I was 14 when my dad had a 74 custom cruiser, got my drivers Lic. in it at 16. Raced the neighbours Pontiac wagon on the 1/4 mile and won by feet. It was like racing in slow motion! Thanks for the memories!
I learned how to drive in this car!! One of my favorite cars my parents ever owned -- The 1975 custom cruiser, with the 455 cu in rocket V8. Ours was in colonial cream color with faux-wood on the sides and tailgate. brown interior, and power everything. It sure was fun to get a car full of my high school friends and head out of town to a basketball game. This video brings back a flood of memories of my youth, and it's great seeing the clamshell tailgate again. I've always had a hard time explaining that to anyone because it was such a neat feature of the GM wagons of that vintage. Mom and Dad eventually traded it in for a 1981 Olds Royale Brougham. Dad would only drive Oldsmobiles. My dad's cousin owned an Olds dealership, so I suppose it was only natural dad only owned Oldsmobiles.
We had a green one. A few years earlier in model, a 73 I think. We called it "the beast", pass anything but a gas station. I took my drivers test in it. The guy made me parellel park it!!!! Needless to say, I passed first time. My brother and I both miss that car!
I brought a used 1981 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Fully Sized Beach 🏖 🏝 Wagon Station 🚉 Wagon. It came Fully Equipped, Fully Loaded Fully Powered, it had a 350 4BBL Power Plant under the Hood. It had all the exterior trim work with spoke locking hub caps. It was one of the best BW/SW’s that I ever owned. I enjoyed the back round music you had playing as well. Sincerely Yours Truly Ivan I J🤵🏾🧔🏾🎩🧢💼🎒👓🕶👔👖👞👟👏🏾👍🏾
I owned a '75 in perfect condition for ten years, a lovely motor could pull a house down. I used it as a gig wagon. and won several awards at American car shows. Keep rockin' Gus. x UK.
Growing up in central NY, our Mom drove an amber wood grain 76 custom cruiser, decked out w/ every olds-GM option package, whilst my Dad drove a 76 98 Regency sedan, in red w/ the tufted padded interior. He’d trade them out every 4 yrs…. Given that by 1980, my 6 older siblings were all driving and or away at university, this was pretty much our last wagon…I do recall the many annual Nov/March snow tire change-over rituals that I had to lend a hand w/…. Dad kept a set of mounted studded snow tires for each vehicle so that all we needed to do was schlep them over to the neighbor’s Sinclair branded service station…
Love it, looks great, shift on the column, standard in those days. Electric drop down tailgate, but no power windows, go figga? Power windows were generally an option in the 70’s, I remember begging my father for power windows, first in our ‘68 Plymouth Fury, then the 70’s Dodge “something,” but no, he never relented, “they’ll break, he said.”
@@RichardTomasini That's what my high school girlfriend and her friends called the family '75 custom cruiser: "The Boat". Good times in that car. D$amn good times.
Our family had a 1974 Oldsmobile 98 Custom Cruiser wagon, a lot like this one but with woodgrain siding, a different front end, and a white exterior (maroon interior). It was enormous. Unfortunately, it was also a lemon, but I know a lot of people had 98 Custom Cruisers and loved them. The 1975 Custom Cruisers were still based on the Oldsmobile 98 (as was the case from 1971 to 1976) but with round headlights instead of 1975's squares and retaining the taillights and 1950s-style tailfins of the 1974s instead of moving to the new finless taillights of the '75s. The Custom Cruiser would continue to retain the 1974 taillights through 1976, the last year the Custom Cruiser would be based on the 98. After '76, Custom Cruisers would be based on the Oldsmobile Delta 88.
Our Oldsmobiles were trouble free until the last one a 84 98 Brougham, the c converter went out and the transmission wasn't up to par with the others we owned.
Best car our family ever owned was the 1974 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon with the 455 cu. in. big block. Idled at 30-35 mph. Rocket on wheels. Would love to own one myself someday. Also, apparently, these ‘71-‘76 clam shell wagons from GM are the BEST vehicles to use in a demolition derby. But what a waste of a classic vehicle!
Heyy! Nice car man! I got the exact same car too, its a 1975 but with the 1976 facelift front end! I really love it and will be posting some videos of it on my channel next summer when I get it out of the barn. I live in Finland and I am pretty sure mine is the only one in the country. Mine is in pretty rough condition but it's drivable and I'm planning on restoring it!
Great wagon! One question: where is it illegal to ride 3 abreast in the front seat? 3 in the *back* seat, maybe, since it's meant for only 2, but, front seat? 🤔
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Greatest family car you can have
It’s not a 98, just Custom Cruiser.
I love this car!
Someone has put Ninety Eight there. It's supposed to have Custom Cruiser script there.
I was 14 when my dad had a 74 custom cruiser, got my drivers Lic. in it at 16. Raced the neighbours Pontiac wagon on the 1/4 mile and won by feet. It was like racing in slow motion! Thanks for the memories!
Best car in safety and performance
I learned how to drive in this car!! One of my favorite cars my parents ever owned -- The 1975 custom cruiser, with the 455 cu in rocket V8. Ours was in colonial cream color with faux-wood on the sides and tailgate. brown interior, and power everything. It sure was fun to get a car full of my high school friends and head out of town to a basketball game. This video brings back a flood of memories of my youth, and it's great seeing the clamshell tailgate again. I've always had a hard time explaining that to anyone because it was such a neat feature of the GM wagons of that vintage. Mom and Dad eventually traded it in for a 1981 Olds Royale Brougham. Dad would only drive Oldsmobiles. My dad's cousin owned an Olds dealership, so I suppose it was only natural dad only owned Oldsmobiles.
