[{"id": 3723365, "authorName": "David_C.", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_c.-user/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm totally on the fence when it comes to the '70 Riv. My first impression is \"Boy, they really screwed up a beautiful design\" compared with the other Gen 2 Rivs. Then I look at the car again and think -- \"You know what...this is a pretty looking car.\" Real nice color combo on this one.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1570584867, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723399, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Any indication of why AC is not functional? This looks like great driver but driving in South Florida without without AC results in baking your body! Is the factory stuff fixable for a reasonable cost?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570586029, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723401, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by nsxtman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570586051, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3723411, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@David_C. Agreed. Not a '66 with hideaways and not a '71 Boat tail.\n\nTough place to be between two show stoppers.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1570586314, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723526, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes, between two show stoppers but still a headliner in it's own right! It looks so majestic in that first photo.\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570589530, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723545, "authorName": "John_M", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/john_m/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Always loved these understated Rivieras", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570589949, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723599, "authorName": "MTN", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My family had a \u201870 Riviera. It had the fender skirts. I never understood the bolt in wheel lips.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570591395, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3723994, "authorName": "Jags_in_the_barn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jags_in_the_barn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We will never see the likes of these again. Style icons across the range.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1570625008, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724083, "authorName": "robtroxel", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robtroxel/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A great example of screwing the pooch when they \"updated the 68-69 design which was an update of the beautiful 66-67. What were they thinking?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570626747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724176, "authorName": "Olbugger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olbugger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BringaTrailer, I think you guys are off on the horsepower.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570628133, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724193, "authorName": "Jack659831", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jack659831/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019m betting 1970 455 is a 365 - 375 Hp car unless Buick\u2019\u2019s 455 is much less than the other GM divisions.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570628365, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724428, "authorName": "Rivnut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rivnut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A couple of \"firsts\" with this car. It was the only year that fender skirts were fitted to the Riviera as standard equipment and you had a choice of full or half skirt. I prefer the half skirt that this car has.\r\n1970 was the most standard horsepower in the history of the Riviera at 370. The side spear was also an option, however, it should be painted the same color as the car with just the outer perimeter being chrome. GM painted over the chrome and some owners elected to remove the paint exposing all of the chrome. \r\nBased on the emblem on the brake pedal, this car is equipped with the optional front disc brakes which was not a commonly chosen option back in the day.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1570632048, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724511, "authorName": "Gregpryckman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gregpryckman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'll be watching this closely. I tried listing my 71'Boattail GS with BaT a few months ago and they said they weren't interested because they didn't bring the kind of money I wanted. Anyways I sold the GS for exactly what I wanted and next to the 71's I like the 70 but with the full skirts and whitewall tires. This car with its paint flaws and interior flaws should still bring the money. I agree with Rivnut the spear needs the paint, too much chrome on this color, maybe on a Black car ( with whitewalls ) it would work.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570633064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724621, "authorName": "AlexBert", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alexbert/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ah those Buick Magnum-500 wheels. I can stare at them the whole day. Think I'm gonna do a 36x24'' poster out of them.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570634564, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724627, "authorName": "455bobj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/455bobj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Interesting car however, there were so many great car choices in 1970...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570634652, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724634, "authorName": "danman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm with others here: not a very attractive design after the 1st two generations.\r\nI am not sure why, but it looks as though for some reason (the stylists were out of ideas?) the decision was made to incorporate \"traditional\" Buick design cues. I was not aware of the factory \"variance\" on the side spear, if I didn't care about originality I would just remove it. Same with the fender skirts...why in the heck have 2 varieties of skirts? Why have skirts at all?\r\nI do have to admit that the colors make this an attractive looking car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570634755, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724781, "authorName": "Rivnut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rivnut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@danman, Bill Mitchell directed the stylists to make the 1970 \"look more French\" and this was the outcome. He was more interested in the 1971 boat-tail which was well under development by this time. The 1970 is still considered a second generation car but the tweaks make it look like a one year only offering. Yes, the car did look more French, but it didn't appeal to everyone.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1570636815, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3724848, "authorName": "VegasJeff", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vegasjeff/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Phylis the real estate agent had one of these in a much less compelling brown with full skirts in the Southern California mountain community where we were looking for a house in 1976, when I was little. I remember waiting for the tow truck to come rescue it when Phylis high sided it on the rocks while trying to pull into a steep driveway. We waited calmly under a palm tree, staring at the Riv with one wheel off the ground. Doubt the half skirts would have made any difference. This car's color scheme really makes it pop. GLWTS.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1570637902, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3726286, "authorName": "63impalaboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/63impalaboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rivnut\r\nNot only is the 1970 model among the second generation but it sits atop the original X frame of the 1963 first generation though modified to deal with the bigger car. The X frame had vanished from all GM cars but the Riv in 1966 where it lingered until the 71 move to the B body.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570648889, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3730700, "authorName": "mike_rockwell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mike_rockwell/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '70 Riv., beige bottom, chocolate color vinyl top. Beautiful car, drove it daily as a business car, never ended the day with a backache. I can remember seeing one '70 Riv. in Sunset Sage, seemed a strange color for a luxury car. '70 was a one year only design, those wheels really made it a Riv. GM went off the deep end with the '71 torpedo back roof line. GLWTA, wrong color for me.