1977 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

350, full power and original owner. Looks promising - great color!

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars...er/1052806726?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Complete and original car. 350 Engine / turbo 400 transmission. Original paint and vinyl wood grahic paneling from factory.
Insured and plated. Just pulled out of storage and fired right up.
Car has been completely gone through and is in perfect running/driving condition. Lots of new parts. The car does have some rust in lower areas as it's original and untouched.

Car has A/C, power windows and locks, power front seats, steering wheel tilt, cruise control. Rear truck release.

Entertaining offers. I have seen very few of these around.

 

Tempmatic ATC thermostat A/C rarely seen on the '77 Cutlass, but it's on this Vista Cruiser.

 

Nice looking! :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

Nice wagon, I wonder what he thinks it is worth? Some engine and lower body/chassis pictures would be nice.

 

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/4893443630.html

Here is a similar one with out wood grain in Phoenix area. $4500

 

I think this car might have AM/8 track tape and possibly the special instrument cluster(gauges), it does seem to be very well equipped?

 

I would like to see more of this one, not my favorite interior colour but I really like the outside.

I doubt it would have been a wagon option, but the 5 speed trans, for 77, in any north American car of any kind big or small????, never heard of such a thing for that era.

I do really like how they display the clock in the ad at "4:55"

 

5 speeds in 77 usually meant 260 cid V-8. My brother ordered a royal knight el camino in 78 or 79 with manual/350. They were around, just rare. I don't think this car has manual, just part of the literature post.
Monzas and strafers had 5 speeds too, and again with the small V8 cid.

 

You know what, I think I saw one of these (not the same color) rotting outside a little town called Orchardville. I have no idea why the people who live in the same house were just letting it sit, some of the cars there looked only a bit better than two (remnants of) cars I saw pulled up from the bottom of a lake after 40+ years. I wonder if the Olds I saw had the more expensive air conditioner.

 

You are correct, the 76/77 BW T-50 Five speed was only available with the Olds 260 V-8, unless you ordered it a H-Body (Monza/Vega) then it was available with the 2.3 and 2.4 I-4's, and the 3.0 and 3.8 Buick V-6's.

That is a very weak transmission with the odd roaad racing type of shift pattern with 1st gear and Reverse sharing the same for/aft slot to the left. I find it very aukward to shift. But road racers prefer it as they do not use 1st gear often,and it makes the 2/3 upor down shift easier.

That transmission is almost a straight swap with the later BW T-5's Olds actually made quite a few 77 442's with the 260/T-50 combo. Makes putting a Olds 350/T-5swap very easy in those cars.

 

Okay. Here's the year (1977) the 85 MPH max speedometer finally showed up in Oldsmobiles, as opposed to the 1975 Cutlass Supreme wagon in Denver also currently listed with the 120 MPH speedometer.