1965 Retro Riviera
 

Hello,
Just wanted to let you all know we are building a 1965 Retro Buick Riviera slated to debut at this years SEMA Show.
Planned mods are as follows:
Engine & Transmission
572 GM Performance Crate Motor
Holley Fuel System
Custom Aluminum Radiator
Nology Hot Wires & Plugs
Twin Turbo Setup
K&N Air Intake Piping & Filters
Custom Intake System
Custom Intercooler
Delta Wastegate
Rotora 8-Piston Calipers Front/Rear
Dawson Headers Turbo Manifolds
Flowmaster Custom Exhaust System
Accel DFI Engine Management System
Perma-Cool Oil Coolers
B&M Torque Converter & Shifter

Exterior
D3 Front Fascia
D3 Side Rocker Panels
D3 Rear Bumper
D3 Twin Center Exhaust
BASF Paint
20x8.5 Front Rims
20x13 Rear Rims
Pirelli Tires
Custom Tail Lamps
Black Chrome Accents
HID Projection Headlamps

Suspension
Air Ride Technologies Suspension
Mark Delong Chassis Construction
Classic Tube Brakelines
Energy Suspension Bushings
Electronic Air Ride Controller
DSE 4-Link Rear Suspension

Interior
Eclipse Components
Eclipse Amps
F1 Style Pedal Assembly
2006 Cadillac STS Front & Rear Seats
Grant Steering Wheel
Custom Center Console
Tobacco Leather & Suede
Black Chrome Accents
Eclipse Head Unit
Scoshe Wiring & Accumat
Eclipse Navigation System

You can also check out the website for more information www.d3riviera.com.
Thank you,

Dr. Design
www.d3riviera.com
Dare to be Different Designs

Welcome to lat-G
Cool project keep us updated! We love pics around here :thumbsup:

One of my all time favorite cars. :thumbsup:

Please, if you can give us a link to some pics. And be sure to update us on it often. Sounds like a killer project.

Sounds like a great project! Good looking bodystyle, too!

Dr. Design:

Great Car!

I happen to have one myself, same year except cherry bone stock. Can't wait to see what you do with yours. Hope you keep us posted with pictures and information.

Good luck with it. :thumbsup:

tyoneal

Welcome aboard, it sounds like a great project. I'm looking forward to checking it out at SEMA. :thumbsup:

Welcome!

Wow TT 572 :morepower

One of the most beautiful designs ever to roll out of Detroit. Improving on the classic looks will be a real challenge. I hope you can pull it off. I will be watching this project closely. Best of luck.

Oh, yeah: Are you keeping the original X-frame?

Any progress shots? We would love to see it progress. We have one also, but it is only going to be a driver. Famous last words!

cool project
-Paul

Cool project and great website. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Ben

Welcome. I look forward to following the build.
W.

Yet another reason why i am going to sema this year and i'm even bringing the wife.

Update
 

Hello,
Please note we have updated the website www.d3riviera.com with additional information about the vehicle build. We have also added quite a few new sponsors.
Thanks,

Dr. Design

Hello,
Thank you! Yes we are keeping the factory frame. However as you can imagine we are going to have to modify it extensively to handle the new found power. Again thank you for your support!
Thanks,

Dr. Design

My Dad's first Cool car was a 63 Riviera-Factory Custom. What an awesome ride.

Dr. D,
Something's wrong with your email.

Looking forward to see the car at SEMA, the `65 is my favorite Riviera.

To all:

Are the 1st gen Riviera's becoming more sought after, or have they always been a popular car to fix up or restore?

I have a '65 Riviera I inherited from my Grandfather who bought it new. Other than some small body work and paint issues, it is in excellent stock shape.

I think I could have a great original Riviera to show because everything is there including all paperwork, ordering forms, price sheets (window sticker) garage manuals etc. Would doing a frame off restoration be something that would make reasonable financial sense, or would it be a nice looking car that would only be worth it to me?

Sorry about the tangent, but I thought I would at least ask and get some good advice.

thanks,

tyoneal

I have an original 65 Riviera. They are great cars. But they are "B list" cars--meaning that very high up on people's wish lists. They want them, but not very badly. I bought mine in 1999 for $8K with 66K miles. These days, I'd be lucky to get $10K-$11K for it. Sounds like it's in the same shape as yours. I'm not complaining, but considering how muscle car values have skyrocketed, one would expect these cars to bring a better rate of retunr than they are.

That said, I hope people are waking up to the benefits of full figured cars. I think they are a great way to get into the hobby without paying thru the nose for traditional muscle. Fuel inject the big block, add overdrive, good brakes, wheels and tires, and airbags. You're done! A cool hot rod without all the expectations of crazy performance.

The wife just hung a for sale sign on the Rivi. $13K. We go thru this process every once in a while. She thinks about selling, then gets in the car and drives it. When she comes home, she sighs and says "I can't sell that car"

Whatever.

Does anybody know what ever ended up happening with this project? The website seems to be down.