I remember when my grandpa used to have an '86 Custom Cruiser. I used to love that thing when I was a little kid, and I remember being somewhat upset when he had to sell it. The last time I heard about it, the engine block cracked and as a result the car had to be taken to the junkyard. Sigh...

I remember when my grandpa used to have an '86 Custom Cruiser. I used to love that thing when I was a little kid, and I remember being somewhat upset when he had to sell it. The last time I heard about it, the engine block cracked and as a result the car had to be taken to the junkyard. Sigh...

The big Olds with its engine is supposed to be bullet proof. What happened that caused the block to crack?

I'm a fan of any old school RWD Olds Wagon!

My friends dad had one brand new what a nice car. Like a Caddy station wagon. Got stolen when it was about a year old never to be heard from again.

The big Olds with its engine is supposed to be bullet proof.  What happened that caused the block to crack?

I don't know, I never heard much about the car after my grandpa sold it (he sold it to a relative, BTW).

My grandpa had the car for 15 years, and he never had a problem with it...

Edited January 29, 200619 yr by ApolloBoy

Oh, sure! I'd love to find a nice '77-'79 model with the Olds 403 under the hood.

I'm sorry I don't know why I've been accidentally linking so many Tripod images as of late.

Here's a few that (hopefully) are going to work.

That picture above is a real beauty, haven't seen one of thise in a long time. We had a 76 Vista Cruiser woodt wagon with a 350.It was great car.

Wow, how did he crack the block on that 307 olds motor. I never heard of one doing that before. I remember renting one of those in the 80's at "wrent a reck". It had nearly 100K miles and still drove pretty well. It was dog slow of course but had tons of room and could seat 8 people. Too bad there still isn't a wagon like this around anymore.