Delmont 88 425

Saw on Craigslist.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/c...722313272.html

joe_padavano

Very cool three-on-the-tree. Only 8,739 flattops made in 1969, compared to about 4X as many Vistas.

75 W-30 H/O

I wish I was in the market. Fun driver at a good price.

BangScreech4-4-2

Wonder if it's factory discs? MC looks correct.

That would make it one of one, I bet.

joe_padavano

Correct (but possibly replaced) M/C and the correct metering valve. No A/C (in Phoenix). Appears to have bondo in the rt rear quarter, but hard to tell. Crappy repaint.

droldsmorland

Crispy desert dry car. KOOL.

GEARMAN69

Very cool indeed ! Hope that one gets saved and repainted !

redoldsman

I bet somebody will save this one. Price doesn't seem bad. It looks pretty solid but paint, interior and Vintage Air are going to be expensive.

BangScreech4-4-2

Of course, you can save money just by living in the Pacific Northwest!

joe_padavano

I just put a down payment on the wagon.

redoldsman

Congrats. Looks like you needed another wagon.

joe_padavano

Can't have too many.

The car is manual steering and manual crank back window. The power disc brakes are factory. Spent about half an hour talking to the seller. I believe the car is legitimately 44K miles.

OLDSter Ralph

Congratulations Joe P.

no1oldsfan

Cool that you got it Joe. Ad is already gone.

droldsmorland

Here...I got this. thou you will need to put it in crono.



Need to see a vid of you driving it. From the drivers view, we don't want to see you...

joe_padavano

A little more on the car. Original color was code 53 Nassau Blue. Blue interior. Lansing built.

BangScreech4-4-2

Couldn't have gone to a better home. Does @Delmont 88 425 get a finder's fee?

mpowell

We need a picture since the link is down. I haven't seen it yet. Nice to see you got it Joe!

joe_padavano

I'm going to start a build thread rather than putting all that here.

alain

That will be nice
Alain plati num 442 4spd factory A/C

joe_padavano

The other thread.

Bfg

Being that it has manual steering and power disc brakes and a three on the tree has got to be very rare car. I wonder if it was ordered that way?

joe_padavano

Almost certainly the car was ordered that way. The more photos I see, the more convinced I am that the 44K miles is legitimate. The seller sent me this photo. When was the last time you saw the original radiator cap alignment decal in place?

Bfg

You really have a knack to finding the rare ones, how much of the history do you have on the car?

OLDSter Ralph

I would suggest the car was ordered new for a "Sales Rep" who carried larger sized samples. Large companies ordered fleets of cars. Exec's received a few of the deluxe (loaded) models and the sales staff received the "bare bones" vehicles from the fleet.
.....Just my two cents worth.

joe_padavano

The car has a parking sticker from a military base in NV, so I'm not so sure about that.

OLDSter Ralph

Joe, you may be right, just an alternate idea on my part. A title search may give more ideas. I wonder what the "house paint" makeover is hiding underneath. What year parking permit ?
Do you think LBJ or Nixon could have ridden in the car when they visited the base ?

BangScreech4-4-2

Well, LBJ was gone by January of '69, so the build date may be able to rule that out.

GEARMAN69

Very nice and congrats !

GEARMAN69

standard equipment basically just little to no options, maybe power disc is standard on a cutlass cruiser? MY 70 has em but its got PS AC and 310 hp and a tow axle also too

BangScreech4-4-2

Nope, just 4-wheel manual drum, same as any other A-body from the era.

GEARMAN69

Yeah kinda figured , maybe standard on a bigger Vista Cruiser ?

joe_padavano

JL2 power front discs were made standard on the Vista for the 1970 model year, but were still optional in 1969. The rest of the A-body line didn't get power front discs standard until the 1973 model year. Note that the Vista has always had the bigger back brakes as well.

GEARMAN69

When do ya get it home Joe ?

joe_padavano

Well, if it really gets picked up this afternoon as promised, it should be here by the end of the week.

GEARMAN69

Sweet !

joe_padavano

Keep in mind that this photo isn't the car I'm buying, it's one I found on the interwebs that sold in 2017 in the same color as mine was originally, and with the same three speed manual trans.

GEARMAN69

Yes I am aware I saw the craigslist , just happened to find this pic of its sister twin... congrats again can't beat desert southwest survivors (a little sun burned)

Wildcat65

Glad to see that wagon sold! I hung out with the seller at MCACN and he has (and has had) some interesting stuff!
The current color put me off, good to see it is 53 color code, a beauty.

joe_padavano

You know Steve? He seems to be a great guy. You're right about having interesting stuff. I'm trying to convince a friend of mine to buy the 1969 Maurauder with that he has, also with three-on-the-tree.