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I've never tried it but have the stuff to try it if/when necessary. My thoughts are that broken circuits could be fixed using the kits available for repairing rear windwo defroster lines when they get torn. ??????? Ed

Pete, Over on the left hand side of their website is a place for you to enter year, make, and model. That will lead you to the lenses and other stuff for the year you need. Ed

Because of your number of posts, you probably can't post any pictures yet. But to get some positive responses, you should list a price and offer to send pictures to folks at their email addresses. At the last few Riviera Owners events, the 95 - 99 class has had the largest number of entries. They do have a dedicated following. Ed

Al Schmidt provided a link for someone to find new front turn signal lenses and I scoured the sight pretty good. This company has new repo tail light bezels advertised - there's no picture or description however. They also have new repo '63 & '64 tail light lenses. The bezels are the 4th or 5th item from the top. www.gmobsolete.com Just fill in year, make, and model for the correct link Ed

Thanks for the update.

Spotted on the Kansas City Craigslist. 1954 Buick

If you're going to add a remote trunk release, you might look at some of the later Buicks and Cadillacs along the order of my '93 Riviera. It has an electric trunk release but the nice thing about it is that when you lower the lid, you just lower it. The trunk mechanism has a "pull down" feature to it. You never have to slam it or push it to get it to latch. As long as you're at it, you might as well add electric locks to the doors.

To convert to power seats, you'd need the seat frame, all of the wiring, and the switch and panel from the arm rest. The trunk release would require the trunk mechanism, looooooooooooooooong vacuum tube, and the plunger that mounts in the glove box.

What shape is your dash board in? Any cracks? (I have two with cracks now.) Some of the more rare things that guys might be looking for would be: four note horns, - two large trumpets attached to the underside of the hood rear defroster, - in the package tray power vent windows, rear arm rest - folds down between the rear seats cornering lights - in the front turn signal housing Guide matic - automatically dims headlights - looks like a torpedo on the dash Twilight sentinel - automatically turns on headlights when dark - disk on dash Power vent windows Parts that are in demand Good clips that hold the horseshoe moldings on Good tail light bezels and lenses The guys on this forum are just like kids, they love to look at pictures - the more you post, the more you'll sell. Ed

Tom, I'm sure I've got the license plate lens part, and I think I've got some coach light parts. I don't have the '86 cover, but I do have a complete set of '84/'85 covers that I need to get rid of. I'll let you know for sure what I have later today or tomorrow. Ed

Tom, I'll check but I think I may have those other parts you listed. I have 4+ of the original wheel covers. Same price as before, all you need to do is cover actual shipping charges. I'll dig around in the shed tomorrow and see what I can come up with. I'm pretty sure that the coach light won't work, but it will fill a hole if that's your intent. Ed

I know this thread pertains to paint removal but I thought I'd bring up rust removal as well. I'm also curious if anyone else has seen, used, or heard of this method. It seems easy and ecologically friendly. Ed

I've seen videos of that, let us know what you think. It would probably work okay if you can keep the blade out of the sheet metal.

Then type www.sylvania.com in your browser and follow the prompts. Consumer products, Automotive lighting Then the info about your car.

I've had a bunch of these first generation Rivieras and I've never found any mastic between the skin and the door upon removal of the skin.

Nathaniel, Replica plastics are the fiberglass fillers. I've installed one set of them. When I did mine about 6-7 years ago, they were pretty good. The fiberglass ones are the one piece units. From what I understand lately though, the molds have deteriorated and the glass is now wavy when it's released from the mold. Tom T. says that he got a good set from The Buick Farm. Ed

Here's a source for any year, make, model. I picked '1964 Riviera because it was between '63 and '65. http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/LampReplacementGuide/AutoLRG-Results.htm Ed

