It's kinda cool especially with the big cube engine. I think these were built more closely and integrated with the rest of the B (LeSabre) & C (Electra) body line and as for being built in Canada as the ad says thats a big NO.
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1978 Buick Riviera LXXV Coupe, Black & Silver, Only 102 built in Canada & Approx 1400 in USA. This car is 90% origonal & has 78900 km. Special interior package, 8 track, Optional 403 Olds engine, Second owner, Stored inside year round. Buy it & drive it. Must be seen. This Buick is the 75th anniversary edition Buick commemorating founding of the Buick Company. This car was appraised at $10,000 in 2008.
My old Landlord used to have one of these..... Same colours too. It was a real nice car, but I always thought that the styling was a little modest for a Riviera....They were always flashier cars.. Course they really went downhill with design with the FWD models
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
After the expansive boat tailed 1971-73 Riviera (the kind with the Stingray styled rear glass), they redid the roofline, trunk & tail panel for 1974 and carried through 1976. All were heavy, 455 powered and thirsty. Things were downsized for the 1977 model year, losing somewhere between 500 to 800 lbs. from its predecessor.
The car for sale was never a common one. Based on the downsized big B-body that made its debut as the new 1977 model, the Riviera was not exactly setting sales records. The 1977 style continued for 1978. These cars offered optional 4 wheel disk brakes, and I also seem to recall that real wire wheels were optional in 1978. Power came from either a Buick 350 or Olds 403.
For 1979 the new generation Riviera was introduced. It was front wheel drive, like the Toronado & Eldorado that shared most engineering with it. Powered by either a 350 (soon to drop to 307) or turbo 231 V6 they were capable of much better economy.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
34 years later, and a low production, nice example of a "collector's car of the future" (as said in the document below) is worth only 6 Gs (if he can get it).
I like the car, and I actually don't mind the price for what you are getting.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Not a big demand or high dollar car. There was one in Woodstock years ago that had a hard time selling. Compared to the earlier Riv's this model just didn't measure up, and looked to me like an Electra, or LeSabre.
Great looking dashboard and steering wheel on that car.
If it was mine, I would slap on a set of those nice styled chrome Buick road wheels, common on LeSabre turbo's of the same vintage. Forget the whitewalls and the raised letter wheels. Blackwalls mean business.
My wife had a white one for many years. Everyone thought it was a Lesabre. When the car finally died I took the frame and drive train put in a 455 Olds engine and threw it under my 55 Buick. So the Buick got modern suspension, power steering, power disc brakes, tilt wheel and big Olds power. Very cool to see another one Todd.
