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YES. Rust will get repaired, not covered up. At least the best I can. Already got a new front floor panel from OPG in. been trying to figure out if I am going to order the two rear pans or fab them up myself. doing it myself would be justification to get a break, and shrinker/spreader. :-) At least in my opinion. wife might have other thoughts.

Front and rear windows have been removed. Front cracked when removing. was going to replace it anyway as it had 3 big chips in it. Called a glass guy to remove the rear as it was in good shape. he had it out in one piece in 10 minutes. Rear has some places where the window channel has rusted through. Front also has some rust but not in the channel. think I have found all majority of the rust. Now time to cut and weld new patch panels. I should have the PST front end and new springs here tomorrow. If so I will move to rebuilding the front end and take my time fixing the rust.

Back story…. I was on my way to pick up a 62 impala a friend had sitting out in his field. Someone had started a build on this and needed a temporary place to store it during a move Needless to say the moved happened but they never came back for the car. My friend wanted to dump it for 2k. However, all the body panels were rusted along with the floors. Figured it would be a long project but I was in no hurry. Wife said that her car needed new tires before I brought home any more projects as I was already working on a 48 Willy’s and two 91 suburban’s. So being the dutiful husband I am I was off to the local Big O Tire store. While waiting for the new tires a trailer pulled in with a 64 Riviera sitting on it. The owner was bringing it in to get new tires before he put it up on Craig’s list. As we were waiting for the our cars to be completed we chatted about cars and soon came to an agreed upon price. I figured this project was a better financial fit as the car was running an driving. Only thing I saw of concern was the passenger side floor was rusted through. So for 3k I got the car with new tires and the PO to drop it off at the house. Called the wife to tell her what a great deal this was….. could tell from the tone that she was a little upset.. but she did have new tires on the car. Saving grace came when she was able to finial see the car. Both her and my two daughters were pleased with my choice and she was soon named Rita. To date my 10 year old daughter has been by my side for a majority of the tear down. Interior is just about completely removed. New Floor pan was ordered from OPG and came in Friday, and full PST front end has been ordered including new front and rear springs. The current goal of this build are: Have fun rebuilding this with my daughter. take care of the rust, which we found more under the rear seats and a little spot in the trunk. freshen up the engine and transmission as the head gaskets are leaking. Suspension rebuild as all the rubber is shot and springs are extremely soft. New breaks. Not sure if I am going to convert to disc. Need to find an affordable kit. New interior as the critters had taken up residence. New paint as the PO had started to strip it down and it has developed a nice patina New window felt and seals everywhere. Will pull the numbers off the vin shortly and post them up. Progress to date: Sorry, had a pic from a trailer project I am working on that I tried to delete...

Okay. got most of the interior stripped out and found more rust. Read that the front and rear windows usually leaked so I need to pull those as I can see where water had come in. Having trouble with the rear electric quarter windows. passenger side will move but the Driver side not at all. is there any write ups on how to remove the window? I heard there was a spring in there that could cause some damage to fingers if you were not careful.

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Yes it did. If they all could be that easy. here are some pics from the phone. will get some more from a better camera once I get it into the shop. Have to finish putting a lift on the 90 suburban I have been working on. also need to move some things around so I can keep the 48 Willy's in there while I start removing the interior. Score #2 - had the 1964 shop manual inside.

i was getting tires for a 2010 escape when the Riviera pulled in on a flat bed. he was getting tires on it to help it sell. Once the tires were put on the Buick I talked him down in price and had him drop it off at the house.

Hi all, funny thing happened to me on my way home from getting tires this weekend. a 1964 Buick Riviera followed me home. body is pretty straight, rusted floor on the passenger side. 425 motor. interior is going to need a little work. I don't know a thing about Riviera's as I have worked on Fords and Chevy's so after a few Google searches I found this site. not looking to do a frame off resto, just some suspension work and clean her up. look forward to anyone pointing me to "Must Reads" on this site. will post pics ASAP Greg