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I'm an Aussie and a few years back a couple of mates and I bought a '77 Buick Estate wagon (virtually identical to this Olds) for $900 in LA and then travelled 8500 miles across and around the U.S in it. We only changed the oil,oil filter and air filter,put one missing hubcap on it and it never missed a beat for the duration of our trip around your beautiful country. It was a 350 by the way. Cheers from Western Australia and Dylan love your channel mate! 🍻🇦🇺🇺🇸😎
That one would have had a Buick 350 in it, most likely. Front mounted dizzy.
I'm starting to see that buick is bullet proof
How 'McCool' is that?
An Aussie giving a shout out to Dylan on their road trip here in the US of A that honors the '80's GM industry and our beloved highwys across this beautiful land!
I had a 84 delta 88 with a 307. paid 100.00 for it . Had a blown head gasket . tore it down ripped every piece of computer garbage out of it. ripped the computer out from the dash and eliminated any wire for it. Lol. got me a older non computer carb and dizzy and put it all back together. She fired right up . I drove that car for a long time and loved it.
Judging by the condition, I don't think that odometer rolled over. I think it was a weekly grocery runner...the best of all finds.
Daniel Private frankly my 85 Delta 88 (same car) had rolled over a few times and interior was still pretty nice. Original floor mats even... though they were pretty toast but who knows. But who knows w/o maintance or registration records
Oldsmobiles were the best of the GM lineup of cars. Put together like Cadillacs and priced just a little more than loaded Pontiacs. They were probably the best of all American cars for their value. Very few issues with Oldsmobile. You scored big!
Youre joking, right?
By the time that 'Oldsmobile' was built it was just a standard run of the mill GM car, they were all built the same by that point because they were all rolling off the same assembly line from the same factory.
They were all the same shit boxes.
@@ThunderAppeal that's why it has an Oldsmobile motor right...lol
I have had 2 '78 impala's and 1 '78 grand prix.
Now a proud owner of a '80 delta 88 royale.
You just got to love them cars I say
No I dont.
They were pieces of shit coming off the assembly line.
I used to work on them in the 80s when I was a kid.
Worked in a family repair shop.
I was always a loyal American car owner, but putting them side by side next to a Japanese car back in the day, one can easily see why the Japanese ate American car makers lunch. All American makers chose to do was complain and complain and complain as their customer base was dying off. The newer customer base who were coming on board wanted to remain loyal but the US makers insisted on building garbage. The management of the makers chose to blame the Unions when instead it was the idiot entitled engineers who were designing garbage from the start.
Garbage, garbage upon more garbage and then garbage some more.
The only thing these pieces of shit were good for was Smash Up Derbies which was a tragic waste of resources.
The US would have been better off if GM, FoMoCo, Mopar all went under.
Fuck them.
@@ThunderAppeal fuck u bitch move to Japan
Olds 307 will run forever. They don't make enough power to blow themselves up.......;-)
Spare parts He needs to find an olds 350 rocket! Now those lil 350s would rip! I had a couple. But, even better yet, a 455 for that big old girl!
Good idea, but he better plan on changing the tranny too. Those 200s were terrible. I blew one up with a stock 305. Cool thing about Olds is that the bracketry is the same from small block to big block. Easy 455 swap.
My 1985 Delta 88 made many many NY to Florida trips by first owner. No clue how many times the odometer rolled over. I was younger and going through a hard time when i owned it. Lets say i drifted and did burnouts nearly every day for 2 or 3 years before trading it for an S10 (mistake).
My buddy is STILL driving it 6 years later although 2 summers ago we dropped in a 330 from the early 60s.... 307 was still running but smoking like crazy from bad valve guides and such.
@@workingcountry1776 Those 330s had forged steel cranks and were built to run hard.
@spare parts lol that's too funny! I guess that's probably a good reason why you never hear....yeah ive got one hell of a 307..lol.
He's not called "McCool" for nuthin'. ;-) That rear facing seat is for the tail gunner!
Or for the kid that doesn't get motion sickness! Nice find. Reproduction Plastics makes fiberglass bumper fillers for where they are missing in the front.
Lol, Used to be really annoying having the little buggers staring at you while you were behind them, making faces and throwing you the middle finger.
fourspeed fun Nowadays they do it from the back seats of the school bus.
