1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

$3600. Pics would help.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/5888928333.html

 

Pics finally here. Has been for sale forever. Significant price reduction from where it had been. Might be a good buy now.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/5888928333.html

 

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/threads/1973-oldsmobile-custom-cruiser.32826/

Price cut of $3k where it was two years ago.

 

Not a bad-looking car, but it has some issues. First off, the A/C compressor is missing. From the view of the instrument panel, it looks like that's a control for an A/C system on the left side. He does not mention this issue.




Also, what's the deal behind the third seat in this photo? It looks like he's missing the cover for the spare tire as well as the cover for the left side of that area, and he has a piece of plastic draped over everything.




Option-wise, we can see, in addition to the missing A/C components, power tailgate, third seat, luggage rack, and apparently power windows. No cruise control, no rear defogger, no power locks.


The "Custom Cruiser" scripts on each side don't match. One the left side, there is no script at all, actually, just that three-pronged trim piece all the way back.




On the right side, the script is present, but it's all the way back, and the three-pronged trim piece is in front of it.



You don't readily notice this sort of thing because you can't see both side of the car at the same time, but it is hokey.

I also don't like the exhaust pipes sticking out in front of the rear wheels on each side. That's certainly not factory, and I don't think dual exhausts were even an option on this car.

Also, the driver's door appears to be out of alignment.



Otherwise, the body looks pretty good. Bumpers are clean and straight with no apparent rust. The tailgate looks nice and tight up against the rear window with no sag on the right side, which you sometimes see in these clamshell wagons.

Overall, it looks like a decent wagon for the price with the issues noted fixable. I would like to know about the missing trim behind the rear seat as, if that's missing completely, it would be interesting to know why, and finding replacements might not be easy.

 

I'd bet the covers were removed and tarp used to collect the water leaking through the weather strips
Dual exhaust on these is loud if you do straight pipes out the back and also will smoke you out if the rear gate/window is open. So you have to put directionals to the side. It was probably easier for the mandrel shop to do J's out infront of the rear wheels.

Scot

 

That's a car cover in the rear,

 

I can see the tarp, of course, but how does removing the spare tire cover and left-side trim piece help in collecting leaking water? If anything, I would think you would want to leave the tire cover and trim piece in place so as to keep water OUT of the spare tire well and not let it get onto the electronics and wiring that are exposed by removal of the left-side trim piece. On a power-tailgate car such as this one, the tailgate lift motor is right there under the left-side trim piece, and with the cover removed as he has it now, it's exposed.

This it's what's exposed with that left-side cover removed. The only reason to remove this cover is to service the tailgate motor. I wonder if he's having trouble with it.