Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Beginning

I've agreed to help fix up and sell Tom's Buick Riviera.
A 1984 convertible...white with a burgundy interior.
The plan is for me to spend about three months' worth of weekends and evenings tinkering with it, and then put it up for sale here in Atlanta.
Yesterday, I drove it down from Tom's place up in the North Georgia Mountains. Beautiful day for a drive, and a terrific chariot in which to ride.
This morning, we pulled out a bucket and sponge, gave it a good rubdown, and took our first photo:





As you can see, there's a tear in the top and the rear windows are stuck where they are. The left one up; the right one down. It's got a few other things to do, but the body is in amazingly good shape.
My neighbor Johnny dropped by to see what we were doing. He fixed up a '76 Ford F-150 several years ago, and will surely be a help as we sort through the challenges that inevitably lie ahead.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The car is lucky to have you. It's looking good already.

Anonymous said...

Care to work on a 2001 Dodge truck??? ;-)