Cox Riviera wanted to restore.

That’s about a 3.5 hr drive.

If I were in the market, i’d be taking a road trip

Thanks for the tip. I bought it I got it. Nice body but needs dental work! Just looking for chrome now. Thanks for the help, Mark

Chrome!!!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/COX-THIMBLE-DROME-GAS-POWERED-GENERAL-MOTORS-GM-BUICK-RIVIERA-GS-CHROME-PARTS/282845157439?hash=item41dae2983f:g:QcsAAOSwEyRae8uC


https://www.ebay.com/itm/NICE-USED-ORIGINAL-COX-THIMBLE-DROME-GAS-POWERED-GM-BUICK-RIVIERA-GS-CHROME-PART/282845144808?hash=item41dae266e8:g:d7YAAOSwMGVae8wi

Mark - whew, glad you made the purchase. I didn’t want it to get lonely all by itself. I’m glad it went to a good home that will restore it. Eric’s lead will point you to the chrome bumpers and stuff, bee ready to take out a small mortgage!  

If you really get hooked, here’s a basket case Corvette,  just northwest of Chicago

https://rockford.craigslist.org/atq/d/corvette-tether-gas-powered/6475424500.html

“Make me an offer” ?

Edit: if you have not read thru it, here’s a link to Really good Corvette resto. You might PM him to get details on those plastic latches, so you can rebuild the front hinges the same way.
https://www.coxengineforum.com/t9580-cox-corvette#121712

Ok, Boom here it is. Still need chrome!! Thanks Mark

Excellent looking work!! Body polished up nicely. The two listing of chrome are still active on Ebay. both still under $100! but wait till the last minute or 4 seconds for them dastardly snipers

Hey man, The chrome prices are out of sight! I'll keep trying. Thanks for your support!!! As Dad would say," help me to help you to help yourself." Mark

More to come! Mark

Cool looks like a drag car !!

esnipe is our friend, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em..

great looking car, cool project!

Here's the latest pix, still no chrome. I have 63 to 65 corvette chrome I would trade for the 64 Riviera chrome. Mark

So far so good, can't even tell where the train hit it!!!!

Mark Diedrichs wrote:Here's the latest pix, still no chrome. I have 63 to 65 corvette chrome I would trade for the 64 Riviera chrome. Mark

 If i were you i would advertise that in here might get more response     https://www.coxengineforum.com/f4-for-sale-wanted Oh yes the restore is going nicely crankbndr may can help you

Anybody seen this? The cylinder on the Riviera has a number 2 stamped into it. Thanks Mark

Yeah, it takes a keen eye to know where and what for on these cylinders.  Number 2 is a very popular number cylinder. If you want to see more numbers and descriptions please go to the left hand side of this page, scroll down under “More latest topics “ and select “cylinder identification “ under the INFO headline.   There is also a pictorial of side view and cut away views of the cylinders here:
http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/cox_frameset.htm
Go to the left hand side and click on Technical Info”
You can spend a few hours wandering thru Martins web pages, if you want to, it’s fun and educational too!

The Riv is almost complete. Still need the dashboard & steering wheel. I restored it back the way I built one, Christmas 1964.

That is a thing of beauty!! Where did you find the chrome parts?

Hi, I found the chrome at modelhaus. They are out of business but, I called them and bought all the Riviera pieces they had left in stock. I got lucky, even have some extra pieces!!

Congrats, you made a real nice job of that.

if you are still looking, my mother has a Maroon Early model riveria with original box, battery, fuel, start wire, and the car complete.

crs2018 wrote:if you are still looking, my mother has a Maroon Early model riveria with original box, battery, fuel, start wire, and the car complete.

Interested, i sent you a pm.