1976 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Crown Landau

[Guest KCDelta]

This car is in mint condition always garaged. Original owner with 72k miles. Burgundy inside and out with brushed steel band and white padded vinyl top. Any good thoughts on how to value and possibly list this vehicle?

[EmTee]

Pictures would help...

[ted sweet]

IF ITS prefect maybe 5000

[John_S_in_Penna]

The monthly magazine Hemmings Motor News,

with its accompanying internet site www.hemmings.com,

remain the foremost places for buying and selling

antique cars.  The internet has many car-for-sale sites,

some better than others, but I think Hemmings remains the one

most checked by serious hobbyists.

 

Ebay internet auctions are also widely followed.

 

As far as price guides go, Old Cars Report Price Guide

is the most widely used.  It's probably on your newsstand.

It comes out bi-monthly, and different issues cover different

year-ranges of old cars.  I prefer their annual book, the

2017 Collector Car Price Guide, since it covers everything at once:

http://www.krausebooks.com/2017-collector-car-price-guide

 

And yes, pictures will help us give advice too.

To the layman, a "#3 condition" car (with some stone chips,

dirty engine compartment, and minor wear appropriate for

a well maintained 72,000-mile vehicle) looks brand new.

Most cars at local shows are in #3 condition.

 

A "#1 condition" car is trailered to shows, has won a national award,

and is so clean that you could eat off the engine.  A friend of mine,

to reach #1, even replaced his radiator-overflow jug because the

plastic was a little cloudy.  A #6 condition car is worn and 

deteriorated so much that it is useful only for its parts.

This widely followed #1-to-#6 condition scale was developed

by Old Cars Report Price Guide, formerly Old Cars Price Guide.

 

Your car sounds nice, and even it is "#3 condition' and not perfect, 

a hobbyist should love to enjoy it and preserve it.

The burgundy and white sound like beautiful colors, too.

All the best to you on your sale! 

Edited December 3, 2016 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[rocketraider]

The Royale Crown Landau is a different beast and most don't know what it really is. Most people see only a big 70s Oldsmobile.

 

The RCL was for all practical purposes the 1976 Hurst/Oldsmobile. It was the only car Hurst/ Demmer converted for Olds that year, and even then got only blinded quarter windows (great improvement on styling IMHO), the padded roof and tiara band, and those fugly color-keyed full wheel covers (not a styling improvement on ANY car, again IMHO). They also got some cheesy aftermarket outline mouldings for the vinyl roof that no one seems to know where they were sourced.

 

There were also only a few specific color combinations, that had to work with white, black, and burgundy vinyl roofs. I think a few late production conversions may have gotten tan or blue vinyl. And as usual the RCL stuff I have is packed up and not easily gotten to.

 

If it's a real nice example add about $1000 over what a comparable 76 Delta Royale coupe would sell for. Even then it's what the guys at Collectible Automobile like to call "cheap wheels". A nice entry level collector car that just happens to have a little razzmatazz going for it.

 

Put it this way. RCL are uncommon enough that I have never seen one at an Olds Club National meet.