1986 Cutlass Salon - $1,800

[84_CutlassSupreme]

Looking on Craigslist in St. Louis and found this...

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/1006315458.html

Was wondering, by looking at these pictures, could anyone tell if it is a Salon? If so, how?

 

[dudeface]

I have an 1985 cutlass salon...............this is not a salon. the salon was a almost fully optioned supreme or brougham, it would have chrome lower trim, buckets, console, and the door interior panels would also be different. If this is an actual salon.........someone defeated the purpose of a salon by "down" optioning this car

check my photo album for pics of two different 1985 cutlass salons


peace

 

[Blake442]

Salon's were not all fully optioned, though I believe they had bucket seats as standard equiptment. The door panel looks to say 'brougham', and the emblem on the 1/4 says Cutlass Supreme.

 

[88hurstolds]

That is an 86 Cutlass Supreme, a dead give away is the 87-88 Supreme style door panels, the 86's had a smooth velour fabric done in the 87-88 Supreme style and were not offered in any other style car (Salon, Brougham, etc.)
All Salons and Calais had buckets, Broughams had pillow top seats and Supremes had flat style seats. Also, Supremes were the only models that didn't have chrome snake blinders on the bottom. I think some Broughams may have come with flat seats, not sure.

In 1988 it was a different story, my 88 Cutlass Supreme Brougham has a console, bucket seats and non-pillow rear seat and Salon door panels with no emblem. Not sure if the seats were changed and the console was added but it is a T-top car and usually t-top cars came with buckets, but some t-top cars did come with a bench. I only say this because the Salon base model was not offered in 1988, just Supremes and Broughams.