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1971 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS, VEHICLE ID: 226, IS SOLD....SOLD....SOLD.... THE FOLKS WHO LOVE THEIR OLDSMOBILES WILL TELL YOU THAT 1971 IS A FAVORITE YEAR...ESPECIALLY FOR THE OLDS CUTLASS. IN FACT, THE OLDS CUTLASS SUPREME CONVERTIBLE WILL ALWAYS BE A TOP COLLECTIBLE. NEXT IN LINE, THE HARDTOP COUPE...OFFICIALLY CALLED THE OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME HOLIDAY HARDTOP. 1971 WAS A POPULAR YEAR FOR OLDSMOBILE DESPITE THE FACT THEY PLACED 6TH IN OVERALL SALES. THEY SOLD 558,889 OLDSMOBILES IN ALL MODELS. 60,599 OF THOSE WERE CUTLASS COUPE''S. INTRODUCED ON SEPT 10, 1970 TODAY SEVERAL OPTIONS ARE SEEN AS RATHER RARE: ONLY 0.8% OF ALL CUTLASS'' HAD A 4-SPEED, 4.7% HAD DUAL EXHAUST AND ONLY 18.6% HAD POWER WINDOWS. THE CUTLASS HARDTOP ONLY COST $3322 NEW BUT, ADDING THE MOST DESIRABLE OPTIONS QUICKLY RAN THE TAB UP TO $4,400...A STOUT FIGURE FOR A CAR IN 1971. ON THE STREET, THE OLDS WAS KNOWN FOR BEING A REFINED SLINGSHOT...LIVING UP TO IT''S ''ROCKET'' NOMENCLATURE. 1971 SAW A NEW FRONT-END DESIGN WITH A TWO-PIECE GRILLE, TWIN HEADLIGHTS IN SEPARATE UNITS, HUGE ''DINNER PLATE'' SIGNAL LIGHTS AND A KILLER ASSORTMENT OF COLORS LIKE: VIKING BLUE, BITTERSWEET, LIME GREEN, STERLING SILVER, SABLE BROWN, NORDIC BLUE, ANTIQUE BRIAR, AND SATURN GOLD. THE 4-4-2 W-30 PERFORMANCE SERIES CAME WITH A FACTORY BLUEPRINTED ENGINE ADVERTISED TO SAVE YOU THE TIME AND MONEY. THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR THE EMISSIONS DOGS WOULD INTERFERE AND START REGULATING COMPRESSION AND HORSEPOWER. IT''S THE LAST OF THE TRUE HORSEPOWER OLDSMOBILES AS THE GOVERNMENT DE-HORSED ALL THE MOTORS THEREAFTER. NOW, WITH DR. OLDSMOBILE RETIRING AND OLDSMOBILE PRODUCTION ENDING FOR GOOD, THESE GREAT OLD CARS WILL BE RELISHED AS COLLECTOR ITEMS FROM THIS TIME ON IN HISTORY.