Oh man, could you imagine ditching the hatch and mounting a 30 cal? GET SOME.
Awwww thanks Mr. Pickles!
You could literally .....cruise the vista ! - Red Foreman
Vista Cruisers officially went out after 76 or 77 but the vista itself left after 72. Kinda dumb they kept the name _"Vista_ Cruiser" without a vista in the rear for the last 4 years.
When I was real young growing up in the 60's. We had a lot of Station Wagons with the 3rd seat. Was a lot of fun to make faces at people behind us at red lights. They would get very nervous. Was more fun when the cool ones would make faces back. 👍👍👍Good buy. Nice car.
Dude ive been watching your vids for a while, and only wish there were more younger guys like yourself saving these oldies. Keep it up holmes~!
retroolschool You could check the corvette Ben If you havent heard about him
Yup already subscribed.
I cannot say it better, retroschool
Im 15 on my attempt to save a 1986 dodge w150 🙂
Overdrive with gauge package and tempmatic Heat/AC nice. That Olds 307 will fire right up!
the gauge package is pretty rare!!!
And he could bag the rear, and tow some of his other cars on a trailer with it.. lol..
you ain't going to tow very much with only a 307 olds v-8, they only made about 135-145 horsepower, trust me, they can barely move the car there installed in, and most had only a 2.29 rear gear
I know a guy who towed a travel trailer all over the country with one.. And i know that thing had to weigh around 4K.. But his may have had a 350 in it.. Heck, now i'm not sure..
A 455 will drop right in 😁
Those cars were everywhere when I was a kid. My parents had a 1982 Olds vista cruiser with wood grain when was a kid. I was having flashbacks to being eight years old in 1984. Very cool find, Dylan.
The station wagon is the original suv!
Actually no, not even close. Here in europe you get both station wagons and SUV, and you can clearly tell the wagons are not even near obnoxious as SUVs.
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge Dunno when SUVs became a thing in Europe but in America, we didn't get them at least until the 1980s (same time as the Minivan.) Even then, they didn't really go mainstream until the 90s. Station Wagons had been a thing since the early 20th century, though, but only as "Depot Hacks" at first and they gained more traction in the 40s but didn't really take off in popularity until the 50s.
+Austin Lucas
SUVs started getting introduced to Europe in the 90's as far as I remember but they didn't take off until the late 2000s really. They were seen as oversized, gas guzzling gimmicks which are less practical for hauling than station wagons and less useful for off-roading as actual off-road trucks and cars.
Paul your right.
@@101Volts. Well I mean you had them in the 70s
Beautiful car. My father had a 1981 Buick Electra Park Avenue sedan when I was a kid. These huge boats are quite under appreciated. Someday I will own an early 80s Buick Electra sleeper with an LT1. engine.
The Alpha Male Channel first time I've ever met an lt1 over ls bro. now there's two of us
FatherBrown Dudeist LT1 over LS any day. Not for practical reasons of course. It just feels right.
The Alpha Male Channel ya it still feels old school, simpler to work on and still makes 330 ft/lbs before parts
FatherBrown Dudeist Yeah. And the sound. Especially when idling. LS just sounds unnatural
The Alpha Male Channel any old lady might have an old station wagon with a Corvette engine and posi track. I love GM
Amazing buy! Another nice touch is optical fiber from each of the taillights to an indicator inside above the tailgate window--you can see in the rear-view mirror if your brake lights are working.
I love station wagons!!! We always had one growing up. I had a '73 chevy kingswood estate wagon with the clamshell rear gate, 400 small block and turbo 400 trans. I miss that car...
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This custom cruiser is fully optioned, it has the guage package, cornering lights, power seats, window locks tilt steering wheel, power seats, rear facing 3rd seat, exterior woodgrain, these were all options. This is my favourite colour in this Olds wagon, a future classic collectors car for sure.
It's perfect, Even has a Jesus Fish on the back!
The Darwin fish that has legs is better.
Those rear drive B body GMs were one of the few things they got right 1977-90. I had a 1990 with the throttle body fuel injection and I got 24 mpg on the highway.
'Rear drive GM B bodys where one of the very few things they got right.'
WTF. Are you fucking high?
GM refused to upgrade their platforms from those shitty B bodys, and when they finally did they made shittier still FWD cars.
