For whatever reason, I just can't seem to get away from '90s Oldsmobiles. When I look back, they account for fully half of the cars I've ever owned. Despite having moved beyond that decade for my daily driver, I've found myself dipping my toe into those waters yet again. Last week, I bought a '95 Cutlass Supreme convertible (red w/graphite interior, 3.1L V6). It will be delivered on Monday and I'm pretty stoked. I've always wanted a convertible and this one is very nice condition for the money--good paint and interior, new tires, new battery and new top. It'* got a a few more miles on it than I would normally prefer, but I don't intend for it to be a daily driver, just something to enjoy on pretty days. It does have couple of minor issues, but that'* to be expected on a 23-year-old car. I'll address those in due course. I'll post photos when I get a chance. Sadly, this means the Aurora will need to go bye-bye soon to make room in the driveway. I've enjoyed the car but I've had my season with it. Time for someone else to enjoy that one while I enjoy my new ragtop.

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The Cutlass Convertible Landed Yesterday
After two weeks of anticipation, my new toy was delivered yesterday. It was allI could do to resist taking it out for an inaugural spin as soon as the shipper left, but I refrained until today since it wasn't yet licensed. I skipped out of work a little early this afternoon to get to DMV to register the car. Even though it was about 90 degrees this afternoon, I dropped the top and drove first to a nearby city park to take some pictures of the car requested by my insurance company in order to get collision and comprehensive coverage, then I set out for the country. Although it was hot, it wasn't too bad on shady stretches of road and it was nice to smell the freshly mown grass. Although it needs a few things, I know I'll have fun with it as well as fun fixing it up.

The original paint is remarkably good for almost a quarter century old. Slightly faded on the plastic bumpers but otherwise quite nice.


The upholstery is also in remarkably good shape.


Even the dash is in good shape


She really shines in the sun


Not bad in shadow, either


The boot cover is in the trunk. I just didn't feel like putting it on.

Nice ride!

Yes, Very nice Ride!
I'm actually amazed how nice of condition overall the car is in. A new top as well, can you post a pic with the top up?

Thanks. I was pretty amazed myself when I saw it. It'* a two-owner car (I'm the third owner) and it appears to have been garaged its whole life. The truly amazing part is it'* a Pennsylvania car and there'* not a spec of rust anywhere! The previous owner claimed to have never even driven the car in the rain, much less snow. It'* not without its blemishes but for almost a quarter century old and with just under 120,000 miles on the odometer, it'* definitely a gracefully aging survivor. As requested, here'* a photo with the top up:

Wow, nice!

That is lookin good!

Better start hoarding parts for it. Whether you need it or not.

Yeah what Mike said. Especially for that, most of those are pretty ate up when they hit the yards so it will make it more of an adventure.

Well, I started my parts hoarding yesterday when I saw that a local self-service yard had a '95 Cutlass Supreme coupe in stock. It had only been there a week and a half, so odds were it was still pretty much intact (I was right. The only thing missing before I got there was the radio). I'm seeing fewer and fewer '90s vintage cars on these yards, and almost never a Cutlass Supreme, much less a two-door, so it was worth the half-hour drive. The car had 168,000 miles on showing on the odometer, so I didn't bother with anything mechanical. It was an oddball color combination--gold with a graphite interior--which meant there were some interior parts that would match my 'vert.

I spent a little over an hour grabbing whatever I thought I could use and ended up coming away with the largest haul I've ever made from a single car since I did a seat swap and power passenger seat upgrade on my '95 Bonneville almost a decade ago. I grabbed the sun visors, which were in surprisingly good shape, to replace the absolutely ragged ones on the 'vert, the back-up light assembly to replace mine that has a big chunk of plastic missing, the instrument panel bezel so I can drill a hole in it to mount a power switch for an FM modulator to play my phone or an iPod through the radio while leaving the original bezel intact, the power antenna because I'll be glad I did whenever the original one fails, and the taillights because it took a fair amount of work to remove them in order to get the back-up light assembly out. Oh well, now I've got the pieces and parts for a few more projects.