Vehicle Description
1975 Buick Riviera
Designed by renowned General Motors icon, Bill Mitchell, the Buick
Riviera was introduced in 1963 to rave reviews from automobile
enthusiasts around the world. The completely new model was directed
squarely at the Ford Thunderbird of the era, but with more
performance, power and luxury than its competitor.
For consignment a resprayed 1975 4EZ model that has only been in
the hands of 2 owners. As you will see it has always been garaged
and presents very nicely with a few bumps and bruises. Only 49,000
original miles and consigner states everything works on the car
including the A/C.
Exterior
The beneficiary of an early color matching Light Blue respray, that
still holds well, this car only sees rust under the trunk lid lip.
All else is fine and dandy on that front, and chrome is excellent,
with few faults like pitting and some fading. A new color matching
vinyl top has been installed with the earlier respray, and has a
large opera window, and a nicely raked almost fastback rear window
that melds seamlessly into a rounded off trunk. In contrast, the
front of the car is all squared off design, with dual headlights,
front grille, large and in charge bumper (very nice), and a massive
long front hood. Sport rally style wheel covers are wrapped by
sporty raised white lettered Cooper Discover H/T radials all
around.
Interior
Door panels are a fine mixture of blue vinyl uppers with wood
inlays, some chrome, a courtesy light, and lower carpeted panels.
Turning our eye to the interior compartment, we are met with cloth
buckets with vinyl bolsters, which are power controlled. A blue
vinyl center armrest is flanked by these 2 large buckets, and
behind is a full rear bench, also cloth and vinyl. The dash is all
original, has blue padded vinyl showing a few cracks underneath the
carpet upper dash which is protecting it above, some woodgrain
panels, and aluminum gauge and warning light cluster with a factory
radio, and "digital" ( rolling numbers wheel style mechanical
clock). Blue carpeting in good condition covers the floors and has
rubber floor mats above it. The headliner is nice and tight and
darker blue contrast. A look to the trunk and it is original lined
and clean with no floor rust noted.
Drivetrain
A large 7.5 liter (455ci) 90 degree V-8 in OHV configuration, a
7.9:1 compression ratio and puts out 205hp. It is topped with a
single 4-barrel Rochester carburetor, and puts power to a 3-speed
automatic transmission. Consigner states there is a small oil leak
around the distributor shaft. Entire engine bay shows clean and
shiny with a little dust and dirt around but nothing
remarkable.
Undercarriage
Areas of very light surface rust are seen, but solid floor pans,
toe kicks, under door area at rockers, and overall frame are noted.
New rear coil springs have been installed. Consigner also states
this car may possibly need tie rod/and or ball joint bushings.
An original with reproduction bumper fillers (a killer to keep in
good condition on any mid 1970's car), pristine chrome, and
original interior. Low mileage, and 2 dedicated caring owners who
were adamant about garaging this car have left us with a nice
example which you will have trouble finding nicer, of the '75
Riviera.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 300 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.