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Old Nov 14, 2016 | 07:29 PM
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new owner of 72 cutlass S

new to forum here any help would be great just picked up today. steering feels a bit loose and on left turn right wheel rubs. thanks in advance to everyone.
Old Nov 14, 2016 | 11:48 PM
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your purchase! You'll find some useful and interesting info on here. If you haven't found what you're looking for, feel free to post a question.
Old Nov 15, 2016 | 03:02 AM
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Congrats on the car. Love the 72s myself.
Old Nov 15, 2016 | 04:18 AM
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Welcome to the site, I moved your thread. Post a proper intro in the Newbie section when you get a chance. Unfortunately we need some additional info to point you in the right direction. Are the wheels, tires, and suspension stock. Did you perform any work prior to this issue?
Old Nov 15, 2016 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by oldcutlass
Welcome to the site, I moved your thread. Post a proper intro in the Newbie section when you get a chance. Unfortunately we need some additional info to point you in the right direction. Are the wheels, tires, and suspension stock. Did you perform any work prior to this issue?
Wheels are not stock, I will be getting more into the car today and looking at the suspension and ill have the tire sizes for you later in the day. thank you
Old Nov 22, 2016 | 01:02 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2016 | 11:01 AM
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Blacked out grilles and silver headlight surrounds. I like the look.
Old Nov 22, 2016 | 01:48 PM
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Nice car, congrats.
Old Nov 22, 2016 | 01:58 PM
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Blacked out grilles and silver headlight surrounds. I like the look.
That does look good, to the op if you didn't know those are 72 supreme grills painted black which makes them 72 HO grills, the 72 S had horizontal bars as opposed to the egg crate style, the headlight bezels are the same for 71-72 except 71 is all silver like yours and 72 is silver surround w blacked out middle.

It looks nice like that, at some point someone might mention that's not how it came originally, no surprise a lot of things get replaced or changed over 40 plus years.

What tire size do you have on the car? 1 tire rubbing and vague steering may just mean you need an alignment.
Old Nov 22, 2016 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RetroRanger
That does look good, to the op if you didn't know those are 72 supreme grills painted black which makes them 72 HO grills, the 72 S had horizontal bars as opposed to the egg crate style, the headlight bezels are the same for 71-72 except 71 is all silver like yours and 72 is silver surround w blacked out middle.

It looks nice like that, at some point someone might mention that's not how it came originally, no surprise a lot of things get replaced or changed over 40 plus years.

What tire size do you have on the car? 1 tire rubbing and vague steering may just mean you need an alignment.
Thanks for the info, once I got to really dig into the car I found the tire rub was the offset of the rims and being in the incorrect position on the car. So with the steering I'm going to be going through the all of the suspension and should be able to figure it out. As for people saying it's not the was it came I'm cool with that.
Old Nov 24, 2016 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by RetroRanger
That does look good, to the op if you didn't know those are 72 supreme grills painted black which makes them 72 HO grills, the 72 S had horizontal bars as opposed to the egg crate style, the headlight bezels are the same for 71-72 except 71 is all silver like yours and 72 is silver surround w blacked out middle.

It looks nice like that, at some point someone might mention that's not how it came originally, no surprise a lot of things get replaced or changed over 40 plus years.

What tire size do you have on the car? 1 tire rubbing and vague steering may just mean you need an alignment.
I had the silver headlight bezels and turned them into the correct 72 versions and have a blacked out grill as well. I like the 72 correct bezels better imo. Easy to do . I just spray painted the entire bezel and used scotchbrite to go around the edges . I turned this IMG_0861.jpg to this IMG_0890.jpg
Old Nov 24, 2016 | 07:34 AM
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Awesome looking car! Budg your car looks good also.
Old Nov 25, 2016 | 04:28 AM
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Thanks for the kind words. Very nice car Michael. The previous owner put 235-60-15s all around on mine. I really like the look and feel of those.
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