Magnolia Car Show: 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass SX convertible

I'm a big fan of the Cutlass, but I had never heard of the SX before I saw this one. Made only in 1970 and 1971, it was GM's response to rising insurance rates for muscle cars. Normally, the VIN numbers of cars include a digit that varies according to the engine code (size of the engine).

From Hemmings: "In 1970, Oldsmobile blew one right past the insurance industry by stuffing its torque-monster 455-cu.in. V-8 into a Cutlass Supreme SX. By not giving it a unique VIN, new car buyers in 1970 and 1971 avoided paying increasingly high insurance premiums." "Total production numbers were low, with 9,374 hardtops and convertibles built. The rarest Cutlass Supreme SX was a 1971 convertible; just 357 were made."

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