They had some of the most laziest engineers and execs on the planet they couldnt come up with something that would compete with the Japanese and the Germans.
That laziness is one of the many reasons GM went bankrupt eventually.
@@ThunderAppeal false
+ThunderAppeal You must be gay...
The Olds 307 was used until 1990 and was carbed, never fuel injected.
@@AlexanderCrump he probably means a 305 TBI in a Caprice sedan which was available 89-90. You could also get a TBI injected 4.3 V6 from 85 to 90. Police models got a TBI 350 also in 89-90. Wagons 86 to 90 all used the 4bbl 307 regardless of brand, it was also the only engine you could get in the Cadillac Brougham 86 to 89 at least. I think in 90 they switched to the TBI 350 Chevy engine.
Looks like the National Lampoon's Vacation car. Nice choice!
I have a loaded '90 Buick Estate Wagon. It has every option including leather seats, automatic lights, and touch climate control (options exclusive to the Buick wagons). Mine also has those neat fender mounted lamp monitors and cornering lamps. Makes night time driving fun! I took it to the drive-in this week and sat in the rear seat, that was a blast!
Growing up I remember us having a gray 82 (maybe 83) Buick Century wagon. My older sister and I would have a blanket and pillow in the back for those long road trips. Of course mom and dad knew we were crawling around in the back, but times were different back then. Seatbelts weren't a law - just recommended. You can EASILY get 2 Great Danes in the back (rear seat folded down, of course) - we did it before. That's a great find you got. Best part about your wagon is - you don't need to be a ding-dang computer wiz to work on the engine! Station wagons sadly have disappeared pretty much due to minivans and SUV taking over. I've been wanting to get a wagon - nice, big, aircraft carrier size like yours (not a compact one - ugh 😖 )! Thanks for sharing your find. Truly a blast from the past! 😎
That is a great buy right there. My family had several wagons, they are cool. Including a 57 Chevy Bel Air 4 Dr. wagon and a 1960 Chevy Impala Nomad 4 Dr wagon. Oh yes there were 4 Dr Nomads in 1960. You will have fun with this car.
Solid as a rock. Good buy. Awesome for long trips. Can even fit a mattress in back and use as a camper!!
Asking 800 got for 400 ive never had the nerve to cut someones asking price in half especially if there asking a fair price already but well done you got a deal
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I think he said $500
Josiah Snyder He said 400 about 6 times
Never hurts to ask!
@@DylanMcCoolVideo Hey, if you don't ask, they don't have the chance to say "Yes." I'm glad for you, and it's good to see your pleasure in and appreciation for this nice Olds. I just this month got your car's little brother, my 91 Cutlass Cruiser, back on the road after a five year hiatus. There are some strong family resemblances, and same colors and woodgrain. The missing woodgrain on the tailgate makes me think of a local flooring company's Cruze with a woodgrain "wrap" over part of the body - that may be more easily available than the Dynok the Olds came with, and being separated from the "wood" sides by the tail lights, an inexact match wouldn't be obvious.
So you're going to be rocking the Griswald family Truckster life in the 8-seater woody wagon. That's a very cool find and it looks to be in very clean condition. From the looks of it I would say the recorded mileage is right, often if they've been round the clock the odometers on those GM products get very wonky but the digits on that one all line up nicely so I think it might be right, plus the condition of the seats and trim which also wasn't a high point in production quality...
Bought a 95 Corsica for $400 runs and drives, not as cool as this but still it proves a point kids can buy cars for themselves instead of an Xbox
Perfect car for flipping for profit. Cause it may be a Shaggin' Wagon but from the uncomfortable and backsweat inducing 80's GM cloth seats to those smogged down engines....eh.....but it's yours and can't wait to see what you do with it whatever you decide. If you keep it you could throw a cheap 350ci/350 turbo drivetrain swap to help get it to peelin' and squealin'.
