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Thanks, Tom. If he is willing to sell it, let me know his price, please. I did send Larry Daisey an email asking if he had one and also asked him if he had a line on a dual-quad setup. If he comes back with a dual-quad setup ( and all related pieces ) I will jump on that. Else, I'm definitely interested in the one you rebuilt. -BEP

Good idea, Ed. Thanks. I bought the Riv from him. -BEP

Fast forward 4.5 years... We had multiple life changes since my last post which kept me away from doing anything with my '64 Riv. Things are back on track, now. The carb I mentioned at the start of this thread starting spewing gas when I'd try to start 'er up so I decided to finally do something about the one I bought for rebuilding. I took it to my local shop and had them disassemble it and dunk it overnight and then rebuild it. A week later, they called and said it wasn't a rebuild candidate. When I went to pick it up, he showed me where there was scale on the inside of the carb and he was worried there was deterioration in places that we couldn't see and he wasn't comfortable restoring this carb. He dunked it for a week, when he normally just dunks them over night. So, now I am looking for a carb again. I'm more interested in one that is ready to bolt on as opposed to one that is ready to be rebuilt. If I can't find one that is ready to bolt on, then I'll go the route of a rebuild candidate. I do want to stick with an original for my '64. If you have one to sell, please let me know. Thanks, -BEP

I'm also 43, and have a '64 with a non-original 425, although it did come from a '64. Edit: Actually, I'm 44. Birthdays seem to keep happening. -BEP

Love the Airedale in the cartoon. I'm not a dog guy, but they are my favorite breed. Pretty car, too! -BEP

This showed up in my RSS reader today. If it runs and drives, might be worth a look for someone. Not mine and I know nothing about it except the area code for the phone is correct for that area. 1968 Buick Riviera

It's beautiful. Here's to it finding a good home! *clink* -BEP

Success Story! Gotta love 'em. -BEP

Beauty. That song came up on my iPhone today, which I'm listening to on Shuffle. Nothing like the "Boys" coming between King Crimson and Floyd. Bob - if you have some shots you want posted, I'll gladly post them for you. Take my username here and add @gmail.com to it to email them to me and I'll post them if you want. Just mention in the email that's why your sending them to me so I remember. -BEPNewt

Or even some mid-work pics to give a future person a good visual on what you're doing. I bet it's going to look great when you're done. -BEP

Assuming you're talking about Nikz, that's where my wife and I went to eat the night I proposed to her: October 10th, 1999. I wanted to go back on our 10th anniversary and was sad when I read the building was being renovated for condos or something. Did they keep a restaurant up there? And on the real subject, as I've mentioned before, I just love the Coral Mist. When I told my wife I wanted to paint my '64 that color while we were at the Branson meet she pointed at Al and said "He can pull that color off. You can't." I still may do it someday... -BEP

I just looked at their stock, Don. Thank you for the lead. -BEPNewt

Thanks for the pics, Jim. That's a good idea with the choice for a trunk release, Ed. I remember encountering my first trunk like that when I was carrying groceries back in the late 80's. Horrible sound when you slam one of those trunks. You're way ahead of me on courage, Patrick. I wouldn't have the courage to do the hard work, let along cutting the door panels. -BEPNewt -BEP

Thanks, Al. That's way out of my price range for something that isn't "needed". I appreciate the link. -BEPNewt

I'm attaching 2 pics of the plastic covers that go between the grills and the signal lights. Some of the screw holes are broken off on them. Except for the issue with the screw holes, these are much better than mine. A couple questions: 1) Will they still stay in place without the screws going through the holes? 2) Mine are pretty bad - discolored and one has a real big crack in it. With some creative engineering and my old ones as donors, do you think these can be "fixed" by cutting and epoxying/gluing? 3) Are these things hard to come by? Repopped? -BEPNEwt

