"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
08/27/2018 at 07:56 • Filed to: None
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"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
08/27/2018 at 07:56 • Filed to: None | 3
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One of my neighbors is moving to the east coast, and he says he can’t just let this sit in his garage once he lives where the weather actually changes in winter, so he’s selling it before they move. He has not decided on a price yet.
itschrome
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 08:34 |
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wow, that’s beautiful!
Wobbles the Mind
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 08:58 |
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M y dream car is a ‘67 Buick Riviera! T his would be tempting if I was more open on the model year. I still would like to know where this is and what the price ends up being. Beautiful car!
LongbowMkII
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 09:02 |
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After taking care of my dad’s 71 nova I probably won’t get another muscle car. I would consider a classic personal luxury coupe though.
WilliamsSW
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 09:32 |
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Gorgeous! Love the colors, wheels - the whole package!
Shame he’s going to let it go - hope it finds an owner who will care for it like he obviously has.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 10:06 |
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That is gorgeous.
Makes me long for my 66 Electra 225 back.
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beautimouse
> Wobbles the Mind
08/27/2018 at 10:31 |
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> beautimouse
08/27/2018 at 11:27 |
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Beauty...
I’d change the top to black instead of white, and absolutely change the front end to a 66/67 with the separate full width grille, smaller front bumper, and cooler signals... but it might require a different hood, and almost certainly different front fenders... Or just getting a 66-67 in the first place.
And a nice set of resto-mod wheels that fit the era, but also fill out the wheel wells better, and give it that hint of being updated, and using modern tires. Not just big Cragars or the usual polished billet gaudy wheels... something that brings classic and modern together in a uniquely classy way.
If I had enough money for a TV-show style resto-mod build... Art Morrison Chassis replacement with IRS and IFS, big brakes, variable-height, self-leveling air-ride, 6.2 LS naturally aspirated, or lightly supercharged motor with Buick accoutrements, backed by a 6-speed auto with push button or dial shift, push-button start and proximity unlocking with shaved or flush-mounted door handles, slick digital instrumentation and LED lighting inside and out, hidden modern sound system and updated solid-state electrical system, and tailored interior, the whole “modern car in a restored classic shell” thing would be great. Something powerful enough to make the car get up and move itself in any traffic situation, but not “mow people down within a 500 foot radius when someone looks at the gas pedal” kind of dangerous.
A 66-67 Rivie is probably at the top of my list for an old-school cruiser from before my time.
The only down-side... I love the 2nd-generation’s sleek fastback roofline, and triangular roll-down quarter-windows, but I kind of wish it had the boat-tail treatment from the rear window through the trunk lid, to the rear bumper. I love the boat tail part of the 3rd-generation, but I prefer every other design aspect of the 66-67 early 2nd-generation over both the third and first generation Rivieras by far.
I greatly prefer the Riviera to the Olds Toronado or the Caddy Eldorado, which were the X-frame platform mates... but not as slick, and the Olds and Caddy were FWD, where the Buick was traditionally RWD.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
08/27/2018 at 11:37 |
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Engine option update:
LS-based Falconer V12, if it wasn’t so ungodly expensive, no supercharger, just a well tuned intake, and equal-length, tuned headers, possibly with electric dual-mode valves to listen to a perfectly balanced 12-cylinder engine.
It would probably be sacrilege to consider a Jaguar V12 transplant, if it could be built in the aftermarket to be port fuel injected, with digital ignition, maybe with GM LS dual-plug coils, and reliable.
Think of a BMW 850i sort of sophisticated Grand Touring coupe of a car, 25 years before it’s time...