This may not be the world’s sexiest collection of barn finds, but this discovery by Barn Finds reader Robert R stands out for how unusual it is to find 3 ordinary, vanilla cars in preserved, showroom condition – all with the same owner since new. Listed here on craigslist with prices ranging from $6,500 to $12,000, you have your choice of an original Oldsmobile Cutlass, Caliase or Cadillac Eldorado. Mileage is low across the board – 41,000 on the Cutlass, 51,000 on the Calais and a mere 21,000 on the Eldorado. It’s not hard to figure out which was the driver, the good weather car and the weekend-only vehicle! While not exactly collectible at this point, I could get behind the Cadillac as a comfortable classic that’s cheap to own and insure, without being too worried about the value and using it for highway travel. Which one would you pick?
I’d pass up on the Caddie in favor of the Olds. IMO, the Cutlass makes a much better DD.
Wow! Always had a thing for Cutlass’. I’ve owned everything from a ’72 – ’85. These would be such nice daily drivers. Prices probably not too far off. A little steep, but not by much I think.
Someone will buy them and they will all turn into Donk’s.
On first read I thought the mis-type was very clever when I swore I read ‘Calaise’.
I’ll take the Caddy
all three would make a great drivers. i too would go with the caddy. great finds.
$12k for the Caddy? It’s not even a Biarritz…I’d rather save $10k and have this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Eldorado-BIARITTZ-/331616452559?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4d35e17fcf&item=331616452559#viTabs_0
agree, caddy is way over priced.
My first car was a 78 Calais. I have never wanted another one.
The cutlass is the g body for me.
Aren’t these all basically the same car? (from when Caddy’s started to get smaller)
I wonder what the package deal price would be?
From the era of Caliase…
Cutlass for me. A set of Olds Super Stock wheels, dual exhausts, and recurve the dizzy & a 4BBL ( if its a 2BBL) carby.
They sold a gazillion of these back then, especially in that brown/tan color.
May be appealing to some, but I think they are overpriced.
I’d buy the maroon Oldsmobile at half the asking price – I can see why the listing ad is two months old, prices are way high