Riviera...By Fail

[Delta Force79]

Here are 2 examples of epic failure, and from both sides of the spectrum

Fail Number 1

Fail Number 2

[A Horse With No Name]

Epic Fail!

Chris

[Camino LS6]

Stomach churning.

[Oracle of Delphi]

Oddly failure 1 reminds me of a 71 Grand Prix ...

[Drew Dowdell]

Had they put an endura nose instead of a packard nose on that first one, they could have been a contender for the Pontiac E-Body contest.....

[Camino LS6]

Had they put an endura nose instead of a packard nose on that first one, they could have been a contender for the Pontiac E-Body contest.....

I was thinking the same thing...

[Robert Hall]

Oddly failure 1 reminds me of a 71 Grand Prix ...

Kind of reminds me of a couple old MPC models of a customized '72 Grand Prix with 30s styling touches... first came the 'Grand Superfly' car in '74, modified into the 'Sweathogs Dream Machine' in '76.

Edited November 30, 2009 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Drew Dowdell]

I was looking at that first Riv again... yes it's still ugly... but talk to me about that Olds 98 Regency coupe sitting next to it....

[Intrepidation]

The 2nd one just needs normal size wheels that aren't ugly.LOL @ the fact he spent no doubt thousands on those wheels and that paint job but didn't bother to replace the faded headlight.

[A Horse With No Name]

I actually had and built the sweathogs dream machine as a kid.

Brings back memories!

Chris

[Robert Hall]

I actually had and built the sweathogs dream machine as a kid.

Brings back memories!

Chris

I picked up an unbuilt SDM at a flea market about 15 years ago, still haven't built it. I have the stock MPC '69-71 Grand Prix kits ('69 and '70 unbuilt, '71 and '72 built) in my collection. I've never seen the Grand Superfly kit.

Rob

[ocnblu]

Oh man... I had the Super Fly GP...

[bobo]

I kind of like the Packard version. Not digging the supercharged Kermit edition.

[daves87rs]

Wow....

[Delta Force79]

To be honest for some reason the first Riv made me think Cordoba when I first saw the thumbnail for the ad.

[cletus8269]

This car is candy coated with a electric metallic lime green color which you will not find nowhere else.

something else he thinks you cant find anywhere else... grammar.

[NINETY EIGHT REGENCY]

Man.... what do you say? I know Bill Porter worked for Pontiac back then and went on to work for Buick. I know that the 1969 Grand Prix and early 70's Grand Prix's were inspired by Stutz Bearcats. Grand Prix was a personal luxury car too. I think Delorean had something to do with that, but that car is not attractive. You can clear;y see it was a Riviera. It makes a point about how GM used to badge engineer its cars.

The second one... no comment.

[K.C.]

MY EYES! MY EYES!

[regfootball]

ouch!

the dash lighting on the second one though,,,,,, kind of neat.

[XP715]

To call that first turdwagon a Packard is blasphemy; I'd love to borrow it for the day and drive it to my parents house to see my father's reaction (he owns three REAL Packards). Should be good for a laugh.

As for the second one, is anybody really surprised given the source? Looks like a classy neighborhood. The rims are worth more than the $h!ty rowhouses it's parked in front of. Guess business has been good lately. Some things never change......

[67impss]

Oddly failure 1 reminds me of a 71 Grand Prix ...

Exactly!