1964 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Wagon on 2040-cars

US $3,785.00

Year:1964 Mileage:297660 Color: Beige Cream /
Burgundy

Location:

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Advertising:

Transmission:Automatic
Engine:330 V8 naturally aspirated
Vehicle Title:Salvage
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller

Year: 1964
Exterior Color: Beige Cream
Make: Oldsmobile
Interior Color: Burgundy
Model: Cutlass
Trim: Vista Cruiser
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: RWD
Mileage: 297,660

Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ...

1964 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Station Wagon. Classic California car with only very minor rust in non-critical areas, check the pictures.

Three forward-facing seats, like a bus. Most wagons, if they have a 3rd seat at all, face to the rear.

The rear window is electric and works with the key or from the dashboard via a switch.

Front brakes and spindles were converted to disc, custom springs installed to maintain original ride height, original 4bbl carb replaced with QJet and matching manifold, dual exhausts with crossover pipe and a 442 front sway bar installed. Low restriction mufflers make a very authoritative note.

When both rear seats are folded down, you can carry large objects like furniture and skis or sleep in it.

My daily driver for many years, still running as good as when I switched over to a small car.

I am the 3rd owner. Bought it from #2 who rebuilt the engine and trans and was going to really fix it up but sold it to me when he decided on a Harley instead. I put about 120,000 miles on it in 17 years of daily driving until gas prices made this a weekend car and an Ikea-visit hauler.

You'll get a brand-new custom cut headliner in the original material, the original 1st-owner's Record-Plate maintenance booklet, the original hubcaps and the COMPLETE SET of original paperbound 1964 shop manuals for this car, which are worth about $125 alone, a spare QJet carburetor, tuneup parts, and other nice goodies.

You must come and pick up this car and drive it away or trailer it if you prefer, I cannot make any delivery arrangements for you.

ABOUT THE "SALVAGE" TITLE: This is NOT a salvage car. That is a technicality created by an insurance company. I was at a red light, minding my own business when I got hit from the rear by a Corolla. It dented the rear bumper pretty good. The other driver's insurance company spent a month trying to figure out how to replace my 1964 bumper but they just couldn't. I gave them names of bumper dealers in the area but they refused to use them. Eventually they offered me a cash payout to get the bumper myself, I took the money and bought the bumper. Little did I know that they had "totalled" my car and reported it to the DMV so that when I next went to renew my registration I almost hit the floor when I saw that word on the title. That is the whole story. It is no more a salvage car than yours would be if you had replaced your bumper.

'64 is the introductory year for this body style, the glass-roof option, the "Jetaway" 2-speed automatic transmission, the new 330 V8 that was manufactured using "hot box coring" for a lighter engine than previously, and a number of other things.

The glass-windowed roof was inspired by the Sceni-Cruiser train cars that were popular at the time. You can see one in the background of the postcard I put at the end of the photos.

Many people remember "That 70's Show" that had a later model Vista in the garage. A 1964 like this one appears at length in the Kevin Costner movie, "A Perfect World".

One New Years in Vegas, I had a total of 11 people in this car but I wouldn't recommend repeating that stunt.

I promise you that once you get your friends in this car, somebody will always say "Are we there yet, daddy?" It brings out the kid in Everybody.

California 2013 registration is current through September.

At 297,000 miles you have to realistic that it is about time for some rebuilds, so this is not a showroom / boulevard car, not yet anyway.

This is for you to drive home, and start working on it to bring it back up to cruising status. It's a great-looking car and I always got thumbs-up from people at stoplights.

Car is sold in as-is running condition with no warranty.

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