1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in the woods 1

[redneckbryon]

To bad, it's the same here in Ontario

[spikedpunk]

@redneckbryon Indeed, I know, hence my daily driver Malibu being the subject in many movies of oiling up the chassis of a car for protection in winter. In the GTA, the roads seem to dry out faster then in Quebec, though there are plenty of days that would do Quebec proud around here. In is better overall in my own opinion since I moved to Southern Ontario. Any salt use, is a curse to an old car lover.

[redneckbryon]

This is the first video of yours I every watched!!'

Is the car still there?

Why was it parked?

[spikedpunk]

@redneckbryon Thanks for watching the movie, and the channel in general. The car is still there, was last there when this movie was made. The car was parked for I had gotten many more years out of it then the salty roads of Quebec really wanted to allow. The frame was rusted out, cracked, and the floor was very rickity as well. It would never have passed a roadside safety, and (mis)fortunes at the time combined with work needed on the car sent it to where it is.

[Comrick317]

What a cool video and just being able to go back to an old car that you once owned of any vintage really is pretty wild. The fact that it is still there with trees and all growing around it is rare indeed.

[Lovecarscranking]

I'm curious if that is your woods. I would drive it on your property. From with you have been saying it sounds like the chassis has to be replaced. You said the frame cracked in the rear. Probably needs new floor boards. I would get it fixed up. Good body shop, 1,600 you could get it fixed. 500 for a new exhaust system. 200 for a cap and rotor, 500 for a tuneup, and overhaul and you are in business. love to see a old start cold start.

[AllKnowingAlex]

i have an ad for one of these

[deliveryguyrx]

I owned a '70 Vista Cruiser in 1980.It ate starters and selonoids like a pot smoker eating potato chips and drank gas almost as fast as I drank beer. Nice ride, but it was a total f#%@in pig.Hey remember to pirate those back seat sun visors.They will be primo ebay material one day......

[spikedpunk]

@deliveryguyrx A heat shield around the starter & solenoid like had on this '70 and now on my '72 have ensured I have never had to touch starters. Fuel mileage on both had/has been as decent as I could hope for, and with overall weight on them, nothing that made me raise an eyebrow over. Yes, many parts are hard to find, and will command good prices. Hopefully folks will come out of the 'Look! me too, I have a copy of what everybody else has' mentality and give the unusual cars a chance.

[deliveryguyrx]

@spikedpunk Don't get me wrong;I loved my Olds when it ran.I would have loved to put a 442 front clip on it but that never happened.My current project is a 1965 Studebaker Daytona- I like the 'unusual' stuff too.Cheers!!!

[spikedpunk]

@deliveryguyrx In know way did I take that wrong, you are telling a story as it is. and was with a car you had. To change a starter on an Olds is not the most easy thing, and if you have headers, then it is a nightmare, thus the heat shields in place. The 442 clip, with the rest of the wagon appropriately done to go with that clip, would have been sweet. The Daytona is not too often seen, but around here, factory was not too far away, nice collection of the make seen, including a Daytona or 2

[Lovecarscranking]

@spikedpunk On old cars the best way to keep heat down is get a new exhaust system, or get it worked in sealing leaks of hot exhaust. 

[Brmobrad]

put a battery in it see if the engine still turns if it does put some gas in the carb and see if it fires

[spikedpunk]

@Brmobrad Oh yes, the engine still turns over and I am sure with a little gasoline down the throat of the carburetor, and the battery, it will go rumpity-rump, albeit a little louder due to rusted out headers, once again.

[auaiao9]

Funny that you parked it there 19 years ago in a clear field and look what nature's done.... reclaiming the land along with your Olds. You wouldn't get it out as easily as it went in!

[spikedpunk]

@auaiao9 Time goes on, waits for nobody, nothing. The car was not even a nanosecond on the time scale of the Earth's history. It will never be coming out of there as it went in. That is for sure.

[Eddie1962150]

Man, If i had that i would be looking for something to stick that engine in including the rear end. Something 2 door maybe? Cutlass maybe?

[spikedpunk]

Oh we do have a few shells kicking around, in the 2-door and Cutlass variants. It would be nice to come across an Oldsmobile Omega (Olds version of the Nova) and put that 350 into it, with the Turbo-400. The drive train will be put to seed.

[coffeefish]

battery and gas, thats all it needs.

[spikedpunk]

Yes, it would run the engine, and go into gear, the transmission is still full, the engine turns over, but please see the response to 'turbofarmer' what happened. The silver lining is that the car still lives, giving up parts. I believe the keys are still there, if not, after all these years I still have the spares, I will try and get out there to try and start it with the help of some friends.

[turbofarmer]

I bet with a little work,you can get the old girl to run again.I would definitly try it especially since the A/C still holds some pressure,it may still work you never know.I dragged an old 1964 Chevy dump truck out ofthe fence row on one of our farms that hasnt ran it about 20 years,and got it to run again.Took some time,but she fired and ran!!!

