63 Rivi

The decal on the radiator support will tell them what size the engine is. Ask them to check it.

What size is the engine? Those wheels were only used on the 3.8 Turbo equipped cars, never saw them on a Pace Car. As Ed Raner stated, I also never saw them on a non-convertible. IMO, I would say someone added those decals after buying it. Unless the owner can come up with some documentation to prove otherwise, I would day it is just a regular T-Type.

Jim, Got it thanks! Great quality, can't wait to put it in.

Jim, Just sent you money via Paypal for one of these levers. Thank you for doing this! Regards, Darrell Ingold 8 Gerald Dr Holbrook, NY 11741

Very rare and hard to come by. Very few were actually equipped with it out of the factory. I would look in Hemmings at ads for boneyards that have Rivs in them.

Looks like they did nice work. How much did they charge for plating the hood latch?

I'm looking for 1 or possibly 2 Riviera Steel Road Wheels 15x6 in good to excellent condition. Fitment for 79-85 Rivs. Must be straight and true, no bent rims please. Thanks!

Congrats Dave, look forward to seeing you in St. Charles. You had as much competition for the open position as I did last year! We haven't had as much snow as Mass has, but we haven't seen the grass here now for 7 weeks. We've got more coming tonight into tomorrow. My kids are all excited thinking school's going to be closed tomorrow.

Keep us updated on what the issue turned out to be.

If you do not have a check engine light on, I would test the coil packs and replace the wires. If that does not solve your problem, I would then check the Throttle Position Sensor and cross reference the values on the scan tool with factory specs. I have seen TPS sensors go bad without setting codes and can cause hesitation and poor mileage, the exact condition you describe.

Drew, It depends on how your engine was rebuilt. Did the rebuilder lower the compression down to 9 to 1? Or is it still at stock specs? If it was rebuilt to 9 to 1 or therabouts, it probably will run fine on 87. If it is still at its high compression specs, then 93. As others recommended, if you can get ethanol free gas definitely use it.

Chuck, I am sure you're not the first one to have that problem from being too aggressive taking the heater hoses off. At least you got a lot of other projects done! The heater core in my 63 bit the dust in 83, so I'm 30+ years on the current one. Trying not to think about that.

Dan, I didn't realize that in order to turn my 63 box into a fast ratio, it would make the turning radius bigger. Knowing that now, I will stick with the stock ratio. What does it cost for a stock rebuild?

Thanks! Just to clarify, I bought that engine paint from CARS about 10-12years ago, and it was too bright, almost like a shiny aluminum. They may have improved on their paint formulation since then. Please let us know.

Cool story, well at least the first guy you spoke to anyway. It's great that you take it out for everyone to admire. Can't imagine anyone saying what the second guy said to you. It takes all kinds I guess. I use my 85 Convertible about 3-4 days a week. Always get complements on it, mostly since our cars really stand out at this point.