I bought this 1951 Buick Super Riviera a while ago hoping to get the straight 8 running and drive it as it was.
That didn't really work out for me. I had to use a post pounder to remove the pistons, and I don't have the money to get the engine rebuilt, so I let it set for a while. I decided I wanted to hot rod it and put in a V8, but I needed to redo the rear suspension. I read on forums that you can use Chevy truck trailing arms in the rear and that works well. So I bought a 1969 C20 off craigslist with the intent to steal it's parts and sell the rest. Here's how that turned out...
I let the Buick sit while I got my truck running. Then this summer, I was browsing Facebook Marketplace, as one does, and I saw an International Harvester 4x4 truck frame, with engine and trans, for only 75$.
Now my friend has a 1970 Cutlass on a Dodge truck frame, and i began to connect the dots.
So we took the Buick to his place, tore the body off the frame, and wheeled the new one underneath.
After that it got hauled back to my shop.
The 304 it came with turned over, but needed a lot of work and was missing many parts.
So I took my truck and went and bought a running one off a guy locally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzsxCAl-qTs
And yesterday I got it installed into the Buick.
