1972 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser review from North America

Rear brake shoes and a muffler were needed immediately after purchase, another muffler was needed when the bad breaker points caused a huge backfire that split the first new muffler apart at the seams!

One flat tire on the first Wisconsin road trip.

The drivers door electric window motor died.

The heater motor was inoperative at first, due to a bad ground.

Literally bought out of a junkyard in North Dakota for $200 in 1988.

Car had come from Virginia so the body had no rust.

The biggest type of Olds ever made, 455 V8 with 4 barrel carb weighing in at 5260lbs EMPTY.

Eight passenger, but I removed the rear most seats for more covered storage.

Car wasn't used much for about 5 years, stored outside at a friend's farm through -35 degree winters. In 1993, I realized that I didn't have a big car to haul stuff to sell at a car show in Wisc, so I took a battery and fresh gas to the Olds and it fired right up. Did fluid changes and headed for Iola, 14 hours and @650 miles. Went all the way to Chicago and back with nothing worse than a flat. Did this for 3 years, '93-5. Drive it for @2000 miles in 2 weeks, park it for 50.

Got rather upset at the idiots at the car show that wanted to buy it for demo derbying.

Approximately 17mpg highway, city...well...

Bought a trailer hitch at the junkyard for $10 that only added to the usefulness.

7.5 liters trying to breathe through a 2" pipe makes for one LOUD hiss! Dual exhausts and headers are in the future.

Long wheelbase make for a very pleasant highway ride and the 455 makes it seem much more nimble than you'd expect for all it's gargantuan heft.

If you want to carry seven other people, pull a trailer, and not lose momentum on hills, this type of car is for you!