hi all, picked up a 71 olds cutlass last thursday. love it to bits, has had a resto by the previous owner after being a barn find.

looking forward to chatting to you all

 

Sweet, have not seen that color combo before, is it original?

 

its not the original paint, i like it though. the prev owner has a thing for red cars. he's now purchased a camaro and doing a similar scheme.

its eyecatching, went for a cruise on teh weekend and it turned a few heads

 

folks, if anyone has a link to a service manual it'd much appreciated. most of the literature this way is for holden or ford muscle, oldsmobiles are a rare commodity and reading on it even rarer.

 

Welcome, cool car.

'71 is the best year.
Oz?
Are you in Australia, Kansas or Outer Zimbabwe?

Edit: Holden? I got it.

 

Australia, in the wild west to be exact
One more question folks if anyone could help it'd be great.

What i thought would be simple fitting a car alarm has become a serious shamoo... aftermarket air con was fitted and now covers part under the steering column which proved a problem for the guy doing the install today. i'd be interested in anyone's experiences with similar installations. thanks

 

Wow, nice car and couldn't say about the installation troubles. Perhaps a photo would help a bit. Start a new thread as many members don't cruise this newbie sub-forum. Maybe in the interior sub-forum would do. Welcome to CO.

 

thanks for the tip oldsguy, and q and a i might move there instead.

i think it might be a matter of just getting in to the folks that fitted it originally, and getting them to dismantle it temporarily while the alarm guy works his magic

i would be interested in what car alarms folks find effective for these cars and what sensors work best.

 

Welcome to our site!! What a nice Cutlass!! I love the color combination!!

 

Nice ride! It sure is a head-turner.

Is this going to be a daily driver? If it is just going to sit in a garage or only driven to a cruise night, I would not even put an alarm on it as it will always be in your sight. You can always pull the coil wire when leaving the car.

If someone really wants the car they will find a way to steal it.

 

thanks everyone

dannyboy- it probably will get driven regularly... with work sometimes have to keep it in a shopping centre car park so its my main concern

part of the reason i went for this car was to get a bit more familiar with servicing etc, have been taking motorbikes apart from a while but don't know my way around something with 4 wheels- danny boy, whereabouts is the coil wire?

 

Do a search on Ebay, under manuals and literature.

 

Agreed..you'll find what you're after on eBay.
Good to see another Olds in Oz and welcome to the site.
Where in the west y'all from?

 

thanks for the tip, tried amazon but not ebay. col wickham- i'm in the inner north suburbs of perth thanks for the welcomes all, a very friendly bunch of ppl here

 

Next time you're down Bunbury way keep an eye out for my old Petty Blue '69 Road Runner. Shouldn't be too many of them around. Shipped it over late last year.

 

very nice sure it won't be hard to miss

 

NIce car hope you got some more pics for us.

 

working on it now

 

G'day orthoK. How's things in oz? nice car by the way, and if you can't find a manual on ebay that will ship it to you then you may try Fusick automotive , they have a catalog you can download on your computer of all the parts they have available as well as service manuals etc.

 

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a few more shots taken

 

Very nice!!!

 

...I like it. When you say you picked it up last Thursday, where from? Was it a local car or did you import it?
And I'll be looking for manuals too. They came with my car but they didn't arrive with the car. I suspect they didn't leave California.

 

it was local col, picked it up at a local auction yard (www.ridescarsales.com) that deal with alot of older cars and some exotics. i'd been checking out a 68 camaro in kinda ok condition before this one became available. Being my first older car this was a much safer bet and i loved the colour scheme. Plus i'm a pretty big bloke (6'4") and the legroom and bench seat is pretty comfy

 

Mate you went the right way. I was Mopar to the core but was talked into trying Olds. Now hooked.

 

OrthoK Im probably only 10ks from you, Duncraig, have a 50 split screen Holden built Olds which because of alot of damage have turned it into a convertible,' runs 455 with edelbrock heads headers twin gas carbs turbo 400 and a 9". Was a 4 door cut a section out of back door and added it to the middle of front doors. Has WB front HZ column HK Monaro front seats EJ prem rear, hope to have full rego by easter.


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hey twinspinner- very local right side of the river too haha.

if i see you out and about will be sure to say hi

edit- just checked out the photos very nice looking ride. am sure i won't miss that one