1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Dealership Promotional Sales Training Film ( Restored )
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- čas přidán 2. 05. 2022
- This 1973 Oldsmobile promotional film, titled " 1973 Cutlass from Oldsmobile", was sent to the Oldsmobile car dealerships to be used as an in-house Sales and customer training film. This film highlights technical aspects and features of the new model year.
If you look up a different film I posted, titled "1974 Chevy Selling Monte Carlo ", you can see a rare glimpse of the film cartridge viewer that was used at the dealership where the customers and personnel were to view these films. The machine was made by Technicolor and called the " Chevrolet Mini Theater System "
This film came from my personal collection. This film was not downloaded from any website and is not reused content. This restoration is my work. The restoration process started with removing the super8 film from the Technicolor Cartridge. After removal the film was cleaned, repaired, and spooled onto a standard film reel. This film had many scratches and dust marks along with fair amount of color fade. The scanning to digital process and basic color correction was performed on the Lasergraphics Scanstation motion picture film scanner system in 2k resolution. Excess film grain noise was removed and the images upscaled to 4K resolution utilizing Topaz AI software. Then in 4K, extensive color restoration was performed in Davinci Resolve. Scratches and dust marks along with advanced noise removal was performed using NeatVideo. Then a second and final color restoration and image stabilization was performed in DaVinci Resolve. Unfortunately, this film looks to have been left in the direct sun as the beginning the film fads in and out briefly. Finally, the film was downscaled back to 2k for uploading to CZcams. As I work on these films, I try to improve the process as I go along. Thanks for watching.
I miss Oldsmobile!
when america was america The pool scene SCREAMS 1973!!
What a great film I can remember back in 1973 when this car came out it was just too much money for my single mom to buy so we ended up buying a Chevy Malibu. I love the video because everything is in Grosse Pointe I know exactly what those roads were and still are
I've always liked the style of this car. It would be nice to see them on the road again!
*new subscriber*
Thank you! 👍😉
Oh how I wish that I could down to my local Oldsmobile dealer and order one!
Give me a time Machine, & I would definitely go back in time, & never look back. Generation 280zzzzzzzzzz you have absolutely no idea how much better it was then. Excellent video
So nice to wake up to these instead of the news 🤣 Love the music at the poolside scene. What a handsome car. Thanks for doing these, EA!
Glad you are getting a kick out of them.
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 '70s feel through out. I'm checking out your other vids.
What a great film, this car was king in the early 70's. I wish all the so called auto historians would watch these films and get a better education and understanding of how the automobile market was segmented. Which cars competed against which cars. The young folks that didn't live in this time seem to have no understanding of price and class and markets
America needs to binge watch these.
Man I’m 30 years old and eat this stuff up. I want a 73 cutlass with a 350/350 auto so bad! Cruising in style
I love my 73 cutlass s! With the prices of all the 68 to 72 a body cars unaffordable. I chose to get one of these !
At 2:03, you see an alternate universe where driving a car up to the side of a swimming pool is allowed.
That boat wont float in the pool
Diving boards too!
The best generation of all time!
Good one---I like your channel.
Thanks for doing this!! Oh wow...I absolutely loved the Cutlass'!! Back in '85, I was in 5th grade. My cousin had a '76 Cutlass with buckets, shifter on the floor...great car!
my best friend in high school had a 76 Cutlass. I will never forget the license plate. California 000TNK, oooh tank!!!!!
My grandfather had a 1973 Olds Vista Cruiser that he purchased brand new ,really loved that car ,loved the handling and loved the 350 Rocket V-8 your video brings back great memories of my grandfather.
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 @CARL STCLAIR Do you guys remember that brown/gold paint scheme that GM used?? And the Oldsmobile 15" Rallaye (sp?) with raised white letter tires...man I miss those things.
Fantastic channel! I'm addicted. Thanks for posting. 👍
Awesome, thank you! Glad you are enjoying the films.
Cars were sure a lot prettier back then. I can’t think of a car currently made today that I can say that about.
