1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser in the woods 1

This is my first 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser I got in 1983, it was already quite rusty, but I drove it until 1989 when the frame cracked in the rear. I drove it to this very spot when it was an open field. The car will obviously not be on the road again, I am glad I did not throw it away, for it is nice source of little trim parts - that are still good, and the A/C is still charged! - for my 1972 Vista Cruiser seen here. It was a very impromptu trip, thus the lack of protection from the biting bugs and thorns, but then again, what old car parts hunt would be fun without drawing a little blood!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Oldsmobile
• Vista
• Cruiser
• Old
• rusty
• cars

[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]

@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.

[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

[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

[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!!!