| Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:37 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:59 am | |
| Chrome wheels! Nice. Never seen those before.... |
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jimbeau
Posts : 1181 Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Detroit
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:07 am | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:13 am | |
| - Stingroo wrote:
- Chrome wheels! Nice. Never seen those before....
Not chrome, they were polished by the previous owner......he was crazy meticulous, he had 4 wagons of his collection of eight pristine automobiles. Man do I wish I had his garage!! | |
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silverfox103 Moderator
Posts : 3371 Join date : 2008-11-05 Age : 75 Location : Littleton, NH & St. Simons, GA
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:07 am | |
| Clean, well cared for, relatively low mileage, rust free NC CC for $3500--got yourself a nice car at a fair price.
Glad you made it over here. There are quite a few CC owners here. Good helpful guys here!
Tom C. | |
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DBeaSSt Admin
Posts : 2585 Join date : 2008-11-04 Age : 54 Location : Front Royal, VA
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:47 am | |
| Welcome aboard! Love those polished wheels, I would have thought chromed too. | |
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1993 Roady-man
Posts : 2126 Join date : 2009-05-26 Age : 57 Location : Hogansburg, Ny 13655
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:24 am | |
| Wow I love it. $3500 and nothing to do to it,... but those little touches to make it your own. Very Nice. | |
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94X2
Posts : 488 Join date : 2009-03-03 Age : 61 Location : Princeton NC 27569
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:28 am | |
| Welcome. Nice Olds. Is it the one that was for sale in Durham?
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:35 am | |
| Welcome to the gang and as a fellow OCC owner,your is beautiful!Wondering how long it took to polish those wheels?I have a set sitting on my porch just waiting to be buffed up. |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:15 pm | |
| - 94X2 wrote:
- Welcome. Nice Olds. Is it the one that was for sale in Durham?
Jon Yes it was, I'm loving it so far. Although today I lost my starter......... | |
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jimbeau
Posts : 1181 Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Detroit
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:16 pm | |
| The listed starters for these cars are not very stout. A better choice would be to go with either a high-dollar GOOD starter or a cheap, but beefier starter made for an older model. It will require a couple of new, longer bolts & a little metal work on the flywheel cover, but it will crank faster and last longer. | |
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yakko
Posts : 185 Join date : 2012-03-06 Age : 69 Location : Wappingers Falls, New York
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:41 pm | |
| WOW!!! Welcome!! You did well from the Pics!!! Keep it nice and it will take you down the road for ever!! I have turned into a wagon NUT!! I started with a 1984 Caprice wagon. I bought it in 1995 for $600.00 I had to let it go in 2001 due to heavy rust. Thanks Randy | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:40 am | |
| - Flasheroo wrote:
- Welcome to the gang and as a fellow OCC owner,your is beautiful!Wondering how long it took to
polish those wheels?I have a set sitting on my porch just waiting to be buffed up. Not sure how long, I still communicate with the previous owner so I will quiz him on this and get back to you. I'm thinking with the right tools and polishing materials, probably not too long......maybe a six-pack or twelver at best!! | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:45 am | |
| - 1993 Roady-man wrote:
- Wow I love it. $3500 and nothing to do to it,... but those little touches to make it your own. Very Nice.
Hey thanks! I am getting some ralley wheels much like what you're running, wanna do the same with the raised whities as well. I am having a hard time deciding between them and the classy stockies.....maybe some raised whities on them would be cool too(?) By the way, love the two tone root-beer float thing you got going there......looks AWESOME!! | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:52 am | |
| - jimbeau wrote:
- The listed starters for these cars are not very stout. A better choice would be to go with either a high-dollar GOOD starter or a cheap, but beefier starter made for an older model. It will require a couple of new, longer bolts & a little metal work on the flywheel cover, but it will crank faster and last longer.
Thanks, I looked into this and seems that the stock was a 1.0KW and an upgrade is a 1.5KW at a 50% increase in cost, kinda makes sense giving that it is 50% more KW.... I'm definitely going to pay the extra, nothing worse that being stranded somewhere, lying on the ground & beating on a starter!! Well actually there are much worse things, but you get what I mean. | |
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mayneman
Posts : 137 Join date : 2012-06-23 Location : Raleigh NC
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:54 am | |
| - silverfox103 wrote:
- Clean, well cared for, relatively low mileage, rust free NC CC for $3500--got yourself a nice car at a fair price.
Glad you made it over here. There are quite a few CC owners here. Good helpful guys here!
Tom C. Thanks Tom, and another thanks for the link to this forum........so much to learn! | |
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jimbeau
Posts : 1181 Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Detroit
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:07 am | |
| - mayneman wrote:
- I looked into this and seems that the stock was a 1.0KW and an upgrade is a 1.5KW at a 50% increase in cost, kinda makes sense giving that it is 50% more KW.... I'm definitely going to pay the extra, nothing worse that being stranded somewhere, lying on the ground & beating on a starter!! Well actually there are much worse things, but you get what I mean.
When I went to the auto parts store almost NINE years ago, I knew that the stock starters were considered junk. I had purchased the car less than two years before this, and the dealer had had to replace the starter with a rebuilt at the last minute when I bought the car from him. So, there I was, replacing it again. The counter guy at Murray's (or Autozone, can't remember) showed the same two rebuilds for most of the '80's block-mount Chevy V8's. Regular & Z-28. Both of them were bigger, huskier & less expensive than the rebuild listed for my 95. I wondered how many customers were going in there and screwing themselves on the more expensive pieces of junk. Anyways, the mounting carcass on the Z-28 starter I bought was around 1/4" thicker than the original, so I bought two longer bolts because the old ones weren't going to get enough bite into the block and I figured they could snap. This same starter is still on the car almost nine years later, and it only cost me something like $30 at the time. The real expensive, geared starters were several pounds lighter, but they were at some ridiculous price like $180 back then, with no track record.
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1phastsswagon
Posts : 770 Join date : 2011-10-19 Age : 55 Location : Concord North Carolina 28081
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:40 am | |
| mayneman - welcome to the forum you have a very nice car. I am in the Charlotte Concord region myself. If you are interested there is a Carolinas Car Club which is based in the Charlotte Area (CarISSMA - Carolina Impala SS Motor Association) The club welcomes all 91-96 GM B & D body vehicles. If you are interested let me know as they are always looking for new members. Currently the club is 35+ members strong, and continues to grow.
They club has a pretty cool event coming up on the 28th if you would like to join us. Its posted in the local events section on here. (CarISSMA - Diamondback Cruise)
Once again welcome to the forum | |
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dcolds
Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-12-09 Age : 60 Location : Ohio
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:02 pm | |
| hello I own both years 91 and a 92 Custom Cruiser 91 has 147k is dark blue 92 has 223k is the all gray one | |
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alan.r.henry1
Posts : 18 Join date : 2013-01-12 Age : 70 Location : River Park, Port St. Lucie, Florida
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:56 am | |
| That is a beautiful car, it's a shame they only went two years on the Oldsmobile versions. I love the blue leather interior! | |
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Sprocket
Posts : 6141 Join date : 2008-11-04 Location : Palm Beach County
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:00 am | |
| He just traded it in on truck | |
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Andebe
Posts : 3323 Join date : 2013-02-20 Age : 55 Location : Centerville, IN
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:06 pm | |
| Welcome,fellow OCC owner myself,$3500 seems fair for that nice of an example...any plans for more custom touches? | |
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Andebe
Posts : 3323 Join date : 2013-02-20 Age : 55 Location : Centerville, IN
| Subject: Re: Hi from NC....New Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser owner Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:07 pm | |
| I will pause for a moment of silence.... | |
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