Now for sale in our Milwaukee showroom is this beautiful 1965 Buick
Riviera. A great driver, you will love the classic luxury appeal
that this bright red Riviera with white interior will bring. You
will enjoy the power windows and tilt steering wheel, and the
comfort of driving with power steering and brakes. The white wall
tires and rally wheels give the car that sporty look as well. This
Riviera is powered by a 401 Cubic inch V8 engine, coupled to a
3-speed automatic transmission. The production Riviera was
introduced on October 4, 1962, as a 1963 model. Its distinctive
bodyshell was unique to the marque, unusual for a GM product. It
rode a cruciform frame similar to the standard Buick frame, but
shorter and narrower, with a 2.0 in narrower track. Its wheelbase
of 117 in and overall length of 208 in were 6.0 inches and 7.7 in
shorter, respectively, than a Buick LeSabre, but slightly longer
than a contemporary Thunderbird. At 3,998 lb it was about 390
pounds lighter than either. It shared the standard Buick V8
engines, with a displacement of either 401 cu in or 425 cu in, and
the unique continuously variable design twin turbine automatic
transmission. Power brakes were standard, using Buick's massive
"Al-Fin" (aluminum finned) drums of 12 in diameter. Power steering
was standard equipment, with an overall steering ratio of 20.5:1,
giving 3.5 turns lock-to-lock. The Riviera's suspension used
Buick's standard design, with double wishbones up front and a live
axle located by trailing arms and a lateral track bar in the rear,
but the roll centers were raised to reduce body lean. Although its
coil springs were actually slightly softer than other Buicks, the
Riviera's lighter weight made its ride somewhat firmer. While still
biased towards understeer, contemporary testers considered it one
of the most driveable American cars, with an excellent balance of
comfort and agility. The elegant ground-up styling sported new
"Coke bottle styling", with the middle of the body exhibiting a
tapered tucked-in appearance. There was no trace of the
"Sweepspear" used on beltlines of earlier Buicks with the Riviera
package, This 1965 Riviera is for sale in our Milwaukee Showroom
and can be seen at www.GatewayClassicCars.com; call (262) 891-4253
or email us at
[email protected] for additional
information.