[spikedpunk]

Believe me, not a day goes by now that I wish circumstance would have been different for me when the car was put in the field. Poor decisions (nothing bad on my part, merely believing in the wrong people and trusting them screwed me badly financially) had caused this to happen, and it was many years later until I could have old cars again. This car would start up, but would never move in one piece again, that is the sad part. Please see '1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in the fields Part 2'

[spikedpunk]

I could see your '64 GMC running after 20 years, sitting in the fence row, they need little persuasion to do so. I appreciate your comments and want to see this car running again. Sometimes things just go wrong in our lives, and we have to live and look for our own absolution of the things we do.

[mikee286]

was there anything wrong with the car when u put it there? why did you just leave it there in 89?

[spikedpunk]

It was put there because the frame was in absolutely deplorable condition, and the area on the floor of the car where the body attached to the frame was very rusted out due to the cursed salt used where I used to live. I did not have the funds to even think of fixing up this car, nor did anybody have any interest in restoring this car. So, rather then throwing it out, I kept it, and it lives on in my '72 Vista and has helped, still is doing so, other Vistas with donated parts.

[jbrunsonjr]

That is awesome that you have this other car to pull parts off of. Talk about being Green!!

[spikedpunk]

And to think Jack, I was going to give away this car when it was last on the road to somebody who would have just thrashed it and sent it to the wreckers. That would have been a waste indeed.  At least it is here, and parts have gone onto several other Vista Cruisers. The good engine still turns over, the A/C holds a charge still, The Turbo-400 has perfect red fluid, would chirp going into second, and there is a 12-bolt Posi as well. Too bad the car was ruined by salt. Totally. Ask corvairwild

[porn1978]

Delete my other crappy comments.

[spikedpunk]

I will do this.  I only ask for peace on the channels. Howie

[jeepoffroad12345]

Right on.

[porn1978]

OKAY okay i was way out of line. I apologize to you spikedpunk and i apologize to you jeepoffroad. How about a group a hug!

[jeepoffroad12345]

Howie. Why did you get rid of this car?

[jeepoffroad12345]

cracked frame. Was it repaiable?

[spikedpunk]

Not really Quinn, the cross braces were compromised too, other areas of the frame were soft, and the infamous four-letter word, SALT used with reckless abandon claimed this car. Now you know why even more the reason I loathe the stuff.

[jeepoffroad12345]

Yes. Im guessing it had a stock 350?

CRANKERUP!

[spikedpunk]

The 350 was out of a 1976 Vista Cruiser. These '76's were only Vista Cruiser in name, not style. The doner wagon is in the same field, it has a corporate 10-bolt Posi, the transmission went onto a Buick Century, a '78 or '79 wagon Corvairwild had over 20 years ago!

[spikedpunk]

It was taken off the road because I felt it was not safe enough to use on the road. I still have it at least, almost 20 years later!

[spikedpunk]

I still have it actually! The tail lamps, headrests, and some trim are on my '72 now! By the way, last year when we saw it when the movie was made, the A/C system was still full of pressure!

[sailorkagome91]

spike its sad to see the car rust away but it spirt will live on

[spikedpunk]

And it is still there for me to get parts off of it as needed. We are here now, perhaps gone tomorrow, but may as well live the day as it is, and enjoy what we have!

[slurpee27]

what a bummer

[spikedpunk]

In some ways, yes, but I look at it this way: The car is still around, not only a fading memory, and I fulfilled my personal promise by getting another ('72) Vista Cruiser in much better condition, which will be kept as such. And parts from the '70 live on put onto my '72, such as tail lamps with the chrome fluting, headrests, some trim pieces, and more to come. Sort of a Cinderella story.

[Th3H00l1g4n]

19 years from a field to a forest

[spikedpunk]

And let me tell you Al, with the exception of finding the Vista easily here, my other cars have proven to be elusive, so thick are the woods! They could not be driven out now! Quite frankly, they could come out in pieces....

[lt1fan94]

is this on long island?

[spikedpunk]

No, but you are close to the correct State! This car is located on a piece of land that borders on New York State in extreme Southern Quebec, Canada. Behind me, behind the car, roughly a mile or so away is the international border.

[1972FordF100]

Nice howie I forgot you were an outdoors person. This site remindes me of a magazine I get in the last column is the end? kinda fits the description of this car.

[spikedpunk]

Outdoors and up in a tree if at all possible whenever I get the chance! Nice to be outdoors rather then breathing canned air in the modern 'sealed' buildings, no wonder colds and allergies are so rampent!

[chainsawhippie]

watch out for wasps too.

always awesome to have a parts car.

[spikedpunk]

Oh, I was watching for them all right! It was very cool, cloudy and windy yesterday when we went up to the cars, and I always watch for them. No sign of them at all. Always ready to give a kick and run though.

The parts on this car will be a real asset. I knew it was good to keep this car. I nearly gave it away to some kid , then at the last moment I decided to keep it. Good choice!