I’m wondering if I should be grateful that I get sent links to cars as beautiful and excellent as this 1980 Olds Cutlass, or if I’m being tormented by “friends” who revel in hearing the frustrated groans of a gearhead with a limited pocketbook through the Internet. Is this payback for sending Lohnes all of those neat old truck listings? Is it? It’s not that I’m fully obsessed with GM G-bodies that is killing me here. It’s the early-G Cutlass part. I’ve owned two, both 1979s, both very early in my hobby (think 13-14 years old, “early”.) One was jade green, had a 260 V8 that created steam clouds like an old locomotive, and I drove a total of fifteen feet while trying to see just how dead it truly was. The other was a gray parts car for the green one. Neither one saw street time in my ownership. Another that came very close to happening was a 1978 Cutlass that belonged to an aunt. We had talked about me buying her baby, only for her boyfriend to voluntarily get rid of it for her before I could make the deal happen. And, to be quite fair, if you have to choose something from 1980 to own, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than the Cutlass…Oldsmobile was in their stride with these cars.
And any form of “malaise” is long gone from out under the hood. Read the specs for yourself:
Engine:
-383 Stroker Small Block Chevy
-Forged Rotating Assembly
-Two Valve Relief Flat Top Pistons
-All Fel-Pro gaskets
-Dart Iron Eagle Cylinder Heads
—>215 cc Intake Runner
—>64 cc Combustion Chamber
—>2.05-1.60 Valves
—>.600” Lift Springs
—>Screw in Rocker Studs w/guide plates
—>One Piece Harden Push Rods
—>Pro Form 1.5 Roller Rockers
—>Dart Rocker Girdles
-Dart Single Plane Intake
-1500-6000rpm range Lunati Cam (do not know Cam specs, believed to be .500” lift Cam; holds good brake vacuum when applying brakes)
-Quick Fuel 750 Carburetor
-Electric Water Pump
-Electric Fans
-Mallory 6AL ignition boxr hooked up.
Transmission:
-10” B&M 2800-3200 Stall Converter
-Forward Pattern Manual Valve Body w/Trans Brake (Trans Brake not hooked up)
-Transmission cooler
Rear End:
-10 bolt Posi with 373 Richmond Gears
Suspension:
-Front suspension: 90/10 front shocks
-Rear suspension: drag springs 50/50 rear shocks
-Southside bars
*Electric fuel pump, steel braided lines to fuel pressure regulator*
Wheels:
-Front: 15×4 front drag wheels with 26” Mickey Thompson front runners
-Rear: 15×8 rear drag wheels with pinned 28×9” Hoosier slicks
And the price? $6,100. Someone needs to move on this beauty like RIGHT NOW.
Facebook Marketplace link: 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais
(Thanks to Joe Haber for the tip!)
If Scott gets to torment me with pictures of minty 65-66 Fury’s & 69-71 Grand Prix’s I get to torment you with oddballs only guys like us like. Seems only fair.
I still think this is a bargain if the seller is honest about all thats going on. The 10 bolt would have to go but otherwise, this would be a nice cruiser.