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This is Riviera #3 for me...
I had a '64 in 1980, a '76 in 1982 and now a '64 in 2001...
I saw my first Riv in Kansas City where I worked for a short
time, a guy had 2 of them in his back yard near the apartment
my wife and I lived in. I didn't know it was a Riv...it just
looked cool. I looked into the car and decided we needed to
have it. Got it brought it back to New York when we moved and
had it for a few years...was the fastest, most powerful car
I had ever owned. Had a ball with it then sold it to a friend
of mine in the Air Guard. He had it awhile and sold it to another
guy in the Air Guard. Finally, it was sold to a guy who drives
it around Phoenix, NY.
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I liked the styling, power and uniqueness of the car. Never forgot
it...even after a 64 mustang, 57 Plymouth, 64 corvair, 64 bonneville,
52 chevy and a 66 gto convertible. When we moved to NC, I needed a
nice 3rd car to drive...found a good looking '64 Riv, had to have
it and got it...
Once you get one...the other cars just don't seem to match up.
Fred
Hi all
I was Rivieravirginlike in seeing and buying my Riv boattail without
Buick-memorys from my childhood. The reason for me was that she (my
riv) had perfect lines that attracted me. The car was even better
than the 65 Impala wich I like too and had the Barracuda/Corvette
looking rear window. An aggresive front like the Pontiacs from mid
60:ies.The car was the best from these cars and luxuous also. My Riv
72 was the ultimate choise and had the big block. "There is no
replacement for displacement" someone said (Shakespeare ?). So
I cant refer to my family because there were Austin, Standard Vanguard,
DKW, Opel, Volvo and other european cars. And, in these times 1950-60:ies
the european cars looked like american cars a couple of years after
they had been introduced in US. Nowadays most of the cars/models from
different manufacturers looks nearly the same (nearly, not all).
Have a nice weekend
Jan Norling
ROA#8315
Riv 72
My 64 is currently my 3rd and my 4th Riviera. My grandfather always
drove Invictas and Wildcats. I never understood why until I drove
my first Riv. It was a plain Jane Wedgwood Blue that I found on the
back of a local Buick dealer's lot. I drove it and it flew. I was
hooked then. The combination of styling, performance and rarity was
too much for me to resist. I bought it and managed to redo the entire
interior before I blew the engine trying to pass somebody. A also
had a rusty 65 and then a friend told me about a red low mileage 64
for sale. I saw it and bought it. It was pretty well equipped and
had 48K miles. Being in college at the time the harsh reality of tuition
I sold the red 64, drove the 65, and left the blue one in the garage.
I ended up selling all of them before I was out of school.
Flash forward 10 years. I was good Friday and I was gassing up for
the long drive on Sunday. While waiting in line to pay for my gas
I picked up an Auto Trader and on the first inside page was my red
64 Riv for sale. I called on the ad and it was the man I had sold
it to 10 years before. I went and saw it, drove it and bought it again,
though for much more than I sold it for 10 years ago. My wife couldn't
understand how I knew it was my car, but you just do. I have had the
car for 8 years and it will never be sold again. I added dual quads,
am/fm with reverb, a wood wheel, tach, and soon the spinner wheel
covers. It has become the car I dreamed of about 20 years ago when
I bought my first Riv. The only problem I have with it now is I have
3 kids and the whole family won't fit. Maybe time for a boat tail
or a convertible?
Larry Sachs
#4632
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