I thought those seat were great, comfy af.
are you from roadkill sir
My God do I remember struggling to get those 307s through emission tests.. Gauge package in that 1 is kinda rare. Since it's been sitting for so long, getting the lifters to pump back up is gonna take a while, so bear in mind your misfire may not be ignition related, but possibly. I had a 78 Gutless with the 260 that had been sitting for 14 yrs, and it took 2 oil drain and refills with 10w40 before all the lifters came to life and she finally quieted down. I put a timing chain in that 1 and sold it for $1000.00. Those old B body based GMs are super cheap to fix and pretty easy to work on. If you want to wake up that 307, put a good chain in it, advance the ign. timing a couple of degrees, get rid of the EGR and air pump. ditch the factory cat and free up the rest of the exhaust system. You can leave the factory 3 C computer system in it, and still make some low end power.. not alot, but enough to do a brake torque. LOL Be sure that the Rochester actually opens the secondaries, as the linkage tends to bend at the carb, and you end up with a 2bbl...
Good advice here
Yeah but those 307's will run forever, I had a 78 Buick Lesabre with a 307 in it that I sold to my buddy for his kids to drive when they first turned 16 and 10 years later he's still driving it and hasn't done anything to it other than change fluids when they should be changed. I guarantee that car has half a million miles on it, it 250k on it when I sold it to him 10 years ago and it's been through 3 teenagers since then.
I had an 84 Custom Cruiser! Was a great car!
I had one of these through high school 85 307.. we got it for free and had it 10 years. It taught 3 people how to drive and had 360k miles on it when we sold it, still ran/ drove great, passed emissions, and even the A/C worked. It was a PITA to get started in the cold.. the carb was wearing out towards the end. Sold it to a guy who drove it 2 more years till the frame rusted ( body had holes you could stick your hand in) and guy demo derbied it
A GM product, now your dipping into my interest! I am loving the Dodge trucks you have tho as you know.
Hey brian i watch all your vids too man its cool you guys branch out and watch each others videos
I knew you'd like this one!
Good to see you commenting Brian! It's gotta_take_a_schmidt!
Classic G-Body Garage I love your channel also. I love those old cutlasses. lots of those where made in my hometown of Lansing mi.
Looks like a great deal! As a full size GM guy I noticed those extra gauges oil and temp, perhaps a rare option... I've never seen those before. As for the 307.... A 455 olds will drop right in no problem. I don't know how long the stock trans would last, but give it a Th400, and she'll be fine. Looks like you have the bigger rear end, so no worries there. With a big block, it'd be a blast... Even in stock form.. Cheers!
I bought a 1978 Olds Delta 88 4 door that was a grandma's car. It has 66,000 original miles. It was always garaged and the interior is like new. I bought it from the grandson in Astoria, Oregon for $300.00. It has new tires on it with a complete set of new studded tires for winter also.
Good find Dylan! My parents had a 1984 ford ltd wagon when i was a kid. Wagons are so cool!
Love these cars! So glad you are saving them. I used to have a 1985 Olds Delta 88 Royale Brougham 4 door Black with a gray velour interior ! It had a 307 V8 and it drove and rode better than anything you can buy today for sure!
I picked up a 90 Chevy Celebrity wagon a few years back and that little sucker had the rear facing seat. Mint condition interior (except the headliner). Just for my daughter to have the opportunity to sit in the third row. Great score brother.
That's a cool old brick. Good score.
Awesome purchase! I had three friends that are brothers and their dad bought one, same blue but no wood, it was used but you could see the pride in his eyes.
I had that same car in college (late 90s) loved it. Bought it for 400 and kept fixing it up slowly, sold it for 1100. Loved that car. “Seats 9, runs fine!”
Cool.. Station wagons like that always reminds me of the 1983 movie, National Lampoon's Vacation, holiday road.. lol.. I know the wagon in the movie wasn't a GM, it was a late 70's model Ford LTD..
Dylan, You know you can tow a trailer with one of your other cars on it with this wagon? Just bag the rear.. lol.. Car shows here he comes..
It was a 79 LTD, the first year for the body style with _Fords._ (Last year for Ford: 1990 or 1991 depending on trim level.) G.M. had more or less the same body for 77 (last year for them: 1990 but with stupid seat belts in the last year.)
77-80, models have 403, 350 rocket powered by Oldsmobile!! Exact same wagon though. Oh yeah, you get a sturdier transmission too. THM 350. Best of these GM wagons in my opinion is 77-78- 400 4Bbl Pontiac Catalina, Or Bonneville full size wagons. When u fold down all seats flat, you can fit 4x8 sheets of plywood in, and shut tailgate!!! Yes really! These were pretty versatile wagons.