We had a green one. A few years earlier in model, a 73 I think. We called it "the beast", pass anything but a gas station. I took my drivers test in it. The guy made me parellel park it!!!! Needless to say, I passed first time. My brother and I both miss that car!
Wow! That old tank is in perfect condition.
She was a very clean driver!
I brought a used 1981 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Fully Sized Beach 🏖 🏝 Wagon Station 🚉 Wagon. It came Fully Equipped, Fully Loaded Fully Powered, it had a 350 4BBL Power Plant under the Hood. It had all the exterior trim work with spoke locking hub caps. It was one of the best BW/SW’s that I ever owned. I enjoyed the back round music you had playing as well.
Sincerely Yours Truly
Ivan I J🤵🏾🧔🏾🎩🧢💼🎒👓🕶👔👖👞👟👏🏾👍🏾
I owned a '75 in perfect condition for ten years, a lovely motor could pull a house down. I used it as a gig wagon. and won several awards at American car shows.
Keep rockin' Gus. x UK.
I learnt to drive in this 😍
Wow grew up with the exact same model but in all white exterior and brown interior. That car was a tank! So much room!
Growing up in central NY, our Mom drove an amber wood grain 76 custom cruiser, decked out w/ every olds-GM option package, whilst my Dad drove a 76 98 Regency sedan, in red w/ the tufted padded interior. He’d trade them out every 4 yrs…. Given that by 1980, my 6 older siblings were all driving and or away at university, this was pretty much our last wagon…I do recall the many annual Nov/March snow tire change-over rituals that I had to lend a hand w/…. Dad kept a set of mounted studded snow tires for each vehicle so that all we needed to do was schlep them over to the neighbor’s Sinclair branded service station…
Good times when you looks back
My parents had a '76 Custom Cruiser. I'd love to own one.
Rich... brings me back to my childhood ... Dad had a 2 door 1977 caprice classic... used to sleep in the back window on the summer road trips.
Ahh such a great car.
Great car, we had a 72 CC in dark green.
Richie, your Chevelle SS from High School brings me back so many memories
I wonder if we can find one of those to tour...
@@RichardTomasini Big Bucks, but that would be sweet
Love it, looks great, shift on the column, standard in those days. Electric drop down tailgate, but no power windows, go figga? Power windows were generally an option in the 70’s, I remember begging my father for power windows, first in our ‘68 Plymouth Fury, then the 70’s Dodge “something,” but no, he never relented, “they’ll break, he said.”
I'm not sure I'd be able to park it, but I'd definitely take that thing for a spin.
It's a boat for sure!
@@RichardTomasini That's what my high school girlfriend and her friends called the family '75 custom cruiser: "The Boat". Good times in that car. D$amn good times.
Our family had a 1974 Oldsmobile 98 Custom Cruiser wagon, a lot like this one but with woodgrain siding, a different front end, and a white exterior (maroon interior). It was enormous. Unfortunately, it was also a lemon, but I know a lot of people had 98 Custom Cruisers and loved them. The 1975 Custom Cruisers were still based on the Oldsmobile 98 (as was the case from 1971 to 1976) but with round headlights instead of 1975's squares and retaining the taillights and 1950s-style tailfins of the 1974s instead of moving to the new finless taillights of the '75s. The Custom Cruiser would continue to retain the 1974 taillights through 1976, the last year the Custom Cruiser would be based on the 98. After '76, Custom Cruisers would be based on the Oldsmobile Delta 88.
Our Oldsmobiles were trouble free until the last one a 84 98 Brougham, the c converter went out and the transmission wasn't up to par with the others we owned.
O YEAH NICE COOL SWAGGA😁
Best car our family ever owned was the 1974 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon with the 455 cu. in. big block. Idled at 30-35 mph. Rocket on wheels. Would love to own one myself someday. Also, apparently, these ‘71-‘76 clam shell wagons from GM are the BEST vehicles to use in a demolition derby. But what a waste of a classic vehicle!
Heyy! Nice car man! I got the exact same car too, its a 1975 but with the 1976 facelift front end! I really love it and will be posting some videos of it on my channel next summer when I get it out of the barn. I live in Finland and I am pretty sure mine is the only one in the country. Mine is in pretty rough condition but it's drivable and I'm planning on restoring it!
I’d love to see it.
@@patrickflohe7427 You can find it in a video on my channel!
@@TraceIrrendahl
I can’t see the front end....
@@patrickflohe7427 oh yeah, true that... I'll be making some more videos once I get it from under the snow
So awesome! My bro is living his best life🙌💪🚀
Looks like it is now for sale here in Germany for 35.000€.
Great wagon! One question: where is it illegal to ride 3 abreast in the front seat? 3 in the *back* seat, maybe, since it's meant for only 2, but, front seat? 🤔
I'm not sure why Ninety Eight script is on the front fender. "Custon Cruiser" script goes there.No 98 had crank windows in that time anyway.
What did you possibly have to do to upgrade this all original Olds beauty beast?!
Back window?
That almost looks like a 1974 with a 1975 grille.
What is the status of this wagon today ????
Sold it about 8 months ago online