Birmingham, AL
1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale
1985 Delta 88 Royale, 94k, the safest car your teenager will refuse to be seen in
The details
- Mileage
- 94,000 mi
- EPA mpg
- 17-21 combined, depending on engine
- Transmission
- automatic
- Drivetrain
- rwd
- Fuel
- gas
- Body
- Sedan
- Title
- clean
- VIN
- 1G3AM690001
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From the seller
Two tons of Lansing steel with a bench seat, a column shift and a boot you could sleep in. 307 V8, automatic, and it floats down the interstate like a sofa with ambitions. One owner from new, serviced at the same Oldsmobile dealer until it closed, then at the garage on Clairmont. Air conditioning blows cold. Velour is unmarked because it lived under a cover. Your kid will hate it. That is not a defect.
An independent read
The write-up is charming and says a lot about the car's character, but all twelve photos are the same generic side outline - no interior, no engine bay, no odometer, no underside, so you're taking every word on faith. The description claims one owner and service records, which is worth something if the paperwork actually exists, so make them produce it. On price, a 40-year-old car with under six figures on it doesn't look dear on paper, but old cars cost you in parts and rust, not purchase price. The thing to check on mid-80s GM B-bodies is rot in the rear wheel arches, trunk floor and frame rails, plus perished brake and fuel lines from sitting - the 307 V8 itself has a good reputation for lasting if it was serviced. Honestly, for a teenager I'd hesitate: no airbags, no ABS, marginal brakes by modern standards, and 17 mpg they'll be paying for every week - the heft doesn't buy the crash protection people assume it does.
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