As we have often explained here on BangShift, there is good weird and there is bad weird. We’d consider this 1995 Olds Cutlass the good kind of weird because it was a long term project that turned out well and is cool enough that you could roll this thing into a car show and everyone would fall all over themselves to figure out what it was before the hood got lifted. We have seen plenty of Olds Cutlasses of this era used as drag cars. They were a favorite NHRA pro stock body style for a while but we’re not sure we have ever seen one converted and then kept as a street car! This thing has a nice four link setup in the back and an LT1 making the horsepower up front. With a low slung stance and plenty of attidude, we’d have no problem cruising this thing. Yes, the LT1 would go in a hurry, but for a while it would be fun.
This is not a hacked together car. The roll cage is well bent and tucked nicely. The photos of the four link out back show it to be nicely fabricated and mounted. We are kind of surprised it only has 275 tires on the back when something like this is screaming out for giant pro street meats but that may have to do with the engine. The basically stock LT1 wouldn’t be able to turn those big tires very much anyway, so perhaps he was waiting for a bigger motor before going to the big tires. Hey, the new owner can make that call now!
This is dare to be different stuff and we think it is neat as hell. Do you?
Here’s the text of the eBay ad:
I’m selling my uncles 10 year project, ground up restoration of a 1995 Old’s Cutlass 2door V8 street drivable drag car.
1997 LT1 350 motor(fuel injection), solid motor mounts-mid plate mount on car, serpentine belt, painless wiring for motor with 95′ computer for fuel injection, and transmission out of a Trans Am of the same year, trans has been rebuilt, has Hurst Pro-Matic 2 sghifter.
9″ Ford rear end with 4 link suspension with Chevy bolt pattern, tire size for front-P235-60R15, rear-275-60R15
Tubular chassis with role cage(removable door bars for roll cage), tubed for 12″ slicks, 4 wheel disk, front and back has coil over shocks, brakes-non power, power steering,and vintage-air conditioner and new 15″ tires with rims
Painted inside and out. floor bed lined and under car when frame off.
Fuel-amp-temp-oil with digital speedo.
Car has 1000-1200 miles on completed and 260 sense speedo was set
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE PHOTOS AND THEN HIT THE LINK TO SEE THE EBAY AD WITH MORE PHOTOS AND INFO –
Looks like a well constructed modern Pro Street car.
I like it. The aero on it is spot on. People can make fun of these cars all they want but they really look good when done right. They have better aero qualities than some of the newer cars. They don’t look like boxes on wheels. I had a ’89 Chevy Celebrity Station wagon that was a ex fleet car and it got 30mpg easy and looked half way decent really. It wasn’t super fast but I enjoyed it. I always wanted to make it rwd and have fun.
I’m loving the RWD conversion features keep them coming
Looks great. These really were nice-looking cars. My father wanted to do a RWD conversion with his, but he wanted it to be Pro Touring style with Buick GN power
GM Shoulda made them like this
Not sure it’s the body style I would have picked but I like the concept. Looks to be very well done.
YES.
That looks like its ready for the Ohio Mile run! An LT1 to boot! Yes!
I change it to a 6spd manual and have a blast with the car!
My Dad had one. It was a nice car… then he put white walls on it… oh Dad, RIP.
Looks like that guy had a very good answer to that “What FWD car should have been RWD?” poll we had a few weeks ago. Nicely done.