I was at the auction when this car sold a few years ago. Auction was for Shisler's Speed Shop in Souderton, Pa. The original owners' brother was there bidding on it but let it go to a phone bidder. It went CHEAP. Looked like a decent car except for the baked off paint and deep surface rust. Looks like the present owner did a decent job on it, rebuilding the engine and a nice front end/underhood detail. Dig the exhaust cutouts! Front floors were soft and are now 'reinforced'. You may love or hate Rat Rods, I find it cool to see something different. Especially relieved to see this guy didn't screw it up. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Buick-Riviera/143696014009?
Yep, they don't all need to be restored beauty queens. Super cool, and you could drive it anywhere, anytime.
I've come to the conclusion, that I would rather have a rat rod/patina look with clear coat than a really nice show paint car.. I respect the people who'll polish and clean a couple hours every time they used their cars, but it's not for me at this point..
"block and heads cooked..." wth is he saying??? cooked how? medium rare? I don't like it being jacked up from the sides of the body, did he weld the rocker panels to the frame?
I am not much of a car guy yet, but my Dad was. If he said something was cooked, that meant it was FUBAR. In need of serious repair. I don't feel that this guy meant it that was but, it's hard not to hear my Dad say, "Stay away from anything cooked Chuck." I miss Dad.
'cooked' means they were 'hot-tanked' to de-grease them. The process will remove some rust too. That process isn't used as much as it once was. These days parts go thru a spray washer to clean them. Then grit-blasted to remove the rust. This car does have some of the original Burgundy paint remaining. But it's more bare metal than paint at this point.
thanks for the rundown, I guess that means my block & heads are cooked as well...though it was 22 years ago...
