1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham

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    It is a beautiful car, but he will have to go some to get that price. These just aren't in demand.
     
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    These were extremely popular when new. The 1976 Cutlass was the best selling car in America for that year. But that price is still high for now.
     
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    Good point, but that works against getting a high price. Condition, desirability, and rarity determine value. This one has all the condition you could want, but it is not rare since so many were built initially, and, as I mentioned, it is not a highly sought-after car.
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Agreed on all counts, great looking example, but not the most desirable color combo, I like yellowish cars but a lot of people do not. It definatly was never stored out in the OK Sun, the tan plastic panels would have turned to dust and faded into about 5 different greenish colors if it had been stored outside.

    Even a 442 of the era in the same condition would have trouble selling for around $12,000 let alone almost $20,000 the seller is asking for, but who knows you wont get $18,000 if you are only asking $10,000. So good luck to the seller.

    I always liked how Olds counted Cutlass Production in 73-77, The other divisions had separate A & G body models and separated the 2, Chevy Chevelle/Malabu were A-body, Monte Carlo was the G-Body, Pontiac had Leman's, Grand Am's & Can Am's as the A-Body, and Grand Prix's as the G-Body, Buick had the Century as the A-Body and the Regal as the G-Body.

    Olds had the Base Cutlass as the A-body and the Cutlass Supreme as the G-Body but counted both Body Styles as a "Cutlass" and grouped them together for the final numbers. Yes they sold a lot more of them in 76 & 77 than they did in 73-75, but I still don't think they out sold Chevy those years if the Chevelle, Malabu, Monte Carlo, & Laguna production is grouped as one number. I may have to look it up.
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    Ok, I did a quick internet search and found that Olds sold a total of 500,129 total Cutlass's of all models, Chevy Sold 544,642 of the 2 different Monte Carlo Models Alone, then add in 9,100 Laguna's, 85,626 Malibu's, and 238,517 Malibu Classic's you get 877,885 if the numbers are added the same way Olds Did. It looks Like Chevy broke down the Monte's into Base and Landau Models, 191,370 Base & 353,272 Landau's. So even if they would have counted just the Monte Carlo Production as 1 group they would have out sold the Cutlass's.

    Numbers are always interesting.
     

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