georgia
1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Three generations. One family. Still being driven.
Georgia’s story didn’t begin with us.
It began in 1971, when Jenna’s grandmother, Georgia, walked into an Oldsmobile dealership and bought a brand-new Cutlass Supreme. Finished in brick red with a white vinyl top and powered by a Rocket 350, it was simply her car back then—a car that would quietly become part of decades of family memories.
Years later, the Cutlass passed from Georgia to her son, Jenna’s dad. Like most old cars that stay in a family long enough, it evolved with its owner. He restored it to suit his taste at the time, changing the original brick red to blue with white stripes and adding chrome rally wheels.
Somewhere along the way, Georgia received a little more muscle, too. The original 350 was replaced with a 425 Super Rocket from a mid-1960s Oldsmobile, giving the old Cutlass considerably more attitude than it left the factory with.
By the time Georgia came to us, she was still wearing the blue paint and was, thankfully, a remarkably solid car underneath it all.
For Jenna’s birthday one year, I decided it was time for the next chapter.
The goal wasn’t to erase what her grandmother or her dad had done. It was to take the car that had already belonged to two generations of her family and build a version that felt like Jenna.
We added a 442-style hood and gave the rear axle a more aggressive gear ratio similar to what you might have found in a performance-oriented 442. The suspension was upgraded to coilovers and brought down just enough to improve the stance without taking away from the character of the car.
Four-wheel disc brakes went on all four corners, followed by staggered American Racing wheels wrapped in Mickey Thompson rubber.
And because an old car is a lot more enjoyable when you can actually use it, we went through the mechanical systems as well. Georgia received a full tune-up and a rebuilt air-conditioning system with new components.
And yes—it blows frosty cold.
Finally, the blue gave way to a deep metallic gray, contrasted by matte-black W-30-inspired stripes and emblems. The combination gave the Cutlass a completely different personality: understated from a distance, a little sinister up close, and still unmistakably Oldsmobile.
Today, Georgia is part Cutlass Supreme, part 442 tribute, part restomod—and completely her own thing.
But underneath the paint, wheels, suspension and big-block Oldsmobile power, she is still the same car Jenna’s grandmother bought new in 1971.
That’s what makes this one special.
Some cars are restored because they’re valuable.
Some are modified because we want them faster, lower, cleaner or better.
And every once in a while, there’s a car you preserve because it carries a piece of the people who came before you.
Georgia has belonged to three generations of the same family.
And after more than half a century, she isn’t tucked away under a cover.
She’s still doing what she was built to do.