coffee and donuts video for the day

Rose Simpson earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, then wowed the art world with her 85 Chevy El Camino art car. This is her 2nd art car, a 64 Riv, and it's going to be in her exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum

“I learned to drive when I was 11 and bought my first car when I was 12,” she says.

When Simpson returned home from RISD, she enrolled in automotive science to learn collision repair and classic-car customization and met artist Jeff Brock, (builder of Bombshell Betty https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-finally-found-brocks-bombshell-betty.html the 52 Buick Super Riviera that has set seven world speed records at Bonneville)

“Jeff was incredibly influential,” says Simpson. “I wasn’t studying collision repair so I could build something to go in a museum. That was not the intention. I was there to build cars so that I could cruise. But Jeff said, ‘Why don’t you build [an art] car?’ ”

“Rose is one of my favorite human beings I’ve ever met,” says Brock, “I’m honored to have been there and been part of [creating Rose's 1st art car], but at the time, I thought, Oh, you crazy woman. You’re taking on way more than you can handle. The car she started with was a wreck. It was so sad how much damage was hiding under the paint, and the more she dug into it, the more I felt bad for her. It was so hard to even get it to the point of being a blank canvas.”

https://www.altaonline.com/culture/art/a65875713/rose-b-simpson-art-cars-de-young-museum

I don't remember seeing a Rivera with such a cool looking grill, maybe it's a feature of the Gran Sport trim level

for a good old fashioned simple weekend afternoon movie, with no new cars, just pre 1964 vehicles, with Rock Hudson directed by Howard Hawks, on Amazon Prime Video

a 1958 Chevy Delray

1959 Ford F100

I sure didn't expect to see an NSU Prinz in a Hollywood movie

the character Rock Hudson is playing works for Abercrombie and Fitch, back when it was a sporting goods store, and maybe it was paid product placement, but the 63 Jeep Wagoneer was a good choice

His character is required to enter a fishing tournament, and to use everything in the store. 

nice little Honda 105 on the back

Fully loaded with all the neat camping stuff that 1963 could supply, all the classic good stuff

the AFC on the door is for Abercrombie and Fitch Company

the previous Honda 105, and a Honda Monkey

https://www.imcdb.org/movie_58324-Man-s-Favorite-Sport.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058324/mediaindex

it takes something nice to pull your Ferrari to the races... and owning a Buick dealership in San Fran in the early 60s, was all it took to afford it

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2310061215769783&set=a.423387657770491

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=932679890174596&set=a.436788663097057

I posted all about this in 2014 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/12/oh-to-be-hobby-racer-in-60s.html 

nice Riviera

 

boat tail Riv

Buick made 2122 "KX" code dual quad 425, high compression, 360 hp 465 ft lb "Super Wildcat" Rivieras, about 800 Wildcats, and at least 1 Electra, a four door, in 1964 (the Wildcats had stick shifts, did the Rivs or Electras?)

https://www.uniqueclassiccars.com/vehicles/1314/1964-buick-riviera-425-360hp-dual-quad

The Electra is analyzed at https://forums.aaca.org/topic/321875-1964-dual-quad-electra-production-numbers/

In 1964, there were 26 convertible Wildcats with the Hurst 4 speed https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/1964-super-wildcat-4-sp-dual-quad-convertible-62-500.345148/

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/unconventionally-muscular-1964-buick-wildcat

In 1965, Buick only made 617 dual quad 425s

1965 Dual Quad Production Numbers 

617 for all series 8000 (1965)

 14   8237 (2 Door)

 13   8239 (4-Door Hardtop) 

16    8269 (4-Door Sedan) 

91    8437 (2-Door Custom)

314  8439 (4-Door Custom Hardtop)

123  8467 Convertibles 

46    8469 (4-door Custom Sedan)

from Daily Car Report, Buick Motor Division, 08-24-65, pp 230-269

possibly the only tv show production company with a car in their logo - American Nitwits, who made the terrifically funny show New Girl. It's the production company of Dave Finkel and Brett Baer.

Pretty sure that's a 1970 Riviera

"She got a head of full of air, and a foot full of lead" ... thank you Keith! Thank you Kim!

no video, all audio. Not great, just a bit of fun. Every day needs more fun, so get a bit of happiness from this bit of honky tonk from steel guitar picker, a song listed on the Hagerty 10 unknown automobile songs.

Junior Brown isn't too smart either, anyone with a clue would make a terrific video that follows the lyrics, or at least plays some clips from 60s drag racing

Here's a song he did that IS terrific, but again, LAME video when he came up with a song that had fantastic possibility for epicness.  Thank you Kim!

I can recommend watching the tv show Rockford Files, season one... there is a lot of car chases, usually one or two per episode, and every single show is FULL of interesting 60s and 70s cars

 
how about this scene, picking up a hitch hiker, and then the traffic has a pair of 914s for some strange coicidence

and this scene with a GTO

something that I haven't seen before, a compilation video showing the variety of many cars hidden headlights being activated to roll, drop, or pop up

 

here's a 68 Riviera to demonstrate just one example of a hidden headlight I've never seen switch from hidden to functioning until now

Here's the link to the video I found that shows a dozen others.... I couldn't find this on youtube so I could embed it here. https://mghazal67.tumblr.com/post/662361935339192320

Also here https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2021/10/sunday-video-9_01316834068.html

for the upcoming Grand Tour episode, James drives a Cadillac Coupe de Ville, Jeremy drives a Lincoln Continental Mark V and Richard drives a Buick Riviera boat-tail

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy-clarkson-the-grand-tour-scotland-special-2021-season-five-vlp7bdgxc

Pretty awesome cool way to personalize a low rider Riviera

http://motor-cult.blogspot.com/2016/09/buick-riviera.html

finding and buying barn stored cars is getting competitive... there are a hell of a lot of guys focused on it now that old cars are investments, even rusted junk.

like this pair of 73 Rivs... sure, someone out there might be ready to spend 4k apiece, but, it's going to take a lot of effort to find that rich guy

https://www.facebook.com/barnitup/posts/321268388576866?__xts__[0]=68.ARBdpV2uSgvf8BnCM0V1sTfxH2ZjBCs71ObFVzgTdr8MwTcT-8V3mFRTef556PpElInCd0gf2jqcK7IqNdIIqQOApLo_L-IY62lwoXY4t2DmqdLMDULwgWMwyrG4GQz9m8A0vgcTA8wsvKh9j1tERmYRM5fUbypiWn4IHfgs2uH1v4UsNf2N_Y__2ZndXrmbvjh1ROw3V_C8_l9ls381edQalhX9QcZasM9EWngL7JXEGDOJeZyA7NyYC41ACGyGgRnuLmxfIS7sU7Y-h9O4bDGSsjkXkau8gMRFKCNkCjDDNaLq8SsoN6eM7rZ_D7NRuHBgbWYEwVoWRE5mqTtJNmg&__tn__=-R

 

https://www.facebook.com/barnitup

Wow, that's a lot of swoop in the beltline

https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/random-picture-thread.1159350/page-327#post-16111734

now we're talkin'. This is been named the RipnRiv, and it's out playing with Optima Challenge cars! From John Lyons fabrication, and was featured in the Riview Volume 32 #6.

https://www.instagram.com/ripnriv/?fbclid=IwAR1POD6qkt6SVDnk4Lf_oYsYjFqmU_iyPin-a_fFIXVqSYnb4us78vSIvqU
https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/random-picture-thread.1159350/page-135
https://www.facebook.com/hotcars.official/posts/2082318268505867
https://forums.aaca.org/topic/303760-cool-auto-cross-prepped-riviera/