That’s a sweet car Dylan I’d put a nice set olds 15 in Rallye rims on , and lower the front a inch , and you can’t forget a set of thrush turbos . That’s a Fantastic buy 👍🏼👍🏼
If you want to use it after dark, Hella makes kits to replace the sealed beams - it is called Vision Plus. I did this upgrade (but different size) on my 1988 Dodge Aries wagon, and it is a big improvement over the sealed beams.
No thanks needed Dylan. You know that. That's what friends do. Thumbs up twice to the videos.
I agree! :)
Ughhh when you flicked the high beams on with the floor switch it made me miss driving my wagon SO bad. I cannot wait to have it back on the road. Congrats for your newest find, wagons rule!!!
They(high beams) were on the turn signal,all GMs had them there since '77.The full-size cars at least.
My first car was an '87 88 Olds. Bench seats, faux wood, but without the wheel base of a jet liner. Most comfortable seats in a car I've ever sat in.
Hey! You literally bought this car right before I could! I was looking for this specific wagon (my granddad had one) and when I contacted the owner he said that if the sale fell through with the guy he was talking to, it'd be mine. I never thought i would see this wagon again. Yet here it is in my recommended videos.
That light indicator is fiber optic. You can get it brighter if you clean it up at the end - it's on the center of the headlight plug. You also might want to leave that trans in drive and not overdrive until you're over 40mph. They had a nasty habit of taking off in 2nd and frying the trans because of it. Also, that electronic quadrajet has a mixture control solenoid that'll make all kinds of noise, but if it works... Cool car!
keep an eye on the oil pressure, that's is kind of low at 13 psi, i check the oil pressure sending unit, take the sending unit out and put on a mechanical oil pressure gauge and see where the pressure is at
Such a nice Wagon! I have a 79 Delta 88 and a 83 Regency here in Germany i love those eightys family cars ...such nice driving with these boats!
I had a blue 1977 Delta 88 in high school.
Great find with the wagon! I bought one just like it except mine was gray for $100 back in i believe 05 and drove it home!! My interior was way worse tho
Nice score for $400. Good thing you had a couple of tires to fit it! Thanks for sharing that with us!
If I remember right you can roll the back window down open the tailgate from inside and you have tail gate like a truck.
You are correct!
That's a 9 passenger station wagon. Had one just like it but it was a chevy and mine was a 1966 with a v8. Nice car and they pretty fast for what they are. Congrats.
Oil change should of been #1 before even cranking it. Good video though.
Hogwash. Changing it doesn't do that much if you aren't still going to prime the bearings by spinning the pump down the dizzy hole. I'd recommend checking the oil for lubricity and just spinning the pump a bit to pre-lube some parts after a longterm sit. Change the oil when you know you have a runner.
I find it amazing the the original owner ordered a full gauge package. Very nice. Love this wagon !
My grandma had one of these Oldsmobile wagons. It was a 79 and didn't have the rear seat. They are tanks that run forever.
Wow, such a bargain! Can't beat an Olds 307! When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s, it was a novelty to ride in the rear-facing seat of a station wagon!😁 (there was no internet of course, or all the stuff we have today:) Keep up the good work, I enjoy your videos!
I want that car more than any other type of car, because they represent the prototypical family car. Plus you see this car all the time in family movies, and TV shows and whatnot from back in the day. Love it, and thank you for treating a gem of a car like that well, and giving it the love it deserves!
That is a GEM! Before the days of airbags and before Dodge introduced the mini van. Reminds me when I was a kid. 2 keys....just a GEM!
My buddy's Father had a four door Oldsmobile Delta 88 the same year and my friend drove the hell out of that poor thing. I still remember him pouring oil on the highway and keeping it floorboards while hitting drive and reverse repeatedly on the oil slick! Eventually the little V8 seized up, let it cool off and limped the poor thing home with a completely shot transmission and engine.
Sweet find dude, my parents had a 1983 in brown. Takes me back to the first time I participated in an oil change with my old man. Would love to find a souther one like that and bring it back to Buffalo.
As the owner of 2 full sized pontiac station wagons (1986 and 1987) I am glad to see another fun=ll sized wagon go to an owner that appreciates it and will try take care of it. for the record, I bought both of mine from the same guy at the same time for the combined price of $400.
A station wagon is a perfect sleeper. I had a friend with an 80's Malibu wagon, I won't get into exactly what he had under the hood, but it was a V8, but not stock.
