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Thanks, I have several offered so let me get back to you. Chuck

Paint is Twilight Blue Iridescent GM 1969 Riviera color #51

f anyone had a decent spot light/mirror combination for mounting on the drivers side of the front window of a 1921 Model 45 Touring I would be interested in purchasing if it is for sale. Thanks Chuck

f anyone had a decent spot light/mirror combination for mounting on the drivers side of the front window of a 1921 Model 45 Touring I would be interested in purchasing if it is for sale. Thanks Chuck

If anyone had a decent spot light/mirror combination for mounting on the drivers side of the front window of a 1921 Model 45 Touring I would be interested in purchasing if it is for sale. Thanks Chuck

The car had a brand new set of Eaton OEM springs in it when I bought it that had been in it for 8+ years but no mileage on them. They did not drop sitting there for 8 years. The Coil Springs Specialties OEM springs were 1.5 inches high like I said above. The Eaton sales person I talked with about 4 weeks ago said once in a while they saw cars with new Eaton springs in them that were too high and no one could explain it. I thought the restorer had originally put heavy duty front springs in the front and I thought the Coil Spring Specialities OEM springs would bring it down to OEM height but they were still too high. We shall see how it works out after I start driving the car for 4-6 months. Chuck

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Coil Springs Specialties in Saint Marys, Kansas sold me an OEM set and then when we were still 1.5 inches too high they made the 1.5 inch shorter ones and gave me credit back for the OEM springs. I am gathering all the console and steering column parts to make the car a console shift. It has buckets and a small console now. Always something to spend money on! Chuck

Pate Swap Meet, LLC <webops@pateswapmeet.com> ANNOUNCEMENT - AUGUST 22, 2020 View the Announcement Page In Your Browser 48TH PATE SWAP MEET THE OCTOBER DATE HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Due to the crowd-size restriction imposed by the State of Texas not being lifted in time, October 1st through the 3rd dates for Pate Swap Meet has been postponed but will return at our regular time in April of 2021. Click Here To See The Video and the Full Announcement We deeply regret the need for this action but the health and safety of our visitors, vendors and volunteers must come first. When the initial government restrictions were imposed and forced the postponed of the Pate Swap Meet from March to October, we had good reason to believe that we could conduct a safe swap meet in October. We had made our plans to cope with the threat of COVID-19 and still have a safe event. Unfortunately, the spike in COVID-19 cases that started in June and peaked in July threw a wrench into our plans. During this spike, crowd-size restrictions were temporarily reimposed in the plans to open Texas. While the health statics in Texas have greatly improved and are continuing to do so, the numbers haven't dropped fast enough or to a level that has convinced the Governor of Texas to lift the restrictions yet. We have talked with officials from the Texas Motor Speedway and were informed that, due to the restrictions not being lifted or relaxed, the Speedway was forced to cancel all outdoor activities for the month of September being held at the Speedway. The currently-in-force restriction limits gatherings to ten people or less and that means that our set-up volunteer crews could not begin their usual set up during the last seven days in September as we needed. Further, in order to hold the event starting on October 1st, we have to make firm contractual commitments to the Speedway and our suppliers by September 1st and begin the distribution of Vendor Packets. For reference, we were expecting over 200,000 people to attend the Pate Swap Meet during its run. Although the health statistics in Texas continue to improved (see the charts below) we DO NOT envision the Governor of Texas lifting or relaxing these restrictions by our September 1st deadlines or even in the coming weeks in time for us to hold the swap meet in October. This forces us to postpone our October event. However, the Pate Swap Meet will return at our regular April dates in 2021. The next Pate Swap Meet will be April 29, 2021, through May 1, 2021. The move-in and set-up date for Pate Vendors will be Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Pate Vendors currently holding space orders for the October event may rollover their spaces to the April Pate Swap Meet. Please let us know your intentions by completing the form below. Click Here To Rollover Your Vendor Spaces Any Pate Vendor who wishes to cancel their spaces orders will receive a refund. If you wish to cancel your space order, please complete the form above PLUS call our Registrar, Ms. Gail Moore, at (713) 649-0922 to confirm your cancellation and make final arrangements. We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience this postponement may cause. © 2020 - Pate Swap Meet, LLC Chuck

