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Hi Gene, Looking for Riviera two bar wires like you have. Clean dent pit free. Do you have any V4 SD 66-70? I restore both types so I don't mind cleaning painting polishing. I can pull most light dents and minor rash in the V4 SDs. But not in the wires. The wire outer rims need to be dent free. Shoot me some asking prices will go from there with some pics. PM if you dont want it public. TX Steve

Hi Ken, This Riv wire cap still available? I believe I purchased that V4 SD 2 bar from you last year. How about a good A & B horn? TX Steve

Ya I did take note of that peculiar location. More conducive to back seat occupants unlocking it versus front passengers. Today that'd be a recall...lol. Nobody was concerned with locking doors back in the golden design era. Design was king no big deal...Just a simple update revision for 67. Everything older is better...for the most part.

Interesting one-year wonders. Tx Guys.

Hi All, Can someone enlighten me on the door panel differences in the attached pics? As Im looking through the ads Im seeing two interior door panel styles. I am aware of the bucket vs bench option. Is there a difference between GS and regular Riviera interiors or is there a Deluex interior option?? Can anyone elaborate on what Im looking at? I'm looking at getting into a low mile 66 or maybe a 67 GS. TX Steve

Interested in the V4 SD 2 bar spinner. Just 1? TX Steve

66 is the best. It weighs the most too at ~8.5lbs.

66-70 are the exact same cap except for the 2 bar spinner on the 66 and the flat center on the 70. in order 66, 67-69, and 70. I restore these. I'm always looking for good damage rust & pit-free parts or whole caps. Finding undented un-rashed outer rims is a challenge to find. I can pull most of the dents I can get to on the backside. These 3 are restored. All 3 had dented rashed rims. The 2-bar spinner assembly is NOS. Does anyone know of a good source for reproduced R medallions?

Got any of these? Or these, NOS or VG condition?

Ed do you offer these center medallions? With or without the chrome bezel?

Ed no I did not source the studs. Was just curious about what they looked like. I don't have the car to mount them on lol. Working on that. I saw this NOS 63 RPO N9 cast cap and had to add it to the cave collection. Still, haven't had anyone answer the question as to how to properly remove the center cap on the N9s (cast) to get at the lug nuts on the roadside. Did the 63/64s have a special tool for removal to not damage the cast? It's a delicate surface and not enough of a gap to get a sharp screwdriver in there. I collect unique NOS and near NOS caps. Anything from the mid-60s to early 70s with the heavy cast center sections. I have 16 V4/SD/P02s. 5 PO2s are NOS. Those are going on my 68 Vette. I have a really nice 66 2 bar V4/SD. The 2 bar piece is NOS on a nice cap. I restore the turbine finned V4/SD/P02s. I can pull small dents out of the stainless ring. Kill the rust on the backer ring, I can clean up the cast fins nicely(starting with a nice example). I've figured out the right sheen on the black paint. The Riv center medallions are hard to find in nice shape. The chrome bezel is reproduced. The round one. The 2 bar is not, The 2 bar medallion is very hard to find. Corvette bezels and medallions are reproduced. I'm trying to get Trim Parts to sell just the bezels. Currently, they will not. The whole assembly with the Vette cross flags is $80. The medallions can be removed and swapped with Rivieras. I saw the NOS 63 RPO N9 cast cap on eBay and had to have it. My wife wasn't happy about spending 300 on a hubcap...oh wait I don't have a wife...lucky me I can spend all I want. I'm zeroing in on a 66 GS before my time on this spinning ball of dirt ends. Garage space first.

Its a 2 page word doc. I could try to snip it.

Bob, You bought it! Good for you. You only live once I'm glad you went for it. The pictures you sent show a very clean car. Put any miles on it yet? Agreed the 64 SS hubcaps are impossible to find in nice shape. Just like the Riv cast caps. The SS caps cast/chrome center is always pitted and the galvanized ring on the back is always rusty and can be seen from the front of the cap. Might want to do something to prevent that? I have a great word document I pass along to a new(old) car buyers. But this site wont let me upload a simple word doc. Cant convert it to a jpeg? Ill send it to your email. This lap top is 10 yrs old. Steve

No worries...Thanks for the response! Steve

Ahh got it now. A little thick after a long work day. TX Guys Steve

Gah its still there. Ill keep trying. Maybe I have to log out and back in for it to stick? We'll get it sooner or later. TX Again Steve

Thanks you guys I knew it was simple. All I want is the avatar picture. Ill insert it again and see if I get it right this time. Newbie here getting the flow of the site, TX Steve

That was my goal as well when I asked what polish/methods to use. I just need to knock off shelf wear and preserve the real patina. This cast NOS 63 I just bought is very nice. I just restored a set of 65 & 66 Impala SS/Caprice spinner caps that came out looking like new. The medallions are reproduced by Trim Parts. They do have some Buick centers. With minimal buffing/rouge these things look like NOS. I prefer things not over restored. When I do a car I try to achieve that or just a skosh better. Not to shiny represents something you can drive a little bit verse trailer. Trailer queens have their place but not in my shop. My current fun vehicle can see 4-5-600 miles annually, thou I have trailered to farther away events for my piece of mind.

How can I remove this cover photo (red arrow)? I want to make this my avatar. Can't find it in the account or profile settings

Nonsense Glenn, Your welcome here. After all the Riviera is the brother to the Toronado. Steve

Tom, I cant help with parts but I can guide you to classicolfdsmobile.com. Join up. Free. They have a classified section as well. Your not going to find better source for Olds info. Not much testosterone on this site unlike most others. We police it well. Steve

Good find Ed. These are very hard to find. Steve

Tom, N93s in Olds speak are, as you know, hard to find in good shape. Type in N93 Oldsmobile hubcap on eBay. I see centers and a full set though rough. No clue how these affix to the rims. You can see some sort of stud in the pics. Does anyone know what the RPO code on the 63-65 Buick Cast/Stainless Popoff centers is?

Excellent info thanks guys!

I know off-topic but I figured Id spew some Olds... For the 68-69 model years Olds outside air induction, (OAI) option codes were W30 (68 & 69), W32(1969 only) Bronze engine 400 cid, only available with the W29 442 package. The W31 OAI was technically called Ram Rod 350(my avatar) in 68 then a W31 in 1969 was only available on the F85/Cutlass/Cutlass S lineup as a 350 cid Gold engine. The W34 Toronado of 1968, the first year for the 455, had a special air cleaner(68 only) camshaft heads etc that drew in cold air from behind the drives side fender. 124 made in 68 the rarest of the 68-70 run. W30 existed in 66 & 67, 68-69, and 70-72 and beyond as appearance packages only. W31 died after 1970 W32 lived on as the SX option code 70 - 71 (basically a 455 in a Cutlass). There is way more to navigating the Olds ROP codes but this is at a high level on the W machines. Imagine if the 66 GS dual quad 425 Riviera had an OAI option. What would that look like? Under the bumper or on the hood??? Cool.