I had to sell my pickup a couple years ago due to being in a big pinch. Fortunately a friend of a friend bought it, and was nice enough to give me dibs if he ever decided to sell it. He called me last week, said he is starting a business and has to let it go.
I bought it on Ebay and flew to Ohio in 2008 to drive it home. It was stock except for the color matched accessories. I promptly stuffed a cam in a LS6 engine and dropped it in, followed by a B&M shifter with a hand made fiberglass cover, built a true dual exhaust and made a set of mufflers, fabbed up some traction bars, and lowered it on 20" Centerlines. Sold it right after I got done.
Unfortunately, this means I have to sell the Riviera. But the cool thing is, a guy who had sold the car some years ago ran into me in Northfield last September and just about crapped himself when he saw that it was in fact his old car. He had been laid off for 2+years but still wanted to offer to buy the car. He got a good job back in December and when I called him this week he was quite happy to scrape up the dough and take it home.
Kind of an interesting story. Thought I'd share it.
Another good thing, having a show-ready vehicle takes the stress out of building the GP, and trying to finish it by a certain date. Now I can take a little more time and enjoy the process, and pay off the loan I had to get!
I bought it on Ebay and flew to Ohio in 2008 to drive it home. It was stock except for the color matched accessories. I promptly stuffed a cam in a LS6 engine and dropped it in, followed by a B&M shifter with a hand made fiberglass cover, built a true dual exhaust and made a set of mufflers, fabbed up some traction bars, and lowered it on 20" Centerlines. Sold it right after I got done.
Unfortunately, this means I have to sell the Riviera. But the cool thing is, a guy who had sold the car some years ago ran into me in Northfield last September and just about crapped himself when he saw that it was in fact his old car. He had been laid off for 2+years but still wanted to offer to buy the car. He got a good job back in December and when I called him this week he was quite happy to scrape up the dough and take it home.
Kind of an interesting story. Thought I'd share it.
Another good thing, having a show-ready vehicle takes the stress out of building the GP, and trying to finish it by a certain date. Now I can take a little more time and enjoy the process, and pay off the loan I had to get!
