1971 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

78k miles. Needs many more . That driver's side fender is looking crunchy even from a distance.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971...1826792?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item20cdceaa68

 

It's got those rare polycast wheels.......

 

I was looking at those.......are they year correct for that CC?

 

They were available on the '72 big Olds at least. Don't know about '71.

 

Yeah we had a '72 Olds Delta 88 Royale 2dr hardtop back in the 1980s that had those exact same wheels. You sure dont see those wheels around anymore. I miss that car! It was brown with a white vinyl top/interior. Loaded to the max too! It had been grandpas car for years.

 

Rare wheels or not, that wagon looks "crunchy" from any angle.....

 

Looks pretty solid except for the crunchy fender.

 

I get the feeling that the entire left side is a bit crunchy, not just the fender.

 

Here's some info on this wheel option for those needing it.


http://oldsjunction.classicoldsmobile.com/ssiv.html

 

No bids with 4 hours left on this auction. Seems the market is saying that a $6000 minimum bid is (way) too much for this particular Olds.

 

I thought the 71 custom cruisers had a brown interior, and I don't know of cloth seats where an option. This car looks like its beaten and raced. I am happy my 71 is original.

 

Yeah.....our term for that is "rode hard and put away wet!"

 

I don't think Custom Cruisers from 1971 or any other year had only brown interiors. Other color options were available.

 

To the best of my knowledge, interiors on the wagons matched the choices on the sedans, which included black, brown (saddle), red, blue, green, and in some years, yellow. I do not think white was available on the wagons, but I may well be wrong there.

 

I have the 1973 Olds dealer interiors album, and '73 Custom Cruisers were available in five different interior colors with one offered in two different fabrics:


Here's a scan of the section of the page showing the colors available:




One cloth interior was available. Morocceen was a term Olds used for many years to describe their vinyl-like fabric.



By contrast, as far as the '73 Ninety-Eight went, there were four different cloths and six different colors available in almost any combination depending on which particular version of the 98 (Regency, Luxury, or plain 98) you are talking about.