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570732607, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3731968, "authorName": "dooscoop32", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dooscoop32/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The '70 Rivs seem to be a love it or hate it car. And I see so few come to market. The area I live in is rampant with collector-type/antique/vintage (whatever you prefer to call them) cars. And yet I know of not one single '70 Riv around here. Come to think of it, I see very few Buicks being collected at all. And what a shame. \n\n I always comment on every '70 I see. I LOVE them. For their uniqueness, the fender skirts in two flavors, the big high-compression, high-horsepower, stump-pulling torque 455 and in this case, that beautiful color, especially with the black top and white interior. I only wish my retirement would permit it. (Sigh)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1570742012, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3733034, "authorName": "Ranchero65", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ranchero65/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Graduation night, 1974. My buddy's dad had a 70 Riv, red, black top, white interior. He let us take it for the evening. Three couples of teens will fit in the car (one couple in the front buckets and 4 across the back). Fond memories.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1570758888, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3733699, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can you guarantee the AC will function properly after you \u201cservice\u201d it? Can you service it before auction ends?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570799945, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3734166, "authorName": "caferacer59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caferacer59/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had one of these when i was a kid, gas money was required FROM EVERYONE!\r\n\r\nWe would get on this car and burn through half a tank so fast, lot of beer and bong hits in my old one..... ahhh it was 1981", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1570809197, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3736574, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please @Sportscarclassics can you answer my question re AC?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570830685, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3736633, "authorName": "Sportscarclassics (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportscarclassics/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry for the delay the AC will be working there was a switch that was defective we have now received the switch and I will be put in", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1570831448, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3739317, "authorName": "Cristo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cristo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The arc floor shift is simple and elegant. Great design.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1570957294, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3739496, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can you describe photo. 275? Looks like a steel wheel with hubcap?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570974479, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3739662, "authorName": "Sportscarclassics (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportscarclassics/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@nsxtman the car came with both the original hubcaps as well as the wheels. It originally had the steel wheels and hubcaps and we decided to change to the wheels. The original hubcaps are included with the car. Thanks", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570981966, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3740092, "authorName": "Rivnut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rivnut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Cristo, this style center console was only available in 1969 and 1970. It is definitely a cool design,", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1570999067, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3740189, "authorName": "Sportscarclassics (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportscarclassics/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi All, I sincerely apologize but I will not be available to answer questions for the duration of the auction. As you can see from the description and photos, the car speaks for itself. It\u2019s in very good to excellent condition all around. The only question I can\u2019t answer for sure yet is if the AC will be working. Our mechanic has been very backed up but we will do the best we can to have it working and likely converted to R134a at the time of pick up/delivery.\n\nThis is a great Riv so bid with confidence. I will be available again Tuesday night and I will get in touch with the winning bidder then. Thanks and best of luck to all!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1571004270, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3745056, "authorName": "Bmag431", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bmag431/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is this the original motor?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571149562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3745168, "authorName": "Achman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/achman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sunset Sage, a 455 and these lines make up a very cool car...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1571152032, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3745257, "authorName": "ferrous8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ferrous8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "looks like RNM today .", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571153775, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3745420, "authorName": "viperpage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/viperpage/", "bidAmount": 6100, "content": "$6,100 bid placed by viperpage", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571156704, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3745496, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Too bad seller didn\u2019t remove reserve when he removed himself", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1571157945, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3745839, "authorName": "sunny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sunny/", "bidAmount": 6200, "content": "$6,200 bid placed by sunny", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571162499, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3747132, "authorName": "brindleb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brindleb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This response from the seller should result in his posting being removed from BaT...\"The only question I can\u2019t answer for sure yet is if the AC will be working. Our mechanic has been very backed up but we will do the best we can to have it working and likely converted to R134a at the time of pick up/delivery.\"", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1571171369, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3747134, "authorName": "Bmag431", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bmag431/", "bidAmount": 6300, "content": "$6,300 bid placed by Bmag431", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571171402, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3747316, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@brindleb I think not. Just bid accordingly and assume it won't be fixed. That was a rather harsh comment.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1571172917, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3747339, "authorName": "secretnarwhal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/secretnarwhal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Agreed. The seller is still making an effort to improve the car and leave the customer happy, even though it probably won't earn them extra money in this particular sale.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1571173027, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3747379, "authorName": "nsxtman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsxtman/", "bidAmount": 6400, "content": "$6,400 bid placed by nsxtman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571173464, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3747388, "authorName": "GsGn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsgn/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by GsGn", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571173549, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3747398, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 10/15/19 at $6,500", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571173671, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 3747397, "authorName": "eima77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eima77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@brindleb\nI agree, That was A Harsh Comment\nNot kind to seller or bidders", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1571173747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3749555, "authorName": "savio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/savio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Simple checks like whether or not the A/C is working should be done before the auction goes live. You need to prepare sellers, despite what your apologists say.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1571238183, "type": "comment"}]