My 1975 Buick Riviera...

She is supposed to be a former best of show winner, but looking at her in this condition, it must have been a show judged by Stevie Wonder. The finish is so bad it feels like ir is covered in Braille.

The drivetrain, which I was told was in perfect working order screams like nothing I have ever heard before, likely needs the bottom end rebuilt. I expected to have to do some work, but not a top to bottom rebuild... at least the interior, engine compartment and trunk are very clean.


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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    "Pimp my Ride"
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    DSkip wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    "Pimp my Ride"

    I've always thought the opposite would be a more entertaining show.

    "Ride my Pimp?"
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited August 2017
    DSkip wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    "Pimp my Ride"

    I've always thought the opposite would be a more entertaining show.

    ...or more like this?



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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    A Riviera in the rough is better than no Riviera at all, I would opine :)

    (even if it's been rode hard and put away wet, to keep some alignment with the slightly seedy counterpoint of this thread ;))
  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    Congrats!

    Looks like it spent some time in New Jersey. Any telltale body outlines in the trunk? :o
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    No, but the stench is still prevalent...
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    I used to have an Oldsmobuick when I was a kid.
  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    I used to have an Oldsmobuick when I was a kid.

    Always appreciate a Fletch quote!
  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    350 Rocket or 455?
    I had a '73 Cutlass Supreme with the 350 rocket. Man, what a sled :D
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    Nice boat. I have a '78 Magnum myself. It has 31k original miles on it.

    The paint looks good until you look close and see the old guys that owned it before me waxed it so much it's starting to wear thru...

    It runs good for what it is, it's getting over a 100% power increase, some trans work and an 8.75" 355 geared suregrip rear end this winter/spring.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    That has panache.
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited August 2017
    John that ride has plenty potential looks good, but then I am a complete sucker for big American cars.

    I have owned Olds 88's and 98's in the past.

    This is one of my sleds.


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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    edited August 2017
    ^^^^^My buddy had one of them but a convertible....and in the late 80's still to this day the fastest I've ever been in a car...140plus kicked the shiite out of a Camaro running up Hwy 281

    What sux is I lost my visor ;):p
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,339
    Those are sum bitchin' rides!
    Carl

  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    One of youse guyses needs to pick up a seventy-one Riviera. Then I can really be jealous (not that I'm not already)...

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,306
    Yeah the boat tail is a classic
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    Mr. Hawkins had one when I was in Jr. high school. He would bring his daughter to school in it. She was very cute; the car was gorgeous. :)
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Yeah the boat tail is a classic

    Yep, had one of those also. Boat is a good description.....handled like one too.

    Loved the old Cutlasses, especially the 442's.....rock solid cars.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    The boat-tailed cars were originally designed for the A body platform, and were sexy little beast... GM brass, in their infinite stupidity, went against both the engineers and designers and ordered the car to bee built on the B body platform instead.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited August 2017
    GM A body cars still rule, some of the best designs ever.
    Post edited by motorhead43026 on
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  • For a family-oriented approach in the Gunboat Category, I feel compelled to mention
    the Buick Roadmaster.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    After the 1979-85 E-body and 1978-87 G-body cars, GM jumped the shark and hasn't really built much since that I would care to own, Corvettes and maybe a Camaro perhaps, but that is pretty much it.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Man John, least they could have included the fuzzy dice with the car. Love the interior though, notice the ashtray in the door......ahhh the good old days. ;)
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,773
    obieone wrote: »
    350 Rocket or 455?
    I had a '73 Cutlass Supreme with the 350 rocket. Man, what a sled :D

    Here's my buddies Cutlass

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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    One of youse guyses needs to pick up a seventy-one Riviera. Then I can really be jealous (not that I'm not already)...

    7089330235_d5b4574e5e_b.jpg1971 Buick Riviera by coconv, on Flickr
    My Buddy had one, while I had this;

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Stylin' professor. I see now how you snagged Mrs. H.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    For a family-oriented approach in the Gunboat Category, I feel compelled to mention
    the Buick Roadmaster.

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    The instruction manual for parallel parking was written by the same engineers who developed the procedures for landing the space shuttle.


    Used to have a 92 Roadmaster. A couch on wheels. Loved that car. Black paint, tan interior.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    We had a 1958 Caddy (four door) for a while when I was a yoot. I don't think I have any photos of it, though.
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    My baby was a Gold 1979 Trans Am 6.6 liter w/ the shaker hood and brown/tan bird. Completely stock with the exception of the rims and tires. Great car. Got her as a teen with 36K miles on her. Close to mint condition. Good times.

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