How many days until you buy? How many days do you dare wait? These are the questions raised about the tip Numskal recently submitted. What car, you ask? A 1975 Hurst Olds located in Kettle Falls, apparently in Washington. It’s advertised here on craigslist for an ambitious $35 grand. But every day that goes by, the ad says, will lower the ask by a thousand bucks. So how long do you wait?
A week and a half, I’d say, at least. There’s no way a mid-70s Cutlass, Hurst Olds or not, is going to sustain a value more than mid-20s, will it? So the claim is that this one decreases in asking price by a grand a day. That puts us, as I write this on the 7th, at about $28K, still too high. This one is worthy of attention, mind you. It is listed as having 47,000 original miles. The claim is made that the car is a genuine W-25, and that the engine is correct and original. If that’s so, and looking at the images, it might be so (though why are we not shown the engine?), then a valuation near $20K might be OK. I’d be very doubtful, though, based on the images of the interior, which looks considerably more thrashed than it should be if the miles are genuine. That makes me wonder about a repaint, or what condition the exterior is truly in.
And then comes the obfuscation. The seller says he inherited this car, so he doesn’t know much about it. I’ve never inherited a car, but the things that I have inherited, I kind of know the history on, or I remember being in my grandparents’ house. Had that been a classic Oldsmobile, I would have at least a vague sense of what these things were, and their provenance. (Too bad all they passed down to me was some boring antique dishes!)
If everything is in order, this is a worthwhile investment in the $20K range, imho. The Hurst-Olds connection runs deep, and the 1975 was unique as the first model to offer the T-Top styling, based on the Cutlass Supreme rather than the previous year’s Cutlass S. The Hurst car could have had a 350, as this one does, or a 455. The latter might have been more fun, but how do you beat a 350 for serviceable reliability over the long term? You just have to decide whether you want to buy into the thousand-bucks-a-day reduction canard. The longer this goes on, of course, the less you have to worry, which makes one wonder: what if I wait until near Halloween? Could I get this bad boy for a few grand? Depends on what everyone else is willing to do, it would seem.
In my opinion the 75 is the best looking of the colonnade era. Great find. I’d love a W-25 or the 455 optioned car. Blacm OR white(w gold)
The good Dr Olds. saddled these beauties w a 2.56 ring and pinion ⚙️ as std equipment. Combined w lo-power 350, two ton curb weight, and you have a cheerful hwy cruiser.
Cool Hurst shifter and swivel buckets 💺 😎
If nobody grabs it by week 35, I’ll step up.
I was thinking the same thing but you are probably closer to it and you will beat me there…..lol
I’ll wait until it goes to – $1000.
Sucker is out in the middle of NoWhere!
I’m in WA and had to look up where that town is.
I junked one ions ago. Its emblems are in a collage on my wall. Nice copy here, that is not seen often. I also had a 442 version that took a hard hit to the rear two weeks after I bought it…bummer.
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I saw this car and my chin dropped, OMG I bought a ’75 W-25 Hurst Olds a year old in ’76, w/2k on the clock, white with gold pinstripes, T-Tops, his her shifter, swiveling captain’s buckets, I still have that car, it’s half-buried at my cousins’ property, it was at that time, in 1975, it was a cool car, everybody wanted to be seen in that car, it didn’t last a year, the car being a unibody, every bump tore the unsupported roof panel steel between the tops like a beer can, I dumped it there and bought a ’69 SS396 L-78 Chevelle for $1200, it was covered with white house paint, baby blue shag inside lol, the owner had no idea what it was, either did I until I got it apart, I miss that one, big compression, solid lifter’s, 750 double-pumper, M-22 rock crusher, 4.10 gear, Ladder bars, Imron pearl white, Mickey ’50’s on the back, deep dish cragar’s, hooker shortie header mufflers, those were the days
Creative ad! If not a bit risky given that winter is coming and people are, in general, dialing back on discretionary purchases. I’m seeing a lot of cars sitting for awhile that would have been snapped up 6 months ago. Interested to see what happens. Following.
$35K for a small block car is pretty optimistic. Mid-20s is more likely.
its not a 35000 dollar car especially in that condtion.
If it has not sold yet. It’s either a fake hurst? A scam? Or simply priced too high?
Olds experts?
My aunt had a 75 and it was a pig. Olds experts?
One other thing, CL???? Hmmmm.
Of all rhe Hurst Olds, this is rhe only year I want for these reasons: t tips, swivel seats and HEI reliability so O can cruise without worry. Ironically, 1975 is the highest production year of all H/Os at 2,535. Based on the photos and if the mileage is real, I would pay $25,000 for it. Just 10 days to go. These are fairly hard to find. Many have been trashed. Not much available in the lousy aftermarket for the beautiful Colonnade cars. I have owned three and miss them all.
I suspect that an engine photo would quite possibly prove 113k…
What is people’s skepticism with Craiglist?! I’ve seen these comments numerous times on here. I’ve bought and sold a plethora of items from cars and motorcycles to cameras and tools and everything in between with nothing but success. You’d be far more likely it seems to find scams on F-book Marketplace where I find a few car scams each and every day, Onto this Olds, not much to add other than I agree with the consensus, too much $$ for what it is, Hurst or not. It’s a 350 powered mid-70’s highway cruiser with not much guts.
Most all are places for scamming, must have eyes on, just to make sure its real. Years ago CL was very good, then like our country, the bad moved in.
It sucks that these cars are left to people who know absolutely nothing about them, and don’t seem to care about anything but the money.
Hopefully someone who will really appreciate that car for what it is with buy it for low to mid 20’s (more likely what it’s really worth) and give it the care it deserves
Greedy kids, grand kids, siblings, you name it. They all think it should get 30 to 40 miles per gallon.
Nice car, interesting sales tactic. Seller seems to be wasting their time along with any potential buyer’s.
Well, it’s down to $27K as of today. I’m waiting for another two weeks. I think BF should definitely do a follow-up on this in a couple of weeks!
The ad still says 35K, so I guess the seller is leaving it up to the buyer to do the math on how much the car is actually being sold for.
It is super easy to edit a CL ad.
You all are reading WAAAAAAY too much into this seller’s advertising gimmick. The weekly price reduction gimmick has gotten him far more ad visibility than he deserves. Clever gimmick, but don’t read anything into it. If one is serious, lob in a reasonable offer.
Joe, you mean, what I said 2 comments ago? Yes, clever tactic, waste of time for everyone.
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Doing the math, I come up with a sale price of 22K.
That’s what was predicted here, good work!