Quirks of the Gutbus Extreme

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 11/03/2014 at 10:47 • Filed to: Oldsmoboat Gutbus Extreme, Quirks, Cutlass

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So after having a good look around the Oldsmoboat Gutbus Extreme, I noticed a few quirks.

-Power windows, but no power door locks

-You need TWO keys to use the car (one for the doors, one for the ignition)

-You have the expensive 'Four Season' air conditioning, but no interior trunk release

-Only one rear frame rail extension is rotten

-The switch for the dome light is the switch for the dash dimmer

-The chrome on the tails is actually a bezel

-The hood ornament moves back a bit at high speeds.

Slave2anMG > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/03/2014 at 11:00

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Quirks? You kids :)

All the buttons/keys/switch things were all completely common when that car was built. And so is the rust. But put a new spring in that hood ornament; it should stand proud at speed...

Coachrotte33 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/03/2014 at 11:09

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That is called a hillbilly speedo;)

deekster_caddy > Slave2anMG 11/03/2014 at 12:03

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Seriously, I read this and thought "what's a quirk here? Besides that one of the rear frame rails HASN'T rotted out..." everything else is totally normal?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > deekster_caddy 11/03/2014 at 13:06

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Weird option packaging.

deekster_caddy > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/03/2014 at 13:25

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Not at all weird. Trunk release? very rare. Power locks? Optional, very rare. Remember that in these days people often didn't order power windows or locks because they were rather unreliable, and you didn't want to be stuck with a window that needed cranking with no crank, and in general people didn't trust power locks to work right or see a need. (just reach over and pull the knob up, not that hard). Dome light switch was by rotating the dimmer for a bajillion years, and that lasted up through the late 90's on GM vehicles that still had the pull-out headlight knob.

I'm not sure what "4 season" air conditioning is, unless that's another term for "open the windows, the A/C is broke", which is again very common... but automatic climate control was rightfully avoided in those days too.

Slave2anMG > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/03/2014 at 13:35

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By early 1980s standards, power windows and locks would have been in a high end car, not a Cutlass. Remote trunk releases were rare in US cars, usually electric, usually found with the release button stuck inside the glove box. In 1986 I bought a new VW Jetta GLI...it had power windows which absolutely amazed people - power windows in a VW! Can't recall if it had power locks; I think it did which also unlocked the trunk but didn't release it open. Very different times 30 years ago...

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Slave2anMG 11/03/2014 at 13:40

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Fair enough. I might just be too young to understand, or even to know better.

Slave2anMG > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 11/03/2014 at 22:07

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Simple as that, yep. I'm in my early 50s....in my father's time heaters...heaters!...were an option in many cars. Wipers were often driven by engine vacuum. Drum brakes without power assist. My first car was a '77 280Z that had an intermittent wiper setting - I'd never seen that before, even in my mother's '75 Caddy Coupe de Ville where it was, yes, an option. The way Ford and GM optioned cars 40 years ago is truly amazing today.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Slave2anMG 11/04/2014 at 11:51

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Yup, as a fifteen-year-old enthusiast, I unfortunately didn't live in that era.

Slant6 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 04/29/2015 at 19:19

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18 year old here. I was baffled at the fact that my Dart’s highbeam switch was on the floor.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Slant6 04/29/2015 at 19:21

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It’s awesome if you want someone to get out of your way.