Those cars were pimp. Nice ride!
When you say “Oldsmobile”, the words “Muscle Car” do NOT come immediately to mind... and yet the Cutlass 442, and Hurst Cutlass were monster muscle cars.
And that Vista Cruiser was a sweet station wagon; stylish, big engine, and enough room for the family, the dog, and Aunt Edna as well...
I was a kid when most of these came out, got my driver license in 1976; a lot of these were on the road, daily drivers, and used cars could be had for a couple hundred bucks.
Those were good days - even WITH Jimmy Carter and the democrats f***ing up the economy.
Regular unleaded gas was .60 cents a gallon, thereabouts. Leaded regular was slightly cheaper.
After I wrecked the family ‘64 Plymouth, I bought a 1969 SS Chevelle drop-top 396 for about 350 bucks thereabouts. Yellow, with the black rally stripes on the hood and rear deck.
Even beat-up, that thing was beast.
It was beat to hell... but it was mine, and I loved it.