Buick Riviera

I think it looks great. What a beautiful car.

rsv1cox wrote:I agree.  Originally altered.

Hey Bob! I found the front end of your old original Riveria. It has been painted,   by Cheech & Chong:

Marleysky wrote:

rsv1cox wrote:I agree.  Originally altered.

Hey Bob! I found the front end of your old original Riveria. It  has been painted,   by Cheech & Chong:

Could be Rene,

I loved that car, pampered it for years then sold it to a Navy buddy of mine. Down hill from there, he (they) treated it like a ....car.

Five dirty kids crammed into the back seat on that beautiful blue and creme leather upholstery and a wife, cigarette dangling out out her mouth driving to the mall. Cringe. Ah, it's their car now. Wish I had the space to just store it away. That was years ago, probably gracing some junk yard now bringing some class to an otherwise group of also rans.

This is the real deal:







Wish the first picture was better, doesn't do it justice. I do like the owners white walls.

Bob

Nice. Very Nice!

That is Nice Bob and would look better with those wide white walls

rsv1cox wrote:

Marleysky wrote:

rsv1cox wrote:I agree.  Originally altered.

Hey Bob! I found the front end of your old original Riveria. It  has been painted,   by Cheech & Chong:

Could be Rene,

I loved that car, pampered it for years then sold it to a Navy buddy of mine.  Down hill from there, he (they) treated it like a ....car.

Five dirty kids crammed into the back seat on that beautiful blue and creme leather upholstery and a wife, cigarette dangling out out her mouth driving to the mall.  Cringe.  Ah, it's their car now.  Wish I had the space to just store it away. That was years ago, probably gracing some junk yard now bringing some class to an otherwise group of also rans.  

Wish the first picture was better, doesn't do it justice.  I do like the owners white walls.

Bob

Uh Oh, looky what I found. Its only. 1/3rd the price of a (cheap) new SUV :

Sold

rsv1cox wrote:Sold  

You having it delivered??

rsv1cox wrote:I agree.  Originally altered.

The period advert "cream or maroon"

Blue must have come in later. They sure made a lot of them.

So Cox made the 1964 and 1965 Buick Riviera? Must have been costly with production models of the Buick a year later.

Yes.

Now that was a sharp designed front end!

DrCox wrote:So Cox made the 1964 and 1965 Buick Riviera? Must have been costly with production models of the Buick a year later.

I wouldn't think so Doc.  Looks like they planned for it.  Move the headlights, re-route some wires and a new simple grill and your there.  Even simpler for Cox, cast a new grill and voila, a '65.  

Beautiful car when properly photographed.  Clam shell covers on the headlights split and rotated back into the fender








Bob

Hi Doc,

Starting to fix up that old rumpled 65 Riviera pictured above on left. Hope to make a good one out of the two and a runner from the left overs.





One frame is good, model with stripe the other, three of the four frame points are bad. Going to try to use your repair method to fix it. I used Simple Green to remove the "chrome" and paint from the front grill assembly from the bad one to use on the good one. I just masked it off and hit it again with Krylon aluminum. Still have to remove the tape.

Know where I can find a steering wheel? Found a dash in the "bad" one and the interior, but no steering wheel.

Got a picture of a steering wheel and general dimensions?

Jason_WI wrote:Got a picture of a steering wheel and general dimensions?

I know what your thinking Jason.  

Looks to be about an inch and a quarter.  Pin end that goes into a hole in the dash.

Here is what I have so far. I am assuming a 2mm offset to the base. Maybe its less. Not sure I can print the fine details on the arms. They would be pretty thin.

Pretty neat Jason that you could come up with that from a picture.

Bob

Love to love you baby, Here's mine! Mark

I printed 2. One right side up and the other upside down. Support material can be sometimes difficult to remove. The right side up one is better.

I had the wrong diameter. These are 1 1/4” in diameter. I also thinned the wheel down and widened the center a bit.

I think someone is having too much fun..... And doing excellent work at the same time.