For Sale: 1964 Buick Riviera, 425 cubic inch Nail Head engine, 485 foot pounds of torque, Transmission Super Turbine "400" with Shift Kit. This 425 cubic inch horsepower RPM, was a special order 370 horsepower, than standard 4,900 RPM is 30 more horse, 2,800 RPM compress ratio, 10.25 to 1. Four barrel Carter carburetor, standard dual exhaust, 3.23 to 1 differential rear axle, positive traction differential optional. The powertrain is completed with a 3.84 rear end. It has amazing performance with a 140 mile per hour top speed capability and 15.80-second runner. In fact, back in the day, it wasn't uncommon to see these cars at the drag strip. For a supposed luxury model, it was one hot machine. The color of this '64 Marlin Blue Riv. Words just don't do it justice. When I was a 13 year old caddy, I fell in love with a Riviera that I saw around the golf course. I finally got one about five years ago in Michigan. It was all original and had been owned by a GM rep. who had the cruise control and power windows options added on. I am the third owner and found out that it had spent about 35 years in the original owner's garage. The man I bought it from had it in his garage for thirteen years. When I bought it, I had to replace a long list of seals, bearings, hoses and others (see below).

1964 Buick Riviera

1. New Coker American Classic Radial tires (five)
2. New Monroe shocks
3. New water hoses, both radiator hoses
4. New front and back engine seals
5. New front and back transmission seals
6. New axle seals - both left and right side
7. New front and back wheel cylinders
8. Drums turned, sand blasted, primed and painted
9. All original steel wheels sand blasted and painted back to original dark blue, the same color as the front and rear dash
10. New automatic steel transmission coolant lines
11. New motor mounts
12. New transmission mounts
13. New valve cover gaskets
14. New intake manifold gasket
15. New wiper blades
16. New window, door and trunk weather stripping
17. New rocker panel door plates (fishers)
18. New fan, alternator and crankshaft belts
19. New battery
20. New rebuilt carburetor- original Carter carburetor had a bad accelerator pump
21. Repainted in 1993 and Ziebarted in 1994 - Original paint was damaged by sap trees

22. New dual exhaust stainless steel muffler with lifetime warranty

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Zehner`s Service Center ★★★★★

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Address: 1543 Massillon Rd, Bath

Phone: (330) 784-1041

Westlake Auto Body & Frame ★★★★★

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Address: 1370 Nagel Rd, Sheffield-Lake

Phone: (440) 937-6311

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Address: 144 E Herrick Ave, Sullivan

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Address: 3551 Springfield Xenia Rd, North-Hampton

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GM investing $167m in Spring Hill for new midsize vehicles

Tue, 06 Aug 2013

General Motors has announced a large investment in its Spring Hill, Tennessee facility. The former home of Saturn production will be getting a $167 million addition to a previously announced $183 million, to cover a pair of new midsize vehicles. The investment is expected to create 1,800 jobs at the factory.
That $350 million is being divvied up for a pair of programs at Spring Hill. The first will take the bulk of the money ($223 million) and create 1,000 of the 1,800 jobs, while the other will take the remaining $127 million and generate the leftover 800 positions. But GM says the investment will cover "midsize vehicle programs." So what could they be?
The leading candidate in our minds is a new crossover for Buick, called the Anthem, that will slot between the Encore and Enclave, but will be slightly smaller than the Equinox and Terrain. As we've explained, the new model will likely be the first product to sport GM's new D2UX platform, which will eventually replace both the Delta and Theta platforms. Spring Hill is already building the Equinox, so there could be some credence to this theory.

Buick dusting off Grand National, GNX and T-Type nameplates

Mon, 26 Nov 2012

Inside Line reports Buick is planning to bring back some of the more storied names from the company's past, including the Grand National, GNX and the T-Type. Those cars rose to prominence in the 1970s and '80s to become performance legends of their day.
The new models will reportedly make use of the rear-wheel drive platform that currently underpins the Cadillac ATS and all would arrive as sedans - according to an unnamed source familiar with the initiative. Odds are the T-Type and the Grand National would share a driveline, with honest money being on a new twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter V6 as the engine of choice. Word has it the mill will be good for anywhere from 350 to 400 horsepower.
That leaves only the GNX. Inside Line seems to think that machine could get down the road with some help from the all-new GM LT1 small-block V8. The engineers behind the ATS platform have already told us the engine bay is large enough for to accommodate the big eight pot, and since GM is most certainly working on an ATS-V, a slightly less powerful, less luxurious Buick iteration makes some kind of sense. We can't wait to see these things in the light of day.

J.D. Power customer survey of dealers counts Cadillac, Buick as big winners

Mon, 14 Apr 2014

Cadillac and Buick have taken the trophies in J.D. Power's latest Customer Service Index Study examining satisfaction with dealer service. Surveying more than 90,000 owners and lessees of 2009-2013 model-year cars, the study found that those with pre-paid maintenance packages were ten percent more likely to buy their next car from the same brand.
Dealer satisfaction scores have improved overall, Cadillac nabbed the luxury segment ahead of Audi and Lexus, taking the crown that Lexus held last year. Buick keeps the mass-market dealer satisfaction win in the family, finishing ahead of Volkswagen and last year's winner GMC. The study also found that service department use of tablets increased customer satisfaction, as did "best practices" like "providing helpful advice." Who knew?
You can find details on those and more findings in the press release below.

1964 Buick Riviera - Mint Condition Marlin Blue on 2040-cars

Buick Riviera for Sale