1963 FrankenRiv

[RivNut]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/cto/5202118159.html

 

 

Looks like a '63 trunk, tail lights, and hood on a '64 body.  The car has the '64 seats, a/c controls, and engine compartment.  And the Formula Five wheels that weren't available as a Riviera option until 1965.

[Bleach]

So this can't be a very original car as the seller claims. I couldn't zoom in the shifter to see what transmission pattern it has. It is a nice looking car but it doesn't look like what it's supposed to be.

[63 Red Riv]

Hey Ed,

I am curious how you can tell what year the seats are?

Thanks,

Brian

[riv2x4]

63 hood ornament button but looks like 64 air cond/heater controls.  No 63 vacuum canister under the hood either. Numbers matching 401???

[Pat Curran]

Dash and steering wheel is out of a 65 as well.  

[riv2x4]

No VIN or pict of the data plate provided either. Look at last pict of engine, is there a data tag on the firewall? Looks like a 64 master vs the 63 but hard to tell. Green original engine in a 63? Hard to read the emblems on the door wood inserts.  I'm getting some old eyes.  Could there be a 65 gear selector?

[Pat Curran]

Those are 63 emblems on the doors.

[RivNut]

In 1963, the seats have the square panels that go all the way to the top of the seat;  the 1964 seats have a long horizontal strip that separates the top of the seat from the panels.  The picture on the right is a '63 front seat, the other is a '64 back seat.  

Edited October 10, 2015 by RivNut (see edit history)

[riv2x4]

Seller has 40 other cars listed on CL currently.  Front seat belt looks like it was added much later, retracted style.  Silver air cleaner and silver intake, with green block NOM????? 

 

a few years ago,I looked at a 66 Wildcat advertised by a dealer, GS numbers matching.  It was neither. I looked at the stampings on the block and told them what it was. seller went in back found some book and confirmed it was a NOM 401. Not a real GS either.  Might be looking at similar situation here, a dealer with no real idea what the cars is.