1974 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

Great looking and loaded up '74 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser clamshell wagon for just $5000!

 

I wouldn't get overly excited.

The price has been dropped from an insane level to a more reasonable one. We can't see everything, but it seems to have a weird mix of options. Manual tailgate, power windows and locks, no cruise control. No photos of the engine, so we can't tell about A/C.

It could be a $5,000 car, but we need more info (he says almost nothing about the car in his description) and more photos.

 

From the original June 2013 ad thread. It has both A/C and cruise control.

1974 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

Safetied
Low Miles
Numbers Matching
455 Rocket
4 Barrel Carb
Never Seen Winter

Power Windows & Locks
8 Track/AM-FM
Power Rear Window
Air Conditioning & Cruise Control
Non-Smoking Vehicle
Seats 8 Comfortably

Wagon runs and drives beautiful, you will not be disappointed. Mint condition inside and out. I would like my wagon to go to a great home, she's been real good to me

Priced at $6800 obo at the time. I'd wager this '74 OCC would garner quite a bit of interest on eBay. Kijiji just doesn't get you a very wide pool of potential buyers.

 

All well and good, but wouldn't it be better to list everything in the current ad instead of hoping people will happen across one from more than a year ago? It amazes me the number of different ways people trying to sell cars shoot themselves in the foot.

 

Agreed.

 

Looking like a better deal every day.

 

I'm encouraged by the "never seen winter" comment in the ad. I thought this was the same vehicle for sale in Chicago some time ago. Pics from that sale looked like rust was an issue.

 

Looks like clean underside from what we're shown.

 

Still looking like the deal at $5000 or less! Find a loaded 1970s GM clam wagon for less!

 

Here is what data I have collected over the years on the 71-76 GM clamshell wagons. I am not sure how accurate it is, as it looks like different info than that you had posted, so this may be wrong. They actually broke down on the Olds wagons of models with wood-grain versus non wood-grain from 73-76.

In general, it looks to me like the 1975 models had the lowest production totals (percentage wise) of each make and 1973 being the peak of the highest numbers. The most produced clamshell appears to be the 1973 Impala 2-seat wagon - over 46,940 rolled off of the line.

CHEVROLET-
1971
Brookwood- (Biscayne)- 2 seat - 5,314
Townsman- (Bel-Air)- 2 seat - 12,951
Townsman- (Bel-Air)- 3 seat - 6,870
Kingswood- (Impala)- 2 seat - 26,638
Kingswood- (Impala)- 3 seat - 32,311
Kingswood Estate- (Caprice)- 2 seat - 11,913
Kingswood Estate- (Caprice)- 3 seat - 19,010

CHEVROLET-
1972
Brookwood- (Biscayne)- 2 seat - 8,150
Townsman- (Bel-Air)- 2 seat - 16,482
Townsman- (Bel-Air)- 3 seat - 8,667
Kingswood- (Impala)- 2 seat - 43,152
Kingswood- (Impala)- 3 seat - 40,248
Kingswood Estate- (Caprice)- 2 seat - 20,281
Kingswood Estate- (Caprice)- 3 seat - 34,723

CHEVROLET-
1973
Bel-Air- 2 seat - 14,549
Bel-Air- 3 seat - 6,321
Impala- 2 seat - 46,940
Impala- 3 seat - 43,664
Caprice Estate- 2 seat - 22,969
Caprice Estate- 3 seat - 39,535

CHEVROLET-
1974
Bel-Air- 2 seat - 6,437
Bel-Air- 3 seat - 2,913
Impala- 2 seat - 23,455
Impala- 3 seat - 23,259
Caprice Estate- 2 seat - 12,280
Caprice Estate- 3 seat - 23,063

CHEVROLET-
1975
Bel-Air- 2 seat - 4,032
Bel-Air- 3 seat - 2,386
Impala- 2 seat - 17,998
Impala- 3 seat - 19,445
Caprice Estate- 2 seat - 9,047
Caprice Estate- 3 seat - 18,858

CHEVROLET
1976
Impala- 2 seat - 19,657
Impala- 3 seat - 21,329
Caprice Estate- 2 seat - 10,029
Caprice Estate- 3 seat - 21,804
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PONTIAC
1971
Safari- (Catalina)- 2 seat - 10,322
Safari- (Catalina)- 3 seat - 9,283
Grand Safari- (Bonneville)- 2 seat - 3,613
Grand Safari- (Bonneville)- 3 seat - 5,972

PONTIAC
1972
Safari- (Catalina)- 2 seat - 14,536
Safari- (Catalina)- 3 seat - 12,766
Grand Safari- (Bonneville)- 2 seat - 5,675
Grand Safari- (Bonneville)- 3 seat - 8,540

PONTIAC
1973
Safari- (Catalina)- 2 seat - 15,762
Safari- (Catalina)- 3 seat - 14,654
Grand Safari- (Grand Ville)- 2 seat - 6,894
Grand Safari- (Grand Ville)- 3 seat - 10,776

PONTIAC
1974
Safari- 2 seat - 5,662
Safari- 3 seat - 6,486
Grand Safari- 2 seat - 2,894
Grand Safari- 3 seat - 5,255

PONTIAC
1975
Safari- 2 seat - 3,964
Safari- 3 seat - 4,992
Grand Safari- 2 seat - 2,568
Grand Safari- 3 seat - 4,752

PONTIAC
1976
Safari- 2 seat - 4,735
Safari- 3 seat - 5,513
Grand Safari- 2 seat - 3,462
Grand Safari- 3 seat - 6,176
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OLDSMOBILE
1971
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 4,049
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 9,932

OLDSMOBILE
1972
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 6,907
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 18,087

OLDSMOBILE
1973
WITH WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 7,142
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 19,163
WITHOUT WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 5,275
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 7,341

OLDSMOBILE
1974
WITH WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 2,960
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 8,947
WITHOUT WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 1,481
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 2,528

OLDSMOBILE
1975
WITH WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 2,837
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 9,458
WITHOUT WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 1,458
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 2,315

OLDSMOBILE
1976
WITH WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 3,849
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 12,269
WITHOUT WOODGRAIN:
Custom Cruiser- 2 seat - 2,572
Custom Cruiser- 3 seat - 3,626
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BUICK
1971
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 8,699
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 15,335

BUICK
1972
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 10,175
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 18,793

Buick
1973
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 12,282
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 23,513

Buick
1974
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 4,581
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 9,831

Buick
1975
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 4,128
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 9,612

Buick
1976
Estate Wagon- 2 seat - 5,990
Estate Wagon- 3 seat - 14,384

Yeah, they are not too bad to lift unless they are rusted.

Good to see this one at least has A/C. That is something that was pretty rare on Canadian cars back then.

 

Thanks 72kingswood!

 

Ad gone. Apparently sold.

 

Why is he burying that kid???:confused:

 

Haha!

Thanks, Mike!

1974 was a much more naïve and innocent time - now that brochure photo looks like a "CSI" crime scene!