Impalow Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) So I was getting a little burnt out on my showrod truck project... I decided to build a quick curbside kit. I wanted to keep the construction and materials similar to what i was planing for the truck... This way i could give myself some experiance and testing on parts that I havent labored on for many hours. I really wanted it to be so quick and easy I wasnt going to do a WIP thread... Well honestly, I am just too excited not to share! Started with a glue bomb 5.00 built kit, and another non built kit im planning on building in full detail at a later date. Shaved the handles, wipers, emblems and pancake-ed the hood. Wheels are the pegasus supremes. Then I cut the front bumper apart and made them seperate units using the custom parts from the kit... While I was at it I shaved the bumper gaurds. For the paint I went with Wet-n-Wild "Disurbia" nail polish Last night I started on the bare metal foil.... hoping to clear this weekend. Edited April 25, 2015 by Impalow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Always liked those cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 The interior needed to be crazy... so I added lots of pleats... and a rotary phone on the console. Then painted everything white... and then added some pearl powder to my dullcoat.... then added detail wire purple piping. I only have one seat done so far.... 3 more to go... and the door panels... so much for that quick easy curbside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 This is so nice it should been a convertible so you see the work done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 This is so nice it should been a convertible so you see the work done. well my truck is..... so I figured this is good practice... I have learned a lot from this little adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbattersby Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlife ! ! Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Im lovin this ! ! Wow what a gorgeous colour, and there's some skill in that interior ....... ..... Looking forward to more, Lowlife ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nice! Awesome interior work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 That seat looks great. When you put the pictures of all that tuck n roll on them I was wondering what is he doing to my favorite Buick? Now I see your vision , well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 That's really cool. I always liked that generation Riv. I'm following this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmodwrks Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Wow the piping on the seats is AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Great start. Nice work on the interior and the paint is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'm lovin it! Great color choice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Beautiful shade of purple. Very cool interior work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 wow that is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Oh yeah, keep it coming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer1984 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Very cool, that looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impalow Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thank you guys!! Had a productive weekend, got some clear sprayed.. And the piping all complete, just need to do the rest of the BMF work on the interior now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Wow! Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exesivefire Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You are pretty much my hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Fantastic work on an interesting project. This Riviera can be turned into a super cool Custom and it might not even need body mods for that! Excellent color on the body and very good looking paint job as well. That interior makes me tempted to just jump in for a ride! Here's a little inspiration for you - a Finnish Buick Riviera Custom: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Top-notch interior work! Beautiful job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 great lookin' model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xploited Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Is that the Riviera Danny did ? Or just freakishly similar ? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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