Survivor Car!! 1971 Buick Riviera Boat Tail. 47318 Original Miles. Original Owner Title and Sales Receipt. Original Owner Deceased. Must Sell!! Needs Paint. $5000 or best offer. Car is located in El Paso Texas. Call D.J. 702-207-6544
Go to MYRIDE.COM for more car videos.With the debut of the Enclave Crossover, there seems to more interest in the Buick brand than we've seen in a long time. Here comes the Riviera concept, looking like nothing we've ever seen wearing a tri-flag badge, it is a sports coupe of classic proportion with an elaborate front end design. The debut of the concept in Detroit tells us that maybe the concept will make it to reality some day.
"Faced with slumping sales, Buick briefly flirted with a radical departure from their stodgy image in 1987, when the Board of Directors secretly commissioned Jerry Hirschberg - the original head designer of the powerful & highly-styled 'Boattail Riviera' - to 'reinterpret the classic boattail design and usher in a new Golden Era for Buick.'Working under a non-disclosure policy so strict it was "pretty much a secrecy oath," Hirschberg spent nearly two years on his design - which maintained the trademark 'boattail' rear end while adding futuristic flourishes, including a scooped grill and daring wheel skirts.When it was finally unveiled to the Board in 1990, the proposed "re-energizer" of the Buick brand was hugely controversial - and it is not hard to see why, with its gas-devouring, old school 455 V8 and unique styling that many on the board condemned as "beyond comic book."When the building that housed the only '90 Boattail prototype - as well as all the related plans and drawings - went up in flames, the supporters of the neo-boattail suspected arson. However, no investigation was ever launched. With the project mired in controversy and now hopelessly behind schedule, the experiment was left behind. Instead, Buick continued on the safe and staid course that had been its path for the last couple of decades - ever since the last of the boattail Rivieras had rolled off the assembly lines in 1973."(from the book "Not Your Father's Buick")
Official 1973 Buick Riviera promotion movie, mixed with images and movie clips of Dutch Buick Rivieras. Title of the song is "Two tons of steel", performed by Buddard.This original promo movie was bought by my mate Rob Houter, converted into a digital version, and edited by Rob with the music and other footage.
Customized Riviera. All paint was black made to the exterior and the re-chromium of the chromium part was carried out. A new tire and wheel were attached. The exhaust pipe was also changed. The body was made lowdown. He leads new life in Japan after this. check it out!
