'67 GS with Star Wars air cleaner on Craigslist in Lyman, Maine, asking $7000

Recent article on Barnfinds dot com:

Nearly Finished: 1967 Buick Riviera GS



On Craigslist in Maine a top-of-the-line 1967 Buick Riviera Gran Sport (GS) with a sad story attached.
The owner passed away in 2020, and now the car is being sold by his brother.

It’s not yet running, but close to it—the late brother did quite a lot of work on the Buick.
The asking price is $7,000.



This is an original bench-seat car, without air conditioning.
The original 430-cubic-inch four-barrel V-8 is still under the hood,
coupled to a dual-angle torque converter Turbo 400 transmission.

To run, it needs the tranny’s cooler lines, the heater hoses, and the exhaust hooked up.
Not a complex job and the car reportedly ran fine before being dismantled.



The car also has a 3:23 positraction rear end and a new set of ceramic-coated performance headers.
The Bilstein shocks are new, as are the rear lower control arms and springs, the locator bar bushings,
the body mounts, the steering box and pump, the starter, the flywheel, and brake lines.

The tires are new, as are the aftermarket sway bars.
The dual exhaust is in the box, complete with “Star Wars” air cleaner.

Whew, a lot of stuff has been done here.



The car has been stored in the late brother’s heated and air-conditioned garage. This is poignant: “It is on his lift, where he left it.”

That reminds me of once encountering a 1952 Buick Woody that had been left on a Connecticut lift for four decades.



This is a second-generation Riviera, with this radically different line debuting in 1966
and sharing a platform with the celebrated Oldsmobile Toronado, but in rear-drive form.
(Later, the Cadillac Eldorado was on the platform, too, and front drive like the Olds.)

The Cadillac and Olds were big and heavy, but the Buick was 200 pounds heavier than the Olds.
It was pretty modernistic and snazzy looking, with headlights that pivoted behind the grille when turned off.

Owners could choose the bench or buckets, and opt for AM/FM and rear seat belts.



The 430 V-8 was new in the Riviera in 1967 and produced 360 horsepower and 475 pound-feet of torque.
Front disc brakes were available—does this car have them?

Style changes were minor for ’67, and included a new horizontal grille bar and parking lights.
Sales were 42,799 that year.



The ‘67s had a bunch of safety equipment, including four-way flashers, an energy-absorbing steering column,
less-dangerous knobs, and dual-circuit brakes.



From the photos, the Riviera has 115,000 miles on the odometer.
That might be enough to warrant a rebuild on the V8, but those engines were fairly under-stressed.

The photos are subject to the limitations of shooting with the car on a lift in a crowded and dark garage,
but they make the car look good, with excellent black upholstery (at least on the passenger seat) and shiny chrome bumpers.

Some interior trim appears to be missing.
The style was certainly dramatic—I saw one of these parked in an Adam-12 episode recently.



Someone could make money on this car.
The average transaction price at Classic.com for the 1967 Buick Riviera is $26,171, but GS models get more.

Some of them go for $35,000 to $45,000.

 

Here's the listing on Craigslist:

Click screenshot to view the advertisement

 

Ohh love the 67…. I got no place to put another 18 ft long car

 

Man that’s a deal! I bet that thing is already sold.

 

Did you click the screenshot in post #2?

 

And it's now sold, well: sort of....