Fair-goers have chance to win ‘85 Olds Cutlass

    The 2022 North Platte Community College raffle car, a 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442, will make an appearance in Imperial next week.
    It will be on display at the Car Nutz Cruize-In car show as part of the Chase County Fair on Saturday
    The car show will be set up along Wellington Street, between 6th and 8th Sts. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at that time.
    The Oldsmobile is the 17th raffle vehicle produced by NPCC’s Transportation Division. It was restored by students in the Automotive Technology and Auto Body Technology programs.
     The original interior and rear end of the Cutlass were maintained. The automotive students put in an L33 aluminum block engine, which was introduced in 2005 as the “high performance” 5.3L engine.
     They also installed a 4L65-E heavy-duty automatic transmission designed to harness performance engines on the street and strip.
     Additionally, students were responsible for a Kilduff Lightning Rod Shifter, a swap harness from Johnson’s Rodz, tubular upper control arms and 2-inch drop spindles, a custom camshaft and performance tune and tire clearance of the chassis.
     Auto body students added a custom hood and a rear trunk spoiler, painted the vehicle its original gray and silver color and repainted the pinstripes on the sides.
    A total of 10,000 raffle tickets will be offered at $10 each. Proceeds will be used for  student scholarships in the college’s transportation programs and to help offset the cost of producing the next raffle car project.
    Additionally, tickets are available at the welcome centers of MPCC campuses in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine.
     The drawing for the Cutlass will be at 2 p.m. CT Sept. 10 during the annual Colonel Cody’s Cruise Show and Shine in Memorial Park in North Platte.