1976 Olds Cutlass 442 2dr hardtop Az SW survivor
Fair reserve !! ...BID TO WIN !! garage find / badged from the factory as an Olds Cutlass 442 ....pretty cool This is 1 car I hate to get rid of, I doubt Ill find another like it still affordable. We suggest viewing our auction on normal large monitors and or tablet to get the most out of our large easy to view pics. Desert Survivor being sold by a very legit Ebay seller If you have any concerns about our vehicle, please ask or dont bid on it. Dont wait till after you win and then make up stuff on wondering if we are real or not. FEEDBACK !!! if you cant take 10 min to read thru our feedback on the cars we have sold here over the last 10 yrs, then you also shouldnt be bidding on our auctions. Ebay offers our Feedback rating for a reason,... try trusting it. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This is a cool piece of American car culture and history. In the mid 70s with the gas crunch in full effect, the big 3 where still trying to keep the Muscle car era alive and sell cars. This yr Cutlass 442 was sorta a last hurrah for the 70s to keep the name going. Its not fast but its rust free ! Still has a 4v V8, in dash gauges, floor shifter with console. GMs well known to most, swivel bucket seats and a white interior that you just dont see on cars anymore. Parked for a couple of yrs because the older lady who owned it passed away. She bought the car here in Tucson with only 22k miles on it. Its been in Az and Ca and shows no signs of rot. Signs of dry brittle plastic and hard vinyl...yes. Starts all the time with the key and the motor sounds good. I have it running off a container of gas thru the stock mechanical fuel pump at the moment because not sure whats in the original tank yet. After driving it around the block a few times, not sure if the brakes are holding it back and grabbing, or if its down on power. Doesnt seem to have the throttle response it should. No smoke or weird noises, just not as powerful as you would expect when you stomp on it. Timing chain was done about 30k miles ago. But it could be a carb issue ? Backing up for some reason is worse, which is why I think maybe the ebrake is a little stuck ? Going to jack up all four corners tomorrow (in the 113 degree heat) and see if any of the wheels are not free wheeling as they should be. PS and PDB work fine. This car starts, runs and drives great. Most everything does work still on the car, Headlights/radio/ and more are currently working fine. A/C blower works, but its not cold.
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DRIVETRAIN: factory 260 4v, some of the last of the factory V8 cars for a while.. Motor runs well, trans shifts smooth and works great. Pop thehood and its very original and unmolested. NO PERFORMANCE MODS !!!! Almost a time capsule. Dont want to oversell it, but the car speaks for itself. Sometimes the car acts like there is a dead battery. Ive traced it down to the + battery cable I think is a little loose at the starter. I wiggled it and it starts fine. Does it every once in a while. If I can address it before it sells I will. INTERIOR: take a look at the pics, the interior showing alot of heat damage and wear. Still beats a rust bucket. Windshield is cracked. (If you win and want it fixed before it ships, lmk and I get a pretty good deal on new ones installed) Winner would still pay for it but at our cost. Tilt, gauges, floor auto shifter still makes for a fun car to drive. Cracks in the dash of course, all the windows roll up and down okay. Doors dont sag. White interior is such a great 70s color. Its going to need interior work of course.
EXTERIOR:the body very straight for its age, but this is a 90% rust FREE survivor. Original sheetmetal the best I can tell from 1976, I believe the paint is also still all original. In areas the paint is getting thin, but show some signs of small nicks and dings along the doors some. Lots of what I call factory orange peel too. Chrome on the bumpers are nice. Rust or rot I should say is pretty much non existent on the body. Much nicer by comparison to most cars this old living on the Eastcoast. Look underneath and no signs of rot. Some surface rust, thats about it. The last owner had it since 1978 and the family told me the Mom who owned it had the top part of the car repainted (due to the Az sun) but the sides and lower stripes are still from 1976 !. She drove it and loved it. Kinda weird she never had the windows tinted !
SUSPENSION:the suspension looks normal from what I can see Just your basic set up,No wacky mods and surface rust at best. Makes coming apart a breeze. Glides down the road like a 70s luxury car was built to. Factory rally wheels where replaced with the current 15" dish mags many yrs ago. Tires are pretty old and dry. For its size, car handles pretty well. Factory sway bars are a nice touch.
Check out ALL the pics below -----> it may take a full minute for them all to load ifyou have a slow connection, so be patient AND looks for the extra scroll bar on the right side. Az gets maybe 12" a yr of rain and Az very dry climate. more infoAFTER the pics etc. There are 100 large pics.
Probably The BEST represented Cutlass's on Ebay Shows you all the good as well as any bad. We put a lot of time and effort in marketing our cars. People wait months for a car this solid to come up for sale and even if you have to pay shipping to your area, it still beats paying a body shop to hopefully fix a rusty car for weeks. Having as much as the original steel on a non restored car these speaks volumes. Survivors are getting harder to find ! Also, if you buy a car thats been "restored", who knows what surprises are hidden under new paint or thick undercoating. People are flipping cars all the time when most of the jobs are fast, for a quick buck and quality suffers.
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Bank Wires need to be prompt if you are out of the country because they always seem to take longer then expected. I bank with B of A which makes things easy for many out of state for payment. direct depositor Cashier checks If you wire the funds we must add a $50 fee that our bank charges us. must clear before car can move. Its a sign of the times, sorry. IF RESERVES NOT MET, email us anyway maybe we can work out a deal after it ends. PAYPAL for deposit ONLY... OR just do the whole amt with a direct bank deposit at Bank of America ...or wire Must be paid within 3 days. If we dont hear from you within 24 hours after auction ends we will contact next in 24 hours or you please contact us. On Jul-26-18 at 19:03:15 PDT, seller added the following information: UPDATE: TURNS OUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE 403 V8 4V engineIm looking into it more trying to decode the vin etc.
On Jul-27-18 at 10:41:24 PDT, seller added the following information: UPDATE 7-27-18 turns out its the 350 4v V8 motor according to the vinAlso, yes the top of the car was repainted back in the 80s the hood, roof and trunk areas. thus removing the 442decal on the trunk. The sides of the car to the best of my knowledge are still the original stripes and paint.
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