'77 Custom Cruiser wagon - 55K miles / '77 Impala wagon

Not sure if this was posted yet... but sure is a beauty. Fairly low optioned Cruiser. No power anything and dont even appear to have tilt wheel. AM radio, no 3rd seat, etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Station-Wagon-/310472681180?forcev4exp=true



I was exactly ONE year old when this car was made...





Even this '77 Impala wagon seems to be higher optioned... it has the 3rd seat and FM radio. One thing I love about the 70s cars is that they are all so unique in how they were optioned. I know however that the Olds still sold for a much higher price just because of the nicer interior appointments and being more luxurious overall. You know though, looking at the door panels on the Impala wagon, aside from lacking lower door carpeting, its was not too far off from the Olds in terms of luxury. The Olds does have a much more luxurious dash panel and carpeting in the cargo area... and I honestly dont know what started me on this comparison topic, lol. I need to go to bed. lol.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Impala-wagon-/271077257955?forcev4exp=true

 

The Olds is a much cleaner car with half the mileage, but the price is still quite steep. The starting bid is over $10,000, and no one has bid yet.

The Chevy looks quite serviceable. With 14 bids on it already, it's still not over $1000. Not sure what his reserve is, but the seller of the Olds ought to pay attention to the this auction as the marketplace is telling him something here. The Olds is certainly worth more than the Chevy, in my opinion, primarily because of its condition, but it's not necessarily a five-figure car. It IS lower-optioned, but after this many years, what matters more between these two cars, I think, is condition, not options.

 

The Olds has been on eBay before with the mandatory starting bid of over $10k. It didn't get any bids that time either. Pretty car, though.

 

I'm not surprised. The market is telling him something. Condition plus rarity does not automatically equal high value. The car must also be intrinsically desirable, and, this site notwithstanding, that adjective has never been heavily applied to station wagons.

 

I actually prefer the styling on the Cheby. In the late 60s and early 70s I would give the nod to the Olds division cars (esp 1969 models) but for this vintage the Chevrolet division did a better job with the "white label" look than Olds did IMO. Brand "O" seems to come off a bit gimmicky in the front end treatment.

mike

 

The taillights on the Impala look like post 1980 Caprice wagon taillights. Plus its been resprayed. The interior does look very good though, no fading of the plastic panels.