I remember someone was looking for one of these.....this must be about the nicest one in existence. https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/richmond-1970-olds-cutlass-rallye-near/6823172204.html 1970 Olds Cutlass Rallye 350 - Near 100 pt car - $38000 (Richmond) hide this posting image 17 of 24 1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350 cylinders: 8 cylinders fuel: gas title status: clean transmission: automatic VERY VERY RARE Car here. Close to a #1 car, scored a 959 at the OCA National Meet. 1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350 Cutlass S Holiday Coupe. Numbers matching motor, trans, rear end, ORIGINAL PAINT still in amazing condition, I cannot say enough about the quality of this car. Original seats, dash, etc all in incredible condition. Stripes original. Everything. Factory air, power steering, power brakes. Call for details. Coming from longtime ownership.
I have one of those jack dents in my quarter and it actually cracked the paint. Happened before I owned the car. I like the Rallye 350 cars, wouldn't mind owning it.
I can remember as a kid in the neighborhood park an old lady rolling around in one just like this all dirty and stuff....crazy it was just a ugly yellow car.
My younger brother has one setting in an old shop on the farm. I have not been inside that building in 30 years. It was running when parked. He says that when he retires, he is going to restore it. He will be 69 this year and hasn't slowed down yet. Marv.
They are cool in their own way. They were built for insurance + cost purposes, not everybody could afford a GSX, you know. There's an interesting back story on these cars that not a lot of people know. There were 4 prototypes (are you listening, Brad?) built by GM and they were displayed at a few dealers to gauge crowd response. The 3 other prototypes were lime green, purple, and a fire red or orange Judge-like color. The yellow one was the most popular, and got the "go". Rumor is that the 4 cars were destroyed after the test. I know a lot of guys are too young to remember, but there were a lot of cars like this. Nobody remembers the "Heavy" Chevy, the 70 SS Chevelle clone car with a 307 engine. Dodge did it, Ford did it, they all did.
I think these are neat in a unique way. Yes, I personally feel they are kinda ugly though as I'm not a huge fan of most "monochrome" looks and, as blasphemous as this sounds, I really don't much care for yellow cars (GASP!!!). This particular one is mighty clean and proper though.
I really like the Rallye 350 and an unrestored example such as this one would be really cool to own. Until now I had never heard about the prototype Rallye 350s that were painted the other colors. That's a cool bit of trivia. Sure would be cool to see a vintage photo of some of those cars sitting at dealers. I meet one of my best buddies back in 1992 thanks to his Rallye 350. I couldn't believe it when I spotted his bright yellow Rallye 350 slowly circling the college dorm. His Rallye 350 and my '67 GS400 convertible always looked out of place in the dorm parking lot among the low-performance, late model hand-me-down cars owned by broke college students. BTW Frank, the '71-'72 Heavy Chevy was available with four different engines, 307-2, 350-2, 350-4, and the Turbo-Jet 400 which was really a 402 big-block (previously the 396). The 250 6-cyl and the 454 were not available in the Heavy Chevy. I've seen a few of the big block Heavy Chevy cars and they are pretty cool.
I remember the "Heavy Chevy" from when I was a kid, but only because of this model kit. Funny looking at it now the model is a '70, and they were a '71-'72 option...oh well, mine had a blower and custom paint anyway
Right...71 for the Heavy Chevy, even my memory is not perfect. I have seen a pic before of the colored Rallyes, not all 4, but a couple of them on display in an old dealer pic. I'm looking for it. Other interesting things about it was they did build prototype W31 Rallyes that were either changed to to the lower performance engine or destroyed. The bumpers were coated with urethane, not painted. I'm pretty sure the bolts were coated, too. It's funny that you guys are making fun of the "ugly" yellow, and it is almost the same yellow as the GSX yellow! Here's some stuff from Jim Wangers about the Rallye, and a reference to the reason for the Heavy Chevy. I guess after the Norwood fiasco, there were a lot of low compression 71 Chevelles they needed to move. http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-...265629&action=viewad&categoryid=9910410816770
I owned one . They are sure attention grabbers. 12 bolt rear. This car has had bumper work , the bolts are not yellow. Not high dollar cars. 38k is ALL that car will ever bring. I sold mine to a Mexican car collector. He drove it back home from Tulsa … Long drive .. 27K in 2013 . It was restored and detailed to a very high level.
I do like these Rallye 350s as well. I know that the Rallye 350s had the 310hp 350, not the W-31 325hp(?) engine. But, I have always been curious if there ever was any kind of "Jr. Musclecar" shoot out back in the day with at least the GM A-body smaller displacement 350s? A '70 GS (350/315hp) is no slouch and I have seen a '70 Cutlass S W-31 run, too. How would the GS do against the Olds variants? or, a LeMans 350HO? Chevelle 350/300hp?
