Can someone tell me if plastic inner wheel wells were stock on a 67 cutlass I have 3 cars and they are all steel and in need of work or I can just buy plastic ones why would they make both

 

Steel inner wheel wells were stock in 1967. Red ones were used on the rare W30 option. I believe the black plastic ones just give you a weight reduction.

 

There were a fair number of black plastic inner fenders that made it into production cars, including wagons and 4-doors. No much is known about these. I have yet to see any factory reference to them (part numbers, etc.) I have a pair FWIW.
Olds went to all plastic in '68, and my guess is that the '67 black plastic ones are pre-production issue.

 

I agree with Kurt that plastic liners could be found on some 1967 wagons. Ten or twelve years ago I pulled the nose off a 1967 Vista Cruiser in a bone yard. It had plastic fender liners on it and by the grunge they looked as old as the rest of the car.


John

 

I have a couple sets of the plastic ones. They save 16 pounds compared to steel.

 

Joe, what do you know about what they came off of?

 

I vaguely recall parting out a 1967 Cutlass around 1979, and wondering why it had plastic IFW's. Back then I had not yet adopted the "last time seen never" rule and they got scrapped.

 

The plastic inners were most commonly found in 1967 on Vista Cruisers.