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If all goes to plan, this time next week I should have one of these bee-yooties blocking the street outside my house



1972 Buick Riviera 'Boat tail'.
455 cu inch V8.







It's not one of these, these are just library pictures.

Am I insane? No doubt.
Will I regret it? Probably ... bhahahahahahahaha

Wish me luck ...........

The most beautiful Buick made and one of GM's top ten. I lusted after one of them for years. Congratulations.

you getting mad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we have to talk tomorrow

Nice one Ade, and to think we were only talking about nice cars last night, the finer details I am sure you will let me know.....

Now check them emails

It's sorted mate .. I e-mailed my credit card details straight away .. gotta go, matron is bringing the meds round *dribble* *twitch*

and these new petrol prices I seen today !!!!!!!!
have you got your own oil field?

No +hit!!!!You got a nice GIRL to go with it ??????

Is it gonna hop and ride on 3 wheels?

My mate who is a mechanic is coming to look it over for me too.
I jokingly said just that a couple of days ago about another car and he was all serious about doing it

I said "er ... no thanks mate" ..

One of my favorite bodystyles. Hope you get it.

"Am I insane? " you better believe it , will you even get that boat onto the street outside your house .nice ride ,the ol,s uncle had one for years, what a car . one thing though ,put the seat back as far as it can go cause you dont want to floor that beast or you,ll get whiplash .......watching the petrol gauge go down

leaves me speechless, the fit and finish on a '72 Buick? I remember how the doors fit, trunk leaked, windows fogged, and it's wet over there a lot isn't it? But, the style does stir my heart and how many cu in.? Are the trafic lanes wide enough?

I'm not commenting.....

That baby's a classic! The blue/white one is my favorite,
But, the gold is my second choice. Looks great!
You're gonna have a blast with her.

Enjoy!

Uncle charlie

And here I am, thinking of restoring an old LandRover. I think you and I should switch residences.....Angelis

Adey,

My brother had one of those for the longest time. It was a beauty from the day he got it until the day he sold it and he still wishes he'd kept it! All 455 cubes of gas guzzling American road machine - She was all bonnet and motor, and even standing still, it looked like it was moving fast. Best of luck with it.

Check it Adey. My real baby in the background. Only a pathetic 400 CI but I love 'er. She's not in the condition that it appears in the pict. I really need to rebuild most of the sheet metal and all the systems but I like doing it myself (except the body-work) I really love rebuilding the BOP motors. Let me know if she needs anything. Tons easier to get it while you're here and stow it away in checked luggage on the way home... not that I'd know. Whad'ya mean Absinthe isn't allowed in the states???
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The former owner of what was once my favorite hole in the wall bar had one of those. Pretty much a necessity since his last name was Boatwright.
The Riviera is the nicest looking Buick since the '42 - '48 Buick Supers.

Adey,
That is one cool looking car. But you have to tell me. How on earth are you going to get it down half the streets in England. That thing is HUUUUGE!

And, im guessing its probably got a 15 gallons or more gas tank. At over 5 quid a gallons that, err, err a lot of quids

Enjoy mate. I can see turing up at the local brew house being a lot of fun in that 'little' car.

Am I hearing War playing Low Rider in the background?

You gotta love the boat tail on that thing.

Ha Ha Ha Ha dont - stop it - tears ha - help me - ha ha ha ha ha what the - ho your joking right? No? ha ha ha good one adey, just when I thought you had lost your sense of h-h-h-hum - k-k-k-k ha ha ha ha you kill me. Yep b-b-bbarkin ha ha ha kkk mad gotago

Man I REALY miss you being on the other side of the world .. no no .. I REALY do ... you planning on coming back anytime?
PLEASE do ..

In January for 3 weeks, if your up in Sheffield, and I dont forget my passport
and there I was thinking you didnt care

Or is that longbows at 100 yds I'd better start practicing now

Yeeaaahhhhhh

I'm SOOOO glad.

Forget the passport? Bhahahahahahaha you're the FIRST person to say that!!
No really, you are.
Honest.

Man the guys on here really crack me up.

Forget the passport ... inspired!!!

You really have got very techy since the diet thing - not taking steroids too I hope !!!

Sorry about the passport thing - your right it was below the belt and not worthy everyone has the right to do something stupid now and again without being constantly reminded about it.

But now; now you've gone and abused the privelige.

Its really a very kkk nice c-c-c-car kkkkkk

Does it have to get a small car to tug it into parking spaces? Blahhhh ha ha ha ha ha no no stop it.

Seriously - How much is petrol in the UK now?

No I have it. Its not for driving, your just going to open a restaurant in it like they did in the barge on the ouze - good idea

If there's time when your over here, I'll show you my
'67 Skylark convertible.

First came his: VW Camper.
Then soon to come: 1972 Buick Riviera 'Boat tail'.


And finally for christmas he wants:

Funny how a car can trigger memories.The mid 80's saw a lot of these big iron cars go to the local 1/4 mile oval race track. Sometimes over 100 cars would go 2 hours or 200 laps, which ever happened first. A friend had a Riv like this and I had an Impala wagon. He lost his brakes and slammed into me on a red flag for an on-track fire. My neck hurt for 3 months. I asked why he hit me and he replied "I didn't want to hit someone I didn't know." He later bought a Triumph Legend after driving my TBS, but sadly died from a bicycle accident a few years ago. I miss you, buddy.
Mike Sr.

hi adey, the 1st time i saw 1 of those was on the tv program, 'due south', detective ray vecio drove it, i thought to my self then, i wish i had 1 of those, all i can say is go for it , bugger the cost n live your dream, you only live once.its one cool mo fo!!! you lucky man!!, by the way, chatting to my nephew who is in the know!!, check the rear screen very carefuly..for leaks and chips.

..for leaks and chips.


I thought you guys had fish and chips?

WHY IS LIFE NEVER EASY????!!!!

I went to look at the Riviera this afternoon.
Nice car. Needs a bit of work but I have it square what I want to do.
Problem was, the guy was also selling a 1984 Cadillac Sedan Deville.
350 cu in V8.

What's a guy to do??

So I bought 'em both.

Well I will need a smaller car to save gas on the Riviera, won't I .... ?

Geez Adey!! I love those old caddies. I almost god an 88 fleetwood sedan back in 99 when I was in the market. But I was still in college, and gas was just starting to go up, not to mention trying to park that thing in Worcester... So I ended up with an old Saturn. WAY better on gas! I could cruize at 85 mph in that thing and get 33 mpg! I still have to wonder what Jazz Band gigs would have been like in the Caddie tho... 4 guys getting out of it and then taking instrument cases out of the trunk?! They didn't call us the Jazz Mafia for nothin.

Yes ... you could have had an.....



or maybe not !!!!

Just noticed the (Jerry Springer show) registration !

<insert Tim Allen grunt here>

God bless Detroit!