Cutlass and 4-4-2 1964-1974
Muscle Portfolio
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The vogue for compacts was in its death throes by the time Oldsmobile came to design its junior models for 1964. The buying public wanted bigger cars again, and so the F-85 and Cutlass models moved up to a 115-inch wheelbase. And at that size they stayed until the new 1968 models, when the four-door variants went up to a 116-inch wheelbase but the two-doors moved down to 112 inches to give the lightness needed for real performance. Then for 1971, the F-85 became a four-door only, and it was the smaller Cutlass which carried Oldsmobile's performance torch through to the middle 1970s. For performance enthusiasts, the F-85 could be bought with the 4-4-2 option packages, which meant 4-barrel carburettor, 4 speed manual shift, and 2 exhausts. For the 1966 season, 4-4-2 became a model line in itself, and so it remained until the muscle car era died in the early 1970s. The last 4-4-2 was a 1971 model, but the 112-inch wheelbase Cutlass remained on sale with performance options. The Cutlass could be had with the big 455 V8 right through the first half of this decade, but power dropped from 300bhp of the top 1972 Hurst/Olds option, to 250bhp for 1973. The 1974 was blessed with 275bhp, but with that the performance Cutlass went out in a blaze of glory. The 1975 model had a miserable 190bhp and no longer offered the same kind of motoring experience. The names continued to evoke fond memories, however, and in today's very different motoring world these enthusiasts Oldsmobiles have a deserved following. In this book, there is plenty of evidence for why that should be so.
By 1964 the public wanted bigger cars so the F85 & Cutlass models increased their wheelbase. For performance the F85 came with the 4-4-2 options. This is a book of contemporary road tests, new model intros, driver's impressions, long term tests, racing & history. 140 pages, 375 illus.
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