...Craigslist recently coughed this one up. How rough does this thing have to be to make it NOT worth the mere $800 they're asking?

[Though its being "a rare car in that it came from the factory without air conditioning and with vinyl seats" seems a tad sketchy.]


"1979 Olds Delta 88 9 pass. wagon w/many, many spare parts - $800

"This 1979 Olds wagon has been sitting indoors for many years and it's time for it to go. It needs some work to be driveable but all of the necessary parts (and many more) are included. This is a rare car in that it came from the factory without air conditioning and with vinyl seats. We quit driving the car because the diesel engine had leaking head gaskets. The tires had been recently replaced at that time and are in good shape.

"Included with the car are two spare engines and transmissions, some extra glass and body parts, as well as extra injector pumps, starters, alternators and tons of odds and ends. The car is on blocks in a close spot so I do not have any pictures.

"This car will make a very interesting and economical summer cruiser. I recall we always got great mileage with this comfortable car."


And all for $800. I bet you could part it out for more than that and/or turn some wrenches and get it running for even more $$$.

Any and all advice is welcome, especially if it's telling me what I'm not seeing regarding its seemingly-tiny asking price. I'm having a heck of a time talking myself OUT of buying...

Cheers!

 

sounds like a pretty good deal, you gotta figure that most people have bad memories of the diesels. like he said, they parked it because of the head gaskets being bad... and it has sat for a while so who knows if they were able to keep the mice out of it...

but then again he may just be tired of looking at it...

 

If you buy it, and I think you should seriously consider doing so, you can probably make a decent profit on it by dropping a gas setup into it and trashing the ill fated diesel. I seriously thought GM had replaced all of those things under a recall. Wagons with a good body seem to be becoming a hot item for some reason.