OLDSMOBILE V8 POWERED STATION WAGON TRIBUTE -- FIESTA VISTA CRUISER CUTLASS CUSTOM CRUISER

[olds455v8]

Thanks for sharing this, really great video and cars!

[TheFamilyTruckster]

Nice wagon VID man!

Clark Griswold

[73849309378]

Gorgeous machines. A million X classier and better styling than mini-vans and SUVs.

[badgerbuddy]

theres a guy in calgary who owns the first one ever built... i was reading about it in the news paper... pretty cool

[rustydog0329]

Am I seeing this right? It looks like the late 50's wagons used the same rear doors, window frames and glass as a regular 4-door vehicle, which I imagine would keep the cost down. But it looks like the early 60's version have a squared-up rear window and frame. Is that true?

[tomwendel1957]

wonder if oldsmobile ever made a 2 door wagon ,grandpa had a 2 door 59 chevy wagon a 6 with 3 on the tree.I've owned 6 oldsmobiles and loved every one.Worked at an Olds dealer for 25 years till they GM flushed them. Great video and music

[vistacruiser67]

@tomwendel1957 Olds choose to go with a 4door hardtop pillarless wagon that Buick soon followed with. No 2 door Olds wagons. I think Olds made the first pillarless 4 door hardtop sedan in 1955. GM had the pillarless sedans until 1976.

[jeffreyalman]

not 1 clamshell!!

[dmx011]

A friend had a 76 Olds 98 Experimental. It had a driver's side airbag. He says it was only one of a few made. Its still sitting in the back 40 barn unseen by daylight in 25 years.

[Chev502]

Don't see many of the 58-66 wagons in

upper ny, all the scrap yards have most,

the 80 -90 group are still kicking around

but their daily driver status is few and far

between. Seen a couple pre 80's hiding

out in back lots of local car shows.

[vistacruiser67]

You dont see them down south either. Production numbers on those weren't overwhelming to begin with.

[Oshinagaki]

god i envy those drivers, if only more people realized the comfort and style of Oldsmobile station wagons like these then we might not have cars that look like shoes and slices of fruit

[philmatthewsnm]

Sorry! It was at 6:39 the wood, luggage rack and the angle at which the car is at made it look like a model not used (experimental)

[dadgenius]

Hey at 6:30 seconds what year and model was that experimental Olds called?

[vistacruiser67]

70 Vista Cruiser. Im not sure what was experimental about it as it was mass produced. They just have the wrong front side marker lenses in the front fenders. You sure you mean 6:30 ?

[arcturus33333]

So much more stylish, classy and stately than minivans and SUVs.

[Venable1965]

I love those Fiesta Wagons! Best video!

[zimir50]

I am Bibo,from Milan,Italy,very best video.I have a Olds cruiser of 86,Betty. Your video is very very good. By from Italy

[MaggietheCat65]

I love this!!! Excellent job!!!

[xTHExWASPx]

Great video. i love wagons especially Olds.

BTW: what are the names of the two Rolling Stones songs in this?

[rkt88403]

Great vid on the wagons. Had a '64 Dynamic 88 three seat wagon in '72 when I was 19. I put 12k miles on it in six weeks while laid off for change over from Oldsmobile. A lot of back roads and two tracks with my friends riding on the roof rack and tail gate. The 394 and slim jim made for a very unique feel. Had a '78 403 Custom Cruiser back in '94-'95. Had to make it a donor car after the frame broke.

[vistacruiser67]

Is that where you got the 403 engine you have in your Delta 88?

[rkt88403]

I used that drivetrain for a '84 Holiday 88 project that I built in 1998. I sold that car in 2005. The drivetrain in my car I have now was from a badly rusted '77 Delta I bought in 1999.

[hanleyfallsmn56245]

Nice Video, I have a 64 VC in a back corner of my barn with 66 Toro engine in it, May have to get her going this summer! Does anyone know the name of the movie that a guy was street racing with a white 1960 Olds wagon? I would really like to find it, saw it 25 years ago and can''t remember the name of it.

[uscar17]

awesome thx so much i love wagons

[maloarfe]

Good job, my personal faves are the 57 & 60 Super 88 Fiesta. Great car, sorely missed.

[OldsVistaCruiser]

As the "Moderator East" of the GM Skywagon Club, I also have to post about the lack of the last of the Olds skywagons, even though they were Chevy-powered.

