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  • [ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]

  • [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

  • Richard: THE 1972 RIVIERA --

  • IT WAS THE GENTLEMAN'S HOT ROD.

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  • WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO S.E.M.A. AND SHOW IT OFF.

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  • WITH $10,500 INVESTED IN THE CAR

  • AND $300,000 BUDGET AND ONLY FIVE MONTHS TO DO IT,

  • IT WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST AMBITIOUS BUILD EVER.

  • AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS ONE THAT, IF WE PULLED OFF,

  • I WAS EVEN GOING TO BE IMPRESSED.

  • BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T.

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  • WE HAD AN IDEA OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BODY MODS

  • WE WERE GOING TO DO, INCLUDING CHOPPING THE TOP,

  • ET CETERA AND SO FORTH.

  • BUT WE HAD TO PULL OUT SOME OF THE BIG GUNS

  • TO GET SOME OF THE PARTS THAT WE NEEDED.

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  • TO GET THIS 1972 BUICK RIVIERA

  • THE SUPERCAR STATUS THAT IT DESERVES,

  • IT TOOK A TON OF METALWORK.

  • TO MAKE THIS THING LOOK LIKE A BADASS SUPERCAR,

  • WE CHOPPED THE TOP.

  • JUST A LITTLE RAKE IN THE FRONT

  • TO GET RID OF THE WAY IT WAS LEANING UPHILL,

  • BROUGHT EVERYTHING DOWN A LITTLE SLICKER,

  • A LITTLE FASTER.

  • THEN WE WENT TO BUDNIK WHEELS.

  • THEY'RE SUPERMASSIVE.

  • WE'VE GOT 20s UP FRONT, 22s IN THE REAR.

  • AND TO HOUSE THOSE THINGS,

  • WE'VE BUILT SOME WICKED AWESOME TUBS.

  • THEY'RE SUPER CLEAN.

  • WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

  • HOW ABOUT A FULL INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION

  • FROM CHRIS ALSTON CHASSIS WORKS,

  • FRONT AND REAR INDEPENDENT?

  • FOR THE REAR END HOUSING, WE WENT WITH FAB9.

  • FOR THE SHOCKS, OBVIOUSLY, WE WENT WITH VARISHOCKS,

  • AND QUICK PERFORMANCE FOR OUR COMPLETE THIRD MEMBER.

  • TOP IT ALL OFF, WE GOT SOME HUGE DIFFUSERS

  • FOR THAT SUPERCAR LOOK TO GET THE AIR OUT

  • FROM UNDERNEATH THIS BAD BOY.

  • MAN, WHAT A BADASS STANCE.

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  • Mike: WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A CAR OF THIS CALIBER,

  • PAINT AND BODY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYTHING ELSE.

  • WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CAR SANDBLASTED

  • AND THE GUYS ARE ALREADY DONE WITH THEIR METALWORK.

  • AS PRETTY AS IT WILL BE FULLY DRESSED WITH A SUPER PAINT JOB,

  • WE DECIDED TO LET EVERYONE SEE UNDER THE CLOTHES

  • AND REVEAL ALL THAT BADASS CUSTOM FAB WORK.

  • EVENTUALLY, WE'LL HAVE THE TIME TO GET THIS CAR PAINTED

  • THE BATTLESHIP GRAY THAT WE'VE ALL PICKED OUT.

  • WE ALL LOVE THE COLOR, AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK GREAT

  • WHEN IT'S SITTING AT S.E.M.A.

  • Jason: WHEN WE SET OUT TO TURN OUR 1972 RIVIERA INTO A SUPERCAR,

  • WE KNEW WE NEEDED A POWER PLANT THAT WAS WORTHY OF THE JOB.

  • WE CALLED OUR FRIENDS AT KATECH, AND THEY HOOKED UP

  • WITH THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND GENERATION FIVE LT4 ENGINE

  • PAIRED WITH A MAGNUSON SUPERCHARGER.

  • THIS THING IS 1,000 HORSEPOWER

  • AND PUTS OUT 1,000 POUNDS OF TORQUE ON TOP OF THAT.

  • TALK ABOUT MAKING A STATEMENT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

  • AND THAT PAIRED WITH OUR RON DAVIS RADIATOR

  • TO KEEP EVERYTHING COOL,

  • THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA BE AT S.E.M.A.

  • YOU KNOW HOW WE LIKE TO STOP?

  • IT'S WILWOOD BRAKES' CYLINDER KIT AND BRAKES.

  • WE PUT IN SUPER COMFY RECARO RACING SEATS

  • AND EVENTUALLY VINTAGE AIR AC.

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  • AMBITIOUS PROJECT?

  • ABSOLUTELY.

  • BITCHIN' PROJECT?

  • ABSOLUTELY.

  • GOING TO S.E.M.A.?

  • YES, BUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

  • BUT I DON'T MIND, 'CAUSE THIS CAR IS GOING TO BE BADASS.

  • WATCH FOR IT.

  • LOOK OUT S.E.M.A. HERE WE COME.

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[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]

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