63 Riv at Pick and Pull

I was at the pick and pull in Ontario,CA yesterday and stumbled across this ‘63 Riviera.

The interior had pretty much been gone through. There was a floor shift and the instrument cluster remaining.

engine looked to be all there.

 

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You would be smart to pick everything good left on that car, money well spent because these get restored and no parts are available for guys that love these. You could make some good $$

 

Larry Daisey died in December 2022, Steve is now taking care of his old company Riv Parts. He has loads of used first generation Riviera parts for sale:

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Fair enough. I definitely thought the motor would be a cool thing to have. But I’m in an apt, and the carport is pretty filled with parts as it is.

if I make my way back there I might get some parts and post them here.

mig anyone needs anything, let me know

 

I just looked at that listing. People definitely mulled that car over pretty good. Someone cut the door skin off even.

sears, door cards, interior trim, gone. Gauges, shifter, motor and trans, bumper, and some exterior trim still there.

 

You can simply take the door skin off, it's bolted on, no need to cut it off.
Don't waste your money, time and storage space on parts from that car, there are enough parts, reproduction and used, for sale.

 

That's a '64 model
Tom Mooney

 

Yes, I forgot to mention that.

2nd digit = J for 1963 and K for 1964.

Also, the 1963 model had B U I C K letters on the boot lid and the Buick Tri-Shield logo in the rear lenses.
The 1964 model came with the Riviera R logo in the lenses and a Riviera script on the passenger side, like the car in the PickYourPart yard:

 

There is some Rivi gold still on that car.

 

Unfortenetly, everything nailhead 67 is true. Finding the buyers is difficult, and the LOGISTICS will be the GORILLA in the room. Crap, it's a restorable solid car. Dumped at the pick a part. They would have at least tripled their money by listing the hulk on the internet. I've seen the same thing, numerous times at the El Paso and Albuquerque self service yards. Estate car unsold, goes straight to the yard. Almost all were Oddballs or niche cars, with difficult to sell parts.