1978 Oldsmobile Toronado XS

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  1. jaunty75

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    Exact same color scheme and leather interior as my '78. I like his set of photos because he starts out showing the car covered in dust sitting in the garage where it's apparently been for 34 years, then he gets it out, washes the dirt off, and shows it to us all cleaned up.

    He doesn't say if it runs, so I'm guessing it doesn't. His ad is very terse. For his $5000 asking price, it should run.

    It has the usual deteriorated and missing rear fender extensions. But that's not difficult to remedy.

    Another issue is that he says the title is "missing." If I were him, I would do what is necessary to get a replacement title. I would be reluctant to buy a car simply on a "bill of sale" because you have no proof the seller is the legal owner and has the right to sell it. For all we know, the owner of this car is the seller's mother or long-dead grandfather or something like that.

    I know states handle this situation differently depending on the age of the car, but, in my state, it takes a lot of hoop-jumping and potentially many months to line up the required inspections to title a car for which you don't have a title from the seller. I would not buy a car, unless it was a parts car I was never intending to title or drive, if it did not have a clean title.

    https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/d/yukon-1978-oldsmobile-toronado/7547835118.html

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