1979 Cutlass Supreme

[Carsten]

H/O

Just remember the H/O was the only model to get the 350, and it was an Olds 350, not a Chevy.

I know it had a Olds 350 , but the People from our TÜV (who inspect the cars every 2 years and for historic registration ) , they do not know the difference. They even would not see that it is a 350 engine , but i want to have it all "legal" . It is a little bit difficult to explain all that , because you have a piece of paper for the car , where everything has to be written in when it is different from the original parts ! Tire and wheel size , Steering wheel type , exhaust , carb , mufflers , headers.....
So when i have enough informations , i can get the car legal with this engine , the dual exhaust , headers and holley carb , because this parts a similar to what was possible to get original with an Olds Cutlass in 1979.
It is not that easy as in the USA 😢
Every modification has to be shom to the "inspector" and has to be legalized , if not , you get a ticket from the police , if they stop you...
Greets , Carsten

 

[supercrackerbox]

You guys should be careful about using words like "only" and "never" when dealing with overseas cars. Sometimes they had a lot of different options available that weren't available in the States. Think about the Mexican Monte Carlo SS for example. I could totally see the Olds 350 being an option without being in a Hurst/Olds, simply because the Hurst name might not be very recognizable in Deutchland as it is in the US.

 

[Carsten]

Overseas car

You guys should be careful about using words like "only" and "never" when dealing with overseas cars. Sometimes they had a lot of different options available that weren't available in the States. Think about the Mexican Monte Carlo SS for example. I could totally see the Olds 350 being an option without being in a Hurst/Olds, simply because the Hurst name might not be very recognizable in Deutchland as it is in the US.

That is the good thing for me ! My car is no official car for germany and was from a member of the army , who was here in germany. So i only have the title and no regular german papers and TÜV , but can drive it on a special kind of registration for cars older than 20 years ! That is something special over here , but is since last year much more complicated and you need TÜV and historic "check" , too.
You can see that special plate on my car on several pics in my album.
The good thing on that for me is , that at this point , i can somehow do what i want with the car(engine,wheels,tires,exhaust and so on) and it does not have to be checked by the TÜV . It should all be in a way that it "could" be legal , but here in germany most of the police officers are not able to say what is correct on the car and what is not ;-)
It is getting hard to drive such a modified car over , because they have more and more rules what you are allowed to do and what not... For every part you put on your car you need papers to get them legal... But for cars like my Olds , you get nothing with the papers you need...

 

[Carsten]

Plate

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[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I do not think that there were any 15 in wheel 1979 G bodies. They all probably had 14x6's. I have heard about German inspections before and how tough they are. I guess I should feel blessed that I live somewhere with no inspections of any kind. Just pay $35 a year for registration and you are done.