I see a lot of footage of the Oldsmobile Homecoming show, too! Now go to Hell! ;-)

I'm referring to the Hell Creek Ranch campground 50 miles from Lansing, home of the "Vista Cruise to Hell and Back", which we use as a base camp for Homecoming and other car shows.

The old man at 4:42 (great time) wants $20K for that '65 Vista!

Bill

[OldsVistaCruiser]

I ran out of room above - anyway, a nice collection of Olds wagons, and a great job as usual!

Personally, I would have run it all the way to the last of the Ciera-based Cutlass Cruisers.

The Hell Creek place is outside of the little town of Hell, about 3 miles SW of Pinckney, MI.

I'm on my third '69 Vista Cruiser since 1982, but it's still in my mom's garage near Hershey, PA awaiting restoration.

[vistacruiser67]

I really wanted to put some 78-82 rear drive Cutlass Cruisers in but I really struggled with those because of the possible 305 Chevy engine offered in them although many had the 260 Olds V8. I have a soft spot for the 78-82's but I cant handle the Ciera wagons. I thought the 77-90 Custom Cruisers embodied pure Olds pretty well. Like the 91-2 Custom Cruisers but have a problem with Chevy powered Oldsmobiles. Also left out the 61-62 F85 wagons because of the Buick 215 v8 .

[rkt88403]

The 215 V8 in the 61-63 Olds had different heads than the Buick engine. So with all the different other components due to the heads, I have no problem including the wagons.

[colibri1]

Great compilation. Our family had a '69 Vista Cruiser, a '74 Custom Cruiser (not seen here), and a '77 Vista Cruiser. And friends of the family had a '66 Vista Cruiser and a couple of '70 Vista Cruisers. Would like to have seen the complete sequence of 70s Vista Cruisers and Custom Cruisers, but I'm sure those can be hard to find.

[vistacruiser67]

73-77 Vista and Cutlass Cruisers are harder to find and the Custom Cruisers are even harder to find. I happened upon that 74 Cutlass Cruiser at 8:20. Missed a few years here and there mostly because the scarcity of those pics. Thanks for watching.

[ghtowagon]

No 91-2 Custom Cruisers?

[vistacruiser67]

I remember them. 91-2 are Chevy powered. I didnt mind the body style but 90 was the last year for the 307 Olds. I guess Im just a purist.

[ghtowagon]

They are still the last RWD oldsmobile ever to be made!

The 92 has the unique body not found on any other 91-6 B-body wagon as well.

Chevy side windows and Vista glass, 91 old's and 91-6 Buick Roadmaster wagons had the differnt side windows.

[greeniron32]

Nice tribute to American wagons. Any one from the 60's or 70's probably rode in one of these, they were workhorse's i remember my father hauling everthing in our station wagons. Loved the trips to the city dump the most!

Also love the Sones music.

[micismyname]

nice no 59 i  like the 61-64s and the 64 &68vista cruiser miss that sound of a olds "rocket " v8

[vistacruiser67]

Yeah I was looking for 59 but never could find an impressive one.

[OLDS98]

Thank you for sharing! I liked this tribute. My favorite Oldsmobile wagon was at the very end of this video. It makes you miss Oldsmobile too.

[vistacruiser67]

Yeah that last one is the 1990 with the last Olds V8.

[OLDS98]

Sad day indeed...I now know why you did not use the 1991-1992 Olds Custom Crusier. It did not have an Olds V8, too many parts were shared with other GM cars. I still like that 1990.

[vistacruiser67]

They say the 307 wasnt needed anymore. It was GMs last carbuerated engine and kept passing emissions test with Quadrajet carbs until the bitter end. 86-90 rear wheel drive 5.0 liter Cadillacs are 307 Olds powered. Even the Caprice wagons listed the 307 Olds engine from 86-90.

[OLDS98]

Yeah... I knew that. They then offered the 5.7 liter in the Brougham as an option in 1990-1991. It had written on the engine" Built For Cadillac By General Motors" They still in the end did Oldsmobile wrong. It should still be here. They had used that 5.0 liter 307 for years...

[CDTbossy]

Wish they never discontinued Oldsmobile, and american station wagons

[84400]

good song choice and lotts of coll wagons...