Reatta Riviera Eldorado Allante similarities help please

[tbenvie]

I have an 87 Allante that has a great body but everything else is bad-interior, drivetrain, etc. I hate to part it and junk it and was wondering about modifying it. I know the front core support of the Reatta-Riviera-Eldorado is the same. I believe the engine cradle is as well. I remember people would swap the Riviera brake system to a Reatta-could it also be done on the Eldorado-Allante? Have plenty of time to play around with it, so that is not a problem. I remember someone made a rear wheel drive Reatta-any info on what had to be done? Looking for ideas to save the car and be different

[Barney Eaton]

Tom.... If the Allante used the parts you mentioned, then it may have also used the rear suspension.    

There may miscellaneous standard parts that are the same but I don't know how or where that info would be available. 

Have you tried Rock Auto?    Look up a part for the Allante... go to the blue part number for that part and click on it....  it will list the vehicles it also fits. 

 

PS I use your 1991 database all the time.   Wish we had it for other years. 

[2seater]

Tom, have you ever thought about perhaps mounting the body on a rwd chassis? This is a guy I have seen at the Buick GS Nationals for more than a decade and a half. The Corvair is on another GM chassis, maybe an S10, I don't remember exactly. This car looks just as it could have been factory, not cutup or jacked up. That's a Buick 455 in the front bay of the Corvair, it is nice and stealthy, quiet and it runs 10's. The other car, the Fiero, is Ryan from GM Tuners with a Series II 3800 that has been turbocharged, also looks factory. These pics are from 2007.

 

 

[tbenvie]

I have thought of this, particularly an XLR chassis as it retains the Northstar. I have seen a few burned candidates but prices are still way up there.  Also thought of something like a front subframe such as the early Camaros.  I just hate the idea of junking a perfectly good Allante body because of all the other issues.