This popped up on the radar today. One of the local estate sale companies is selling a 1984 Cutlass Ciera with only 2671 miles on it. It is apparently a convertible and apparently was used in the Tournament of Roses parade. Doesn't say when it was used this way or how many times. No mention of what engine is in it nor how long it's been sitting. No price given, and it will probably be auctioned off. Only one not-very-good photo of it stored in a garage, but from what can be seen, it doesn't look too bad. I'm planning to check it out when the sale opens on Friday.

http://www.riograndeestatesales.com/upcoming_sales.php

 

Good luck

 

The car turned out to be less than advertised. Instead of 2600 miles as advertised ahead of time, the car turned out to have 102,600 miles, which they owned up to at the sale. It's a decent car for sure, but that's not quite the same. At the time I was there on the first day of the two-day sale, the bidding was up to $6000.








Has the 3-liter V-6.




The top is certainly in nice shape.




Not on the road in three years.






These two photos of the interior were taken through the closed passenger-side window. The windows were up and the doors were locked. I didn't ask, but I'm guessing someone would come over and unlock it for a few minutes if you were seriously interested and asked.






The hood isn't up evenly, being slightly lower on the passenger side. I see one prop rod on the driver's side. Is it supposed to be this way?

 

Whats with the only 3 made comment?

 

I think he means that only three were made into convertibles. Olds didn't offer a convertible of any kind in 1984. Or he might mean that only three convertibles were made by this coachbuilder for the Tournament of Roses parade.

 

The seller is clueless. These conversions were done by Hess & Eisenhart, and something like 814 were made between 1983 and 1986. Obviously still quite rare, but not "1 of 3".

Here's another one for sale with a couple more miles on it.

 

I would say this is accurate, considering that the car was first advertised as having only 2600 miles on it.