Sweet ride. I do miss my 86 Caprice Estate wagon. Had a 307 Y block and a TH200R4 and COLD A$$ air with what they used to call the "ball chillers" (vents at the bottom of the dash pointed directly toward the crotch). After bad luck with 1 questionable engine replacement shop and a mechanic that wouldn't listen to me (he eventually told me he was a fuel injection guy, not a carburetor guy), I finally gave it up for an Intrepid.
Anyway, with a rebuilt engine and a tune on the Carter Thermoquad, she'd get tire in 1st and 2nd.
If it has a Thermoquad, don't junk it. A little cleaning and maybe a rebuild will keep that bad boy singing. I took mine on a trip from PA to southern Texas and back, fully loaded with 7 people and a roof rack full, and still got 20 mpg on the tired original engine. Also got about 400 mpq of oil!
Yep, nothing like a land yacht to travel the country.
We grew up on those old Eighty Eights and LeSabres. What tanks! Great video and a steal of a deal on the wagon...
Love it! Dylan you can use any taillight from those GM years,they interchange Chevrolet, Buick or Oldsmobile
I had a 78 olds station wagon. it was missing the engine. Friend had a line on a 71 olds 350 engine which I rebuilt and put in the wagon. I then installed a class three hitch and used it to pull a flatbed all over the country picking up parts. I miss that old car it was nice and everything worked. Cruze in style..
One of my first cars was a 1970 Chevy Kingswood Estate station wagon. Loved it man. My party wagon.
I had one just like this as my first car thing had leather interior it was the comfiest seat I ever sat in. I legitimately just sat in that thing to take naps that’s how nice the seats were. Blew the motor in it it over heated while I was driving :/. Regret getting rid of it to this day.
Hey Dylan! I have an 84 Custom Cruiser with a little over 60000 miles on it. They are awesome cars. Nicely optioned car too! Has some thickness to the panels so the dents pull out pretty good. Should you so decide later on down the road an Olds 455 should fit in there nicely too! Look forward to seeing some more on this car!
I had a 1989 Olds Custom Cruiser that was identical to this one. I loved the her. The interior fabric wore like iron. I finally donated her to charity because it was stolen once and I recovered it and there were two more attempts. I lived in am apartment at the time. I miss my Geraldine
Dylan, when you get that chargers original motor up and running, you should definitely throw the motor home 440 in the wagon.
I love woodgrain station wagons, and have had several. Only one I have now is a 1973 Pinto Squire. Copper brown paint, and wide almost white plastic strips between the paint and woodgrain. Decent ones are getting hard to find. And even is they look good, you can bet that every single piece of rubber on the whole car is rotted. I have always been more attracted to more ordinary old cars than expensive high dollar classics, which is good, because I can't afford those. As long as it has a carburetor I'm ok with it.
That's a real nice loaded Custom Cruiser you got there. It has the rare full gauge package, cornering lamps, fiber optic lamp monitors on the front fenders (only Cadillac, Olds and Buick used these, not Chevy or Pontiac), the automatic climate system, the OD 4-speed tranny (that may have been standard by '84, not sure). My guess is it also has the optional tow package with different drive ratio and heavy duty suspension. I don't think these came with any optional upholstery nicer than what you have (though Buick did offer nicer velour and leather options). I do hope this thing gets restored to its original glory. These were iconic vehicles from this era. The GM B-body wagons and the Ford Panthers are among my favorites of all time.
My family had that exact station wagon when i was a kid. I remember riding in that rear seat.
Yo! I've been waiting for this day, welcome to the Oldsmobile family!
I am soooooooo jealous 😡lol don’t get rid of it , wagons are addicting,I had a tricked out 83 Chevy wagon , but a tree fell on it , enjoy this yacht!!
This was my first car. So great. Love the rear seats... and it was great doing donuts.
Love the wagon man, glad your not going to demo it. I always wanted a gm wagon with one of those rear facing seats. My moms friend had a celebrity wagon, or some fwd thing like that with a rear facing seat that was awesome as a kid.
Love how the gas gauge goes past full on the 35 plus gallon tank. Seem only way to know when it was empty was the gauge would no longer rock forward from E. Other than that these was like a sofa on wheels.
I don't see those around anymore, hope he keep it & store it inside. I got an '85' delta Royal & the interior for those years are very well designed.
