Probably R22 back then, R12 was usually for automotive AC, but yes, it's nice to pull out a glass bottle of NYC tap water and have it be ice cold. Refreshing. I never buy bottled water, always keep some bottles of tap water in the fridge. I have a 2005 Whirlpool downstairs too. Was my grandparents and we brought it here when we sold the house in 2016.
@jdslyman Yes, Sears Coldspot, but probably from 1976, not 1977 as by '77 they stopped using the Coldspot name, although you could have bought a "leftover". Those were the "106" model prefix models, and the 106 denotes that Whirlpool made it for Sears. I know the style you're talking about. Yup, those things were tanks. My parents had a "106" Coldspot AC unit in the dining room. The compressor was massive and it used a 30A circuit. I had to replace it in 2010, it finally just gave up the ghost and it wasn't worth repairing. Back in 1982, we knew a Sears tech and he came to take a look at it as it was making noise. He was an old timer and said, "The case is sagging it a bit. Prop it up with a wood block and it should be good for a few more years." Those "few years" were from 1982 to 2010. LOL. I replaced it with a Friedrich unit, same capacity and it fit the opening perfectly (using the new sleeve of course). I had to just swap over the outlet as the new unit was 20A, not 30A. Easy to do. That old Coldspot was a beast of a machine, it would eventually shoot frost out of the vents if you ran it long enough. The fan was whisper quiet and it would put you to sleep. That was when you could get quality products from Sears, that's for sure.
Great car I had the 79’in black and white loved it 305 v8 4 barrell comfortable great roomy trunk as well wish I still had they just dont make cars like these
I like these 78-80 models as well.
@@ClassicRideSociety my buddy had the 80’ dual front head lights I had the 73’ cutlass coupe my first car 350 rocket 4 barrell then the 76’ cool model 260 v8 then the 79 then the 84 delta 88 up to 87 the cutlass’ were cool too then olds died out.
@@billdepalma161 I have the Chevy version, an 80 Monte Carlo. I also have a 67 Cutlass Supreme
@@ClassicRideSociety both great cars that 67’ had a great design to it and big I was only 7 then lol learned to drive in the 76’ cutlass but that mid size GM LINE WAS AWESOME INDEED. TODAY ITS A 2017 FORD FLEX BIG ROOMY CAR SUV FORD STOPPED PRODUCTION ON THESE AS WELL.
@@billdepalma161 that 67 cutlass is about a decade older than me. My first though was a 67 chevelle. 66/67 GM mid size are my favorites 👍
Bro hammmmmm.. haha. Seen cowboy crushed a bunch of cars you showed. Hurt to see that Vega die. I always wanted to build one like a mini second gen Camaro with a split bumper and shit... And a big block 🤙✌️
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Richard Raulins likes green
I love the '78-'80 G bodies too. I've had a '78/ '80 Cutlass, '79 Monte and a '79 Regal. Don't you miss the days when cars came with interesting interior colors like green, blue and burgundy? Now everything is either gray, tan or black
Wow how sad to see that car there. My grandma had a 79 delta 88 royale same color green on green. That car would have been a nice lowrider.
Another G body gone best 🚗 in the world
Whats up dude. Hey I have a 78 monte that i saved, my question is would any 78 g body rad support work for my 78 like regal or cutless?
I put a 78 grand prix rad core support in my 80 Monte. Had to do a little trimming around the headlight area but no biggie
@@ClassicRideSociety sweet and all the bolts were in the same spot?
did you take any parts off?
I didn't but others have. Its still there but very well picked over. It soon will be crushed
I think that car has original 68k miles. Just sat and the body rusted all to hell and the interior leaked and faded ruining it. Possibly original owner had more money than time being in the oil field or they passed away then the land/building was eventually cleared. registration may be 1991.
it is a shame forklifts tear up cars somebody might want too buy they need to stop it..
Dint see them anymore
This might have been the company that is on the bumper sticker: www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.total_operations_and_production_services_inc.ba9a3a4929884f03c62894fa6b4d810f.html
Looks like some sort of industrial energy company. I gather that part of TX is "oil country".
Sunroof are glass they let the sun through. Moonroof are metal doesn't let sun through.
It's the other way around. Sunroofs came out first and were metal. Moonroofs were glass and came out sometime in the mid 70s. In this era at least on American cars, even though the roofs were factory options, the actual work was outsourced. One company called ASC (American Sunroof Company) probably did the lion's share of them. This one being a 79, I would have thought it would have had a moonroof. Perhaps at that time they still offered both or were only doing moonroofs on Cadillacs and Lincolns.
Moonroofs I'm sure are cheaper and faster to make as they would not have had to paint match the panel.
how much
78 to 80 Montes had more curves on side body!
Midland tx I’m home city born raised baby
Is it for sale
Long gone. The junkyard crushed it
Solamente un idiota puede dejar morir un auto como ése.
Looks like some parts have already been pirated off of this..
The more the better.
definitely likling that acadia next door why in the world is it in there :-(
Good place to leave it
Que motor trae
No se pero ya no esta ago el carro. Lo aplastaron
@@ClassicRideSociety donde encuentro piezas para ese modelo
@@luisgranados5944 si buscas partes nuevas, www.opgi.com/catalogs/1978-88-g-body-restoration-performance-parts-catalog
A Brand New Asian car or truck in a few months
Was that car in salt water? Rough by n.y. standards!
Can you sell me them taillights
I think they sold them already
@@ClassicRideSociety damn near impossible to find . You should have scooped those up . Could have flipped those for some change easy
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Buy it and I will pay you extra plus shipping
Those were plain looking cars. A lot of cars looked plain starting in about 78. Long bodies were pretty much gone.
Can use so much off that car. Clean metal. What a waste.
I never liked the 1978-1980 Cutlasses. An overtly cheapened and decontented car versus the 1977 it replaced. I didn't like the engines offered. 3.8 Buick V6. 260 cubic inch Olds V8, and the Oldsmobile 5.7 liter V8 diesel. All using the horrible GM THM 200 transmission. The Cutlass wouldn't become great again until the 1981 model year. Those looked great! Those had the Oldsmobile 307 V8 which was a great engine. The 260 wasn't bad. Just slow. The Chevrolet 305 was a top tiered engine for these cars. It too had the thm 200 trans. At that time, it was a sin to stick a Chevrolet engine in an Oldsmobile.
lol i need that back bumper
long gone. they crushed it a while back