Guest GM-Classics Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 http://www.mcsmk8.com/65-RIV/65-RIV.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewatersky Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 nice !BEAUTIFUL actually.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965rivgs Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Larry finally sold his car. First time I saw it was at Indy back in the `80`s...nice low mileage original then, Tom Mooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GM-Classics Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Thanks... I appreciate the kind words and I have to say the car is well deserving with not a lot of credit on my part other than some common age maint needed after all these years. I got the AC/Climate all working to spec too, something Larry did not really need in MI. Helps being an AC tech on cars from this era too. Yes Larry kept that car nice for a long time. It took me over 4 years to get him to sell. Glad some of you got to see it years ago in the venues it followed. I hope to bring the car up a little notch without being intrusive under my watch too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob J Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wow, what a sweet car, and a time capsule!!! Beautiful!!! A great car to use as a guide for us guys restoring cars. Nice photo's too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Buick Riviera Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the link to pictures in high resolution - this is very helpful for restoration works ;-).Incredible car - congratulations !ps. Edward Sypniewski Edited June 13, 2012 by buick-riviera.pl (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cannon Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Beautiful car.I strongly recommend you reverse that battery, or install a "reverse post" battery in that car, to get that positive post/clamp away from the fender (and away from where the hood comes down close to that battery post). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rsmalling Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Super Nice!! Wonderful pictures as well. Thanks for putting those up! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) X2 What Jim says about the battery. I can speak from experience as to what havoc can result from the pos post being close to the fender. It's not the fender that causes the problem it's the brace on the hood that's too close to that + post.If you look at some original Buick literature / advertising you'll see that Buick ran the cables between the caps on the battery and put the positvie post closer to the radiator. If you can't do that because of the new style battery tops, buy a size 27F instead of a 27. That puts the pos. post close to the radiator but at the back of the battery. The picture I'm posting is from a 1963 Riviera sales brochure. If you look closely, you can see a P on the post closer to the radiator. It show how the cable is routed between the battery post. I saw quite a few cars in Monterey where the battery was installed incorrectly. I tried to advise evey owner I could about the hazards involved. Told them my story of the short and resulting electrical fire under the hood of my '63. Not a fun fix.Ed Edited June 13, 2012 by RivNut (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GM-Classics Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Thnaks on the Battery.... That one is just temp and a correct style will be put in later and I will see if I can reverse those. I usually do them on the old cadillacs too as its the same deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kingoftheroad Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 That is one beautiful red Riv.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtDan Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Thanks for posting.What an exceptional car!And the pics will be a great resource for me (and others too, I'm sure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob J Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) As I'm sure you already know, being your an avid collector, there are companies making identical looking batteries to the original.http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries/gm/G27D-Delco.html Edited June 14, 2012 by Rob J (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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