Dude thats a sweet ride!! Love those old wagons.
A major Mopar fan but I love Oldsmobiles to hope she’s a keeper
Also my grand marquis has that cornner white light that lights up with the turn signal it's amazing going down super dark roads they light up a whole shoulder and ditch. i use mine especially when i find a cool car FS on the side of the road and i want to check out the rockers.
That little light on the front corner down low was side-visible turn signals and it was way ahead of its time. 35 years later cars have LED turn signals in the mirrors!
*FAMILY TRUCKSTER!*
20alphabet you beat me to it. Lmao
Yes but that was a Ford
79 Ford LTD. Doesn't matter much what year though, 79-91 are mostly the same. 79-82 are carbureted, 83-85 have TBI, 86-91 have port injection. 90-91 have an air bag and 3 point seat belts in the middle outboard.
Ellen, go get Rusty and Audrey............. we're going to *WALLYWORLD*
Yes the gauge package is rare. I had an 83 delta 88 two door with them and have never seen another with them.
I like them pre-1975 so they don't have all the smog crap on them. Give this a basic tune up, change the oil, replace the coolant, it should be good to go for a long time. There is a coolant that never needs to be replaced, and won't boil over, but to make sure, replace all the hoses and such too. They have to be about shot by now. The stuff is called waterless coolant, you have to completely remove all water from the system, then the waterless coolant will replace it, and NEVER needs to be replaces or anything. For cars you intend to keep a long time, it's a good way to go.. the waterless does NOT corrode anything. The system will stay clean forever, if you flush it well before you start. Jay Leno's garage has a vid on it. Great stuff for cars you intend to keep. If you install it in a new car, and keep that car 20 years, it's still guaranteed to last at least as long as the car does. When the car finally dies (it gets longer life because of no corrosion) some drain it out and put it in something else, it lasts that long. I've used it on some things in the past, and it lives up to the hype. In fact once I get the hoses and stuff replaced on my current set of wheels, I'm going to use it in that. it's not cheap, it's like 40 a gallon, but when you figure you never have to replace it, it's cheap in the long run, and saves wear and tear on your engine that could cost way more than that to fis.
Those engines and ignition systems are bullet proof. Those olds engines can take a beating. Shitty nylon teeth on the timing chain gear thingy so the timing goes out after a while but it still frickin' runs.
Id drive it . I bought a buick regal for $30 and drove it from Louisiana to Connecticut. Old n beat up but desperate times. People have too much pride. Was better than walking . Station wags are good for alot , used one to get rid of my roofing scrap when i first started
Great find my friend had a 1984 Chevy Caprice station wagon.
These big old station wagons with wood paneling have always been my favourite.
That's a nice buy my mom bought one of those brand new of the lot in the eighties.
I drive a 98 Toyota Sienna. I love it. People I know probably feel sorry for me but they just don't understand. Wish I had the knowledge and tools to do what you do!
Great Video. Great find. I wish it was a Diesel. 1985 was the last of the 5.7 Diesels.
I'll give you $450 if you can deliver it to Nevada. My folks drove Oldsmobiles. My first car was a 1950 Olds 2dr. sedan. Later I had a 1950 Olds Holiday 2dr. Hardtop with '59 394 and a factory stick (Rare). Just give it a full service, spit shine and enjoy........great find my friend.
50 bucks on top for him to deliver it to you? Would be loosing money..
I love these station wagons. A lot of people had them where I grew up. My best friend’s dad still drives a Pontiac Parisienne from ‘84.
That's good start to a pretty cool project. IF I were you i'd just clean it up find a new door for the back and then repaint it. My son just bought a 84 Buick Lesabre Wagon for $600 and it was pretty much the same way as this one. The interior was immacculate and didn't need anything but a good clean-up but the body needs painted, being out here in the Southwest (Northwestern Arizona) most cars that are 5 years or older needs a paint job. His is White with Tan Interior but He's going to repaint it Red and do redo the wood grain with contact paper, he's already pulled the hubcaps and repainted the steel wheels and put some cheap chrome center caps on it, He's not going to put a bunch of money into it, just clean it up repaint the car and clean up and repaint the 307 engine and make it look decent to daily drive and for a cruise-in/cars and coffee car. No sense in putting alot of money into it just to drive it.