Guest Kaber Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Here is some stuff their talking about on the facebook Riv site....Different!Kaber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68RIVGS Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 . . . Like It !! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 With a 69 Torino top, you could build one of these. Deck lid looks too much like a Valiant. Pontiac wheels. I do like the tail light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 When I Looked at the picture of the car on the turn table, the first car that thought of was the AMC Marlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kaber Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 With a 69 Torino top, you could build one of these. Deck lid looks too much like a Valiant. Pontiac wheels. I do like the tail light.Those were my thoughts, Exactly. Torino roof line for line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZRIV Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I like it a lot also. Imagine bucket seats, floor shifter and a high performance engine. The wheels and louvered rear taillight seem similar to 66 Pontiac Gran Prix of which I owned one and it was a great car. Edited January 22, 2015 by JZRIV (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerRivFan Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 My first reaction was it looks like an early Barracuda with a '65 Riv front end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Looks like Ford copied it for the 68 Torino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 When I Looked at the picture of the car on the turn table, the first car that thought of was the AMC Marlin.Pictures of a 69 Torino and a Marlin below. I think Ford looked over Buick's shoulder on the 69 Torino roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kaber Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Looks like Ford copied it for the 68 Torino.Did any GM guys defect to Ford a few years after that design at GM? I know Shinoda worked on both the Stingray and the Fastback Mustang. Maybe they liked the design of the roof and carried it on at Ford?Kaber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb1970 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Check out this facebook page. It's been done. https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Speed-Custom/622670661151286 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Nice fabrication work. It's amazing how close the fender lines on the Riviera and the Torino are to each other. It also looks like the fabricator had to deal with some typical Riviera rust as well. I noticed that there are two patch panels around the wheel wells in the trunk. Without out any comments, I'm wondering if the builder took credit for the design or copied what the GM designers came up with back when.Anyway, I'm glad that Bill Mitchell and Ned Nickles didn't go for that idea. I like the Rivs for what they are, not what they might have been.Ed Edited January 24, 2015 by RivNut (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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