Brian, Those Carter Competition Series 9000 carburetors could be purchsed new with an electirc choke or with the manual choke like yours - the manual choke carbs were quite a bit less expensive. They were built identical to original Carter AFB's, as are the Edelbrock AFB's, except for the diameter of the neck - and all parts should interchange. Tom T suggests that to keep the original air cleaner on a new Edlebrock, just swap an original top plate for the Edlebrock plate. If your local carb guy has an older AFB for parts, it's probable that you could install an automatic choke assembly from an original carb on your 9000 series carb. It could also be probable that the Edlebrock kit for their AFB would work on your Carter. Edelbrock 1478 - Edelbrock Electric Choke Kits - Overview - SummitRacing.com I ran a 750 cfm 9000 series for a while on my '63 and ran a choke cable to a place under the dash. It worked fine, just like the old truck on the farm did with its manual choke. (I also had to run an aftermarket air cleaner.) I sold that carb and another matching unit along with a 2x4 manifold to another Riviera guy some time ago. He's still running both carbs with progressive linkage on that manifold and using the manual choke on the rear of the two carbs (the front choke he's wired open on his '64. 1500 cfm's at WOT - Wheeeeee! Good luck and keep us informed as to what you do. Ed

Everything I copied from the chassis manual is in the format of 401 v 425. Take a look at Jon's entire website; he's very knowledgeable about old carbs up through 1975. I think he's out two years on rebuilds / restorations so what he's listed for sale probably falls into the to-be-rebuilt category. Tell him you're an ROA member. I had invited him to the Branson event last summer, but his dad is in bad health and he didn't want to leave his dad for an extended time. I know for a fact that a '63 carb wouldn't have the correct linkage, nor would a '66. The '63 uses a rod attached directly to the Dynaflow trans, and the '66 has a different switch set up from the '64 (I have a complete example of each of the '63, '64 and '66 units) What I don't know is if the '65 carb has the same kickdown linkage as the '64 or the '66. The '65 has the variable pitch torque converter so it might use the same linkage as a '66. Someone else will have to answer that one for you. Ed

Brian, Here's the scoop from my '64 chassis manual - Section 3-2 Specifications. 401 w/ auto transmission AFB 3633S 425 w/ auto transmission AFB 3665S There are some slight differences in the sizes of the: low speed jet #65 v. #68 secondary metering jet 120-158 v. 120-159 & metering rod 16-219 v. 16-167 I'm running a #3633S on my '64 and it runs fine. The major thing you want to be looking at is the linkage - it needs to have the correct linkage to activate the kickdown for your ST400 transmission. Jon at The Carburetor Shop in Eldon, MO shows one of each on his Carburetors for Sale page http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Carbsale.htm Ed

As Al and Jason previously stated, great car - great story. There is a separate forum for Riviera owners at the bottom of the Buick forums. Hop over there and show all of the other Riviera owners your car and tell them your story as well. Hopefully by this time you've checked out the link to the ROA that Al posted. Ed

Thanks, I emailed them and I'll let you know what I hear from them. Ed

I considered that but to keep the originality of the car I want to maintain the OE receiver. I'm updating all six speakers, and the Delco Cassette player has a built in amp and 5-band equalizer built in. For OE units, this has tremendous sound separation to the six speakers and the built in amp also acts as a crossover so the highs are high, and the bass is bass. I'll probably wind up doing what ever I can to convince Linda to keep the receiver that's in it now and we'll use the cassette player for the Sirius Radio part and she'll just have to listen to her music on her MP3 player.

I worked at that auction. Lot #T124 was a white 1990 convertible and it soldl for $12,000 on on Dec. 1, 2011 . http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=KC1211-118664 Ed

The cassette adapter (one comes with each car kit) is what I'm using with the dock in my daily driver* but I'll need a line-in jack if I go with the AM/FM Radio CD player. I know of all the other options, I'm just looking for someone who can install a jack in a OE receiver. Ed *One nice thing about my JEEP Grand Cherokee - the radio come with both a mulitdisk CD player AND a cassette in the same head unit. Nothing remote. The radios are satellite ready, but the satellite receiver is mega bucks. It's also equipped with a headphone jack so back seat passengers can listen to a separate station using the same receiver.