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1970 Buick Riviera With Riviera Gs Parts Car on 2040-cars

Year:1970 Mileage:31032
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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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I am selling this running, driving 1970 Riviera at no reserve.  Included with it is a 1970 Riviera GS which is complete except for its engine and transmission.  Both cars have open Tennessee titles.  The car pictured is the primary vehicle.  Green with green vinyl top and either very dark green or black bench seat interior in poor condition.  Absolutely stock and unmolested.  Only slight rust, the worst being in the floors and the fender skirts.  Stock engine with original air cleaner with stickers still attached.  Excellent set of matching bias-ply whitewalls just recently installed.  The chrome wheels from the GS parts car are currently on this car.  Starts right up and runs good.  Moves and stops but I have only driven it up and down the street.  A restoration project but certainly a realistic one.  The only odd thing about it is that it has an electric fuel pump for whatever reason that is turned on and off by a toggle switch which just lays on the floor.   Works great, but not right.  This car has its original owner's manual, pre-delivery sheet, new vehicle warranty booklet, accessory pamphlet, stereo booklet, and Protect-O-Plate.  Sold new out of Bristol, Virginia.  This is a great-looking and rarely seen old car that deserves to be restored.

The parts car is a 1970 Riviera GS that is complete minus engine and transmission.  It has bucket seats, console, tilt wheel, and even an original Buick 8-track tape player.  Has a title.  All glass is good and all trim is there.  Floors are decent.  Paint is nonexistent.  All in one piece - not boxes of parts.  Its chrome wheels are on the green car and the original Riviera hubcaps are on it now.  Has the original posi-traction rear end which I have been offered $500 for by itself but wouldn't take it.

In this deal you get two cars.  The idea is to make a really cool Riviera GS and have a ton of valuable parts left over.  The only things missing are the center caps for the chrome wheels.  I only have one.  Almost everything else is there in duplicate.  The interiors of both cars are weak but salvageable.

The green car is stored inside my garage and has been for several years. The parts car is under cover and out of the weather but obviously has been outside for a long time previously.
  
I do not think you should even consider driving the green car home as it has not been on the road in many years.  The paint looks better in the pictures than it does in person as I had just washed the dust off it and it is still wet in the photos.  The paint is not very good.

These are remarkably styled cars that you just don't see every day.  Great documentation on the green car and titles for both.  Lots of spare parts.  A GS car with all the GS goodies!  I need to move these cars and I will listen to any offer you may have.  I am interested in old motorcycles and will consider any schemes you might have for you to get these Buicks in exchange for an interesting bike or two you might have laying around.  Let me know.  You can reach me by return email or call or text me at 865-387-0925 if you have questions or if you have swapping ideas.

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