1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Convertible - $7,800 (Atlanta - midtown)

This 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale convertible is candy apple red with a white soft top and a black interior. The greatest aspect of this car is the engine. It has always run really well, very smoothly. The Ultimate Classic Convertible! • 350 engine • automatic transmission • wire wheel covers • after market radio I bought the car in Arizona in January 1994. It had about 23,000 miles on it at the time and I bought it from an 18 year old kid that had only had it for 6 months. I honestly didn’t bother to ask if the 20,000 miles was really 20,000 or actually 120,000 since I don’t think he really knew having only owned it for six months. Over time I came to believe I bought it with 20,000 miles, but I don’t know. But having been in Arizona, the car had no rust. In 1995 I drove it to the east coast and it’s been in Georgia since that time. Most of the 30 years in GA have been garage kept. It’s a 1972 so there’s a list of things wrong, but the engine is remarkable. It has always run really well. Here's the good news & bad news ….. • The top has a few tears in it and does not go up and down electronically. You have to pull it up and down by hand. • I think the carb needs adjustment. I put a new carb on it two years ago and it seems to run low. Had a few guys “adjust it” but they didn’t know what they were doing. • Front hood has some body damage that can likely be corrected. • I made a few repairs in the past few years but haven’t driven it more than 20 miles a year, so many of the parts are not “new”, but they have low mileage. • Could minor body work. The core panels / doors are fine. Just needs some trim and repair. • Years ago there seemed to be a short in the car that was causing the battery to drain. I had numerous mechanics “repair” it, but none were successful. So, I finally installed a kill switch on the battery. That resolved that problem. But a couple years ago a mechanic told me the kill switch was no longer needed because some of the work done on the car resolved the short. He thinks it was resolved when I replaced the radio. I don’t know, but the kill switch is still on the car. • Numerous paint chips. • Could use a paint job.