used for Oldsmobile station wagons, the division revived the Custom Cruiser, slotting it above the A-body Vista Cruiser wagon. Sharing a body with the Buick Estate and Pontiac Safari (Grand Safari), the Custom Cruiser was slightly longer than Chevrolet Impala/Caprice station wagons. Adopting the interior layout of the intermediate Vista Cruiser, the Custom Cruiser and its counterparts used a forward-facing third-row seat, and access to the third row was accomplished by a second row split bench seat that retracted forward. Chevrolet wagons retained a rear-facing seat. With a total of eight-passenger accommodation (similar to the Chevrolet/GMC Suburban of the time), the first-generation Custom Cruiser wagon was among the largest vehicles ever built by Oldsmobile. The seven passenger version was listed at US$4,680 ($ in dollars ). Chassis Technically designated as the GM B-body chassis (and given a B-body serial number by GM), the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (and its Buick/Pontiac counterparts) adopted the 127-inch wheelbase of the C-body chassis; shared with the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight sedan, the Custom Cruiser used a longer wheelbase than Ford/Mercury station wagons (121 inches), the AMC Ambassador (122 inches), and all Chrysler station wagons (124 inches). In contrast to the rest of the GM B/C/D-platform vehicles of the time, GM 1971-1976 full-size station wagons used a truck-style rear suspension of multi-leaf springs (in lieu of rear coil springs). At shipping weight ( with woodgrain), or about curb weight, the three-seat 1974 Custom Cruiser wagons are the heaviest Oldsmobiles ever built (along with similar versions of the Buick Estate, the model line also serves as the heaviest sedan-based GM vehicle ever produced). Powertrain Oldsmobile offered the 455 cubic-inch Rocket V8 in various states of tune from 1971 until 1976 (though the "Rocket" brand was discontinued in 1975). A 190 hp 400 cubic-inch Pontiac V8 was offered for 1975. For the entire production of the first-generation Custom Cruiser, the GM Turbo-Hydramatic 400 3-speed automatic was the sole transmission paired with either engine. Body Developed effectively as a hybrid of the Delta 88 and the Ninety-Eight, the Custom Cruiser used components from both model lines. From the Ninety-Eight, the Custom Cruiser adopted the front fascia and rear quarter panels (and its fender skirts); the Custom Cruiser adopted interior trim elements from both the Delta 88 and Ninety-Eight. As with its Buick and Pontiac counterparts (and the Mercury Colony Park and Chrysler Town & Country), the Custom Cruiser was offered with