I like the '66-67's better & tbh don't know much about Rivs (had a loaded '66 Riv. GS many years ago) but I sure do like this one. Not that I'm in a space/$ position to get another one, although another Riv. GS is on my bucket list of cars, but would love to hear some input from the Riv. Guys on this one. https://www.hemmings.com/classified...lert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-09-03
I'd love to have a Riviera, also, and I did look at that car. Looking at some of the pics, the paint job (especially down low) looks edgy to me. I feel a lot of these guys slap a quick paint job on a car and call it good. I really like the car in a lot of ways, but that part worries me.
The paint is described as "olive gold"? The color on this Riviera is not a '68 color-although a very nice shade of green. Looks a little orange peelish in spots. Wide whites incorrect, but an easy fix. That price though? Ok......
Pretty from a distance, that's for sure. Colour? not right; - paint job is a bit shoddy. You have to wonder what else was done sloppy or overlooked. This is the thing with these big cars; - there isn't as much of a following as there are for the A-body stuff, so people cut corners on restos and tend to ignore details because they cost more than the car is worth to correct. So you end up with something like this; - a very nice and pretty car that would get clobbered at a judged show. And the money they're asking for this thing would be correct if the car was 100% correct with low miles. This dealer is looking for someone to absolutely fall in love with the colour and in the proper light that's easy to do. Get it out in daylight, this becomes a whole different animal.
The paint color on this 68 Riviera offered for sale is definitely not Olive Gold Metallic. Olive Gold Metallic was an exclusive 1968 Riviera color, code S. Olive Gold Metallic was, by far, the most popular 1968 Riviera color. According to Darwin Falk, in his "Options Not Included" series for the Riviera Owners Association, Olive Gold Metallic accounted for 11,131 1968 Rivieras or 22.59% of the total 49,284 production. The next most popular color was Burnished Saddle, accounting for 4,907 1968 Rivieras or 9.96% of the production. Over 63% of 1968 Rivieras produced had a vinyl top with black by far the most popular vinyl top color. The Riviera for sale has the standard or base type interior. Interesting that the ad does not include a single engine compartment photo of the reportedly rebuilt engine on a vehicle with stated 25,670 miles. Jim Vesely ROA # 7437 BCA # 39477
Wow, that's close the price you would pay down here in Australian dollars... the lack of engine photos sure is a red flag.
Thanks for the feedback guys! I certainly thought the price was pretty out there although if I was in the market & when I am, I'd consider overpaying a little bit for the right car. I like the color but not being a factory color/misrepresenting it would be a deal breaker. Besides no pics of the engine, my first thought there was why did a 25k mi. engine need a rebuild & so must be 125k (they're asking orig. 25k mi. $) and I sure wouldn't want the selling dealer rebuilding it.
I could have easily checked the seller's website for engine photos. However, in my opinion, the seller ought to include engine photos in an advertisement which includes so many images of the vehicle stating a rebuilt engine and that all systems have been rebuilt. The chrome air cleaner lid is indeed correct for a GS car. What is not correct in this regard is the decal on the chrome air cleaner lid. Best regards. Jim Vesely ROA # 7437 BCA # 39477
What I meant is the color on the car is advertised as being olive gold-a factory available paint color. The car is not painted olive gold-it is painted a non-factory shade of green that was never offered on a '68.
^^^ Yep. I understood what you said, and posted the correct color so people could see. That green in the OP looks like a 1978 T-bird my mother owned.
