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Dual Action tailgate, 1969-1972)]|platform=FR layout
GM A platform (RWD)|related=
Buick CenturyBuick SpecialChevrolet ChevelleChevrolet Monte CarloOldsmobile Cutlass
Pontiac Grand PrixPontiac Tempest-->]–1967 [V8–[1972 [V8
400 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#400 V8 (1968-69)
455 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#455 V8 (1970-72)]–
1977 [V8403 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#403 V8 (1977)
455 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#455 V8 (1973-76)] built by the Oldsmobile Division of
General Motors Corporation from 1964 to 1977, which was based on the
Oldsmobile Cutlass/F-85 model, but had a longer full-sized car wheelbase (120-121 inches) than the intermediate sedan chassis (115-116 inches) it was based upon.
Noted for the glass found in the roof over the second-row seating and for the smaller glass panels over the rear cargo area windows, this car was introduced to the public on February 4, 1964 as a 1964 model. This body style with the split front skylight continued through the 1967 model year and was replaced by a radically redesigned model for 1968 that featured a one-piece front skylight. This body style was not unique to Oldsmobile, being shared with the
Buick Sport Wagon, and was not repeated in future Oldsmobile mid-size wagons, however, the skylight concept was repeated with the 1991-92 full-size Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon and echoed by its corporate sibling, the 1991-96 Buick Roadmaster wagon. The forward facing third row seat is also unusual for car-based wagons, and is also seen on the Ford Freestyle and
Eagle Medallion.
1964-67 and 1968-72
In 1964, the Vista Cruiser was one of three station wagons offered by Oldsmobile, the others being the F-85 built on the same wheelbase as other F-85/Cutlass intermediates and the full-sized Oldsmobile 88 Fiesta. From 1965 to 1970, the Vista Cruiser became the division's largest wagon as Olds did not offer a station wagon in the full-sized
Oldsmobile 88 series and the intermediate F-85/Cutlass were also offered during each of those years on the shorter wheelbase. For 1971, Olds brought back the full-sized Custom Cruiser wagon on the Oldsmobile 98 chassis utilizing GM's disappearing clamshell tailgate, but the glass-roofed Vista Cruiser continued until 1972.
Engine offerings in the Vista Cruiser paralleled other Olds intermediates with a 330 cubic-inch V8 offered from 1964 to 1967 with horsepower ratings from 210 to 320 depending on year and carburetion. From 1968 to 1972, a 350 cubic-inch V8 became standard with a larger 400 cubic-inch V8 from the Oldsmobile 442 musclecar optional in 1968-69 and a 455 cubic-inch V8 from the 442 available from 1970 to 1972. Transmission offerings through the years included a standard three-speed manual with column shift, optional four-speed manual with floor-mounted Hurst shifter or one of two automatics - the two-speed Super Turbine 300 (1964-68) or three-speed
Turbo Hydramatic (1968-72).
A small number of 1972 Vista Cruisers were modified by
Hurst Performance, then based in
Warminster Township, Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania for pace car duties in the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and equipped with 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8s along with the official pace car, a 1972 Hurst/Olds, also powered by a 455 V8. Two are known to exist as of
2007, a press car and a medical director's car.
1973-77
Although the roof glass was substituted for an optional pop-up front-row sunroof and the wheelbase was shortened to the same 116 inch-length as Cutlass sedans for the 1973 model year when the Cutlass and other GM intermediates were completely restyled, the Vista Cruiser name continued for five more model years as an elevated trim level of the
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme station wagon until the Cutlass Cruiser was introduced for the 1978 model year. Engine offerings during this period included a standard 350 cubic-inch
Oldsmobile V8 engine or optional 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8 through 1976, which was replaced by a 403 cubic-inch Rocket V8 in 1977. The three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic transmission, power steering and power front disc brakes were standard equipment on Vista Cruisers during the 1973-77 period.
Pop Culture
A second generation 1969 Vista Cruiser was
Eric Forman's car on
That '70s Show.
At the beginning of National Lampoon's Vacation the car that gets crushed is a second generation Vista Cruiser.
