Car Show Classics: 1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser And 1977 Ford Country Squire – Dad, These Are Not The Cars You Ordered!

1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser - 1977 Ford Country Squire - 1

A wagonload of pictures was the yield of walking around in the lot for visitors of a classic car event who drove an ‘old’ set of wheels. No supplementary requirements, really, given the utterly eclectic collection. Like a pair of US wagons from the seventies, parked right next to a Citroën 2CV Charleston, sans SC.

1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser

The Delta 88-based Custom Cruiser is powered by Oldsmobile’s 350 V8. In a completely different setting and outfit, this might as well have been a hearse in the Netherlands.

1977 Ford Country Squire - 1

1977 Ford Country Squire - 2

The Ford -in an excellent condition all around- has the 400 V8 under its hood. Me thinks the woodgrain trim suits the Ford much better than the Olds.

1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser - 1977 Ford Country Squire - 2

Alas, the owner of the distinctly ordered, Antarctic Blue Super Sports Wagon with the CB and optional rally fun pack had other things to do on November 2.

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