65 Riviera in Hot Rod Magazine

I wasn't sure where to post this so I thought this might be ok. Check out the latest Hot Rod magazine and see an LS3 engine put in a 65 Riv. Kicker is they machined valve cover plates/tops that make it look like a Nail Head. Painted it green and you really have to do a double take! It looks like a Nail Head in there!

 

All that trouble because they could not find a 425 Nailhead engine? o No:

The result looks very nice :TU:

Click photos to read the article :Comp:

 

They did a great job on the car. The attention to detail is phenomenal. That said, I'd rather see it Buick powered.

 

Impressive...but it's kind of like kissing your cousin. Looks like it would be a heck of a lot more fun than it probably is. There's a certain romance about fighting with a 50 year old car that this would take away and threaten to make it like any other modern appliance; - fast, sure-footed and, very boring. There's no challenge to driving this anymore.

Yeah, I'm another vote for the stock unit.

 

I have the same feeling when I look at this Mercedes diesel powered Electra that's for sale in Germany:

 

I see they hacked out the A/C. I wonder if it was originally one of the early wheezer GM diesels?

 

The diesel version had two batteries, one of them was mounted where the air ride leveling pump is located.
But maybe they moved that pump around?

Wasn't 1980 the first year for the 350 Olds diesel in a Buick?

 

Only one. Maybe it was a gasser. We used to convert them the opposite way. Diesel to gas.

 

Maybe that's a sign that this was not a diesel powered Buick from the factory :TU:
After all, it's a model year 1979 car.

From the 1980 Buick brochure:

 

Nice car, I hope they drive it.

 

Amazing they got it to fit. The 0-100 km/h time must be appalling though.
Maybe he should put it on reclaimed fast-food bio-fuel from a doughnut shop in as an added attraction to try and sell it; that's about the only way it'll ever "excite the senses", because it's still a stinker of a car.

 

Are there doughnut shops in Germany?

 

I think I do see a battery on the far left side of the engine compartment.

 

Yes, but the diesel version had two batteries.
One on each side of the radiator :TU:

You first wrote this:

 

This thread seems to have gone off course.:laugh: Nice Riviera, personally I don't have a problem with the LS engine in the Riviera, even though I wouldn't do it. I bet it would take a person familiar with Buicks to know the difference.


Bob H.

 

good engineering and well done! :TU:

 

Beautiful Riv! Very nicely done. I bet it 's a blast to drive past all that have no clue what lies beneath all that gorgeous sheet metal. I'd be proud to own it! :TU:

 

Yes, but the diesel version had two batteries.
One on each side of the radiator

Quote Originally Posted by Bad Boattail View Post
The diesel version had two batteries, one of them was mounted where the air ride leveling pump is located.
But maybe they moved that pump around?
You first wrote this:

Quote Originally Posted by Smokey15 View Post
I didn't even see a battery. Trunk mount now?

Deleted second AFTER I spotted the battery. That was about 30 seconds after I posted! I converted a couple diesels to Olds engines. Pretty easy to do.