It looks like Snoop Dogg might be buying cars in bulk, because the rapper introduced two new cars recently, and purchased another one for his wife, Shante, on her 50th birthday. We’re talking about a 1966 Mustang.
my memories are now reestablished with not only with the car but my mother. reporter: that 71 cutlass supreme, still in mint condition. his mom would be happy. it s a true miracle, david. the car looks, feels, sounds exactly as it did when my mom used to drive it. reporter: and some of his mother s things still in the glove box. there are a pair of my mom s sunglasses that i fondly remember her wearing when she put the top down and take it for a spin. reporter: tonight, john telling us, never give up. if you have a dream, and you pursue it and stay with it, it can come true. my family and i are going to enjoy the car for years to come. and the memory of my mother lives on through this amazing journey. mom s car is home again. and so are her sunglasses. i ll see you right back here tomorrow. good night.
finally tonight here, the dream of finding the car you remember from your childhood. tonight, in union, kentucky, john berry and his children in the very car he rode in when he was a child. john was just 15 when his mother, janis, died. and his favorite memories of her was driving together in her lime green 71 oldsmobile cutlass supreme. for years, he would search for that car, and finally found the owner. a car collector, in rapid city, michigan. but he wouldn t sell it. so john checked in with him every year for 20 years and this year, the answer was yes. he s a gentlemen who s 81 years old, and he said, i got to thinking about your desire for the car and i think it was time to let it go. reporter: john travelling 500 miles to get it his mom s car. now john and his kids in the back seat. hi david. reporter: tonight john, on his new old car.
General Motors’ G architecture – aka the G-body – made its first appearance at the sunset of the 1960s and reappeared to live a fruitful life during the 1980s. The cool thing is that it continues to have a massive presence even now.
Like many American nameplates that emerged in the 1960s, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme evolved into a muscle car toward the end of the decade and then morphed into a rather boring, Malaise-era vehicle.