wildcat1562 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) my uncle is selling his 63 riv, it runs and drives but it needs paint and some interior work he has had it for a bit and can not afford it anymore he is retired and hopes someone will buy it and fix it back to what it was it has electric vents, and windows 425 4bbl motor and a few other things he would like $2700 for it he is getting ready to put it back in storage for the winter being on a fixed income he does not have any extra moneys for it kind of sad i have a few pics of it here you can email me at ghildebrand@wi.rr.com or call 920-893-0629 be patient i don't get back sometimes for a few days on the emails thanks Greg the car is in plymouth, wi Edited November 9, 2016 by wildcat1562 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Email sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat1562 Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 car is sold, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivman Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 8:07 AM, MrEarl said: Email sent On 11/13/2016 at 8:35 AM, wildcat1562 said: car is sold, thank you Has MrEarl found his First Generation Riviera? Congrats if so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Afraid not Randall, and this would have been a good buy. Currently storage is a problem, and I am working on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivman Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Sorry to hear it, I guess I made an assumption I shouldn't have made. I know about storage problems too, and I too am working on that. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 It has been my wife's long time dream to own a '63 Riviera. This one became a reality for us at a $$ level I can handle and more appropriately the timing is great. It is a retirement gift to her. Here are a couple of pictures. Loren@65GS.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Congrats hupplifer, that eases the pain . And thanks to wildcat for offering it here at a very fair price. No wonder why I love this forum and the people in it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) Thanks Mr Earl. I concur with it being a fair price. Now for the wait to bring it home to Nebraska. Need to join the ROA and in the interim, research, research, research. lol Here is the cowl tag Loren@65GS.com Edited November 18, 2016 by hupplifer (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Congrats on a great looking car at a great price. If you posted the data plate for some "decoding" here's what it boils down to: 01D - built the fourth week of January 63-4747 - 1963 Riviera two door hardtop FB18931 - Fisher Body sequence out of 40.000 788 - Black leather J2 - Power seat CC - Arctic white ACC - list of accessories as follows D - Provisions for a radio (There were a few different options: AM w/ or w/o electric antenna, AM wonder bar w/ or w/o electric antenna, and AM/FM was very rare) I6 (not 16) - Tinted glass - all, not just the windshield N2 - Air conditioning SU8 - Door edges guards, remote mirror, power windows AND vents Z4 - Remote trunk release All of these items were installed in the Fisher Body plant before the body - just the body, no frame, engine, driveline, fenders, bumpers, etc. were installed. So you have other options that may not show up on the data plate. Such as Cruise control, what kind of wheel cover (Buick rally wheels were not available on the Riviera until 1965), four note horn, guidematic, twilight sentinel, cornering lamps, tilt wheel., etc. Here's a picture of the window sticker from my '63. At the bottom you'll see a number of "items that are standard equipment on the 1963 RIviera that are options on other Buick models. The window sticker show both power vents (U7) and power windows (U6 )as separate options, which they were, but the data plate combines them (U8) . Same with the remote mirror and door edge guards . Do any of you '63 owners still have the LICENSE PLATE FRAME - third item mentioned about - that came from the factory, not the dealership, but the factory? ( Mine disappeared into the bowels of the body shop when I had to have some rear end collision work done back in '83.) Ed Edited November 21, 2016 by RivNut (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K. Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Ed, do you have an old or stock photo of the frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 No, I don't. I've been looking for some kind of picture for a long time. I can describe it but you'll have to use your imagination as well. This is the best way that I can describe it. " Take a small door edge guard and make a rectangular frame out if it that would just fit over the raw edge of a license plate (you'd want to radius the corners to match the corners of a license plate.) Then cut the back off of one of the ends so the plate could be slipped into the rest of the frame. What you'd wind up with would be a very small frame that would be about 1/8' to 3/16" wide that would just cover the outer lip of a license plate.. No names, no scripts, no emblems, just a nice neat decoration to clean up the edges of a license plate. It slid over the plate and unlike the newer frames, it did not have holes in the frame that aligned with the holes in a plate. I'll do some Google searches and see what I can come up with. If I find anything, I'll post a picture. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivman Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I don't mean to hijack the thread, but, is this what you are talking about Ed? I bought these NOS frames from a long time ROA member a couple years ago. He said they are a matched pair, the one for the back has a raised place to pull the plate down to get to the gas tank. They both have steel spring clips on the back to hold it to the plate. Just thought I would see if it was what you were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Close but no horse shoes. Frame is like a round tube with a slot cut along it. The license plate slips into the slot. The one I'm referring to is quite a bit narrower than the one you pictured. I think it's a one year only deal for 1963. At least the '63 window sticker is the only year in which I've seen it listed. Thanks, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Thanks Ed, I had found that information and it matches the options on the car. Other than a paint job and incorrect wheels it seems fairly unscathed. It has the trumpet horns and tilt wheel also. My wife has joined the ROA. So I have been having some fun reading the members only area. Loren@65GS.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Very nice. Drive it and enjoy it. In your posts you don't indicate where you live. Left coast, heartland, east coast. Just wondering how soon you'll be showing up at one of our ROA events. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 18 minutes ago, RivNut said: Very nice. Drive it and enjoy it. In your posts you don't indicate where you live. Left coast, heartland, east coast. Just wondering how soon you'll be showing up at one of our ROA events. Ed Probably not too far from you Ed. We are outside a small town called Firth , NE. It is about half way between Beatrice and Lincoln ,NE. Not sure when we will be showing up with the Riviera. I want to go over it for road worthiness before any lengthy drives Loren@65GS.com It will be spring before the Riviera comes home. It is in storage with other cars and boats, locked in as I understand. With this time of year the weather can change so quickly, I was concerned about getting it home in a timely manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 So, she is finally home, and Roxy is one happy lady. Loren@65GS.com 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 A picture of the Riviera in her new home after a 600 mile ride in the rain. Loren@65GS.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrlforfun Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 OK Ms. Lauren: You ditched so many cars to the front of the line. 1. A 600 mile drive home says a LOT about an old car. 2. It's a custom interior with a/c and power vents. Nicely equipped....and BTW, like the auction announcers commonly say....nicely bought! Mitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat1562 Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Glad to see you made it home ok, and the car has a great home to keep going, post some pics once in awhile for us to see how its going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cannon Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Loren, please look inside the glove box and tell me if you see a round metal bezel on the hole where the glovebox light shines down into the box. Also please look at the trim around the windshield. Is it painted or chrome plated? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Hi Jim We cleaned out the interior before parking it in the garage and I can say, there is no round metal bezel. But that is because the original glove box is not in it. When we get back home, I will check out the trim around the windshield. We made a trip to Minnesota for the Spring Extravaganza that is hosted by the BCA Gopher State Chapter. On the Saturday before the show/swap we have a get together- BBQ for the '65 Gran Sport Division group. Stay tuned, Loren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasander Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Jim I have the round lens in he glove box. Don't they all? My windshield trim is painted, I have seen them both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cannon Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 11 hours ago, Chasander said: Jim I have the round lens in he glove box. Don't they all? My windshield trim is painted, I have seen them both ways. No. The initial version of the glovebox had a square hole cut in the top of the glovebox, but no bezel. Later they made it a round hole and added a bezel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loren@65GS.com Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Jim, Sorry for the slow reply. We went to Minnesota for the Spring Extravaganza on Sunday, then spent a few days visiting friends and relatives. Arrived home last night. The windshield pillars are chrome plated on the inside. The rest of the trim for the headliner is painted silver to go with the headliner. Today, I found this bezel in the center console box. Is this for the glove box lamp? Loren@65GS.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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