pateswapmeet.com ANNOUNCEMENT - AUGUST 22, 2020 View the Announcement Page In Your Browser 48TH PATE SWAP MEET THE OCTOBER DATE HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Due to the crowd-size restriction imposed by the State of Texas not being lifted in time, October 1st through the 3rd dates for Pate Swap Meet has been postponed but will return at our regular time in April of 2021. Click Here To See The Video and the Full Announcement We deeply regret the need for this action but the health and safety of our visitors, vendors and volunteers must come first. When the initial government restrictions were imposed and forced the postponed of the Pate Swap Meet from March to October, we had good reason to believe that we could conduct a safe swap meet in October. We had made our plans to cope with the threat of COVID-19 and still have a safe event. Unfortunately, the spike in COVID-19 cases that started in June and peaked in July threw a wrench into our plans. During this spike, crowd-size restrictions were temporarily reimposed in the plans to open Texas. While the health statics in Texas have greatly improved and are continuing to do so, the numbers haven't dropped fast enough or to a level that has convinced the Governor of Texas to lift the restrictions yet. We have talked with officials from the Texas Motor Speedway and were informed that, due to the restrictions not being lifted or relaxed, the Speedway was forced to cancel all outdoor activities for the month of September being held at the Speedway. The currently-in-force restriction limits gatherings to ten people or less and that means that our set-up volunteer crews could not begin their usual set up during the last seven days in September as we needed. Further, in order to hold the event starting on October 1st, we have to make firm contractual commitments to the Speedway and our suppliers by September 1st and begin the distribution of Vendor Packets. For reference, we were expecting over 200,000 people to attend the Pate Swap Meet during its run. Although the health statistics in Texas continue to improved (see the charts below) we DO NOT envision the Governor of Texas lifting or relaxing these restrictions by our September 1st deadlines or even in the coming weeks in time for us to hold the swap meet in October. This forces us to postpone our October event. However, the Pate Swap Meet will return at our regular April dates in 2021. The next Pate Swap Meet will be April 29, 2021, through May 1, 2021. The move-in and set-up date for Pate Vendors will be Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Pate Vendors currently holding space orders for the October event may rollover their spaces to the April Pate Swap Meet. Please let us know your intentions by completing the form below. Click Here To Rollover Your Vendor Spaces Any Pate Vendor who wishes to cancel their spaces orders will receive a refund. If you wish to cancel your space order, please complete the form above PLUS call our Registrar, Ms. Gail Moore, at (713) 649-0922 to confirm your cancellation and make final arrangements. We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience this postponement may cause. © 2020 - Pate Swap Meet, LLC

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FOUND A REFLECTOR, thanks for looking. Thanks in advance for your comments/help Chuck

I can finally reveal my 1969 Riviera I bought in late May. The car has been completely restored inside and out and all mechanical running gear including new springs, front and back. The car also had steel wheels and hubcaps. What was immediately noticeable was the car was sitting too high, see the first photo shown below. It was 2.5 inches high in the front and 2.5 in the rear. The end result to get the car back to original factory height was to remove the 2.5 inch spacers someone had put in the rear springs and order front springs that were 1.5 inches lower than stock springs. We installed a new set of stock front springs when we installed the rears but the car still sat 1.5 inches too high in the front. By installing the 1.5 inch below stock spring height in front today the car is now at factory level. Also installed the four rallye wheels I bought and had re-chromed and powder coated. With new Firestone 78 R 15 whitewalls the car now looks original. Looking forward to driving and showing the car. Chuck

I can finally reveal my 1969 Riviera I bought in late May. The car has been completely restored inside and out and all mechanical running gear including new springs, front and back. The car also had steel wheels and hubcaps. What was immediately noticeable was the car was sitting too high, see the first photo shown below. It was 3 inches high in the front and 2.5 in the rear. The end result to get the car back to original factory height was to remove the 2.5 inch spacers someone had put in the rear springs and order front springs that were 1.5 inches lower than stock springs. We installed a new set of stock front springs when we installed the rears but the car still sat 1.5 inches too high in the front. By installing the 1.5 inch below stock spring height in front today the car is now at factory level. Also installed the four rallye wheels I bought and had re-chromed and powder coated. With new Firestone 78 R 15 whitewalls the car now looks original. Looking forward to driving and showing the car. Chuck

