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My guess would be to contact the CA DMV and request a new plate due to the fact that you "lost" one. I my state MA, you just pay for a replacement plate. In MA, plates don't stay with the sale of a car.

Ingenious!

"Shallow Hal" with Jack Black and Gwyneth Paltrow (just on TV again the other night); an 89-93 slant-back Buick Riviera.

I feel the same way with those big a-- band saws.

I'm going to guess 1956? My '56 Mercury had one, but my dad's '60 Ford Fairlane did not.

My dad had a free trip to Hawaii curtesy of the US Navy. The dangerous part was that he was there on December 7, 1941, on deck of the Battleship Oklahoma.

My sentiments exactly.

I also had the exact same problem.

Tom...I think you forgot what your first name is. I still remember mine, and I'm a hell of a lot older than you!!

I remember on "M" Squad Lee Marvin drove a shoe-box Ford.

My suggestion would be to contact the AACA library to see if they could help.

Friday, I spent just 99 cents for a head of iceberg lettuce on sale at my MA Stop n' Shop grocery store.

Never been there, would never do that...totally afraid of heights!

I was influenced by my dad to the car hobby but not the types of autos. He was strictly a Ford guy while I'm interested mostly in Buicks and Cadillacs. He did teach me a lot about auto mechanics during my youth up until I left home in my twenties.

Wow, that air filter was certainly dirty for the Riv having only 11K+ miles!

My dad bought one new in August of 1962 at Good Brothers Ford in Randolph, MA. Got my drivers license in 1966 using that car. His trade-in was a 1956 Ford Fairlane 4door that he bought new in San Deigo, CA.

Would have loved to see a Reatta rear wheel drive turbo V6 in production. My guess is that GM would have sold quite a few.

There is also an online forum that is dedicated to the last generation Rivieras: Riviera Performance - Dashboard (editboard.com). Check it out.

Beautiful looking '97 Riviera. Good luck with it. I once owned both a '96 and a '97, both supercharged. If conditions were right, I could actually "chirp" the front tires at full acceleration! One thing I experienced between my two Rivieras was that the '97 had a "one-year-only" differently configured suspension than the other '95-'99 Rivieras.

When I was 17 in 1966, I bought my neighbor's 1956 Mercury for $35. It had a 3 on the floor "speed-O-matic" spring loaded neutral so that you could jamb it from 1st to 2nd real fast. It had been converted from a 3 on the tree. Brother and I stripped all the chrome trim work off and painted it "British Racing Green"! I sold it a couple of years later for $50.

His organization hosted the BCA 50th anniversary in 2016.

Merry Christmas to you too, Ronnie.

At 74, I no longer want to restore them...just drive them.

I've owned two Cadillacs with the NorthStar 4.6V8 engine; a 1999 ETC (sold it and bought my 1991 Reatta) and my current 2000 ESC. I have to admit I've never had any oil or head gasket issues with either Caddy. Now that I no longer own a Riviera, I plan to drive my 2000 Eldorado to the 2024 ROA National in KY. Maybe I can slip it in with the 6th or possibly the 8th gen Rivieras!

Butta Bing!! Butta Boom!!