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Has anyone heard anything about this unit? HEI nailhead distributor from Speeday Motors. https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speedway-Motors-Buick-Nailhead-V8-HEI-Distributor,443608.html?utm_medium=CSEGoogle&utm_source=CSE&utm_campaign=CSEGOOGLE&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoa2xBhACEiwA1sb1BDPyh5o1TDkYuqRWE3VIc8xVzHRccAbOA_bN_Zl8lZ8LqVb4Ib1VvxoCb-cQAvD_BwE

I have what appears to be an OE '66 oil pressure sender. If you're interested, send me a PM Ed

Type “Tom Telesco Muscle Connecticut” into you Google browser for Tom’s phone number. Or open this older link from this forum.

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The starter ring on a 63 is welded to the Dynaflow’s torque converter, not the flex plate as it is on the ST400 transmission equipped cars. You should be able to take the nose from the 63 starter and bolt it on to the later (shorter) starter. It’s only that nose piece that is shorter on the later ones. That’s why the ones you’re getting seem “too short.” They are!

I think that in order to seal the rear window to the roof rail, you need to replace the entire piece from front to back.

Larry & Todd Craft, owners of Sunrise Auto Glass, once told me that they’d never run into a problem with a station wagon having problems with electric windows. Their theory was that the kids in the back seat used them so much they never had a chance to get gummed up. Sounds logical.

Here is a photo of a 1965 Buick Riviera order for. Option V2 is for the “chrome plated wheel.” No other name or optional wheel choice, just the spoked wheel cover.

As Tom pointed out, “chrome wheels” is how they were described on the 1965 Buick Riviera order sheet. In 1964, if you ordered them for your new Wildcat, they were referred to as “Formula Five” wheels. Anything else is just a moniker that someone has hung on them.

When you had your driveshafts rebuilt did you look in your service manual for the proper phasing. If I remember correctly, it’s something like 105 degrees.

Tire width is the first three digits in the size. 225 mm is 225 mm whether it is 75 or 35. The two digit number following the / in the tire size is the height expressed as a % of the width. A 225/75 tire means that the height is 75% of 225mm. A 225/60 tire means the height is 60% of 225mm. Both are the same width. One thing that could dictate whether a tire rubs or doesn’t rub might be the rim width or back spacing. What we tend to forget is that in 63, 64, and 65, bias ply tires were closer to 83% height to width ratios. Modern tires the same height as the originals will be wider than the originals so unless run a much smaller tire, you’re liable to experience some tire rub. To get away from any rubbing possibilities, you’d probably have to drop down to a 205 width on a 5.5” rim. That would create an unusual appearance and the rolling diameter of the tire would cause you to run the engine at higher than normal RPMs which will have a negative affect your gas mileage. If you’re thinking that you want to run that small of a tire, be sure to check the load range of the tire which determines how much weight the tires will carry safely. My 1990 Riviera uses 205/70R15 tires but it weights 600 lbs less than the 63 or 64.

The first part of Tom’s post is a fact. In fact it may save someone’s life. The second part is an opinion. Everyone should be entitled to express his/hers without any repercussions. Like my opinion “If wire wheels were meant to be on a Riviera, the designers would have built it that way. That’s what they did with the 53 and 54 Skylarks. Best looking wheel treatment for the 63/64 is the cast aluminum cover.” Thanks for letting me express my opinion. Ed 😎

The true 53/54 Skylark wheels have exposed lug nuts. 😎

No reason you cannot run both gauges AND idiot lights.

Your best bet is probably finding some 15x6 aftermarket wire wheels. Wheel vintiques has a 15 x 6 Slylark replica for ~ $775 each. Probably less expensive than finding and renewing any originals that you may find.