1973 was the end of the high-performance muscle car era .
Some of the background locations in this film strip are GM's Milford, Michigan proving grounds and either Bloomfield Hills or Grosse Pointe.
it's hard to tell on some of the films where they were done. quite a few are in California
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 True, but often filmed in Michigan around Detroit or GM properties.
Another great video. Thanks for sharing!
thanks for watching, more of these to come
I thought this was the best looking of those colonnade coupes, but Oldsmobile blew it in the next few years with the skinnier tail lenses. I thought the wider recessed lamps were more on brand and better looking.
I thought that the turn signals up beside the grille in ‘74 was ugly and the flat tail lights too. My Dad & I agree that ‘73 was the best looking out of all using that body. Kinda reminds me of a personal luxury Monte Carlo.
I still think the Colonnade coupes look best with the semi-fastback roofline and big triangular quarter windows. Always liked the sedan though.
Our kids will never know what it's like to play with the ashtrays and cigarette lighters in the backseat
Got to get a "stereophonic" radio! Wow!
total classic, pop in an 8 track of "Dark Side of the Moon"
Beats the heck out of a 1 speaker AM job.
Me gusta el carro
It seems odd to see all these 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlasses as brand new cars instead of beaters and rustbuckets.
The 73 Cutlass was nice. A good friend of mine had a 73 Cutlass that his dad gave him, He had special ordered all the high-performance options. It was basically a hurst Olds without the badges. I don't Remember if the shifter was factory or if he added it, but the car had lightning rods
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 My first car was a 73 Olds Cutlass with a 455 Rocket.I learned how to drive with my moms little Toyata.My Olds was like driving a race car compared to her Toyota
Where is the 442 ? The Oldsmobile 442 looked beautiful for the 1973 Model Year! 👍
it would have been nice to see it in there
I no!! They had all of them but it!!
GM's new design intermediates for 1973 were delayed for one model year because of the disastrous and costly late 1970 UAW strike. The A-body coupes were very popular and oh so easy to break into and steal at that time. The Cutlass Salon had unique front seats and center console not shared with other GM divisions. Unfortunately, build quality of the A-body was not as good as the previous generation. A 1970 to 1972 Cutlass Supreme Coupe would be my first choice.
I agree
My Mom had that car. I hated it. It had swivel bucket seats that were very uncomfortable. No power to speak of.
@ 2:05 - Hey lady! This ain't a parking lot!
today this would be the start of a gangster rap video
Did all GM cars have the swivel seat or was that exclusively for Oldsmobile?
I think they were available in all the mid-sized GMs
The swivel buckets were also available on Chevy A-body (Chevelle, Monte Carlo). But Pontiacs and Buicks did not get them.
Good video, but it seems odd to call something that is a sporty coupe a 'little limo'.
It was a comparison to an Oldsmobile 98... Buick later used that tagline in the early 1980s for the downsized Regal Limited Sedan.
@@SpockvsMcCoy Interesting.
Could be
Ted Kennedy Special Edition at 3:52
the look of satisfaction
Rusted away fast.
most 1970's cars rusted away. rust loves those GM vinyl roofs
Must've depended on where you live, and how the car was cared for. Any old car, whether from the 50's, 60's, or 70's will rust on salted roads, unless great care was taken to keep them clean. I live in Georgia and have a 73 Grand Am, 73 GTO, 75 Lemans Sport Coupe, 73 El Camino, and 79 Trans Am, all of which are still in good shape, and driven regularly. I love the 70's cars. But I agree that it's hard to keep rust from popping up under a vinyl top in any case.
3:52 So that's why Bill Cosby was a big fan of the Cutlass
She looks very satisfied!!!
The reality of the "Oldsmobile sales spike" in the 70's was Chevy, Pontiac, and Buick quality had hit ROCK BOTTOM and Oldsmobile had a SUPERIOR motor ("Rocket 350") and BETTER WORKMANSHIP on their intermediate cars! I owned all three (used) and Olds was BY FAR BETTER!