External links
- Vista Cruiser specifications
- Oldsmobile Club of America
- GM Skywagon Club
{| border=0 align=right|-|{{Infobox Automobile|name=Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser|manufacturer=
General Motors–[1977|body_style=4-door [station wagon, 5-door optional (Dual Action tailgate, 1969-1972)]|platform=
FR layout GM A platform (RWD)|related=Buick Century
Buick Special
Chevrolet ChevelleChevrolet Monte CarloOldsmobile Cutlass
Pontiac Grand Prix
Pontiac Tempest-->]–1967 [V8–[1972 [V8
400 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#400 V8 (1968-69)
455 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#455 V8 (1970-72)]–1977 [V8
403 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#403 V8 (1977)
455 in³
Oldsmobile V8 engine#455 V8 (1973-76)] built by the
Oldsmobile Division of General Motors Corporation from 1964 to 1977, which was based on the
Oldsmobile Cutlass/F-85 model, but had a longer full-sized car wheelbase (120-121 inches) than the intermediate sedan chassis (115-116 inches) it was based upon.
Noted for the glass found in the roof over the second-row seating and for the smaller glass panels over the rear cargo area windows, this car was introduced to the public on February 4, 1964 as a 1964 model. This body style with the split front skylight continued through the 1967 model year and was replaced by a radically redesigned model for 1968 that featured a one-piece front skylight. This body style was not unique to Oldsmobile, being shared with the Buick Sport Wagon, and was not repeated in future Oldsmobile mid-size wagons, however, the skylight concept was repeated with the 1991-92 full-size Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon and echoed by its corporate sibling, the 1991-96
Buick Roadmaster wagon. The forward facing third row seat is also unusual for car-based wagons, and is also seen on the Ford Freestyle and Eagle Medallion.
1964-67 and 1968-72
In 1964, the Vista Cruiser was one of three station wagons offered by Oldsmobile, the others being the F-85 built on the same wheelbase as other F-85/Cutlass intermediates and the full-sized
Oldsmobile 88 Fiesta. From 1965 to 1970, the Vista Cruiser became the division's largest wagon as Olds did not offer a station wagon in the full-sized Oldsmobile 88 series and the intermediate F-85/Cutlass were also offered during each of those years on the shorter wheelbase. For 1971, Olds brought back the full-sized Custom Cruiser wagon on the Oldsmobile 98 chassis utilizing GM's disappearing clamshell tailgate, but the glass-roofed Vista Cruiser continued until 1972.
Engine offerings in the Vista Cruiser paralleled other Olds intermediates with a 330 cubic-inch V8 offered from 1964 to 1967 with horsepower ratings from 210 to 320 depending on year and carburetion. From 1968 to 1972, a 350 cubic-inch V8 became standard with a larger 400 cubic-inch V8 from the
Oldsmobile 442 musclecar optional in 1968-69 and a 455 cubic-inch V8 from the 442 available from 1970 to 1972. Transmission offerings through the years included a standard three-speed manual with column shift, optional four-speed manual with floor-mounted Hurst shifter or one of two automatics - the two-speed Super Turbine 300 (1964-68) or three-speed
Turbo Hydramatic (1968-72).
A small number of 1972 Vista Cruisers were modified by
Hurst Performance, then based in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania for pace car duties in the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and equipped with 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8s along with the official pace car, a 1972 Hurst/Olds, also powered by a 455 V8. Two are known to exist as of
2007, a press car and a medical director's car.
1973-77
Although the roof glass was substituted for an optional pop-up front-row sunroof and the wheelbase was shortened to the same 116 inch-length as Cutlass sedans for the 1973 model year when the Cutlass and other GM intermediates were completely restyled, the Vista Cruiser name continued for five more model years as an elevated trim level of the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme station wagon until the Cutlass Cruiser was introduced for the 1978 model year. Engine offerings during this period included a standard 350 cubic-inch Oldsmobile V8 engine or optional 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8 through 1976, which was replaced by a 403 cubic-inch Rocket V8 in 1977. The three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic transmission, power steering and power front disc brakes were standard equipment on Vista Cruisers during the 1973-77 period.
Pop Culture
A second generation 1969 Vista Cruiser was Eric Forman's car on
That '70s Show.
At the beginning of National Lampoon's Vacation the car that gets crushed is a second generation Vista Cruiser.
External links
- Vista Cruiser specifications
- Oldsmobile Club of America
- GM Skywagon Club
