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Subtle message to scamers?

There is a left and a right side emblem, The arrow points forward. The picture shows a drivers side emblem.

I ordered a EP297 off of EBAY, so I will hopefully have the car running again. Thanks to Steve and Brad for the heads up.

Tom, not all electrics will pull fuel out of the tank. An external fuel pump will mount towards the top of the tank and the fuel will have to be sucked out. Most pumps rely on the fuel being gravity fed into the pump . Steve, I will check out Yardley's website.

Okay everyone, The fuel pump quit working on my 70 Riv. After searching for 6 months I am considering going to a manual fuel pump instead. Does anyone know if Buick used a special cam in the 69-70 Riv's without the lobe that would run the mechanical fuel pump? Or has anyone found electric in tank pump that isn't rated for fuel injection? All of the generic l pumps I found are pushers and I don't believe they will pull fuel from the tank. Any help would be appreciated.

Larry, It has Bias ply tires and tubes.

The owners manual states the tire pressures for 1941 Buicks should be 25 psi front and 30 psi rear cold. The 25 seems low to me with that straight 8 sitting there. Is it best to follow this recommendation or use 30psi all around? I am interested in hearing what other owners are doing.

Keystone has a location in Ankeny. They have done great work for me including the bumpers on my Toronado, they still look great after 30 years. If you know someone in the auto repair trade, they used to ( may still do ) offer a 25% discount if sent through the repair shop.

You are leaving BIG shoes to fill buddy. Have fun and I hope to see you in OK.

Steve, Summit racing handles Metro at roughly 35% off Metros' list prices. The product is drop shipped from Metro and has free shipping on $99 and up orders, Metro doesn't offer free shipping.

Looks like you found a heck of a deal there. I would make the trade.

Mark, Hopefully you have two carbs sitting on top. The LX indicates a 1965 425 cubic inch engine with 2 4 barrel carbs. You probably have a Gran Sport or one of the rare non GS cars with this engine. Pictures of the car please!

When I had the car at Harrisburg, I asked to be put in the convertible class but Ray said I needed to be in the custom class. The Buick Club of America has a "S" class which is for cars that look like Buick could have built but didn't. This class is mostly for Hearses and Ambulances, this is the class the 96 goes when it gets judged.

Chiming in, If you can find one for sale, buy it. They were built quite well ( no cowl shake except for VERY rough RR crossings ) The roof is insulated so they are pretty quiet on the road with the top up. The main disadvantage is the top cover is custom so if it needs a new top it will cost more the a standard convertible top ( IE no reproductions available ). Avery fun car to drive and get decent gas mileage to boot.

Does anyone know if GM still has the last Riviera? I don't remember it being sold off during the great purge of the Heritage collection.

Currently on Ebay , The sign that was on the last Riviera Built for a mere $450 I couldn't paste the auction but the auction title is Buick Riviera Sign

Jim, RockAuto has the motor mounts for less then $5.00 each. The pictures look correct but that seems way too cheap. The may be having a fire sale on them.

That whooshing sound you hear is every 79-85 owner sharply drawing in their breath while looking at the pictures.

8?-85 Opera Lights is the post. It is on page 2 as of now.

Barney, They are in the Clive Cussler Museum. Clive is an author of action novels where his hero is a car collector and many of Clive's cars are in the books.

Derek, You want loop pile, cut pile wasn't until much later ( mid/late 70's ).

I have had NOS retainers do the same thing, bend the tabs a little outward.

The gray rubber trim around the mirror face makes this a late 60's mirror ( 67 to 70 ). The rubber trim is part of making cars safer in a crash.

John S, You are correct, they are not T-types but many people call them that . Normally the turbo convertibles do not have the amber turn signal lens, but have the "turbocharged" grill badge, fender badges and the alloy wheels to differentiate them from the "regular" convertibles.

He forgot to mention blind people as well.