That's cool! Very nicely done :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

We also had Carter revise the Rendering to the 18" wheel we are using and trying some different color combos as well.

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Sweet, love these Rivs, so glad you downsized the wheels, much more proportional to the rest of the build!

Seems fairly close to this color.

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Good call! The owner described a Porsche color he really liked and I'm sure this has to be it.

Thanks.

Very cool how you've complimented the vehicle so well with the look you've given it underhood. :thumbsup:

I have to say it again, I love that motor. The color in the rendering will look great. Very rich and classy looking.

Great looking build, where did you source the wheels from I went to the Wheel Vintiques site and they only go up to size 15??

Thanks guys!
Radlark, the wheels were purchased through Circle Racing http://circleracing.com/ I believe they have purchased the billet division of wheel Vintiques.

Great thank you

I love everything about this car. Way to keep it classy!

Engine is perfect :thumbsup:

Great attention to detail on the engine!

Love the engine. Who made the valve cover adapters?

Thanks guys!:thumbsup:

Those were built in house at EBMC. Earlier in the thread there is more details on those.

nice job keeping the look of the nailhead motor and a factory type appearance love that body style you did better that I would have I would not been able to hold back on this one . keep up the good work.

Finally in the booth and ready for clear coat! :D


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Its going to look great!

i kinda like it likethat : )

Loving this color

In keeping with the factory theme, we decided to utilize the factory tank and modify for use with a late model Camaro fuel pump module and corner pickups...

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We've been trying to adapt as many factory parts as we can lately to our builds. Since these are built to be driven, it is nice to have readily available parts in case of a breakdown on the road.

Pics coming soon, the car is back at the shop, we started assembly today!

I'll be watching.

Beautiful car.

With the front end off, the front radiator support/bumper mount transitions are getting finished.We'll be getting chassis powdercoated as soon as we finish exhaust which will be factory LSA manifolds going into 2.5" stainless with Magnaflow cats (yes cats!), x pipe and Magnaflow mufflers.

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Dynamat complete....
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This trim was in such great shape, we just needed to run the stainless over the buffing wheel a little bit, polish the chrome and it looks great.

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Very Nice!

Weve been way behind in updated posts on all of our cars so I thought we would start with the Riviera. Weve been hard at it completing the frame mods, exhaust, interior, undercoating ect.



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Detailing and refurbishing everythingl...
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The exhaust system is SS 2.5". We incorporated cats into the system in keeping with the modern theme and to minimize exhaust smell. Being an X frame, it makes a conventional x pipe location impratical, so we decided to put it above the axle. We also wanted the largest mufflers we could fit with good flow and were liking the idea of a tranverse muffler appearance from the rear. (the two small straps on top of mufflers were for mock up, they were removed!) Its a tight fit, but will work!

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The frame mods are now done and it is off to powdercoating. We should have it back this next week and a rolling chassis soon after.

What cats do you run?

That looks slick!

Magnaflow cats, x-pipe and mufflers were used exclusively on this system. They took a big interest in this project and the car may be a guest of theirs at SEMA.

Awesome Car. working on a 63 myself, cant wait to see this one done.

Did you guys have issues fitting a 10" wheel in the rear?

Is that x pipe exhaust going to do any good? Seems to me the X needs to be much closer to the collectors to do what its supposed to do....

With the rear suspension mods In our application, it fits fine, although with the stock coil spring/shock and control arm layout it may not. We didnt try

While true, the best place would be farther forward I talked with an engineer at Magnaflow about this and our conclusion was it will definetly still benefit, especially with the sound, which is our main priority.

A few shots before we drop the body on today.......



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That's just GD clever right there! Awesome hot rodding Steve! Just awesome!

Thanks Greg, this was one car that we didn't want to lose its "heritage".

The engine looks killer! Nice job

Thanks for the updates. :thumbsup: It is probably my favorite car on Lat-g.

This build is exactly what I'd love to do to my 31k mile '64 Riviera.

Excellent work.

Randy

That is simply awesome indeed,,,, nice job guys....

Amazing job Steve, car looks awesome!