Oftentimes I’ll come across a cool car, snap some photos of it and move on. It’s when I upload them onto my computer is when I have doubts that I should even edit the photo and put it up on the blog. I think twice before posting domestic cars on our blog for the simple fact or fear that I will alienate some of our readers. But when I really think about it, who cares? It’s a cool car, and I can pretty much do whatever I want so why not.

I came across this first generation Buick Riviera on my way out of Houston last week and had to jump out of my ricey car and shoot it. I know the brand name Buick is now associated with old geezers that wear Depends and are the types of cars you try to avoid because of the captains piloting their boats, but back in 1962 when Buick first released these coupes to compete with the Ford Thunderbirds, they were actually really nice to look at. Powered by either a 325hp or 340hp V8 engine, these two ton battletanks did battle on the streets ripping up quarter miles in under 16 seconds. I found this pristine example all dressed up in black in front of a clothing store, no less. It seems as if it was bagged, but damn, it looks great!

Gangsta!

Oh so low

Look, no old people driving!

They just don't make dashes like this anymore.

Keep your eyes peeled, if I get a good response from this post, I’ll post up some other vintage domestic cars that I’ve shot!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com