With its long, sleek look, concealed headlights and distinct nose, there is no doubt that the 1969 Buick Riviera is a cool looking car.
Eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that this Signal Red Riviera is wearing a 1968 Front Grill and Rear Bumper. This is actually because it is a very early 1969 and actually came from the factory that way!
This view shows the great lines of the Riviera and it also highlights the optional vinyl roof (original to this car costing an additional $128 when new).
As a personal luxury car the Riviera came with power steering and power brakes as standard.
Inside, the luxurious interior of the Riviera was available with bucket or bench seats.
The Riviera enjoys woodgrained dash and door panel accents.
Under the hood is the biggest engine Buick offered, as was standard in the Riviera, the 430 cubic inch (7 liter) V8. With a 4 barrel quadrajet carburetor and connected to a Turbo Hydra-Matic (TH-400) automatic transmission it managed to output 360 horsepower.
In addition to the vinyl roof mention above, the original owner of this car also opted for an AM radio ($88) and power windows ($110).
It was a great year for the Riviera and it was selling better than ever with 52,782 of them sold for the 1969 model year at a base price of $4,701.
This ’69 Riviera is currently for sale on eBay. (follow the link for more photos)
beautiful land yacht….would love to own.
My 66 Riviera had a 455 cu V8
Wasn’t original, 66 Rivieras came with a 425ci Nailhead.
My first car was a 1967 model, charcoal grey,loved every minute of it. Sure do miss it.
I have a 68 Riviera .Great land yacht. Powerful motor.
I had a 67 also what I really like was the wheels speedometer. The car drove like a dream
I had a 69 and you are the 1st pne to mention the speedometer my had the unique one but i thought it wad called a “barrel” speedometer.
I had a 1969 Riviera. If that’s the correct grille, it’s a 1968.
Hi Tom – thanks for your comment. As we mentioned in the article this is a very early 1969 that left the factory with a ’68 grille. At a guess they were using up the last remaining parts.
I had a baby blue 69 loved that car