I can finally reveal my 1969 Riviera I bought in late May. The car has been completely restored inside and out and all mechanical running gear including new springs, front and back. The car also had steel wheels and hubcaps. What was immediately noticeable was the car was sitting too high, see the first photo shown below. It was 2.5 inches high in the front and 2.5 in the rear. The end result to get the car back to original factory height was to remove the 2.5 inch spacers someone had put in the rear springs and order front springs that were 1.5 inches lower than stock springs. We installed a new set of stock front springs when we installed the rears but the car still sat 1.5 inches too high in the front. By installing the 1.5 inch below stock spring height in front today the car is now at factory level. Also installed the four rallye wheels I bought and had re-chromed and powder coated. With new Firestone 78 R 15 whitewalls the car now looks original. Looking forward to driving and showing the car. Chuck

There is a Facebook group site for 63-70 Rivieras and frequent Rivieras for sale that seem to move quickly. You might consider putting it there and of course the Riviera Owners site here in the Buick forum. Great looking car and good luck with the sale, Chuck

When you clean them off will you look on the back of the rim or the inside where the tire goes and see if you can find some numbers and letters. There should be a three number code like 853, 895, etc. In line depending on he code you find. Chuck

Today I got a call back from Coil Spring Specialties and they are making a front set to lower the car 1.5 inches. I should have them in 7-10 days and then we see what it looks like. They are taking the 'stock' front springs back and giving me credit. Stay tuned.................... Chuck

Hi John, are you back from vacation yet? thanks, Chuck Nixon 817 233 1470 chucknixon67@gmail.com

Well, we raised the car on a two post lift, loosened all the front suspension bolts, put the car on the ground, then drove it around the block, came back and measured the height front and back. The result was very little change. The front is still 1.5 inches high and back is slightly high but could come down when front comes down. Spoke with Central Springs Specialities, St. Mary's, KS where I bought the new springs and they are going to make a front set to lower the front 1.5 inches. Hopefully sooner than later I will get this Riviera back to stock height and enjoy the ride. Stay tuned............................🤕

You are right, see my earlier post on whether they are plumbing pipe caps Chuck

You may be right, these may be plumbing caps that someone got creative and welded together to raise the springs. The inside of the bottom 2 1/2" one has threads inside so it could have been made to screw onto a 2 1/2" pipe. Gotta give someone credit if they are plumbing caps and they figured out how to use them without replacing the springs that may have been sagging or they wanted the car to ride higher. I have a feeling the were there and the restorer I bought the car from for some reason left them there when he replaced the springs. Hopefully we find some sort of spacers at the top of the front spring pocket and we remove them or, like you recommend I am going to buy 2" lowered springs. Chuck

Let's continue this mystery. Below you will see the 'made in China' spacers that were under the Eaton rear springs we took off the car and replaced them with the Coil Spring Specialties rear and front springs. With these spacers off the car the rear came down to 28" where it is supposed to be (+5/8") from the chart. But, since the front is at 30:" once we get the front to 28" the back may come down another 1/2" to 5/8" and level out. Here's what we are going to try next. The week after next we are going to put the car back on the two post lift, loosen all the bolts, on the front suspension, let the car down and put the full weight on the front and rear. We will see if the front end comes down with loosened bolts. If so, we will tighten everything while the car is on the ground. If it does not come down we are going to lift it up and take out one front spring and look up into the spring pocket at the top and see if there is a spacer sitting there we did not see when replacing the springs. With the rear spacer shown below we are wondering if a previous owner wanted the car to sit higher or was sagging and put the rear spacers in. If so then did they put front spacers in and we did not look for them when putting in the new springs, Whats interesting is I now have two complete springs sets that are essentially brand new, one from Eaton and one from Coil Spring Specialties. May have spent $450 for the Coil Spring Specialities front and rear springs I did not need especially if we find a spacer in the front or the car settles after loosening bolts. Stay tuned.............................. The photos below show the spring spacers that we took off the rear axle and you can see there is a 1.5" and 2.5" setting. These were made in China. No telling how long they have been on the car. Chuck

See my response to pervious post. I think we try the loosen and tightening with weight of car on the suspension and see what happens. Eaton has springs in their catalog that lower the car up to 2 inches but it would seem one could get OEM spring replacements to work!

The car was restored 8 years ago with Eaton springs with correct springs based on Eaton catalog. Both back and front were sitting high when I bought the car a couple of months ago. Essentially the car had zero miles since it was restored. So I bought new springs from Spring Specialities and they were installed Friday. They back came down since we took out the 2 1/2” made in China spacers under the Eaton springs. The Eaton springs would probably have worked by removing the spacers. The final tightening was on a two post lift with suspension unsupported. We will evaluate the concept of tightening with weight of the car on the suspension, interesting concept. thanks