Female 72 Riv GS owner from Black Forest

WOW!!! ERIK

Thank you so much for that quick answer. It`s all there incl. the bracket.
Has anybody got an idea how many non A/C Rivs where sold 72?

 

PM board member robs71redriv about that, I believe he has the right documentation to answer your question :TU:

Are you interested in a Boattail meeting in the Netherlands, later this year ?

 

Claudia,
Welcome, a lot of great info on this board,that Riv is a great find. They made VERY FEW without A/C but no actual count. I found this one in Flint Michigan last year.<a href="http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/batcar73/Flint%202010/?action=view&amp;current=parts009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/batcar73/Flint%202010/parts009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

Claudia,

Do you know if the yellow high beam (inner) lights are the "sealed beam" type or not ?
If German TV doesn't allow them on your car, or if you want to change them for regular lights, let me know :TU:



(Replacements are made by Hella, for sale in your local automotive store)

 

Erik,
As the car was street legal in France the beams got the E-No. That means they are legal all over the EU. The bulbs are white with removeable yellow plastic covers.
You got good eyes!
I asked Rob for the non A/C production No. Boattails 72. He hasn`t got them for that year but for the other years he says 99.3 % got A/C.
Thanks for that informations, Claudia

 

there were 33728 Riv built in 1972 and 28943 had A/C so 7785 did not have A/C 85.8% had it according to my records, from BMD

 

So, they are not the original sealed beam type head lights, because they have removable bulbs.
That's what I was on about.

Don't count too much on it that cars from one EU country are street legal in the next EU country if you want to register them there.
And this was a brand new import in 1972, do you think they had E-numbers and regulations in those days ?

In Germany you have to have everything written on the car registration documents. (Fahrzeugbrief)
For example: You can't go from the original 6J rims and 215 tyres to 10J rims with 295 tyres without written permission from TV.

In the Netherlands we can do that without a problem, we are even allowed to run our classic tax exempt cars on LPG.

Anyway, I hope to see you at a few car shows in your area later this year.

What about the Fun Car Show in Illzach, France ?
Or the big American Life meeting in Oensingen, Switzerland ?
Or Gaggi's meeting in Ebenweiler, Baden-Wrttemberg ?

I will also attend a smaller meeting in Ohnenheim, Alsace.
And of course the annual meeting of the Swiss Buick Club, somewhere in August.

 

Another speedy answer from a specialist. I do own some more classic cars and know how important a private library can be. But to get such information on my own would take me ages.
Thank you Roberta

 

I Love this country

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You rock :Smarty:

 

It is awesome how much info Erik with a >>>K has at his fingertips. Rock on Erik!

I hope we can meet again someday. Frank

 

I see another typo:

33728 - 28943 = 4785

That's 14.18% without AC, or (like Roberta copied from her BMD records) 85.82% that came with AC :TU:

 

:Smarty:I think I posted and gave credit to Roberta above.........................you need another hobby besides correcting people.

 

You rock :Smarty:

 

Opppps!!! Erik
My boyfriend and me have been to Classic Car Meetings in Ebenweiler twice.
We never met you because we spent the weekends there for the Triumph Spitfire Meetings. I think Gaggi`s is one week later.
We will try to meet you there this year!
Martin supports me in any way but he prefers his little english car instead of those huge US Muscle Cars. I do own a Spitfire as well!
Oensingen and Aarau are on my list.
Claudia

 

Roberta here is 71 A/c numbers I pulled from pages from you via Diego

C61 15 Automatic Climate Control Air Conditioning System 4,309 12.7%
C60 16 Air Conditioning Manual Control 28,924 85.5%
Total A/C 33,223 98.3%

STND No Air Conditioning 587 1.7%

Thanks to lots of help of Diego and Roberta on the production numbers - the full 71 -73 Riviera options/colors numbers/pricing summary is at

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Boattail Riviera Option-Production Numbers - Prices - Availability-Colors

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and now that my brain slipped back into gear heres the 72 numbers
C61 15 Automatic Climate Control An Conditioning System 4,465 13.2%
C60 16 Air Conditioning Manual Control 28,943 85.8%
Total A/C 33,408 99.1%
STND No Air Conditioning 320 .9%

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Roberta
Claudias also has
Export options
T74 99 DUAL HDLPS LT RULE OF ROAD
V78 67 DELETE COMPLIANCE CERT
W23 66 KILO SPEED

do have any numbers those and other export -required Canadian Base Equipment Mods

here is what I extracted from parts/assembly manual for 72

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U18 66 SPEEDO (EXPORT)
A48 J2 DELETE FR & RR SHOULDER BELTS (EXPORT)
WO5 J2 DELETE ALL BELTS EXPORT
T74 99 DUAL HDLPS LT RULE OF ROAD
V78 67 DELETE COMPLIANCE CERT
W23 66 KILO SPEEDO & ALERT AUTO TRANS REQUIRED
Y50 88 EXPORT PREPARATION

Canadian base equipment includes
Anti freeze -34
GM Canada - Oil Change Sticker
737091 Folder, Owners Manual (Canadian Only)
[h=1]737102 Folder, Protection Plan & Warranty (Canadian Only)
[/h] [h=1]737422 Booklet, Exhaust Emission Warranty (Canada) [/h] [h=1]Limited slip decal [/h]



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Export options for Claudia's


U18 66 SPEEDO (EXPORT) not on yours see below
A48 J2 DELETE FR & RR SHOULDER BELTS (EXPORT)
*WO5 J2 DELETE ALL BELTS EXPORT
T74 99 DUAL HDLPS LT RULE OF ROAD - you would this depended on local laws - for Germany would be required - France I'm not of - think we should include .
V78 67 DELETE COMPLIANCE CERT -you would this -means label for saftey certifciation on drivers was not put on would be N.E.C.
W23 66 KILO SPEEDO & ALERT AUTO TRANS REQUIRED - this is what you have - notice the reset knob is missing
would be instead of
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[TD] K3
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Y50 88 EXPORT PREPARATION

 

Hi Claudia,
beautiful Riviera, congrats! And nice to see another Import from France. I bought my Electra near Toulouse last year, it was delivered to the first owner in Paris. Mine is also A/C delete, seems it wasn't a popular option in France...

Bernd