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  1. I think you guys scared the original poster away...
  2. That Lonestar '65 is pretty. A bit anomalous is the standard interior with deluxe interior bits including door panels (with the long strips of wood), and chromed window reveal moldings. The steering wheel is aftermarket. The "Riviera" script is missing from the trunk lid. The car has red-line tires which aren't correct on a '65 Riv (these were first made available in '66), and the chromed wheel centers are from a '66 or later. The passenger side mirror has been added. No detailed engine pics, but from what I can see in the photo with the hood open, this Riv has an open element air cleaner which isn't stock, and the listing says it has an Edelbrock carb. The 401 engine came from the factory with a snorkel (closed) air cleaner and an Carter 4-barrel carburetor. Quibbling details on what otherwise looks to be a very nice car.
  3. Out of curiosity - when was the "Buick KLEER-VIEW" label replaced by the color GM Optikleen label?
  4. Why how generous of them... Free Shipping!!!!
  5. You can remove surface rust using a 'Brillo' or 'SOS' steel wool pad. I've used this trick for years to remove rust that exists in the creases of my chrome wheels. Just scrub, rinse off and voila! The rust will be gone. Depending on how bad the rusting is, some of the scrubbed areas will reveal the bare metal beneath. The soap in the SOS pads cause these areas to go dark grey or black, which is less visible than brown rust, improving the appearance of the wheel. My wheels are original, and in pretty good shape considering they're 59 years old. The chroming done on the factory wheels was very good quality, which is why so many of the early wheels look good today. The centers can be repainted. It's a fiddly job to mask the chrome portions of the webs. I heard you can buy masking templates for this, but don't know where. The wheel centers on my '65 didn't need to be completely repainted. Used POR-15 in a grey color which was a very close match to the original charcoal tone used on these wheels. I used a foam brush and carefully applied the paint inside the wheel webs, keeping a rag handy to quickly wipe off any stray paint that got onto the chromed portions of the wheel. Worked very well, and saved me from masking the wheels first.
  6. Hi Frank, Good catch on the windshield code. Here's the Summit order for the Riviera windshield DW00629 I bought from them: Too bad Summit no longer sells windshields for our Rivieras.
  7. I got one from Summit Racing in 2019. They shipped it to me here in Canada for a ridiculously low price. Give them a call, they might still stock them. Check them out. Don't know why the description says "Chevrolet, Two Door, Coupe" as my understanding is the 1st Gen Riviera windshield was not shared with any other GM car. Please correct me if I am wrong. Auto City Classic Glass also sells them: Hope this helps.
  8. You're looking for a "BUICK" tach, sold over the counter back in the day by the Parts Departments for mounting on any Buick of the era. You probably know that tachometers weren't factory installed on any 1st Gen Riviera. Mounting the tach on the dashboard is clunky and detracts from the clean stock look. IMO, the best place to mount one would be in the ash tray area on the console. You'll have to drill a hole in the die-cast ash receiver door, and of course sacrifice the front ashtray. Not the most ergonomic spot, as you'll have to look down and right to read the tach, but at least it will look reasonably stock. You might like to post your 'Tach Wanted" ad in the general Buick forum as well to widen your search. Good luck!
  9. Thanks for the heads up NTX. For those interested, here's the link to the TH400 variants post: https://nastyz28.com/threads/th400-information-thread.346407/ I looked up the early Buick variants, marketed as the "Super Turbine 400". I didn't know there was a "BQ" variant for the dual-quad 425 engine with 3.07 axle: Never mind they can't spell "Riviera"...
  10. Update: Today I called Classic Auto Glass and spoke to 'Quentin' about the side glass they offer for 1st Gen Rivieras. The Good: They offer plain and tinted, for the quite reasonable price of $89 per piece. The Questionable: The side glass they offer is not tempered as is the OEM glass. Instead, their glass is laminated (like OEM windshield glass). More concerning is that their '65 side glass comes as a plain sheet without any holes drilled. When I asked about mounting onto the stock window lift sash bar he said "Oh, just use setting tape..." Hmmm. 😕 I didn't get to asking whether the thickness of their laminated side glass is the same as the OEM tempered glass as I can't see a practical way to mount the glass without having the requisite holes. And I don't know if drilling holes is an option, nor who would do that for me. Based on this, I'm going to first try to polish out the 'haze' on my existing door glass using Cerium Oxide. If that doesn't work, then I'll keep hunting for an original replacement side glass (with holes) to fit my Riviera.
  11. If this is indicative of a trend, then we're going to see a rush of freshly minted '65 Gran Sports coming out of their barns to fetch the big money. These cars aren't that difficult to fake for the determined fraudster. Engines can be re-stamped. Trannys can have a reproduction"BS" plate riveted to them. There's nothing on the firewall Body Plate to indicate whether the car was born a Gran Sport. And even Body Plates are being reproduced (faked). So, with some GS specific parts and cunning, a regular '65 can be transformed into a Gran Sport and in the process significantly increase it's resale value. It's said there are twice as many big-block '67 Corvettes and LS6 Chevelles in existence than were produced by the factory. So, buyer beware!
  12. Well, that Champagne Mist '65 GS did bring some handsome money! It was advertised as being in "Concours condition" but I spotted a few anomalies and incorrect items: The car was built in during the 2nd week of December 1964, so It's a small emblem GS, but the restorer placed a later style, larger "Gran Sport" emblem on the left side of the deck lid. Wrong chrome wheel center caps. Passenger side mirror installed, which no 1st Gen ever had from factory. Chromed grilles under the wipers (should be body color). Non-stock radio installed. Positive battery cable routed near fender (a common 'mistake') Trunk cardboards look to be brown (they should be grey). No offense intended to the winning bidder of this car, for it's a very nice, clean example. But at $275k (total $302k with buyer's commission) the buyer must have really, really wanted it, for excellent examples can probably be found for at least $100k less.
  13. The hood lip molding was painted body color for 1965. The chromed one may be correct for '63 and '64, but about that I'm not 100% positive. Perhaps one of our '63-64 experts can confirm?
  14. Is this a typo? '65 Gran Sport sells at Mecum Kissimmee for $302,500? Did it come with Bill Mitchell's ashes stored in the trunk?
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