Thanks. Both will be a no-go for me, then. Where would the power switch for the seat go in a non-deluxe interior car? Near the power window switch? I'll eventually add a remote ( key fob ) trunk release I think. That's way in the future, though. If anyone has done that conversion, I'd be interested in hearing what you used as a donor for the parts. -BEPNewt

I'd like to see pics of the big plastic pieces that go between the front blinkers and the grills. Both sides if you have them. If the power seat works well, I may be interested in that. It depends on the amount of work to get a non-PS car converted. I started another thread with that question. Does it have remote trunk release? I'm posting this here instead of emailing so other can see responses which will cut down on duplicate emails. If you prefer all inquiries via email, let me know. Jim made a good point in the carb thread. What are you asking for the carb and all the linkage, etc.? Pics would be good to determine if it's the original. I _think_ the numbers should be stamped into the carb body where the arrow in the pic shows. -BEPNewt

What would be needed off of a parts car to make a non-power seat '64 Riv into a power seat car? What about putting a remote trunk release in a car that didn't come with it? -BEPNewt

BUICK RIVIERA PLEXIGLASS DEALER SIGN....Great Gift...Display with car / Garage | eBay -BEPNewt

Thank you for the offer, Vincent. Dick Sweeney has a carb for me that I will be purchasing. -BEPNewt

I'm volunteering to be the long-lost younger brother... -BEPNewt

I got the #s off of the carb ( 9605S ) and found a pic of what it's _supposed_ to look like. You were right in what you guessed might be true when I talked to you, Jim. It's an electric choke. Well, it is when the actuator exists. My first step is calling the places you guys have mentioned ( Jon, Tom, etc. ) to see if they know where I can get an actuator for this puppy. If I can't get one, I'll explore the manual choke cable route. I just need it to choke until I get the replacement carb in house and rebuilt. Thanks again, all. -BEPNewt

Great, thanks. -BEPNewt

Thanks, Ed. When you said "low speed jet #65 v. #68", did you mean "low speed jet #65 v. #63" or "low speed jet #63 v. #65" or did you mean what you typed? If you did mean "#68", which is the #68? Is it safe to assume the carb for the 401 has less cfm? And, do the numbers on the metering jets and rods indicate a size or are they part numbers? Or something else? If I can't get a used carb from the local Buick guy, I'll broaden my search. I'd like to build a good rapport with the guy semi-close to me if I can. If that doesn't pan out, I'll start with local junk yards and go from there. I don't want to get one that's ready to install because I want to do a rebuild and get some knowledge out of the deal. I'll call Jon at the link you provided if local doesn't work for me to see if he has a non-rebuilt one. Thanks for all the info. I'll check out the chassis manual soon to see what I can learn from it. I'd also like to thank Jim Cannon for already assisting me with my carb issue(s) and giving me some things to think about. -BEPNewt

Hello, all. I bought my '64 Riv with an aftermarket carb and I've decided to replace it with something a little more original. Attached are 2 photos of my current Carter AFB. The information I'm looking for is what numbered carbs will be close to original for my '64 425? I've been able to find what numbered carbs belong in the 2x4 setup, but I haven't seen what is a correct number for the 1x4. I said "close to original" in the above paragraph because of my reasons for doing the change. I'd like to do the the change for 2 specific reasons: 1) I want to be able to come here if I have issues and you guys be familiar with my carb 2) I want to attempt a rebuild to learn about it So, if I can get my hands on a correct carb from a '63, '65, etc. with linkage and other parts that will work for my A/C '64, that's good enough for me. Also, if there's one that has more CFM than the others, that's always a bonus. I've been eyeing that 2x4 setup on eBay and forcing myself not to bid. Start small, Newt, start small. You're a software engineer, not an auto engineer. The Buick guy in Tulsa has a few carbs sitting on his shelf so I'd like to go to him with numbers and see if he has one for me. He also has a 2x4 manifold lying on the floor that I'd like to get from him someday... -BEPNewt